New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-06-01

T. that an election will be held of all quail
9 fled voters of the 9Th Ward of Iberia Par
e ish exclusive of the City of New Iberia
# on June Goth 1907, at the Court House o
Y the City of New Iberia between hour
IS hxed by law TO take the sense of the ia,
i payers entitled to vote in the premises OF
=. the proposition TO give to the New Iberia
= st. Martin & Northern H. II. Co, Ia,
a for a period of ten years under the condi
9 tons and limitation and for the purposes
e set forth in the ordinance herein below re
q cited.
i AN ORDINANCE.
{. An ordinance ordering special election
q in the Sixth Ward of the Parish of Iberia.
exclusive of the City of New Iberia, over
which the Police Jury has no jurisdiction
upon the petition of more than one third
of the property tax payers of the said
y sixth ward of Iberia Parish outside of the
City of New Iberia requesting the same
to take the sense of the property tax pay
i ers of the said ward on g proposition
! granting to the New iberia, st Martin &
Northern Railroad Company q three aud
e one-half mill tax, or SO much of said
three and one-half mills rs may be neces-
saly, for period of ten years to raise
two thousand dollars per annum, to pay a
! bonus of not more than twenty thousand
dollars under the terms and subject to
limitations placed in the petition for said
election
Whereas petition having been received
from The property tax payers residing in
in the Sixth Ward of the Parish of Iberia
outside of the limits os the City of New
Iberia entitled TO vote at special elections
called according to law to levy special
taxes in aid of railway enterprises as is
provided in Article go of the Constitution
and Act 200 1898. and the said petition
having been signed by a number of prop
erfy tax payers residing in said City and
qualified TO participate in said election far
in excess of one third in number, as was
ascertained by an examination of said
petition and the Assessment Roll of the
said Sixth Ward of the Parish of Iberia
for the year 1905, and the words and
terms of which petition. as well as the
signatures thereto annexed, are az fol
| lows:
To the Honorable the Police Jury of the Parish
| of Iberia, State of Louisiana:
We the undersigned property taxpayers of the
| Sixth Ward of the Parish of Iberia state of Lou
isiana, outside and beyond the city limits of the
| City of New Iberia, Louisiana and entitled 10
vote therein upon the proposition hereinafter
mentioned respectfully petition and memorialize
| your Honorable Body to order special election
according to law of the property taxpayers Of the
said Sixth Ward of Iberia Parish outside the city
| limits of New Iberia, Louisiana entitled to vote
under the Constitution and laws of the State of
| Louisiana; the obi ect and purpose of such cleo
tion being for the purpose Of levying tax to re
alize the sum of Two Thousand Dollars + lonOl
| per year for the period of ten years, be -iuniug
with the year 1909 and extending to and inrlu-
ding the year 1918 in favor of the New es In
st. Martin & Northern Railroad Company; 10
run amount to be realized by taxation being tine
sum of Twenty Thousand 1920 0OO); To be lev.
led collected and paid in ten annual payments
Of Two Thousand Dollars (R2, 0OO) each; t., he
paid to the New lheria-St Martin & Northern
Railroad Company; said amount of 10000 nor
year FOR the period of ten wears to be raised Inv
the levee aud imposition of a tax of,2 2 mills |
per annum for said period of ten yeas beginning |
with the year 190aand extending TO and including
the year IBIS, or so much of such 10 mills as |
may be necessary to raise during each wear of |
said ten years the sum of 22 600 per year until |
the full amount of $50 900 has been raised. said
tax of | mills to be thus levied and collected |
for the benefit aud in favor of said Railroad Com
pany, as a consideration aud indurement for the |
SAID haiiroad Company to do and perform all the |
following TO witt
First Tho main line of said railroad shall be
built from some point in the city of New iberia tn
or beyond Port Barre. in the Parish of st I,ndry
and meeting and connecting with the Orel ,usas
Gulf North Eastern Railroad and with the Col
orado Southern Railroad
Second The said railroad shall be built and
completed as line independent Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad, any railroad owned or oppr.
