The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Caddo Levee Board at Meet
ing Held May p, 1913.

May 1918, there were present: J. NJ
>,rntell, president, J. j. Lay. " Y
Robson, ]. H. Jordan, J. M. Robinson
John Glassell and w. B. Means.
Chief State Engineer f. M. Kcr.
and Assistant State Enginee: Ger
.ais Lon bard We're also present.
Minutes of meeting of April 2nC
were read and approved.
Mr.. Pyron representing til, Gull
Refining Company appeared bafor.
the meeting and asked for twelvS
months extension on their lease or
40 acres in section Is, township 81
range i6, on payment of addltlOnaI
bonus of $3.50 per acre. On motion
of J. H. Jordan, seconded by W. v
Robson, the request was granted
Carried.
/ Mr.. Pyron representing the Gulf
Refining Company made application
for lease on 200 feet of the land
fronting on the water front al
Mooringsport for storage and ware
house purposes, at same rate as the
| other leases granted by the board
for same purposes. On motion Of j.
M. Robinson, seconded by J. J. Lay,
the application of Gulf Refining
Company was granted.
Letter from Alexander & Wilkin-
son, attorneys for Atlas Oil Com
pany, was read, same calling the
boards attention to suit instituted
by them on May 81, 1913, restraining
the Gulf Refining Company from
drilling well on the strip of land
leased to the Atlas Oil Company for
Storage and warehouse purposes on
April 2, 1913, said strip having been
previously leased to the Gulf Re
filming Company for the development
of oil and gas and other minerals.
On motion of J. H. Jordan, seconded
by John Glassell, the communica-
ton was referred to District Attor-
ney Mabry for attention. Carried.
City Commissioner C. G. Rives ap-
peared before the meeting and ex-
pressed the desire to exchange with
the Levee Board $4,000 of the City
of Shreveport refund issue 1913
per cent serial bonds, dated March
1, for the $4,000 City of Shreveport
4 per cent bonds 1910 issue. On mo-
ton of ]. H. Jordan, seconded by J..
J. Lay, Mr.. Rives' proposition was
referred to President Sentell ana
District Attorney Mabry with power
to act.
The following bills were read, al
lowed and ordered paid: G. w.
Stringfellow Si40O; w. A. Kerley,
kilograms roc; ]. M. Sentell $3.50;
Caucasian Printing Co. $3.50; F. F.
Hansell & Bro. $3.50; J. B. Files,
costs in Victoria Perry suit versus
Levee Board, paid by him, S6t.3O; l..
Z. Crawford $5775.
The following resolution was Of
fered by John Glassell, seconded by
w. B. Means:
Resolved, That the Board of State
Engineers be authorized to adver-
Use for proposals for the diversion
of Twelve Mile Bayou.
The yeas and nays being called
for, resulted as follows:
Yeas-W. B. Means and John elias
sell.
Nays-W. V. Robson, J. J. Lay, J..
H. Jordan and ]. NJ. Robinson.
The resolution was declared lost.
On motion of J. H. Jordan, second
ed by J. ]. Lay, the Board of State
Engineers were authorized to en-
ploy for the board an engineer to
act as the representative of the
board in the matter of bank protec-
ton work. Carried.
On motion of w. V. Robson. Sec
onded by w. B. Means, Mr.. J. H. Jor-
dan was selected by the board to
countersign checks together with
representative of Doullut & Will
Hams, in payment of bills pertaining
to the bank protection work. Car
ried.
On motion of J. H. Jordan, second
ed by w. v. Robson, it was decided
to begin the bank protection work
on Havana reach. Carried.
On motion of w. B. Means. sec
onded by j. H. Jordan, the president,
J. M. Sentell, was authorized to in
stitute such proceedings as might be
necessary at any time to prevent
trespass on the banks, shores and
beds of Ferry Lake.. and especially
to prevent drilling for oil or gas on
the banks, shores and beds of Ferry
Lake except by the lessees of the
board Carried.
On motion of J. H. Jordan. second
ed by w. B. Means, the board went
into executive session.
On motion of J. H. Jordan. second
ed by John Glassell, the action of