New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1900-11-10
VOLUME XVI.
CALL FOR ELECTION BY THE
IBERIA AND ST. nARTIN
POINT CLAIRE DRAIN.
AGE DISTRICT,

Notice is hereby given that an election
by the properly qualified electors of the
Iberia and st. Martin Point Claire Drain
age District will be held on the
9Th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1900,
to vote for the acceptance or rejection of
the proposition embodied in the resolution
OF the Board of Commissioners of the Iberia
and st. Martin Point Claire Drainage Dis
trict, passed on the Goth day of September,
1900, and being as follows, towit:
"Be it resolved, by the iberia and st.
Martin Point Claire Drainage District, that,
Whereas, this board now exists by Or
ganizati0n under the provisions of Act No.
IL Of the acts of the Legislature of this
State for 1900, therefore
Be it resolved, that an election be and
the same is hereby ordered to be held of
the qualified electors under the COnstitu-
tion and Laws of the State of Louisiana, of
the said Iberia and st. Martin Point Claire
Drainage District, on
MONDAY, the 5th day of NOVEMBER, 1900,
between the hours of A. NJ. and Z P. NJ,
after due publication in the official journals
of the parishes of Iberia and st. Martin for
period Of thirty (30) days as required by
law to take the census of the property tax
payers upon the following propositions
which are hereby submitted to said pro-
perty tax payers at said election, namely:
lst. To authorize the Board of Commits
sioners of the iberia and st. Martin Point
Claire Drainage District to incur an in
debtedness of Forty-two Thousand Dollars
for the purpose of constructing a system
of drainage for the said Iberia and st.
Martin Point Claire Drainage District.
End. To authorize the Board of Commits
si0ners of the Iberia and St. Martin Point
Claire Drainage District to levy twelve
and-a-half cents acreage tax on the land
situated in said iberia and st. Martin Point
Claire Drainage District; said tax to be
run for period Of ten years.
3rd. To create sinking fund out of any
surplus that may be on hand each year,
after the necessary running expense, main
tenance and the contracted per annum OBJ
legation to the contractor has been paid, to
be applied to the reduction of the tax i'm
posed on the property of said district, or
for the extension or betterment of said
works, provided the expenditures for the
running expenses, purchase, construction,
maintenance, operation, betterment, or
extension of said works shall never exceed
the amount of the funds on hand for such
public works.
Resolved, that the balloting places, at
which said election shall be held, shall be
as follows:
For the Parish of iberia, Fourth ward
At Louis LeBlanc's store, and the COM
missioners OF election at said poll shall be
Harry Jewell and Albert Dugas, and the
clerk of election shall be Ccsairc Broussard;
all registered and qualified voters residing
within said portion of said district.
For the Parish of ST. Martin, First ward
At Albert P. Resweber's store, and the
commissioners of election at said poll shall
be Adolphe Resweber and Adhemar Berard,
and the clerk of said election shall be
Andresy Landry; all registered and quail
fed voters residing within said portion of
said district.
Notice is further given that the Iberia
and st. Martin Point Claire Drainage Dis
trict, through its Board of Commissioners,
will in open session ut it's domicile, in the
town Of st. Martinville, La, on the 7th
AayUf Noveu1ber, 1900, IatstA0 hour Of 10
o'cloeksA. NJ, proceed to open the ballot
boxes, examine and count the ballots in
number and amount, examine and canvass
the returns, and declare the result Of said
election. Ed. MARIN, Pres,
Iberia and st. Martin Point Claire
Drainage District.
j. F. BRITAIN, Pres,
Police Jury OF the Parish of Iberia.
J. LAURENT DUEREs, Pres,
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Martin.