The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-26

! Mason Spencer, Trustee, has made
application, under the provisions of
Act No. 215, of the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana for the year
1908, to purchase from this Board
I the following described land, to-wit {:
/ The Southeast Quarter (SEA) Of
the Southeast Quarter (SEA) of
Section Thirty-two 1927. Township
Fourteen (14) North, Range Twelve
/ (12) East;
Said applicant having deposited the
sum required by law as an evidence
! of good faith, and having declared the
/ intention to make a fair bid for the
property above described when offer
: ed for sale;
/ Be it further Resolved, That the
/ President of this Board be, and he is
hereby authorized to make such in
vestigation as to the character and
value of said land as he may deem
advisable, under Section of the said
Act, and that he is hereby authorized
to offer for sale to the highest bidder
the said property, as provided by Sec
ton 5 Of said Act, and that he is
hereby authorized to offer for sale
to the highest bidder the said prop
erty, as provided by Section of said
! Act, and he is authorized on and in
behalf of this Board, to do all things,
( to sign all documents and instruments
that may be, necessary in connection
with the said application and sale of
the said land.
/ On motion of Commissioner Boney,
seconded by Commissioner Kerr, the
the following resolution was adopted.
Whereas. the General Assembly of
the State Of Louisiana on July 9Th,
1920 adopted an Act entitled.
"An Act to auth0rize the StHte Of
Mississippi, and the United States
Government, or either of them,
Jointly or severally. with the concur
renee and approval of the local
Levee authorities in the interest in
Louisiana, end the Board of State
Engineers of Louisiana; to construct
and to have entire charge and con-
troll of both in the construction and
maintenance. and for the protection
and preservation, such levces as may
be deemed necessary by said grantees
or either of them, for protection
against overflow from the Mississippi
River through and over all such lands
Of the State of Louisiana as by the
changes of the channel of said river
have been separated from other parts
OF said State of Louisiana. which are
now on the East side of the present
channel of said river and attached
to the mainland Of said State of Miss.
issippi, said leveeS to be of such
dimensions and to be located and
built from adjacent soil, along such
lines, and for such distance as may
be determined by the Engineers in
charge of levec construction, either
for the United States or for the State
of Missippi, or BOTH
Whereas, said Act is conditioned
to become effected by and with the
concurrence and approval of the 10.
cal levee authorities in interest in
Louisiana and of the Board of State
Engineers of Louisiana, and
Whereas, this Board being one Of
the parties so designated in the
Act and being DESTROYS of enabling
the levee authorities of the State of
Mississippi and the United States
their operations for levee protection
being also DESTROYS of securing the
greater protection by leyees to those
citizens of Louisiana that may ac-
crue to them from the work author
lied by said Act.
Therefore Be 1t Resolved, that we
give our unqualified approval of said
Act and fully concur in the provisions
thereof, insofar as may apply to that
certain portion of the State of Louisi-
ANA, with the accretions thereto, seq
regated from the Louisiana state
mainland by the rivercut-off of 1866
lying generally to the eastward of
mile SIC as indicated on Mississippi
River Commission inch-to-mile chart
sheet No. IT, and shown OH attached
print designated to accompany letter
of w. l.. Thompson to F. NJ. Kerr.
Feb. 18th, 1921, and designated
thereon Australia Island.
That a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the Secretary of State
of Louisiana, to the Board of Miss
issippi Levee Commissioners of the
Mississippi Levee District. to Yazoo
Mississippi River Delta Levee Board,
and to the United States Mississippi
River Commission, and also recorded
on the minutes by our Secretary and
the State Board of Engineers.
| On motion of Commissioner Boncy,
seconded by Commissioner Kerr, the
! following bill of the Forest Con-
struction Co., for building ramp at
Millikens Bend 1evee crossing for
438 cubic yards at 5S15 cents per
cubic yard, or S256.23 was allowed
and ordered paid.
There being no further business
before it, the board adjourned until
+ the next regular meeting in April.
! F. H. SCHNEIDER,
/ Attest: President
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