The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-05-19
OFFICIAL MINUTES,
CITY COUNCIL

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Call Meeting of the Board ofTrustees
New Iberia, La, May 18th, 100
The Mayor and Board Of Trustees 0
the City of New iberia met this da'
pursuant to cali with Mayor, q. =
! Laugllin, in the chair and the follow
/ ing members present, to-w1t:- Messrs
John Fisher, r ID. Stansbury, o
Rcnoudot. II +. Delahoussayc Loui.
Indest, ST., Geo. w. Dallas The oh
iect Of the meeting was then read
which is as follows, to-wit:
New IBERIA, La, May 18th, 1906
To the Mayor and Board of Trustees
to the City of New Iberia.
Gentlemen
You are hereby notified
that there will be call meeting OF
the Mayor and Board OF Trustees OF
the City of New Iberia This evening
at five O'Clock at the City Hall for the
purpose of adopting an ordinance
permitting Mr. +. A. Augur, his asso-
GATES or assigns to pay to the City OF
New Iberia the sum of five thousand
dollars in cash on or before the 10th
day Of June, 1906. instead of being
requi cd to pay for labor and material
this amount rs stipulated in h q
franchise granted him on the 10Th of
January, 1906.
Signed G. c. Laushlin,
Mayor
An ordinance amending the latter
portion of an ordinance adopted on
the 10th day Of January, 1906, grant
ing a franchise to Mr. +. A. Augur
his associates or assigns for period
of twenty five years to construct a
street railway over certain streets in
the City of New Iberia was presented
by Mr. Indest and read when it was
moved by Mr.. Indest second by Mr.,
Stansbury and adopted by the follow
ing yea and nay vote, to-wit: Yea
Messrs. Indest, Stansbury, Fisher,
Dallas. Rcnoudet and Delahoussaye.
Nay None
Said ordinance as above entitled
was then presented to the Mayor for
examination and after examination
was returned by him approved and
stoned with the seal Of the Corporation
thereto affixed.
Said ordinance reads as follows.
to wit
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board Of Trustees of the City of New
iberia that that portion Of the franch-
Use granted TO +. A Augur his asso-
ciates or assigns on The 10th day OF
January, 1906, which reads as follows,
viz: THE franchise herein granted
will become void if the bona tide
construction Of said road-bed is not
begun within five months from this
date and the said road completed and
in operation within fifteen months
from the beginning of it's construction
By t he DO n a fide beginning OF
the construction Of said road is
understood to mean that the grantee
or grantees shall have paid for labor
and material as much as five thousand
the said +. A. Augur his associates OF
assigns to pay to the Mayor and Board
of Trustees of the City Of New Iberia
the sum of five thousand dollars
which amount shall vest uncondltIon
ally in tn e Mayor and Board OF
Trustees of the City of New Iberia IN
the event that said +. A. Auyur, his
associates or assigns do not construct
the street railway sat out IN said
franchise within fifteen months from
June 10th; 1906.
1t being understood that the five
thousand dollars as herein provided
is to be paid over to the Mayor and
Board of Trustees Of the City of New
lDefla OY the Sdlu f. "A. huSui, h'o
associates or assigns on or before the
10th day of June, 1906, and If this
condition is complied with it shall
dispense the said F. A. Augur, his
associates or assigns from actually
expanding the sum OF five thousand
dollars for labor and material prior to
June, 10th, 1906. SO as to prevent the
forfeiture of the saId franchise.
Be It ordained, ETC.. That in the
event that said F A. Augur, his
associates or assigns shall construct
the road set out in said franchise be-
fore the expiration Of fifteen months
from June 10th. 1906, the Mayor and
Board Of Trustees of the City of New
Iberia shall return to Tire said F. A.
Augur, his associates or assigns the
said sum of five thousand dollars paid