New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-07-08

quor business Tor lne year lJUO, WITH u
assurance that payments made on the
cense for 1904, would he credited to q
licenses of 1905, and that those who h,
paid the entire license of 1904. should
business under said payment in 100
without any additional payment for sa
year 1908.
That the parties first herein meutione
who had exercised the inherent right ar
privilege of resisting in the courts OF OF
country, an uDj just discrimination again
them in the exercise Of legitimate an
legalized business, were compelled to pa
one thousand dollars, TO carry on sai
businesses in the year 1905, despite th
fact that others engaged i'll the same bus
ness were not required to pay anything 8
all, while others were required only to pa
the difference between what they ha
paid for the year 1904, and the one tlruu
sand dollars, although they had been CON
PEELED to pay interest, cost aud attorney
fees and judgments were being hold b.
said Administration against them for on
thousand dollars for the year 1904.
That the Municipal primary election
being over demands were mado upon tn
judgment debtors Of the City named abov
for five hundred dollars on account of sait
Judgment, which was refused
That for the first time and after NOR,
than u year had elapsed since the las
named ordinance had gone into effect
rules were brought against some OF the re
tail liquor dealers against whom said Ad
miuistration had no Judgment while 9th
ers continued unmolested by rules of jud
ieial proceedings.
That these rules were in utter violation
of the representations OF the members oI
| said Administration, whom urging these
retail liquor dealers to continue theil
businesses in the year 1908, with credits
on 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 strenuously 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 in ready, willing and
anxions to dispose of the contentious.
That the Judgment debtors, perceiving
the unjust, illegal aud unconstitutional
conduct of said Administration in at
| tempting for reasons unexplained TO them
| to enforce collection on them, while 9th
| ers engaged in the same business in the
| same year, were only being ruled to pay
| said license and while still others were
being permitted TO go unmolcsted, brought
direct actions TO annul the judgments
against them
That subsequently, to-wit: On the 18th
of April, 1905, said Administration adopt
ed an ordinance, reniitting one half of said
| IaI 4 ~
given time, but before tho expiration of
said time and in disregard of both of said
ordinances and the suits for the annull-
ment of said judgments, the said Admin
stration melted by they know not by
what motive, proceeded to execite on, said
Judgments, for the full lsuma of Asnn1e, and
in said executions OF sane, and In inter-
Disregard OF the rights oil said dealers.
caused the closing of their places of busi-
ness, diserediting them and striking at
their means of livelihood although they
held authority to conduct these businesses
from the very Administration that hai-
rassed them and sought to impede them in
the exercise of their legal rights.
That subsequently and still persisting
in the collection of one Thousand dollars
from some of the dealers against whom
said Administration had judgments for
the license of 1904, and some of the deal
ers 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 iudg-
ment debtors other respondents in rule
and others against whom no action had
been taken, said license OF 1904 for five
hundred dollars. still persisting and de-
mandng one thousand dollars, costs, in
terest and attorneys fees added of other
dealers.
That such proceedings are in direct vio-
lation of the Constitution of our State and
are destructive of the uniformity com
manded by said Constitution, without
which uniformity there can be no Censti- |
tutional legal licenses imposed or enforced. !!
That due to the entanglem5nts growing
out OF the above unaccountabie acts of
said Administration, 1t is absolutely inn
possible to collect in Constitutional and |
uniform way these licenses for tho year
1904.
That this Administration has no desire |
to harrass any one engaged In legitini- |
ate, egalized business in this City, be-
cause 1t appreciates that after all, it il
only the servants of the public whose |
special public duties consist In exerting |
The powers temporarially residing with it, |
and not to beat down those engaged in |
The various pursuits which go to make up
0 community,
It realizes and asserts its main func.
lions are to foster the interest as whole
at the expense of no loss OF individual
rights; to collect legitimate revenues, to
administer the government and not to
trive any one from legalized business and
cut off needed revenues
Therefore with view of equalizing as
lar as it is practicable the licenses Of,
9O4, and harmonizing legal differences
'etail liquor dealers Of came.
On motion of Mr.. l.. Indest seconded
~ Mr.. Renoudet and adopted by the fol-
owing yea and nay vote, 10 wit. yea--In-
lest, Renoudet, Delahoussaye, Voorhies,
Fisher and stansbury. Nay-none.
Which ordinance was then presented to
he Mayor for examination and after ex-
animation the same was returned by him
approved and signed with the seal of the
thereto affixed.
Said ordinance reads as follows, to wit:
Be il ordained by the Mayor and Board
II Trustees of the City of New iberia, that
ull and complete aequitance IL hereby
II retsil liqnor dealers who may
,ave paid in part, or in whole, yoinntaf-
ally, after suit or by compromise license
or he year, 1904
Be il further ordained. Thai upon paw.
nent OF cost Of rules, by respondents in
nie now pending before the Distsief 'eus
consent IN hereby granted to dismiss said
nles and full and complete acqnitapee