New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-10-12

ORDlNA ANCE.

An ordinance ordering a special elee-
ton to take the sense of the legsIy quail
fed property tax payers in tIT Bayou
Choupique Drainage District to ascertain
as to whether or not a special acreage tax
of twenty-five cents per acre upon all the
lands situated in said district except wood
lands shall be imposed for the period of
ten years beginning with the year 1908,
and including the year 1917 was presen-
ted by MIR. Dugas and read when it was
moved by Mr.. Dugas, seconded by Mr..
Boutte, and adopted by the following yea
and nay vote, to- wit Yea, Messrs. Bout
te, Dugas, Dallas, Goula, Gonsoulin, La
ban, Lemalre, Miguez, Romero, Schexnay-
der. Nay, none. Said ordinance was
then presented to f President of the Pc,
lice Jury for examination, and after ex-
animation was returned by him approved
and signed.
Said ordinance reads as follows, to- wit:
Be it ordained that special election is
hereby called to be held in The Bayou
Choupique Drainage District, in Iberia
Parish, La, within the hours provided by
law, on Saturday the 10th day of October.
A. D., 1907; at which eleetioa shall be
submitted to the legally qualified proper
ty tax payers of said District, who are en-
titled to vote at said election under the
Constitution and laws of the State, the
question of levying on all the property
situated in said Drainage District except
the wood lands a tax of twenty-five cents
per acre per year for the period of ten
years beginning with the year 1908, and
including the year 1917.
The said tax to be levied aud collected
according to law, and at the same time
aud under the same conditions and terms
as the tsxes due the State of Louisiana.
That said election shall be held under
the election laws of the State of Louisi-
ana, and that the polling place shall be at
the building of Mrs. Alfred Gonsoulin at
boreauville, La and the form of Dalot
shall be the following, to-wit:
"For a special tax of twenty Eve cents
per acre upon all lands situated i'm the
Bayou Chonpigue Drainage District as
created, except wood lands, annually for !
the term of ten years beginning with the |
year 1908, to raise funds TO ent and dig |
drainage canal In said distriet.n
Against special tax of twenty Eve |
cents per acre upon ell lands situated in |
the Bayou Choupique Drainage District as
created, except wood lands, annually for
the term of ten years beginning with the
year 1905 to raise funds to cut and dig a
d. ainsge canal in said DISTRICT,
be it further ordained that the Board of /
Supervisors of the Parish of Iberia are
hereby requested to appoint commission
ers 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
AK payers of said drainage district err
titled to vote at said special election un.
Ter the Constitution and Law of the State,
md upon which the voter shall have en-.
iorsed his name before depositing the
'ame in the ballot box.
That this ordinance be published in the
official Journal Of iberia Psrsh during
he period Of thirty days previous to the
late OF said election, and that this ordi-
lance take effect from and after its prom
legation.
Be it further ordained, that Messrs,
3aptiste Bourgeois, Fernest Berard and
Albert Boutte be and they are hereby ap-
ointed commissioners of this election TO
e holden on the 10th day Of October,
907, and that Mr.. Charles Broussard be
nd he is hereby appointed Celrk of said {
lection.
Thus done read, adopted, signed aud |
cal affixed in open seseion, at New Iberia, ,
n this the 9TH day of Septe mber, A. D.,
o07. {
GEORGE j. LABAU,
President of the Police Jury, iberia
arish