The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-06-15
AN ORDhIN ANCE


o AN ORDINANCE
An Ordinance ndcling n sp'
ciaI election in the City of Nov
Iberia. Louisiana. upon the pei
ton Of more than one third o
III" property tax payers OF sale
CITY entitled 20 vote rruucstin,
tn" same tn take the sense Of tn,
property tax payers Of said CT,
on = proposition granting {" th'
New iberia St Martin 4 North
rIn Railroad Company :hrc,
and one half mill taN, or SO much
Of sucl, three one half mill tax ~
may be necessary, for the period
Of ten years ~ raise eight ihous
and five hundred dollars, per IN
mum, to pay 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 a petition having been
received from the property tax
payers residing in the City of New
iberia entitled To vote a, special
elections called according to law
70 levy special taxes ~ ald "!
railway enterprises ~ ~
provided in Article 20 OF the Con
stitntion and Act 2O2 Of 1898; and
said petition having been signed
by q number Of property tax pay
ers residing IN said City and qualili
I'd to participate in sad election
far In excess Of one thir,linnumbcr
AZ was accrtaincd by the examin
alton Of the said petition and the
assessment roll Of sgid City for
the year 1906, and tho words and
terms Of which petition IA well AZ
the signatures thef ctO annexed
are AZ follows: n
TO THE HONORABLE MA4ou AND DbARp
Or TRUSTEES.
Or THE Cry Or New Il ER, LA:
We, the undersigned plppyty tax
payers Of the City of New 1hQria. State
0f louisiana. and entitled to ygote
therein upon the proposition hdEtln.l
latter mentioned, respectfully petition
and memorialize your Honorable Body |
~ order special election according to
law Of the property taxpayers of the
City of New Iberia, State Of Louisiana,
entitled to vote under the Constitution
and laws Of the State Of Louisiana; the
object and purpose of such election
Being for the purpose Of ievying u tax
20 realize the sum or Eight Thousand
Eive Hupdxed Dollars $500 per year
for the period Of ten years, beginning
with Tho year 19O9 and extending to
Ind Including the year 1918. in favor
Of the New Iberia st. Martin 4 North
ern Railroad Company; the full amount
to be realized by taxation being the
shm Of Rightly Five Thousand Dol
lars 1855, 600; to be levied, collected
and paid IL ten annual payments OF
Eight Thodsand Five sHnndred Dol
lars ($S, 800 eacht 70 be paid to the
New Iberia st MArtin. & Northern
Railroad Company; said amount Of
1900 per wear for the period Of ten
years to be raised by thcslefy and i'm
position of tax OF 81 mills per annum
for said period OF ten years beginning I,
with the year 1909 and extending to
and including the year l9iS. or SO
much ofsuch - mills as may he nee
essary TO raise during each year Of
said ten years the sum Of $500 per
year until the full amount Of $50 600
has been raised; said tax Of 80 mills
y be thus levied and collected for the
benefit and in favor Of said Railroad
Is consideration and IN
ducemcnt for the said RAslroad Com
pany to do I'D perform MI the follow.
|ng. to.wit: Y
, FIKsr:-Thc main liae ofraid rail /,
'oad shalt be built from some potut in D
'hssciiy Of New Iberia TO or beyond 9
Port Barre, IN the Parish Of st. Lan. :,
Try. and meeting and connecting with K
he Opclousas, Gulf Il North. Eastern III
Railroad and with the Colorado South III
I'm Railroad. "
O.
SECOND The said railroad shall N
e built and completed az line in v
cpendcnt Of the Southern Pacific = =
or any railroad owned OF -
perated by the Southern Pacific. D,
TaraD:--The said. railroad line :. =
TALL be In operation on or before ~ i,
'st day Of March, 1909. betwccnFtAc o,
'ints herein above recltcd; provided. e.
at 10 the event guarantees, epidem- W
,, strikes. lockoats and litigation. re- 81,
rdiax the completion and putting m Or
eration CT said road. and other nm M
rscen circumstances Of Z nature 70 ~
lard the construction Of said railroad n
d beyond the control Of the said Ev
~ Iberia-St Martin Il Northern lot
ilroad Company, then there shall =" ), :,
added TO the period for the building M,
said Railroad M above set out
ther delay equal 70 the time dur
which the construction of said -. !.
Tread was thus unavoidably delayed. 49,
FouRrm:-The domicile Of the said cal
Y Iberia-St. Martin K Northern Ibe
lroad Company shall be main- Nv
led in the city Of New Iberia. and dax
Md II extend it's construction and aha
lire the creation Of divisional points tar