ated by the Southern Pacific
Third: The said railroad line shall he In on
Grafton on or before the first day of March 1909 |
between the points above reeted; provided that |
IN the event quarantines, epidemics. strikes lock-
outs and litigation, retardiug the completion and
putting in operation of said road, and other I'M
forseen circumstances of nature TO retard the |
construction of said railroad and beyond the con
troll of the'said New iberia St Martin & Northern
Railroad Company, then there shall be added to
the period for the building of said railroad as
above set ont further delay equal to the time
during which the construction of said railroad
was thus uuavoidably delayed
Fourth The domiclle of the said New Iberia
st Martin Il Northern Railroad Company shall
be maintained In the CITY of New iberia and
creation of divisional points then they shall
make New Iberia divisional point and continue
to SO make II during the life OF this tax
Fifth; The said New Ibera-St Martin & Nor
thern Railroad Company shall operate aud main
tain, within six months from N rrh lst 10 O.
one daily passenger train handling mail and ex
press.
Sixth: The tax be levied and to be collected and
the annual amount herein provided for shall not be
paid TO the railroad company until the said railroad line
shall have been built and in operation and the other
herein above set forth shall have beeu
piled with.
J G Arnandez, Gaian, Luke L Bertrand, F Der
Ellie pesson, R Mcmahon, R Hartman, Pierre An,
Ore, II Trotter, Jos Courrege, A Gourrege, 7 Ian
Blanc, Darby, Y Darby, Darby, John c Cur.
Is, ST., lohu Curtis, IT,, Henry 7 Boute, Mathile
Boutte, Carlos Mestayer, Girard, Louvere,
sarah Mestayer, Hull Mrs O Krause / Ron
'ilain, WIN Newman, Irene Newman, Mrs Olivia DO
lin, u Bayard, Frere, c Broussatd, H snider
Mrs Suider, NJ Bonnette Willis D Coudfon Rene
Water, Mouhot, Branncn, VIM Lourd, las W
Syt he, Robert Chargois octinia Cbargols, Porteus
Burke, w Broughton, Young, Mrs BeIgerie.
Be it therefore ordained by the Police
Jury of Iberia Parish that special cleo
ion be hereby called to be held in the
Sixth Ward of Iberia Parish, exclusive of
he City of New Iberia, within the hours
provided by law, on Wednesday the Goth,
lay of June, 1907 at which election shall
'e submitted to the property tax payers
# said Sixth Ward outside of the City of
Jew Iberia who are entitled TO vote at
aid election under the Constitution and
avs of this state the question of evying
n all taxable property in the Sixth Ward
( Iberia Parish, exclusive of the City of
lew Iberia, a tax of three and one half
nils on the dollar per annum, or so much
I said three and one-half mills as may
e necessary, for period of ten years in
id of the New Iberia, st. Martin &
lorthern Railroad Company, corporation \
rganized under the laws of the State of
'ouislano. The said tax to be lavied and
elected according to law and conform
bly, to the terms, conditions and limita-
ons recited in the hereinabove petition
eginning In the year 1909 aud extending
, the year 1918 inclusive, TO produce an
ually the sum of two two thousand dol
rs. making an aggregate amount of
venty thousand dollars 10 be collected
Section 2.-Be 1t further ordained that
hid elecl ion shall be held under the elee.
on laws of the State of Louisiana, and
the polling place at which the last
reeeding election was held. to- wit, the
onrt House in the City of New Iberia.
nd that the form of ballot to be used at :
i'd election shall be the following.
For special tax of three and one.haf -
ills in favor of the New Iberia, St. Mar
n & Northern Railroad Company, or so
ueh of three and one-half mills as may
J necessary, to raise during each year
.ginning with the year 1909 and extend
e to and including the year 1918 the sum
Two thousand dollars per year, thus
the sum Of Twenty thousand
liars.
Against the special tax Of three and
e-half mills In favor of the New Iberia,
Martin Il Northern Railroad Company.
so much of said three and one-half
lis as may be necessary, to raise during
ch year beginning with the year 1909