New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-12-14
Ar ORDINANCE.

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Inc IoIoWiog ordinance presented b,
! ocheAhaFder was adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance ordering Il special election
IN the Elghth Wand OF the Parish o
IBERIA, Louisiana, upon the petition o
more than 0ne-tuh OF the property tax
payers Of the ssid Eighth Ward request
ing the same to take the sense OF th,
property Taxpayers of the said Eight
Ward on proposition Of levying a speCia
TAX Of thee mills per annum for prI0,
OF ten years ia excess Of The Constitutions
Limitation OF taxation to aid in builaIul
aud eqaipurG school house OF ser.a
houses rs the said Eighth Ward, or ns
school district comprising the Es2Hi
Ward, all couformgviy 20 Artcle 252 Of
H. Constitution OF the state OK Louisiana
and cou!oruably TO Act 1871 oil the Genera
Assembly OF the State Of Louisiana OF
1898, aud Act PA Of the General Assem-
bly, Of the State OF Louisiana OF 1902 and
Act l45 Of the General Assembly Of rut
State Of Louisiana of 1904 and act i67 Of
the General Assembly ot ,he S,u..
Louisiana 81 1904
Whereas, the petition having 0eer
e'lveo iom the properly Tax ayels .ea..
ing IN the Eig',h Ward Of he fnis- u.
lbelIa, State 81 Louisiana, enft.t. -a
vote at special eiecuohs called accord. q
TO law TO levy u specia, tax to a.a ll
building and equip'gg q school house OF
school HOUSES III the SAID E,Sath "ara, 1s
pioWced Tor by Article 2a2 OF tue '."u-
stltutlou and by Acts l3I OF 1878, "a ri
ISo2, $40 OF l9U4, ana lot Oi l9U4, anu nc
said petition having Geen slgaed by a
number OF property taxpayers residing III
SAID h'ghth ward ana quahhed To paltl-
clpate IN SAID election FAR IN eXcess OF one
htth III number, rs was asceftalned by an
examination OF SAID petltlon ana me as
sessmeht leil OIL the SAID highth ward
ana ehe Words ana terms OF Whleh petAon,
as well as the signatures thereJp ahne~ed
are as follows:
10 the honorable President and Mem
oers OF the Police Jury OF the Parish OF
IBERIA, state OIL Louisiana:
Inc petition OF the undel signed property
TAX payers oil 9chool blStrict NO. Eight 81
the PARISH oil IBERIA as Great d, defined
ana located unoer and by virtue OF the
anthorlty OF the Board OF School Directors
OF sald Farlsh, ana being and constituting
Quentin oil the property tax payers of said
ochool District No. Eight respectfully ask
that your honorable Body, acting within
ana uHder the authority conferred upon
you by Article 20 OF the Constitution of
the State OF louisiana, by Act No. l3l OF
the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, approved July ID, 1898, by a ct
NO. IA OF the General Assembly OF the
state OF Leulslana, approved July 10,
1907, Act No. l45 of the General Assem-
oily OF the State of Louisiana, approved
July b, 1874, and by Act No. l67 of the
General Assembly Of the State of Louis
lana, also approved on the 6jh of July,
1904, do order that special election he
held, in the manner required by law, for
the purpose of determining which err or
not special tax in excess OF the Coustitu-
tional limitation of taxation, provided by
and declared in Article 232 OF he Con-
stltution OF 1898. shall be levied on the
property liable to taxation within said
School District No. Eight.
petitioners further pray that at said
election, SO to be held, your Honorable
Body do submit to vote of the property
tax payers OF said School District No
Eight entitled to vote at said election,
under the election laws of the State of
Louisiana, the following matters, to-wit:
FIRST, That the ooJ'c OF levying and
collecting special tax, the levy of which
is hereby prayed for, to be submitted
according to law, is to build and equip a
school nohse or school houses IN the above
named "ard.
Second, that the rate OF said special tax
10 oe ieyied annually upon all taxable
properly IN SAID School District No. Eight
shall De Three (a) mills on the dollar.
Ihlid' that the length OF time for and
durRg which such special tax is to run be
ieVled annually upon all such property
sqoJecI 10 5aAation IN eald School District
NO Eight shaIi De len lo) years, begun
ing with the year l9Oo
wherefore petitioners pray that said cleo
tion De ordered Tor The foregoing objects
and purposes ard In conformity with the
constitution oil this State ana the acts of
the Legislature thereof on the subject.
Respectfully submitted,
Anatoie Deslatte, j. Il. Schexnayer, F.
Emma Roth, X. M. Brown,
Mary Brown, Una Butty, Fanny Moses,
Anna Smith, Xavier Cognie2, Mrs. A
Landry, Martha Sandoz, Reno Antoine,
Ernest Bodin, May Thompson, Nancy
Johnson, Nancy Joseph, Mrs. Robt. n.
Hall, Leo Rlvette, A. K. Smith, 4 o..
Bower, Camille Provost, clay Riensrd,
Mrs. j. NJ. Hayes, Mrs. G. a Poirson,
Mrs. E. Haydel, Charles Hebert, jaime ;
Borel, Henry Richard, l.. Lyon, j., A.
). Roger, VIM. Walker. Jr., August Le-
Blanc, j. G. Akers, Leonce Broussard,
Richard Morvant, e. NJ. Corbih, A. J..
Allemap, CASTOR Domingues, J. H..
Stansouly, Stirling Walker, Fl. M Moss
T. A. Boykin, NJ. D.. Eli Fl. Green, Philip
Butaud, Edna Borel, Helaire Borel, Cora