The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-03-30
Call Meeting Of the City Council.
New Iberia, March %, 1901.

pursuant to call of the Mayor, with
Mayor John Broussard IN the chair
and the following members present,
to-wlt Messrs w r Burke, J
Lamperez, ] B Lawton and A
NJ Bernard; absent, Messrs J A
Fagot and J A French.
The Mayor stated that the object
of the meeting was for the purpose
of considering the offer of Mr. L S
Benhan to number the lots and
houses of the city and to make
numbering record with street
signs.
Mr. L S Renham appeared before
the Council and stated that he
would number all houses within the
city of New Iberia with tin plate
for ten cents per number provided
the city paid for it or that he would
do the same work for fifteen cents
per number provided the City
would pass an ordinance compelling
all property owners to have their
places numbered, and that he would
make complete numbering record
for the city for fifty dollars and
that he would make two hundred
and twenty-five street signs and
erect the same, upon the poles and
fences Of the city for fifty
dollars.
Mr.. J. Lamperez presented an
ordinance requiring all owners of
houses and lots withir the corporate
limits of the town Of New Iberia to
have the same numbered IN accord
ance with the decimal or Phlladel-
phla system at the owners expense
within two months from the
adoption of this resOlu at a cost
of fifteen cents per number for tin
plates and providing penalties for
the violation thereof, which was
read, when ltswas moved by Mr. w
R Burke, seconded by Mr. A N
Bernard and adopted by the follow
ing yea and nay vote, to-w,t: Yea,
Messrs Lawton. Lamperez, Burk1
and Bernard nay, none.
Said ordinance as above entitled
was then presented to the Mayor
for examination and after
examin alton the same was returned
by him approved and signed, Will
the seal of. =the-eorporatlon thereto
The said ordinance rsads as fol
| lows. tO-Wlt.
ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the. Mayor ant
Board of Trustees of the tow
of New iberia that it is hereby mad
the duty OF each and every prQpert.
holder of,the town of New Iberia t.
number or have numbered bis sai'
| residence, lot or lots and places 0
business within the corporate limit
Of the town of New iberia With
i two months from the date hereof
provided said owner or owners Cal
} have their said lot or lots numbers
J at a cost of fifteen cents pc
! numbsr,. !. for tin plates
and any person or persons, firm Q
corporation failing to comply wit
the provisions of this ordinanc
5 within the time above provide
j. Shall be deemed guilty OF an offenc
} and. .ap,on trial and convictlo
5 thereof before the City Judge cha
D be subject to fine Of not less tha
). two and 5O-lOO dollars nor mol
5 than five dellars or to lmprlsonme1
5 IN the corporation Jail for a perlo
0 of not less than~one nor more tba
5 FIVE daye orsboth at the discretlo
5 Of the City Judge.
5 Thus done, read and adopte'
5 signed and eeal affixed IN ope
5 session thls seth day Of March, :
0 D., 1901
O JOHN BROUsSARD,
s -. Mayor.
y Ii was moved by Mr.. Lawto
= : seconded by str Bernal
S and carried that the tos
S of New iberia allow and p'
Mr. l. S Benham the sum OF t'i
d dollars 70 make a complete numbe
ing record FOR thu town of NJ
Iberia IN book form giving !
II osmee of tbs streets with !
numbers Of the lots aud res'dene
thereon and that he also be allow
in and paid the sum Of fifty dollars
oos siOna at 1