The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-18
AN ORDINANCE.

ichibohiCh VI thC DtutSt W hlFihO vi
Parish of iberia into road districts; (
raise funds FOR the purpose of constru
ing, maintaining and repairing til
public roads and bridges of said PAT
ish; to relieve from compulsory roa
duty certain persons: and to provid
for the penalties and punishment {
violations Of this Ordinance.
Section l. Be it ordained by tn
Police Jury of the Parish of iberia, LIZ
That the Parish Of Iberia be and
hereby divided into eight road dis
tricts as follows, to-w1t:
The first road district shall be com
posed OF the first ward of the Paris1
of IBERIA; end road district Of the gu,
ward; the grid road district Of the or,
ward; the 4th roaG district Of the Att
ward; the 5th road district OF the 5tl
ward the 9th road district of the 6tl
ward; the 9TH road district Of the It'll
ward; and the Sth road district of tn,
Sth ward. The road districts may b,
sub-divided thereafter by proper re
solutions of this Police Jury
Section 2. Be it further ordained
etc., That there shall be set aside one
mill of the taxes, levied by the Police
Jury of Iberia Parish, of the year IS9.
and OF each subsequent year thcreaf
ter, for the purpose of constructing
maintaining and repairing the public
roads and bridges of the Parish Of
Iberia.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
etc. That there is hereby imposed and
levied an annual percapita tax of One
Dollar, for the calendar year 1899. and
for each succeeding calendar year up
on each able. bodied male inhabitant
of the Parish Of Iberia, between the
ages of eighteen (I8) and fifty-five
(55) years, except expressly exempt
from such tax by Article 29I of the
Constitution; which said tax shall be
collected in the calendar year OF 1899
and in each subsequent calendar yeal
by the tax collector of the Parish OF
Iberia, and shall be paid on or before
the thirty first (3I) day Of December
in each respective year to said tax
collector; and whosoever shall refuse,
neglect or fail to pay the said per
capita tax on or before the thirty
first (sI) day of December of each
year, shall, be guilty ofa misdemean.
or and subject himself to a criminal
in the courts of this
8 ate and under the laws governing
prosecutions and trials. ard
upon trial and conviction before
court of competent jurisdiction be
to pay fine of not less than
Five Dollars (s5 00) nor more than
twenty Dollars ($2O.0o1 or imprisun-
I'd in the Parish jail for not less than
i've nor more than thirty days, or
both at the discretion Of the court.
Section 4. Be it further ordained,
,tc., hat it shall be the duty of the
isse ssor of tie Parish of Iberia, at
he beginning Of each year, to enter,
rry and record, in book especially
for that purpose and to be
,nown as the "road and bridge per
apita tax book the names of every
bic bodied male inhabi;ant OF the !
PARISH of Iberia, between the ages of
ighteen(l 49, and fifty-fve (55) wears.
liable to the said annual per capita
ak as provided for in sec. 8 of this
ordinance, and he shall as soon as
ompieted turn it over to the tax col
ector of the Parish of Iberia, and he
hall receive the same fees as now
xed by law for assessing property
nd other assessments.
Section 5, Be it further ordained,
to-. That the collector shall keep the
aid road and BRUCE per capita tax
ook' seperate from the State and
Parish tax rolls, and he shall issue
0 the person paying said tax the pro-
er receipt and shall enter in said
ook the date of the collection or pay
lent thereof.
Section 9. Be it further ordained,
to-, That on the second (2) day Of
anuary Of each year, the tax collec-
Or shall deliver to the Police Jury a
Dmplete and correct list of all the
elinquent per capita tax payers, aud
ne President Of the Police Jury shall
Ike the proper steps towards having
lid delinquents arrested and prose-
lted for the violation Of this ordin-
nee as provided in Section 8 Of this
'dinance.
Section 7. Be it further ordained. Il
C., That there is hereby levied an
1nual license tax for the year 1899
id each vehicle and bicycle in the
arish. graded as follows to-wit:
Upon each jumper and snlky, TWEEN
five cents.
Upon each two-wheeled buggy and ,
laise, thirty five cents.
Upon each four-whceled buggy,
laeton. cariole or carry-all-dog-cart,
L
ID cabriolet, fifty cents.
Upon each barouche, hack, surry II
ndau, and omnibus or bus. seventy q
.e cents. n