New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1908-01-04
VOLUME XIII.
AN ORDINANCE.
The following ordinance presented 10y
Schexnayder was adopted:
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The following ordinance presented 10y
Schexnayder was adopted
AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance ordering a special election
in the Eighth Ward of tbs Parish OF
Iberia, Louisiana, upon the petition OF
more than ope-fifth of the property tax
payers of the said Eighth Ward request
ing the same to take the sense of the
property taxpayers Of the said Eighth
Ward on proposition of levying a special
tax of three mills per annum for period
of teu years in excess the Constitutional
Limitations of taxation TO aid Ill bseding
aud equippg school house or school
houses III The said Eighth Ward, or the
school district comprising the Eighih
Ward. all eomfuimaDly 10 Aftsele 232 OF
The Constitution of the State OF Louisiana,
aud conformahly to Act l3l of the GeneIsl
Assernt, OF the State of Louisiana Of
1898. aud Act 214 Of The General Assem-
bly, OF the 81 ate of Louisiana Of 1902, aud
Act las If ths General Assembly of the
81 ate Of Louisiana of 1904, and Set l67 of
the General Assembly of the State ul
Louisiana of 1904
Whereas, the petition having been re-
ceived from the property taxpayers iesid-
ing In the Eighth Ward OF the Parish OF
Iberia, State of Louisiana. entitled 10
vote at special Elections called according
to law 10 hwy special tax to aid II,
building and eguiplng . school house or
school houses iD the said Eighth Ward, rs
provided for by Article 232 of the Con
stitution aud by Acts l3l of 1898, pa of
1909, l45 of 1904, and l67 Of 1904. and The
said petition having been signed by =
number OF property taxpayers residing IN
said Eighth Ward aud qualified to parti-
eipate in said ele ection far in excess Of one
iii ith in number, as was ascertaped by an
exaninatioD of said petition and the AS
sessment roll Of the said Eighth Ward,
ana the words and terms Of which petition,
rs well as the sianatuaes thereto annexed
are as follows:
To the Honorable President and Mem
bers of he Police Jury of the Parish Of
lbelia, B ate of Louisiana:
The p tition of the undersigned property y
tax pa, ers Of School District No. Eight of
the Parish of iberia as Great d, defined
and located under and by virtue OF the
authority of the Board of School Directors
oil said Parish, aud being aud constituting
Une-ifth of the property tax payers of said
School District No. Eight respectfully ask
that your Honorable Body, acting within
and uadsr The authority conferred upon
you by Article 232 of the Constitution of
the state Of Louisiana, by Act No. l3l OF
the General Assembly Of the State Of
Lcri-rtsia approved July 10, 1898, by Act
No. 2l4 OF the General Assembly of the
state Of Louisiana, approved July 10,
1902, Act No. las of the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Louisiana, approved
July 6, 1904, and by Act No 167 of the
General Assembly Of the State Of Louis
lana, also approved on the 9th Of July,
1904, do order that special election be
held. in the manner required by law, for
the purpose of determining wheh er or
OF a spec al tax in excess Of the Coustitu-
tional limitation OF taxation, provided by
and declared In Article 232 Of lthe Con-
stituliom of 1893. shall be levied on the
property liabe to taxation Within said
School District No. Eight.
Petitioners further pray that at said
election, 80 to be held, your Honorable
Body do submit TO vote of the property
tax payers Of said School District No.
Eight ertitled to vote at said election.
under the election laws of the State of
Louisiana, the following matters, to-wit:
First, that the OH ct Of levying aud
collecting special tax, the levy of which
!. II hereby prayed for, to be submitted
according to law, is to built and equip a
schVol honse or school houses Ia the above
named Ward.
Second, that the rate OF said special tax
to be levied annually upon all taxable
property 10 said School District No. Eight
shall be Three (3) mills on the dollar.
Third. that the length Of time for and
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