Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-04-18

| Walter GulOn, Attorney Oenerai u
this State, be requested to approve
the appointment Of Mr.. c. S. Wiley
attorney, as special attorney to In
yestigate the title of the following
lands living and being in the parish OF
East Carroll: SW u and NE u Sec
Is T. 10 r. IL East, cOntainir Al
acres, more or less, and to ascertain
whether this Board has a valid title
to same. The amount Of the fee tt
be fixed at not more than $25.OO
| twenty-five dollars.)
] Be it further resolved, That as com
pensation for his services in confirm
| ing the title to said land and conduct
| ing the sale, he shall be paid fee OF
not more than $500 for his services
| On motion of Comr. Young, Sec
onded by Comr. Goldman, the pres
ident was authorized and directed ia
appoint two committees, as follows
First.-A committee to go. to New
Orleans to interview Col. Derby, u. S.
Engineer in charge of the Fourth
District, for the purpose of urging
immediate action for repairing re-
work in general.
Second.-A committee to appear
at Vicksburg, Miss, this month, to
urge corporation to bring about
more speedy work on projects unfin-
ished and other matters.
The President appointed on the LIST
committee, Commissioners Goldman,
Rhodes, Schneider and himself.
On motion of Comr. Boney, the
same Committee was appointed to go
before the Commission upon its ar
rival at Vicksburg.
A committee from Tensas parish,
consisting Of Messrs. G. H. Clinton,
F. H. Currie, and A. J. Gibson APP
peared before the Board, requesting
cooperation of the Board with Ten
sas parish in draining q certain por-
ton of said parish adjacent to the
the Kemp levee basin in Tensas mar
perative need Of drainage to save
from loss by water lying against it,
thus necessitating q large expendi-
ture, should q new levee have to be
constructed, the following action was
taken:
On motion of Comr. Young, Sec
onded by Comr. Goldman, the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Be it resolved, That, owing to the
vital importance Of the drainage Of
the Kemp levee dasin in Tensas par
ish, in order to save the levee from
total loss by caving from seip water
from undrained basin on inside the
levee, that this Board does hereby ap-
propriate and set aside the sum Of
$50, 100000 Of its Bonds to be used in
payment Of its pro rata for such
drainage, said bonds to bring their
par value in payment Of the work,
said work to be done in conjunction
with the Tensas drainage district
and under the supervision Of the
Board Of State Engineers Of Louisi-
ana.
Hon. Jeff. B. Snyder appeared be-
fore the Board, offering the Board in
behalf Of Mrs. Mower, to compro-
mise the suit pending for recovery
Board the sum Of g, 1eo.o os povide led
the Board would be willing to grant
quit claim deed to said lands.
On motion Of Comr. Young, Sec
onded by Comr. Boney, the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Be it resolved, That T. n. Wade,
attorney, be requested and author
lied to investigate the matter Of COM
promise offered by Mr.. Snyder in
behalf Of Mrs. Mower, and II in his
opinion, same be equitable and just,
to make such compromise on approx
al of this Board.
The following vote was taken upon
the question and resulted in q tie
vote, thus leaving the matter in
Status Quo"
Against the resolution, Commits
sioners Schneider, Lambdin and KEN.
For the resolution, Commissioners,
Young, Boney and Rhodes.
On motion Of Comr. Young, Sec
onded by Comr. Rhodes, the bill Of
Hon. Jeff B. Snyder for stationery
stamps, phone and stenographer fur
nished the Board for past three years
ending June LIST, 1919, for the sum
Of $4,000 was allowed.
On motion Of Comr. Boney, Sec
onded by Conn. Rhodes, That the
president employ an attorney to pass
on the merits and legal rights Of the
Board Of the compromise offered by
attorney for Mrs. Mower, in suit now
Q tie vote resulted.
On motion Of Comr. Schneider, du-
~ seconded, the Board adjourned.
T. p. KELL.