The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-07-22
PETITION.

re ION.
To The Honorable Mayor an
Board of Trustees Of the City Q
New Iberia, State OF Louisiana
We, the undersigned propert
tax payers of the CITY of New he
ria, State Of Louisiana, entitled {
vote therein on the propositio
hereinafter mentioned, respectful
ly petition and memoriaIize you
Honorable Body TO order speci
al election according 10 law OF tn
property tax payers OF the CIT
OF New Iberia, State OF Louisiana
entitled to NOic under the tOns,i
tuition and laws of the State o
Louisiana, the object and purpos
OF such election being FOR the pur
pose OF lcvying a tax to rcaiiz
the sum of $1,000 each year for
period Of ten years beginning Will
the year 1912 and extending 10 am
Including tn year 1924, IN aid o
and for the benefit of the Iberia
st. Mary IL Eastern Railroad co.
the full amount to be realized b,
taxation being the full sum OF Si5,
600 to be loved, collected and pal,
III ten annual payments OF Si,5O'
each year ~ the years as rccitct
above in this petition; said n
mounts OF $500 per year for tn,
period of ten years, to be raised
by the levy and imposition OF a
tax OF two mills per annum for SAID
period OF ten years, beginning with
tho years 1872 and extending 10 and
including the year 1921. or SO much
OF such two mills as may be neces-
sary to raise during each year OF
said ten years the sum of - 800 pei
year for the years 1912, l9i3,19i4
1915, 1916, 1917, 1913, 1919, 1920 and
1921, until the fun sum or $4,000
has been raised: said tax OF two
mills to be thus levied and collect
ed for the benefit and i'm favor OF
said Railroad Company, as IA con-
sideratiOn and induccmcnt for the
Railroad Company to do and per-
form all the following, TO wit -
1st.-The main line OF said rail
road shall be quilt from some point
in the City of New Iberia to the
lower corporate limit of the town
or Jeanerette. to st. Mary Parish
line meeting and connecting IN o.,
near the City OF New Iberia with
the New iberia & Northern Rail
road.
2nd.-Thc said Railroad shall be
built and completed as line in
DEPENDENT of the Southern Pacific
Railroad or any other railroad
owned or operated by the South
Crn Pacific, or New Iberia e. North
ern, or Frisco system.
3rd. The said Railroad shall Zoe
completed Oh or before the thirty
first day Of December 1911, betW cen
the points hereinabove recited,
provided that in the event of quar-
antines, epidcmics, strikes, lock-
outs. panics and litigations of any
and all character, and more es-
pecially litigation for the neces-
sary right Of way and Railroad
crossings, retarding the. compile
ton and construction of said Rail
road, and other unforeseen circum-
stances, all of the nature to retard
the construction Of said railroad
and beyond the control or the said
Iberia, 81. Mary 4 Eastern Railroad
Company, then there shall be add
ed TO the period for the construc-
ton OF said railroad above set
out a further delay equal to the
time during which the construction
Of said railroad was thus unavoid-
ably delayed.
4th.-The dOmicile OF the said
Iberia, st. Mary & Eastern Railroad
Company shall Ice maintained in the
City of New Iberia.
5th.-Thc said Iberia, st. Mary &
Railroad shall operate and
maintain within two months from
he 3lst day Of December, 1911, one |
laily passenger or motor car SER
yice, with such motive power as |
he said Railroad Company may de-
rec expedient.
tth,-The tax to be levied and
o be collected and the annual a
mount herein provided tfor shall
Ot be paid to the Railroad Com
any until the said Railroad shall
ave been built and place in oper-
ton by running train from New
IBERIA to the lower corporate lin
= OF Jeanerettc and the other
hereinabove set forth |
hall have been complied with.
The undersigned hereby declare
nd agree that i'm the event that /
&c railroad line in question be con-
ructed Oh or before December \
st, 1911, in the event of the result
the election herein provided for
eng adverse they each will pay ,
mills on their respective assess \
ent in the City Of New Iberia, for
period oil ten years, i'm aid of and .
n the benefit of said Railroad
ompany, and they each hereby re- +
'gnize that the obligation is the !
lie and only endorsement for the 4
Of said railroad, and
at the consideration for the oh a
cation is the enhanced value of y
cir respective properties which
III result. Hhey each declare that /.
- construction OF the railroad as !,
srein provided for Is based entire !,
upon this obligation assumed BY =
EN-.
It il agreed and understood that \
louid the signers OF this petition n
It equal to or exceed a majority
numbers and amount OF lual-
ed taxpayers entitled to vote \
lder the constitution and laws OF \
e state Of Louisiana, then this n
'reement rs to the two mill tax v
sessment is to be void and of no N
feet.
N. WEIGH, l.. Indest, +
cks Fremin, VIM. +. Rhoder,
ex Chargois. Mrs. May Sheard NJ
I. Millaro, J. q. Leblanc, NJ
-. s. &. Willard, Mrs. ". p, Willard. nj
per +. +. NJ, +. l.. Bernard. j.
lille Stafford, Felix Romero. l.,