Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-10-20
PROCEEDINGS OF LEvEE BOARD
Office Board of Commissioners,
Fifth Louisiana Levee District.
Tallulah In Dat IL 100

Tallulah, La, Oct. IL, 1922.
The Board Of Commissioners for
the Fifth Louisiana Levee District met
in regular session at Tallulah, La,
its domicile on this day.
The Board was called to order by
the President thereof at 1890 a. m,
the roll of members called, there be-
ing present the following commission
ers, who answered the roll CAL:
F. H. Schneider, President, w. D.
Brown, East Carroll Parish; A. E.
Kell, R. X. Boney, Madison Parish; s.
T. Shaw, Tensas Parish; J. D. Neal,
COncordia Parish. Absent: B. F.
Young, Tensas Parish; J. H. Lamb
din, COncordia Parish.
A quorum Of the members being
present, the business before the Board
was taken up and disposed of as fol-
lows, to-wit:
On motion of Commissioner Neal,
seconded by Commissioner Boney, the
minutes of the previous meeting was
dispensed with.
Reading Of communication and re-
ports were taken up and matters con-
tanned therein were considered.
On motion of Commissioner Boney,
seconded by Commissioner Neal, the
following resolution, after discussion,
was unanimously adopted by the
Board:
Resolved: That the Board of Com
missioners of said district reserves
the right to redeem this Bond at any
interest paying date after forty years
from its date by paying the principal
and accrued interest and in case it
shall be called for redemption before
maturity, notice thereof in writing
shall be given to the State Treasurer
at least thirty days before the date
fixed for redemption, and in addition
thereto notice thereof shall be pub
lished in newspapers published in the
City of New Orleans and in the City
of New York, once a week for four
weeks prior to the date fixed for re-
demption, and if this Bond be not then
presented, and if this Bond be not t
presented it shall cease to bear in
terest from and after the date 80
fixed.
The above resolution received the
following votes: Yeas: Neal, Kell,
Boney, Brown, and Shaw, Commits
sioners present. Nays: None.
On motion of Commissioner Neal,
duly seconded by Commissioner Kell,
the following resolution was unani-
mOusly adopted:
Resolved, That having received no
tification from the Black River Lum-
Der Company, through. its Attorneys,
Dale, Young & Dale, and of its will
lingness to accept the proposition Of
the Board for final and amiable set
tiement of the claim Of the Board
against the said company for cutting
timber on lands belonging to the said
Board; the Board agreeing to accept
in full settlement six dollars $4,000
per thousand in accordance with esti-
mate made heretofore by its repre-
sentative.
The correspondence between Hon.
Riley J. Wilson, M. c., and the Presi-
dent Of this Board was received, read
and ordered filed and the following
resolution was offered by Commits
sioner Kell, duly seconded by Com
missioner Neal:
Be it resolved, That correspondence
between Hon. Riley ]. Wilson, M. c.,
and the President Of lis Board, with
reference to proposed Congressional
Legislation providing ways and means
for the construction and maintenance
Of levees having been received, read
and ordered filed in the records If
this Board.
Be it further resolved, That the
Board of Commissioners Of the Fifth
Louisiana Levee District does hereby
endorse and approve in principal the
legislation in behalf Of levees, a. pro-
posed and outlined in the letted of
Hon. Riley ]. Wilson, N. c., in his
letter to the President Of this Board,
under date Of September 25th, 1922.
That this Board regards the bond
feature of said proposed legislation
as absolutely essential to enable the
local interests represented by this
Board to share in the expenses that
must be entailed by the continuation
of the system Of levee protection
from the flood waters of the Missis-
sipps River; that this Board is appre-
ciative of the efforts Of the Hon. Ri
ley j. Wilson in behalf Of the levee
system and that copy Of this resolu-
ton be sent to the Hon. Riley J.
Wilson.
On motion Of Commissioner Brown,
seconded by Commissioner Kell, the
semi-annual interest due the First