New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-07-20


! To THE HONORABLE THE POLICE Jury OF THE
PARISH or IBERIA STATE or LOUISIANA:
! We the undersigned property taxpayers of the
Third Ward of The Parish of IBERIA, State of
Louisiana, and entitled To v0t" therein upon the
proposition hareinafter mentioned, respectfully
petition and rnomurialize your Honorable Body to
order special election according 10 law Of the
property taxpayers of the said Third Ward of
iberia pmi IN, entitled tp vote under the t"nsti.
tuition and laws ot the STATE Of Lou1, lana; the
object ana pHrposc ~ st'h election being '"f inc
purpose of lcNinG u taN lo realize Inc sum OF
Three Hundred Dollars tN31oD Der year tor iar
period Of ten years, beginning With the year a i"9o
and extending to ana lneiEd'H% iIie year ~ > IN
favor "i jhe Ne" IBERIA, - A"fih N"rthfin
RAILROAD Company ia. i"ii amount 20 m nr f'alib,
rd ny '"Ntt'"n b''n4 tnI sun nHrte n'4S,,'4 @
p"'IarS tNfvoV) I" ne E',I' ~ t"'iTtteo ai1 P"i'
IN ten annual p3ln nv "i ihr'G HIh ti'1 u '"l'
lars lf5oo) onrh' I" be Pld l" tne Ne" lh'rlh;
ST. Martin Mnr1h'rn huiIoaI 'ompahy' Hh'd
amount 81 fS"V pc, 4t'" l'' 'ne Pett"V 81 zen
years !" ne It,>'' ny ,t l'' a'iu ION "i Il
tax "i mn per ani"ih l"r rona tIa perl"' "I zen
years n,IiHm'H- ~. i,,' 'ga' raI ~ anu tN.tnI
i'sS ." an" 'u' '''"l'- 'n' l'"' i'l7' OF 50 Hla'h
I S"'h MI, rs may ns necessary 10 Ia 50 uuF
InS LIZ "arh year "l sa'n Yen years III" % sum OF OF
To"' pc. I,"i uI''' VA tu' a,'Iunt 81 H',"o"
nus 2'eu I'Htui ~" t'A 81 mn I" "' mus
I9Ni'H Ii,u C'IltrtS" I"r tue pththt ald III i"'ot
Dl S'l" h''I'""u "'TPal9' rs u c"hSlatfaitoh ahg
lhd9crmeHt i'T the hai'r"ad company to d" aud
~ ~, IN ~ Wv ~, ~ VII
flhri flhHi me ihaFl 'ihe "i Sald ftilr"ad SnhI
/ pc ", m ou'.t from sothS plht ~ tne JltS OF New
~ ln' r'a 10 OF ory"nu tnrt baTte N the rar'sh OF
~ ~, i'uiur!' aug Uiee..hI ahn connecting win tht
on9Io4Sas, pun North Eastern kallr"Rd and
WIZ ~, ,mtII tGe T"i"r@h" southern Railroad.
ohION D. ne Sald railroad shall be butt and
/ com rs me independent OF inc southern
racine hai'r"Ad' or my railroad owned or operat-
! ed by re southern faclhc
.tia' Id sa,d tar4nd ta me Shsll be IN
/ operation on or before the hrst day OF March
1909 between thG points here in above rccited;
provided that IN the event qnarantines, epldem-
comPiGtion ana putting ~ operation OF SAID road,
To- rafard the construction Of said railroad and
/ beyond the control Of the said New Ibe,iaSt
Martin northern hailrond oanPanf, then
Of aid raiir"aI as aboy ~, s ON fnrtbrr dainy
equal to the time during which the construction
OF saiq ralroa1 was thus pnhgoiaa1ly delayeh
rim. St Mnrtin a Nortbern RAILROAD Campanv
shall be maintaned in the City of New iberia,
aud shonid II extend IT'S construction ana require
make New iberia :, IiyIsipnai point and continue
to make it during the life Of this tax
| FiFi Inc Sala sew iberia ot. Martin hnl'
| !" six ,nnpgbs rom Marrh first, igGg one Jaiiy
passenger train hand ing mail and express
SINfH The tax to be levied and TO be c9Ilec-
sbali not he naid to- The raiIroad namnany nntii
the said railroad line shall have been built aud In
operation and the other conditions herein above
astin Rertr,nd G' meran Dnns T. Go,sou
tiB, l. l. Gopsoulin Euzcbe Gonsoulin. Sidney
rlessuia, Jean BeraFd Geo. J. Fisk, Gustave
nscnir w a, ~ Tet,s a st
Decur, j. d. Rose, Lionel Broussard Mrs j. A.
De mir, perJ A. becuir, Lneien Hebert Sr per
nas h Gryat o'S'"I s FrnnE nte' pppr prl a.
Deeuir. Jules Gr1yat. Jr.. Henry Grivat,
j 4. Friouse, Euzebe blanchard Gabriel BIanch-
a'u pgrg ~ ueeRr Rn, n%heF R'"peh"r' per q
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of Iberia Parish that special eec-
lion hereby called TO be held in the Bird
Ward of iberia Parish, within the hours
provided by law, on Wednesday the 2dth |
day of July, 1907 at which election shall
be submitted to the property tax payers
OF said '3rd Ward who are entitled to vote |
at said election under the Constitution and
laws of this state the question of levying |
on all taxable property in the 3rd Ward |
OF Iberia Parish, tax OF one mill on the |
dollar per annum, or so much OF said one
mill as may be necessary, for period
of ten years IN aid OF the New Iberia, st. |
Martin O. Northern Railroad Company, |
corporation organized under the laws OF
the state OF Louisiana. Ihe sald tax to
be levied ana collected according TO law
and conformably to the terms, conditions
and limitations reclted IN the herelnaboVe
petition; beginning IN the year l90s ana /
extending to the year 1918 inclusive, to
produce annually the sum OF three hun
dred dollars, making an aggregate amount
OF three thousand dollars to be collected
Section BE 1t further ordained that
sad election snail be held under the eiec.
ton laws OF the state OF Louisiana, ana
at the polling place at which the last pre-
ceding election was held, to-wit, Judge
Babin's office, Bird Ward, ana that the
form OF ballot to be used at SAID election
shall be the following.
For special tax OF one mill IN favor
OF the New Iberia. ST. Martin q Northern
Railroad Company, or so much OF one
mill as may be necessary, 10 raise during
each year beginning wlththe 'ar 1909 and
extending to and including the year 1918
the sum of three hundred dollars per year,
thus aggregatiDg the sum three thousand
dollars.
Against the special tax of one mill in
favor of the New Iberia, st. Martin g.
Northern railroad Company or so much Of
said one mill as. may be necessary, to raise
during each year beginning with the year
1909 and extending to and including the
year 1918 the sum of three hundred dol
lars per year, thus aggregating the sum of
Three thousand dollars.