New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-11-18
Adjourned Meeting OF the Board of
Trustees.
New Iberia. La, Nov. 18th. Is

New Iberia, La, Nov. 18th, 1899.
The Board of Trustees of the town OF
New Iberia met this day pursuant to ad
journment with Mayor John Brousard in
the chair and the following members pres
ent, towit: Messrs W. r. Burke. J.
Lamperez, J. A. Fagot, J. B. Lawton,
J. A. French and A. NJ. Bernard.
It was moved by Mr.. Lawton, seconded
by Mr.. French and carried, that copy of
the assessment roll as made by the State
Assessor, of the property of the town of
New Iberia, for the year 1S99 be adopted
as the town assessment for the year 1899
The finance committee presented the
following communication which was read
and ordered spread upon the minutes:
New Iberia, La, Nov. 18th, 1899.
To the Board of Trustees of New Iberia:
GENTLEMEN-1n presenting the annual
budget of the City, as your Finance Com
mittee, we deem it advisable to call atten-
ton to few points, which we believe
will be Of general interest.
Provision is made for the payment of
one e-fourth Of the outstanding warrants is
sued by the previous administration, and
also for all notes in full, emanating from
the same source and made payable out of
tulS year revenues.
A note of $787.20, in favor of Capt. Il.
l.. Morse, falling due on June 10th, 1889,
and bearing interest from that date, which
had been budgeted for by your predeces-
sors, but left unpaid is still outstanding
but it is agreeable to the holder to have it
carried over and embodied in next year S
budget. Appropriations are also made
for the Industrial School note, the Central
Market, the first payment upon real es-
tate purchased by this Council and also
for the payment of mule and cart and
operating Of same for removal of garbage
and general hauling.
With the accomplishment of this much
above the ordinary demands of the city for
the current year, we have anticipated upon
the probable receipts and expenditure for
next year, and feel justified in saying that
we are confident that it will be possible
then to pay up the remaining indebted
ness of the City, meet its current needs |
and appropriate $1,000 for shells to main |
tain and extend the improvement of its
main thoroughfare.
This can be done at an estimated cost |
of $19,0 900, while it is probable that the |
revenues of the City will be 1923, 500, leav-
ing surplus of $4,000, which may be appro-
priated toward the payment of interest on |
the proposed bond issue.
Respectfully submitted,
JNO. BRoUssARD,
exofficio chairman !;
j. A. FAGOT,
j. LAMPEREZ,
j. B. LAwTON.
Mr.. J. B. Lawton presented the follow
ing ordinance, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Adopting budget of expenditures, and to
levy an annual tax to provide q revenue
for the fiscal year ending June 3Oth,
1900, and also to levy special tax of
five mills on the dollar of the assessed
valuation of oil taxable property within
the old limits of the Corporation of New
iberia, previous to the extension in 1898,
to aid the Iberia and Vermllion Rail
Road Company.
Mr.. French moved, seconded by Mr..
Burke, that the same be adopted, and on
q vote being taken thereon, said ordinance
was adopted on the following vote, to- wit
j. A. French, J. b. Lawton,
J. A. Fagot, w. X. Burke, J. Lamperez
and A. NJ. Bernard. Nay-None. |,
Said ordinance, entitled as above, was
hen presented to the Mayor for ex-
animation, and after examination was re-
urned by him approved and signed with
he seal of the Corporation thereto affixed. {
The ordinance reads as follows, to- wit:
Be 1t ordained, by the Mayor and Board .
# Trustees of the town of New Iberia that
he following budget of expenditures for
he fiscal year ending June 30th, 1900,
70 and is hereby adopted:
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