New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-11-16

regarding improving upon details Of ad
contract. Said committee to meet & Po-
lice jury room on l6lh inst. and all AN
bers Of Jury requested to attend
The committee appointed in the mat er
OF making a settlement with the S. riff
for witness fees made its report whigH IL
cluled the statements of the Tax Col. or
anu Clerk OF Court The committee ., g
requested to cal! on the Tax Collector "a
AK him 10 explain the diff.frut amuaurz
as shown by the two statements.
The following ordinance was ador.
An ordinance ordering a special ...e-
ton to take the sense of the Legally o. IL
fed property tax payers in the Z u
theupigue Drainage District to ascertain
| as to whether or not special acreage X
of twenty five cents per acre upon al 0ne
lands situated in said district except
wood lands shall be imposed for the PEE
Rod of ten years beginning with the year,
1908, and including the year, 1917, was
presented by Mr.. Dugas aud read-vhau
il was moved by Mr.. Dugas, seconded ny
Mr.. Migues and adopted by the Following
yea and nay vote, to wit: Yea, M,ss,s.
Boutte, Dugas, Goula, Labau, Lemairt,
Miguel, Romero. Nay, None.
Said ordinance as above entitled was
then presented to the president of the
Police Jury of Iberia Parish for ,xamin.-
thin, and afte examination vas lvGuiued
by him approved and signed.
Said ordinance reads as follows, to wit:
Be 1t ordained that special election is
hereby called to be held in the Buyon
Choupique Drainage District, in Iberia
Parish, La, within the hours provided by
law, on Saturday the 2lst day of Deem
Der, A. D., 1907, at which election shall
be submitted to the legally qualified tax
payers of said district, who are entitled
to vote at said election under the ConsA
tuition and laws Of the State, the question
of levying on all the property situated in
said Drainage District except the wood
per year for the period of ten years be-
ginning with the year, 1908, and including
the year, 1917, and which District is de-
scribed as follows, to wit. North-Wih
start at Bayou Teche on the Southern
boundary of the property of Ande Dugas
and run East along Public Road leading to
Lake Daaterive to the Southwest corner
of the property of Justilien Crochet, then
North to the Northern boundary of said
property, then East to the property of
Charles Blanchard, then South to the
Public Road leading to the Lake, then
East along said road to the Western lin
It's of the property of Wickliffe Barras,
then South to the Southwest corner of
the property of said Wtekliffe Bairas,
and then directly East to Lake Fausse
Pointe.
East-Will start at above described |
line on the Lake and follow the Lake in a |
STANDARDIZATION to the intersection of |
the Southern line of the District.
So1th-The Southern limits Of said Dis
trict shall be line running east and west
from Bayou Teche to Lake Fausse Pointe
on the Lane between l.. d. Broussard ard |
Homer Gonsoulin on the one hand ard |
Numa Decuir and Prados on the other
line Shall extend in straight line to
strike the Bayou on the west and the Lake
on the east. West by the Bayou Teche.
The said tax TO be levied and collected
according to law, aud at the same time
and under the same conditions and terms
as the taxes due the State of Louisiana.
That said election shall be held under
the election laws Of the State of Louisiana
and that the polling place shall be at the
building of Jean Berard, at Loreauvile,
La, and the form of the ballots shall be
the following, to-wit:
"For special tax of Twenty Five
Cents per acre upon all lands situated in
the Bayou Choupique Drainage District as
created, except wood lands, annually for
the term of ten years beginning with the
year 1908, to raise funds to cut and dig
drainage canal in said District"
against a special tax of Twenty Five
Cents per acre upon all lands situated in
the Bayou Choupique Drainage District as
created, except wood lands, annually for
term of ten years beginning with the
y, ar 1908, to raise funds to cut and dig
drainage canal in said District"
Be it further ordained. etc.. that the
Board of Supervisors of the Parish of he
ria are hereby requested to appoint COM
missioners and clerk to serve at such
polling place and election; to give due
notice of said appointment, and of the
time and place of holding said election,
and make their returns of said election as
required by law.
That the Commissioners of Election
shall receive the ballots of all property
tax payers of said District entitled to vote
at ssid special election under the Consti-
tuition and Laws of the State. and upon
which the voter shall have endorsed his
name before depositing the same in the
ballot box.
Be it further ordained, that Messrs.
Baptiste Bourgeois, Fernest Berard and
Albert Boutte be and they are hereby APP
pointed Commissioners of this election to
he holden on the pod day of DecernbAr
1907, and that Mr.. Charles Broussard be
and he is hereby appointed Clerk of said
election.
That this ordinance be published in the
official journal of Iberia Parish during the
period of thirty days to the date of said
election, and that this ordinance take ef-
feet from and after Its PRONUNCIATION.
Thus done read. adopted, signed in