The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
GADDO lEVEE BOARR
Official eroceedingS of Session 6eId
Wednesday. Dcember 4. G@l2.

Al a -prriaI meeting Of the CaG,io
.rver Board held at the office Of
| tn" secretary this eth day CT De"
tnbrr 1912. there were present :.
| a. Dickson president. }. N. Robin
son. W. b. Means, J. J. Lay, H. l..
| icIIpHrin J. w. Dixon and J. NJ.
ISenteII.
Minutes Of meetings September
| Is, 1912, and October Is. 1912. wire
read and approved
J. NJ. SenteII read report Of com
mittee sent by the board to Nicks-
burg. Miss. to confer with Major
Woodruff, L. S. Engineer. regarding
the proposed drainage and reret-
ment work. On motion Of J. NJ. Rob
inson, seconded by w. b. Means, the
report was recei\ ed and filed.
On motion of J. NJ. Robinson the
old board adjourned sine die.
S. 4. DICKSON. Pres.
W. \. kERLEI, Secretary.
New Board.
After adjournment of the old
board, the following members pre-
scented their commissions from the
| Governor as Commissioners of the
CaddO Levee District, which being
filed with the acting secretary, the
new board proceeded to organize
with the following result: J. NJ. Rob
inson. acting president; W. +.
Means, J. H. Jordan, J. J. Lay. W. '.
Robson. J. NJ. SentelI and John Glas-
sell.
| On motion of J. J. Lay. seconded
. by J. H. Jordan, Mr.. W. V Robson
was nominated for president Of the
board. On motion Of w. B. Means,
seconded by John Glassell, Mr. J. NJ.
i Sentell was also nominated for pres
ident of the board, and the vote was
Put viva voce, and Mr.. J. NJ. Spntcll
was declared duly elected.
| On motion of J. H. Jordan, second
ed by J. NJ Robinson. W. A. kerley
was unanimously elected secretary
! of the board.
The board then proceeded with
the appointment of inspectors for
the oil fields. On motion of W. b.
! Means, seconded by J. J. Lay, Mr.
w. A. Ogilvie was appointed as one
of the inspectors; and on motion OF
Nv. B. Means, seconded by J. J. Lay
Mr.. w. G. Stringfellow was nomi-
mated, and on motion of Mr.. Jordan
seconded by J. NJ. Robinson, Mr.. H
Hawkins was nominated for ap-
pointment as second inspector: and
the vote being taken, Mr.. Stringfel-
low was awarded the appointment
Salaries and allowance for expenses
to be determined at the next meet
ing of the board.
The following bills were read, al
lowed and ordered paid: J. W. Dix
ON $3.50; J. M. Robinson $500; w. 3
Means 1854; J. M. Sentell $500; W
B. Means S583SO; Castle Printing
Co. $500: F. F. Hansell & Bro. $3.50
S. A. Dickson 1920; J. NJ. Sentel
$3.50; H. Earl Barnes $500; }. J
Lay $500; w. A. kerley S2.3e.
On motion of W. B. Means, sec
Ionded by J. H. Jordan, the board ap-
proved the action of the State Board
of Engineers in advertising for bid:
on the proposed canal from Big
Willow Pass to Albany Falls, ane
the proposed work on Brown ane
campo Belio levees, the board re-
serving the right to reject any OF
all bids. Carried.
At the request of the Gulf Rein
ing Company of Louisiana, lessee o.
the lands lying in the bed of Jeem:
bayou opposite section 9, township
20, range Is, and on motion Of J. M
Robinson, seconded by w. V. Rob.
son, the following resolution wa:
Unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the boundary lin
between the strip of land containing
five acres, more or less, in frac,
tional southeast quarter Of section
9, township 20, range Is, relin
quished to w. T. Crawford ct al
under resolution of December p
li9iO, be fixed by C. E.Chalk, sur.
yeyor, provided that such survey b
: made without expense to the Boart
Carried
Mr.. w. B. Means offered the fol
) lowing resolution, seconded by JON
, Glassell:
Resolved, That the board author
= ize the State Board of Engineers t
2 send engineer to make survey an
= estimate cost of dredging kell
z bayou from the lower end Of Scott
= slough to the Arkansas line. Tn
I Caddo Levee Board to pay the cos
of survey, providing the State Boar
of EngineerS are unable to furnlS