Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Proceedings Of the 5th louisiana lsvee Board
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF CoNMIs-
sIoNERs 9TH LA. LEvEE DIST.

S1ONERs 9TH LA. LENEb OlSt.
Tallulah, La, January Sth, 1918
Pursuant to a resolution passed by tn
Board at its last meeting, fixing tn
meetings Of the Board for the secon'
Wednesday of each month, the Boar
met in regular session this day.
President Rhodes called the meeting t
order at p. IN. and roll of members wa
called and the following answered to thei
names:
East Carroll-E. J. Hamley, X. L
Hill:
Aladison-J. NJ. johnson, L. p. Kell
Tensas--B. F. Young, $. d. Watson
Concordia-E. C. Rhodes, j. H
Iambdin.
Owing to the fact that January Sth il
iiXei by law, a dies non, in this State
the Board after having discussed mat
tcrs coming before it, and report iron
Maj. NJ. r. Robertson, of the Board o.
State Engineers, as to the levee condi.
tions u this district, adjourned until the
morning of Thursday, January 9th, 1918
At one minute past II O'Clock, Thurs.
day, January 9Th, 1913, Prest. Rhodes
called the meeting to order. The roll was
called and all of the members answered
to their names.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and adopted and the regular bust
ness of the Board was taken up.
The report of the General Inspector,
Maj. Mcclellan, was read and filed, the
report being as follows:
To the President and Members of the
Board OF Commissioners, 9Th Louis
lana Levee District:
GENTLEMEN-I have visited all the
work under contract during the past ten
days and although the weather has been
bad, there is some progress being made.
The Salem Creyasse" is practically
finished, the work is divided into sec
tons, about IA each.
Sections /, and 3 are completed, sec
ton 4 has about per cent to put in
which closes all openings.
There are on the District and State
work 34l teams and a machine outfit rs
being placed, with capacity of 300 yards
per day.
L. 5. has about $50 teams. The river
is quite. low, the lowest it has been in
year, and lowest in January for num-
Der OF years and upper river also low.
With this outlook, there should be at
least sixty days done in enlarging and
with outfits in the district, there should
be a great deal accomplished
That one average extreme following
another, judging for 1912, the next few
months should give good weather for all
outdoor work.
Respectfully submitted,
]. T. MCCLELLAN.
Attorney John S. Boatner, appeared
before the Board to ask that it allow him
to appeal the various suits instituted by
him for the Board in the District Court
of Concordia parish to the State Supreme
Court of the State.
Hon. w. M. Murphy appeared also in
behalf of various owners of the lands,
asking that this Board not perfect the
appeals of the suits instituted in the low
er Court.
The members of the committee APP
pointed by the Board, Messrs. Lambdin,
Young and Rhodes, having investigated /
the matter relative to the various suits 4
brought by Mr.. Boatner, in the District
Court of Concordia parish, reported as
follows:i --GnE - -
To the President and Members of the /
Board of Commissioners of the Fifth /
Louisiana Levee District:
GENTLEMEN-Your committee appoint 4
ed August 18th, 1912, in the matter of |
suits brought by Attorney Jno. $. Boat
ner, in Concordia parish, to confer with |
him as to the advisability of hking an |
appeal in the suits having been decided |
against the Board in the lower Court,
and those suits being in the nature of an /
attack on the titles made by the Board. |
recommend that there be no /
appeal taken, and all suits of like char
acter be discontinued, unless advised by |
the Attorney General that an appeal |
would be TO the probable advantage of /
the Board and that the question be sub
mitted to him by the President.
5 !. + T +. f F5SsS Committee
On motion of Mr.. Hill, the report of
the committee was adopted and the COM
mittee discharged.
Commissioner ]. NJ. johnson offered /
the following resolution:
Be it Resolved, That Mr.. Boatner be |
to appeal the cases of the Fifth |
Louisiana Levee Board against various |
parties in Concordia parish, except |
the suits affect the titles emirfat- |
ing from the Board and that the District |
Attorney j. b. Snyder be requested to /
join Mr.. Boatner in prosecuting the APP
peals.
The resolution was Unanimously car
ried.
On motion of Commissioner r. L.
Hill the following resolution was offered !
and duly seconded by Mr.. Young:
Whereas, it appears that Philip Guier,
on April LIST, 1885, applied to enter. the
West half Of the Northwest Quarter Sec
ton of Section Sixty-nine, in Township
Twenty, North, Range Thirteen, East,
one hundred sixty and 30 100
acres of land and paid to the United
States two hundred and 37-l00 dollars
Tor said cash entry, the lands being prop
srly described in his application for en-
tery and in the q. S. Receivers duplicate
receipt; but that by clerical error in the
d. =. Registers certificate said lands wara