Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-28
Proceedings Lake Bcrgne Basin
L.evee Board.
Feb. 20. 1911.

Feb. 20, 1914.
The Board of Commissioners for thu
Lake Borgne Basin Levee District me
this day in regular session with the fol
lowing members present: c. u. An
dry president, Commissioners F. S
Hingle and C. Phillip Marin, Inspect
ors Leopold and Nunez and State En-
gineer Klorer.
On motion of Commissioner Hingle,
duly seconded, the proposition of the
Hibernia Bank and Trust Co. to accept
one half Of Conrad certificate, which
they hold in cash and a new certificate
dated Feb. IL, 1914 bearing Z per cent
interest for the balance was accepted.
On motion of Commissioner Hingle
seconded by Commissioner Marin, the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas this Board is without funds
required for the construction and main
tenanee of l%evees, and,
!, Whereas q grave emergency now ex-
lists in the Lake Borgne Basin Levee
District mixing absolutely imperative
the construction and maintenance of
5evees, if the lands within the district
are to be protected against high water
and
Whereas for the construction of such
levees to meet this emergency, the
Board must secure funds in the sum of
Fifty Thousand Dollars,
Now, therefore, be, it. resolved, that
this Board borrow from the Whitney
Central National Bank OF New Orleans
Louisiana, tho sum OF Fifty Thousand
Dollars. for which it shall give its note
to mature January 18th, 1915, and
bearing six per cent interest from ma
turity until paid.
Be it further resolved that to secure
said note this Board pledge ali of its
revenues accruing for and during the
year 1914;
Be it further resolved That. the draft
of Act Of Pledge submitted and read to
this Board by the President, be and it
hereby is approved and adopted, and
the president be and he hereby is au-
thorized to execute said act in the
name and behalf OF this Board, to sign
the note for this Board, and to do all
other acts and things necessary or con-
yenient to effect the said loan, and to
fully secure and protect the said Bank.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans
City Of New Orleans.
Be it known, that on this eleventh
day of March, in the year thousand
nine hundred nine hundred and four
teen, before me, Henry L. Sarpy. Not
airy Public in and for the foregoing
parish and State, duly commissioned
and qualified, and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally am and APP
peared, c. D. Andry, to me we'll known
and known to be the. President Of the
Board of Commissioners for the Lake
Borgne Basin Levee District, who de-.
clared, that the said Board of Commits
sioners for the Lake Borgne BASIN
Levee District is a body corporate Gre
ated BY and under the provisions Of
Act14,of the Legislative Acts Of Louis
lana for the year 1892, and that he APP
pears herein by virtue of a resolution
adopted blythe said Board OF Commits
sioners for the Lake Borgne Basin.
Leyee District, at g meeting regularly
held. at the domicile of the Board at
New Orleans, Louisiana, on the goth
day Of February 1914, as will more full
ly appear by reference TO a certified
copy of said resolution hereto attached
and made part hereof.
That a grave emergency exists in the
said Lake Borgne Levee District re-
i'quiring the immediate construction and
/ repair of levees to protect the lands
within she tlevee district against the
ravages Of high sxater. That the Board
of Commissioners for said district is
without funds in hand to provide for
the construction of such levees, and
that unless such funds be Immediately
provided, enabling the requisite levee
work to be undertaken and prosecuted
without delay, it will be impossible to
protect, with any reasonable safety,
against the ravages of high water, any
sof the l1ds within the District.
That, in order to meet this grave
emergency, and in order to secure the
requisite funds, the said Board of Com
missioners for the Lake Borgne Basin
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