The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-05-11

DALLAS, and carried by the follow
'h@ yea and nay vote to Wit: Ye
MesSrs q l;cnomdct, Geo. Dalla
Jno, Fisher and Il u Stansburv
Nays not, that the same be adopt
ed. Said ordnance reads oS fol
lows, to wit
AN ORDINANCE
An Ordinance odcrlng a spc
cla' election in the City of New
iberia, Louisiana, upon the pcti
ton of more than one third o>
ihe property tax payers Of sal,
C'ty entitled 10 vote r,uuestin.
Tn" same to take the sense OF tn.
property tax payers of said CIT,
on a proposition granting to tn.
New Iberia st. Martin Il North
ern Railroad Company :hrc,
anu one half mill tax, or no much
OF such three one half mill tax as
may be necessary, tOi the period
OF ten years to raise eight thous
ana five hundred dollars, per an
nun, to pay a bonus of not more
than eighty five thousand dollars
under the terms and subject to the
limitations placed in the petition
for said election.
Whereas petition having been
received from the property tax
payers residing in the City of New
Iberia entitled to vote 1T special
called according to law
to levy special taxes IN and of
railway enterprises as is
provided in Article go Of the Con
>titution and Act 2Oo of 1898: and
said petition having been signed
by number Of property tax pay
ets residing IN said City and unalifi
od to participate in SAID election
far in excess of one third in number
IS was acer!ained by the examln-
ltion Of the said petition and the
assessment roll Of sa,d City for
he year 1906, and the words and
erms Of which petition as well as
he signatures thereto annexed
re us follows:
o THE HONORABLE MAyoE AND BOARD
Or TRUSTEES.
Or The CITY Or New lpERlA, La:
We, the undersigned property tax
ayers of the City Of New Iberia, State
Louisiana. and entitled to vote
herein upon the proposition herein
fter mentioned, respectfully petition
nd memorialize your Honorable Body
order special election according to
Nv Of the property taxpayers of the
ity of New Iberia, State of Louisiana.
ntitled to vote under the Constitution
nd laws Of the State Of Louisiana; the
bject and purpose Of such election
eing for the purpose Of levying tax
} realize the sum Of Eight Thousand
i've Hundred Dollars $500 per year
r the period of ten years, beginning
ith the year 1909 and extending to
nd including the year 1918. in favor
the New Iberia st. Martin & NORTH
n Railroad Company; the .ull amount
be realized by taxation being the
i'm Of Eighty Five Thousand Dol
RS $50 ,OOO); to be levied. collected
ID paid in ten annual payments of
ight Thousand Five Hundred Dol
rs ($S, ,.'W) each; to be paid to the
ew Iberia. st. Martin e Northern
abroad Company said amount Of {
800 per wear for the period of ten
.ars to be raised by the levy and I'M
'sition ola tax of3H mills per annum
r said period Of ten years beginning
Ith the year 1909 and extending to
I'd including the year 1918, or SO |
uch ofsuch 81 mills as may lie nee
sary to raise during each year of /
id ten years the sum of $500 per
:ar until the full amount of $S5, 900 {
IS been raised; said tax Of 81, mills
be thus levied and collected for the ,
nefit and in favor of said Railroad {
,mpany. as q consideration and IN s
Icement for the said Railroad Com !
my to do and perform all the follow |
z. to. wit: 4
FIRsT:-Thc main line Of said rail-
ad shall be built from some point in I
e city Of New iberia to or beyond I
,rt Barre, IN the Parish OF st. Ian. =,
y, and meeting and connecting with
G Opelousas, Gulf 4 North Eastern /,
.ilroad and with the Colorado South
n Railroad.
SEcoND:-- The sais, railroad shall ]
built and completed as a line in.
pendent Of the Southern Pacific
lilrOad, or any railroad owned or .