The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-09-08

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Respectfully Submitted
J. =. SuBERBIELLE.
Treas.
y communication from Mr.. w.
f. Owen i'll regard to the bill of
DR.. I. J. Woolf for $500 for
amputating thigh Of one Cook run
over by the railroad was read
when it vas moved by Mr.. French
and seconded by Mr.. Lawton that
this bill be paid and that the
Mayor De authorized and instruct
ed to endeayor to collect the
amount from the railroad. 1t was
moved as a substitute by MI.
Burke and seconded, by Mr.. Lam,
perez that the Mayor be authoriz-
ed to endeavor to collect this bill
from the railroad before the pay
mcnt by the town. Messrs. Burke
and Lamperez voted in favor of
the substitute and Messrs. French
and LawtOn against it and there
being tie the. Mayor voted against
the motion made by Mr.. Burke,
and declared the same lost. The
original motion was then put and
Messrs. French and Lawton voted
in favor of it and Messrs. Burke
and Lamperez against it and there
being a tie the Mayor vote in fav-
or of it and declared the original
motion made by Mr.. French car
RED.
The following communication
was presented and read upon
motion of Mr.. LawtOn seconded by
Mr. Burke the same was ordered
spread upon the minutes. The
communication read as follows, to
wit:
New Iberia, La: Sept. l, 1900
Hon John Broussard, Mayor and
Members
Board of Trustees of New Iberia,
New Iberia, La.
Gentlemen
AS the attorney of New Iberia
and Bayou Carlin Drainage
Drisrict, we have been considering
the question of supposed or real
conflict in the several laws adopt
ed by the Legislature Of this State
at it's last session relative TO drain
age matters. The Board has judg-
ed it proper, acting on our advice,
to have these supposed or real in
consistancies settled by decree of
the Supreme Court before proceed
ing to the construction of the pro
ject contemplated for the drainage
of this dristrict and the adjacent
country.
With view of bringing AMIGA
bic suit between the Board OF
Drainage Commissioners the Police
Jury of Iberia and your Honorable
Body, we have advised the drain
age commissioners to pass resolu-
tions. and advertise the notice OF
an election for the purpose OF
authorizing them to collect a tax,
incur debt and issue negotiable
bonds. This advertisement appears
in the official journal Of this par
ish.
We desire, acting for the Drain
age Commissioners, TO call your
attention to conflicts in the law
under which this Board is acting
and other laws on the same sub
ject passed by the Legislature OF
1900. The Sth Section OF your
Amended Charter authorized you
to subdivide this City into drain
age districts, and makes you ex-
oflicio commissioners for said dis
tricts, vesting You with the rights
and privileges belonging to the
drainage district under the general
laws.
Act No. La of the Acts of 1900,
being an act to carry into effect
Art. 2S1 of the Constitution OF
1898. authorizes municipal corpora
tions to do the very thing that the
commissioners have done
in this case; that is, after election
held, to impose a tax not to exceed
five mills OH the assessed valuation
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