The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-01-17
lEVEE BOARD Meeting.
!. r vYieginton Elected President
and Hector Hinei Secretary OF
Lafourche District Organization
Postponed Quarterly Session.

Levee Board was held here last Sat
urdays with the following commits
sioners present: J. F, Wiggintons
Lafourche; Robert 6. Martin, Jr.,
Assumption; r. 3. Lemann, Ascen-
sion: Clerville Himel, St. James; A.
Champagne. st. John; George Lo-
rio, St. Charles; Charles Viering, JET"
ferson: R. Perez, Plaquemines. Sec
retary w. J. McCune, LeVee Inspec-
tor Hector Himel, and Assistant
State Engineer John Klorer were also
III attendance Commissioner L. V.
Thaggard of McDonoughVille, repre-
senting TIE railroads, was the only
absentee.
On motion Of Mr.. Perez, seconded
by MIR. Viering and unanimously ad-
opted, Commissioner J. T. Wigg1nton
was elected president of the board
TO succeed E. G. SWartz, who ten
dered his resignation several months
ago. Mr. Wigginton appointed Cler-
Vile Hinel as chairman of the IL
nance committee to fill the vacancy
caused by his elevation to the office
Of president.
w. J. McCune, who has served as
secretary of the board for the last
eighteen years, rendered his resigna-
ton to take effect April /, 1914,
ard it was accepted. MIR. Vlerlng
nominated Joseph A. Bourgeois, OF
Gretna, to succeed Mr.. McCune, and
Mr. Martin placed in nomination Hec'
tor A. Himel, Of st. James, at pres
ent employed by the board as inspec-
tor Of levees.
Mr.. Perez objected to the removal
of the inspector, who is SO fully quail
fled to fill the position, and his ad-
Vancement to the office Of secretary.
Mr.. Lorio, on the other hand, was OF
the opinion that each member Of the
board should attend to the levees in
his section of the district, and when
the occasion arises, should employ
the necessary inspectors to look after
the care and safety o1a the embank-
ments in his jurisdiction and make
regular reports of their condition to
the president. This plan, he consid-
eredy is far better and will yield
more satisfactory results than the
present method of having one inspec-
tor to cover the entire territory.
Roll-cai1 resulted in the election OF
Mr.. Himel as secretary of the board
by vote of six to two, as follows:
For I5imel Wigginton, Martin, Lem
ann, Himel, Champagne, Lorio. For
Bourgeois--Viering, Perez. Mr.. Hi
mel will assume the duties of the po-
sition April /, 1914, upon the retire
ment OF Secretary McCune.
The same assessment as levied in
1913 was adopted for the current
year.
There being no funds now at the
disposal Of the board, the president
was authorized to make the neces-
sary arrangements with banks, bank
ers or money lenders to borrow
sum not exceeding s150,000. at 6 per
cent interest, which loan will be re-
paid out Of the revenues Of 1914.
A report was received from Frank
T. Payne, civil engineer and United
States deputy surveyor, submitting a
plat Of township IS, south, range rs
east, southeast district Of Louisiana,
west of river, comprising the boun-
deFy line dividing the property Of
the Lafourche Basin LeVee District
from that of the Buras Levee Dis
trict, which shows 7805.33 acres of
land due the Lafenrche district. The
cost Of making the survey and deter
mining the acreage amounts to 81
cents per acre, Or $624.42. Hon. Fred.
Grace, register of the state land
office, who was present, stated that
he stands ready to deliver the pat
ents to this acreage upon applica-
tion of the president OF the Lafourche
board.
Engineer Klorer presented his re-
port, which among other things show
ed that the leyee machine LA
fourche' has been engaged since |
Nov. 27 in charging the Nine-mile1
Point levee. During the month of
December this machine placed a.
480 cubic yards of completed en-
bankment, and while the exact cost |
can not be stated at this time, it |
will fall well below 10 cents per GU
bic yard, whereas similar work done |
by contract on an adjacent levee is
costing the board 24 cents per cubic
yard. OF the state work, the leyee
now in course of construction in
front of the Bayou Lafourche dam at
is fifty per cent com
pleted, leaving about Is, 900 cubic
yards of earth yet to be placed
The report submitted to the state
supervisor of public accounts for the
quarter ending Dec. 81, 1913, was
read and approved, as follows:
Receipts-Leyee tax, S7730.27;
acreage tax, s319,29; refund on lum-
Der, $1216.56; refund on warrant, $40;
$47,41; oyerdraft,
s1S9.9SS,46. total, s149,32199. +
Disbursements-OYerdraft at be- /
ginning OF quarter, $106,1SS.74; per-
nanent work, $1S,62S.47; leree main
$667S.26; salary of secre-
aly, $4S0; commissioners expenses,
23l.01; commissioners per diem, I
700; printing and advertising, S56.- t
Q; office expenses and rent, 1892; i
SCISSORS commissions, S144101; III +
crest account. $12.025; 1evee ma t
hlne "Lafourche," $5127.30; making &
$500: inspection trip, d
$3.50; interest on warrants, s148.S0; Z
Lecial fund, $4,000. Total, s149,- L
21.99. Il
The twin daughters OF MIR. and
RS. Ferdinand Hohensee, of Port
arroW, Were christened at the w
1odist church last Sunday fore is
during Sunday School, the in 10
Z sssSfiing ceremony being performed nj
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