New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-11-10

regular session with President pro tenn
Lemaire in the chair and the following
: members present, to-wit: Bouttc, Blan.
chet, Dallas. Dugas, Goula, Miguel, Rom
Gro and Schexnayder Absent -bahnu
aud Gonsouin.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and adopted.
Mr. Dallas made full report on behalf
of building committee, report was ac-
cepted and the committee discharged.
The following ordinance introduced by
Mr., Dallas was adopted;
An ordinance to provide revenue for
the Parish Of iberia for the year 1907. by
! levying taxes upon all property not ex
empted from taxation
Whereas the following budget to-wit:
New IBERIA, La, Sept. %, 1906.
To the President and Members of the
Police Jury of Iberia Parish.
Gentlemen We the undersigned com
mittee appointed by your Honorable Body
to formulate budget to control the ok.
penditures Of the Parish for the year 1907
and to levy the taxes for the said year
1907. beg to submit the following report,
10 wit.
We find that the expenditures will be
required as follows:
Justices and onstables........S Z. 900 90
City Judge and Marshall of New
Iberia ............ ..... $50 90
Other criminal expenses..... II 900 90
Total criminal expenses. SIG $50 90
General fund ........ 81. 100000
Public schools from Parish and
the one mill from the criminal
fund New Iberia & Jeanerette 10, 600 90
Road fund e.. ...... ..-...... II, 900 90
Reserve fund for Teche bt1dges. 900 90
State National Bank, New iberia
for old warrants. ......... 5000 90
Fixtures in Clerk of Courts of
flee ~. -........,. -. $500
Bridges across Petit Anse Drain.
age Canal, 9Th and 9TH wards 5I3. 90
Total expenditures, 49,. $40, 200 90
We propose that the revenues TO meet
tho above expenditures be raised as fol |
lows, to- wit:
Parish tax mills on So. 400, 900
outside New IBERIA and Jean
erette. .........., $27, 200 90
Criminal tax 4 mills ON New
Iberia and Jeanerette or on
$3.50, 900. 90. .....,. ,...#.. 1000 90 |
Liquor and other licenses ..... 10. 600 90 |
Per capita road tax ......... 5000 90
Total revenues. 80. ...... $40. 900 90
We recommend that the Police Jury au-
thorize the Secretary-Treasurer to pay out
of the General Fund Of 1906 now on hand
and Immediately the 80, 500 90 on the
Court House addition, the II. p. A. appro-
pration of $500 90, the .Jeanerette Fair
appropriation of $3.50 90 and the Choupe
Drainage District appropriation of $149,
30 and $4,000 for Moore road aud that
he transfer to the credit of the General
Fund of 1906 the sum of 1901 AZ which is
20 the credit of the Court House Addition
On the amount borrowed
Yours very respectfully. :
LEON NJ. LEMA1RE,
A. Is. ROMERO,
Il. S. BRoussARD.
For the year 1907 shows the necessity
If tho imposition of n tax sufficient to ,
o meet the total shown therein;
And whereas the said budget for the |
rear 1907 has already been published ac- c
'ordiug to law in the Official journal:
Therefore, be il resolved by the Police 7
Jury of iberia Parish in session regularly |
issembled that said budget is now finally G
lh'fbtht anu
Sec L. That for the year 1907. there G
re hereby levied taxes amounting in the d
ggregate to eight mills on the dollar of
he assessed valuation of AL properly or 7
cal estate, with the buildings and other q
thereon an thereto at 4
ached, and all other untaxed land; all q
telephone and telegraph lines; all machin-
ry and machines; all cars, carriages, 8
'agons and other vehicles; all lumber. n
ersonsl property; all brick and other |
ulding materials; all goods, wares and o
Merchandise and oth5r stock in "a AIDE, in y
ossession, on hand AID under control: I
orses and other live animals. all prop.
rty held in trust the cash value of all b
ldgments; all rights, credits, bonds and 4
ecurities of all kinds and promisery o
otes; and all movable aud immovable r,
rticles of things of valueowned and
ontrolled by any person in any capacity Il
hatsoever, within the Parish of Iberia n
inside of the corporate limits of New n
)eria and Jeanerette. v
Sec. 2. And be 1t futher ordained, etc,
hat on al! property enumerated above in o