Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-23
PROCEEDINGS FIFTH LOUISIANA
LEvEE BOARD.
DELTA, La, August 18th, lsl

The Board OF Commissioners for the
Fifth Louisiana Levee District met in reg
ular session at Delta, La, this day, pur-
suant to resolution adopted at the meet
ing on July 10th, 1912. There were pres
emit: E. j. Hamley and G. A. Voelker,
East Carroll Parish; W. H. Ward and
]. 7. Mcclellan, President, Madison Par
ish; B. F. Young, Tensas Parish, and
]. II. Lambdin, Concordia Parish; N.
H. Lewis, Secretary.
Absent: G. @. Goldman, Tensss Par
ish.
Maj. Frank M. Kerr, Chief State En-
gineer, and Walter H. Hoffman, Assist
ant State Engineer, were present at the
meeting.
A quorum being present the Board
proceeded to business as follows: the min
utes Of the previous meeting were read
and adopted. Reports of the President
and Secretary were received, read and
ordered fled.
On motion of Commissioner Ward the
following resolution was adopted Re-
solved that Commissioners Young and
Lambdin and the President of this Board
be and they are hereby appointed COM
mittee to confer with Attorney John S.
Boatner with reference to the suits filed
by this Board against various land own
ers Of Concordia Parish.
The application of C. S. WHY, Attor-
ney for j. G. Pittman for quit-claim deed
to the West half OF West half of Section
so in Township 20 North Range ID East,
was referred to the President of this Board
for settlement, and if the facts in the
case warrant, he is hereby authorized to
quit-clsim said land, provided it can be
done without prejudice to the Boards
interest
On motion Of Commissioner Young the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That President of this Board
and Commissioners Ward and VoelkeI
be instructed, failing to hire enough teams
and at reasonable terms to purchase an
outfit OF twenty to twenty-five teams fol
repair work.
On motion of Commissioner Young tht
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the action of the Presi
&nt OF this Board in supplementing thu
hds allotted by the Mississippi Rive
Commission for the closure of Salem ere
a vase, 1-2 cents per cubic yard be anc
he Is hereby ratified and approved.
On motion of Commissioner voelker
the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That this Board, avaiIinQ IL
self of the authority in it vested by Act
No. 1874 OF the Acts Of the Legislature OF
Louisiana of 1912, do issue its bonds 10
the amount Of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars; all OF said bonds of the denomi-
nation Of One Thousand Dollars each
said bonds to be payable to bearer, to be
signed by the President OF this Board
officially and attested by the signature of
the Secretary and the seal of the Board
10 become due in Fifty years and 10 be
payable at the option OF the Board in
Forty years from the date of their issue
TO bear interest at the rate of five per cent
per annum from date of their issue: said
interest to be evidenced by coupons at
tached TO said bonds; payable semi-sn-
nuaily; payable at the office of the State
Treasurer, and subject to all the terms,
provisions and conditions of said Act l34
Of the Acts of the Legislature OF the State
Of Louisiana of the year 1912 and for
purposes set forth therein.
Resolved further, That the preceding
resolution and each and every part and
clause thereof, and each and every clause
and part of Act 1874 OF the Acts of the
Legislature of the State of Louisiana of
1912, be and they are hereby constituted
part OF the contract between this Board
and any and all future holder, or hold
ers,2of any of said bonds, or coupons, to
be issued under the provisions of this
resolution and Of said Act 1874 of 1912.
On motion of Commissioner Hamley
the following resolution was adopted;
Resolved, That the President of this
Board is hereby authorized and instruct
ed to have the tive hundred bonds az
gregating one-half million dollars proyid-
81 for In the foregoing resolution properly