The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-07-08

resisting, IN the courts of our
country, an unjust discrimination
against them in the exercise of a
legitimate and legalized business,
were compelled to pay one thou,
sand dollars, to carry on sal d
businesses in the year, 1905. dcs
plte the fact that others engaged
III the same business were not re-.
CURED to pay anything at all,
while others were required only to
pay the difference between what
they had paid for the year, 1904,
and the one thousand dollars,
although they had been compelled
to pay interest, costs and attor.
ney's fees, ald judgments were
being held by said Administration
against them for one thousand
dollars for the year, 1904.
That the Municipal primary
election being over demands were
made upon the judgment debtors
of the City named above for five
hundred dollars on account of
said judgment, which was refused.
That for the first time and after
more than a year had elapsed
since the last named ordinance
had gone into effect, rules were
brought against some Of the retail
liquor dealers against whom said
Administration had no judgment,
while others continued unmolested
by rules or judicial proceedings.
That these rules were in utter
violation of the representations of
the members Of said Administra-
ton. when urging these retail
liquor dealers to continue their
businesses in the year, 1905, with
credits Oh said licenses for the
year, 1905, of the payments made
on the licenses of the year. 1904.
That these rules were resisted
by the dealers against whom
invoked and though they have
strinuousIy exerted themselves to
procure trials of said rules they
were unable, for reasons unknown
to them to secure trial, though the
District Judge was, has been and
is ready, willing and anxious tC
dispose Of the contentious.
That the judgment debtors,
perceiving the unjust, illegal, and
unconstitutional conduct of said
Administration in attempting fol
reasons unexplained to them, to
enforce collection on them. while
others engaged in the same bust
ness in the same year, were only
being ruled to pay said license
and while still others were being
permitted to 60 unmOlested,
brought direct actions to annuI
the judgments against them.
That subsequently, to wit:-on
the 18th of April, 1906. said AID
ministratlon adopted an ordinance,
RENTING one half of said License
provided the same was paid within
a given time, but before the ex.
piration of said time and in dis
regard Of both of said ordinances
and the suits for the annullment
of said Judgments. the said Ad-
minlstration melted by they know
not by what motive, proceeded to
execute on said judgments, for
the full sum of same, and in said
executions of same, and in utter
disregard of the rights of said
dealers, caused the closing of
their places of business. discredit
ing them and striking at they
means of livelihood, although
they held authority to cond4ct
these businesses from the vfry
Administration that harras{cd
them and sought to impede th\m
in the exercise of their Legal
rights.
That subsequently and still
persisting in the collection Of ont
thousand dollars from some Of thf
dealers against whom said Adj
ministration had judgments foA
the license of 1904, and some of
the dealers against whom rules
had been resorted to and some of
the dealers against whom no
action whatever had been taken
said Administration settled with
other judgment debtors other