The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-11
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE.
To put into effective operation Ar
ticles 29l, 292, 293 and 294 of the Com
stitution of the State; to divide the
Parish of Iberia into road districts; to
raise funds for the purpose of construc
ing, maintaining and repairing the
public roads and bridges of said Par
ish; to relieve from compulsory road
duty certain persons: and to provide
for the penalties and punishment OF
violations of this Ordinance.
Section I. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Iberia, La.
That the Parish OF Iberia be and is
hereby divided into eight road dis
tricts as follows, to-wit:
| The first road district shall be COM
posed of the first ward of the Parish
of Iberia; end road district of the end
ward; the 3rd road district of the 3rd
ward; the 4th road district of the 4th
ward; the 5th road district of the 5th
ward. the 9th road district of the 9Th
ward; the 9TH road district of the 7th
ward; and the 8th road district of the
Sth ward. The road districts may be
sub divided thereafter by proper re-
solutions of this Police Jury.
Section 2. Be it further ordained d.
etc., That there shall be set aside one
mill of the taxes, levied by the Police
Jury of Iberia Parish, of the year 1899
and OF each subsequent year thereaf-
ter, for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining and repairing the public
roads and bridges of the Parish OF
iberia.
Section 8. 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 abJe-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 year
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 (31) day of December of each
year, shall, be guilty ofa m1sdemean-
or and subject himself to a criminal
prosecution in the courts OF this
State and under the laws governing
criminal prosecutions and trials, and
upon trial and conviction before
court of competent jurisdiction be
sentenced to pay fine of not less than
| Five Dollars ($5 o0) nor more than
Twenty Dollars $4,000 or imprison-
ed in the Parish jail for not less than
| five nor more than thirty days, or
both at the discretion of the court.
Section a. Be it further ordained,
etc., That it shall be the duty of the
Assessor of tue Parish of Iberia, at
the beginning of each year, to enter,
carry and record, in book especially
provided for that purpose and to be
known as the ''road and bridge pei
1 capita tax book" the names OF every
able bodied male inhab1tant of the
Parish of Iberia, between the ages Of
eighteen(lS) and tifty-five (55) wears,
liable to the said annual per capita
tax as provided for in sec. 8 of this
ordinance, aud he shall as soon as
completed turn it over to the tax col
Hector Of the Parish of Iberia, and he
shall receive the same tees as nov
fixed by law for assessing property
and other assessments.
| Section 5, Be it further ordained
etc., That the collector shall keep the
said "road and BRUCE per capita tax
book" seperate from the State and
Parish tax rolls, and he shall issue
to the person paying said tax the PRO-
1 per receipt and shall enter IN said
book the date of the collection or pay.
ment thereof.
Section 6. Be it further ordained
etc., That on the second {2) day q
January of each year, the tax collec-
tor shall deliver to the Police Jury a
complete and correct list of all the
delinquent per capita tax payers, and
the President of the Police Jury shal
take the proper steps towards having
said de1inquents arrested and prose
cuted for the violation of this ordin-
ance as provided in Section 8 of this
ordinance.
Section 7. Be it further ordained
| etc, That there is hereby levied ar
annual license tax for the year 1899
| and each vehicle and bicycle in tht
Parish, graded as follows to-wit:
i Upon each jumper and snlky, TWEEN
| ty five cents.
j Upon each tvo-wheeled buggy ant
chaise, thirty five cents.
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