New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1900-08-25
CALL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.

The Board of Trustees of the town o
New Iberia met this day pursuant to
call of the Mayor, with Mayor JOIN
Broussard in the chair and the following
members present. to-wit: Messrs. Burke
Lampcrez, Lawton, French and Bernard
Absent-Mr. Fagot.
The Mayor stated that the object of the
meeting was for the purpose of adopting
a resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign
notarial contract with Messrs NJ. r
Lewman q Co.. of Louisville. KY, tt
erect system of waterworks and an ece
tric light plant in the town of New Ihcris
in accordance with their bid of August the
9th, 1900.
An ordinance was then presented ant
read and adopted, which is as follows
to-wlt:
AN ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and BoarC
of Trustees of the town of New Iberia,
Whereas. on the ninth day of August
1900, the Mayor and Board of Trustees Of
the Town of New Iberia, after advertis
ing and the receiving of proposals. did ac
cept the bid and proposal of M. 7. Lew
man & Co., of Louisville, Ky, for the fur
nishing of all material and labor to build
complete and equip an electric light plant
and their bid and proposal for the furnish
ing of all material and labor for the con
struction of a waterworks system i'll ac
cordance with and pursuant to advertise
ment for proposals made by the Mayor
and Board of Trustees.
The Mayor of the town is hereby EN-
powered and directed to make and enter
into notarial agreement and contract
with NJ r. Lewman & Co, in accordance
with the general detail, specifications and
conditions of agreement prepared by L
W. Nicol, Civil Engineer; together with
addenda submitted by the said NJ. T
Lcwman s. Co., which bids, plans, speci-
fications and addenda have been accepted
aud adopted as aforesaid, and
Whereas, it now appears that for the
purpose of acquiring, constructing and
equiping the electric light plant for the
town, it is necessary that the town should
acquire free from encumbrances a lot OF
ground described as follows; A certain
lot of ground in the town of New 1beria
fronting on Main street with front OF
sixty eight feet, and extending back the
distance of one hundred and ninety feet,
and being bounded in front by Main
street, in the rear by Fulton street, on the
north by the property of Estate of J. E.
Leitmeyer, deceased, and south by the
property of f. A. Pharr.
Also acquire free from encumbrances
the present and proposed site of the plant
and of the waterworks machinery and ap-
pliances, and
Whereas, M. Il. Lewman & Co., have
agreed and do undertake to deliver to the
town free from encumbrances these last
aforesaid properties. The Mayor is au-
thorized and empowered and directed in
the contract with M. T. Lewman & Co., to
provide for that proper stipulation the de-
livery by NJ. T. Lewman & Co., of these
aforesaid properties free from all encum-
brances and that the price of the contract
for the construction and equipment of the
plant is increased by the amount of the
cost of these properties as is agreed upon,
to-wit: A certain lot of ground in the
town of New iberia, fronting on Main
street with front of sixtyeight feet, and
extending back the distance of one hund-
red and ninety feet to Fulton street, and
being bounded ON the front by Main ST.,
in the rear by Fulton street, above or on
the north by the property of Estate of j.
E. Leitmeyer, deceased, and on the south
by the property of E. A. Pharr.
Be it further ordained that the town
agrees and undertakes to pay as the price
of the electric light plant and the proper
ties and appurtenances to be acquired,
the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,
O00.00.)
Be it ordained that the town agrees and
undertakes to pay as the price of the
waterworks system the price of Fifty nine
Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety-fve
Dollars $3.50, ,695.00.)
Be it further ordained that pursuant to
the charter of the town OF. New Iberia as
amended by Act - of the General
Assembly of 1900 in order to provide for
the payment of the contract price of the
waterworks hereinbefore fixed at the sum
of Fifty Nine Thousand Six Hundred and
Ninety Five Dollars $3.50, ,695.00) all the
net Market Revenues from and after the
first day of January, 1904, and all the re-
venues arising from the use of the electric
lights, from the waterworks and from any
other public franchise, are hereby pledged
and hypothecated and appropriated unto
and in favor of Nj. T. Lewman & Co. and
their assigns, and in order to further pro-
vide for, and secure the payment of the
said contract price there is hereby levied in
advance tax of ten mills, as allowed by
law, on the dollar on the assessed value of
the property of the said town for a term of
Seventeen Years (17) and there is hereby
appropriated out of these aforesaid re-
venues and taxes the sums in payment of
the contract price as follows:
Out of revenues and taxes of the year
1900 and licenses of 1901 So, 900. 90 for in
terest.
Out of the revenues and taxes OF the
year 1901 and licenses of 1902, Sc, 100000.