Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-21

yo'NS' n "CCN dSo Will TIE cave COMING
TIP. Is n. L. 10 East and IL int. il
4 North West quarter of South Yves
quarter Sec. %, TIP. 16 N. r. 10 East
and render an opinion as to the board
rights in the matter OF the application o
Douglas Alexander for quit claim deed
for the sum of 5000 was allowed anc
nfdered paid.
I On motion of Commissioner Hamley
seconded by Commissioner Kell, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Whereas attention has been called t.
this Board of suits now being. filed
againt it for the recovery of certain is.
land in the Mississippi River, and Where.
%, by virtue Of decision of the Supreme
Court of Louisiana in the matter entitled
Estate exrel Board OF Commissioners fol
the Fifth Louisiana Levee District, versus
Paul Capdeivelle, Auditor, the said is
land were transferred and granted to this
Board, under authority of Act, No. 1872,
1908, OF the Acts of the General Assembly
of louisiana, on Oct. 9th, 1911.
Now, Therefore Be it Resolved, that
the President OF this Board, is authorized
to obtained permission from the Gov
ernor and Attorney General of this State
to employ assistant counsel, to aid Hon.
JEFF B. Snyder, Attorney for this Board,
| in the defense OF said suits. .
On motion OF Commissioner Hamley,
seconded by Commissioner Guthrie, the
claim OF VIM. McCausland, through the
Board of Control Oh Louisiana for services
with tug moving Quarter Boat to Fair
view, Concordia parish, with convicts,
was deferred until the next regular meet
ing of this Board, at which time DIR. w.
II. Reynaud, President of the Board Of
Control, is requested to appear before the
Board and explain the claim.
On motion of Commissioner Young,
seconded by Commissioner Kell, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted by the
Board:
Be it Resolved, that the President of this
Board be and is hereby authorized to APP
point committee of three, the President
to he one of the committee, to confer
with the Assessor of Concordia parish,
relative to that portion of lower Concordia
parish, overlooked by causes other than
the Mississippi river levee during 1916.
At IL O'Clock the bids submitted in re-
spouse to requests by the Board, for the
construction Of loop levee at Clag-
gette in Tensas parish, La, were opened
and considered:
Donoven & Daily, 1871 cts. per cubic yd.
W. c. Mullen 1910 4"
Helgason Bros. 1880" d"
Nicholson & Jones 15.4 3" &" A"
H. T. Van Fossen 22.35" &" d"
R. T. Clark 2O.S6" /" d"
The bid of Nicholson & Jones being the
lowest bid, same was awarded to them at
THAT price 15.43) cents per cubic yard.
on motion of Commissioner Young,
duly seconded by Commissioner Guthrie,
the following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, this Board, approaching the
valuable service rendered it during the
fight against the great food of the early
months of this year by the Cumberland
Telephone & Telegraph Co., the public
carriers, rail roads and steam boats in the
District, do hereby tender to all of these,
vote of thanks and it feels especially that
the managers and operators OF the Cumber-
land Telephone & Telegraph Co., along
the line of this District, should be rewarded:
Therefore Be it Resolved: LIST. That as
an evidence of appreciation of services,
the sum of $1,000 (Ten Dollars, be and
is hereby donated to each manager and
each operator of the Cumberland Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co., within this dis
trict during the high water period.
End. To the New Orleans & North
Western, the Iron Mountain & Southern,
the V. s. & P, Rail Roads, within the
District, this board feels grateful for the
many services rendered and to their re-
spective officials and employees, does
hereby tender a vote of thanks.
3rd. To the officers and employees of
the Royal Route Co.. the Str. Betsy Ann,
plying on the mississippi river, the
board tenders this, its thanks for services
rendered in the many emergencies that
confronted the Board during the recent
food.
On motion of Commissioner Young,
seconded by Commissioner Kell, the
claim of Helgason Bros, for refund Of
$500, tax collected by error on grain
and hay shipped for personal Use from
one point to another in the parish of East
Carroll, was ordered refunded.
On motion of Commissioner Guthrie,
seconded by Commissioner Hill, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Be it Resolved, by the Board of Com
missioners for the 9Th Louisiana Levee
District, in regular session convened,
that the President of this Board, be and
is hereby authorized and empowered, to
borrow from Helgason Bros, OF Vicks-
burg, Miss, the sum of $3.50, 100000
Fifty Thousand Dollars, for the purpose
of constructing and maintaining the
levees in the District, and issue certifi-
cate OF Indebtedness to be paid out of the
revenues of 1916, for said amount, bear