The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-07-15
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ern, or Frisco systcm
3rd.-The said Railroad shaG Ja
completed on OF before tha thlrs,-
first day Of December 1911. lciNurn
the points hereiuahore rpcuai
provided that in ne eut of lu.l.-
antines, epidemics. strikes. lor k
outs, panlcs and litigatious of am
and all character. and more r4-
pscially litigation for he npcr~-
sary right Of way and Railroad
crossings, r.tar,iiu" the connie
ton and construction Of said Rail
road, and oths + unforeseen cireun>
stances, all o. the nature to rctara
the construction Of SatH raiironi
and beyond the control OF the sand
iberia, st. May & Eastern Railroad
Company, then cher, shall be add
ed to the period for the cnnstrue-
ton Of said railroad above sot
out Il further delay equal TO the.
time during which the construction
Of said railroad was thus unavoll
ably delayed
tth The dOmiCll, OF the sad
IBERIA, st. Mary & Eastern Railroad
Company snail be maintained in IT, ,
CITY of New IBERIA.
5th.-Thc said Iberia. st MARY &
Eastern Railroad shall operate and
maintain within two month; from
the 3lst day Of December, 1911, onr
daily passenger or motor car ser
vice, With snch motive power as
the said Railroad Company may dc
cree expcdirnt.
| tth. The tax to be levied and
ia br collected and the annual a
mount herein provided FOR shall
not be paid to the Railroad Com
pany until the said Railroad shall
have been built and place in or"r-
alton by running train from New
IBERIA to the lower corporate hm-
its Of Jeancrettc and the other
conditions hcrcinabo>c set forth
! shall have been complied with.
| The undersigned hereby declare
and agree that in the event that
the railroad line in question be con
| structcd on or before December
| 3lst, 1911, in the event of the result
| OF the election herein provided for
| being adverse they each will pay
~ mills on their respective assess
ment i'm the City of New Iberia, for
a period OF ten years, in aid OF and
for the benefit of said Railroad
| Company, and they each hereby rC-
cOgnize thai the obligation is the
sole and only endorsement for the
cOnst rnctiOm Of said railroad, aud
| that the consideration for h" OH
legation is the enhanced value Of
their rcspcctiv" properties which
will result. ThCyteach declare that
the construction bf the railroad as
herein provided for is based entire
~ upon this obi Eation assumed by
| them
| 1t is agreed ahd understood that.
should the sigr4rs of this petitiqAe
not equal to OF exceed a majoufy
in numbers apd amount of ahal-
flied taxpaycts entitled tovote
under the constitution an,k1aws OF
the state OF Louisiana, hcn this
to {" @ '"; an" %' Of ia" "s
| effect.
Wherea8 pettbm having been
received from W property tax
payers rfsidingeHn the City of New
iberia, dhtitlee to vote at a speci-
al election GGled according to law
to levya SPECIAL tax in aid Of rail
| way ehteNbrises, as is provided in
Article 70 in the Constitution and
Acts foffhe General AssembIyof the
State 81 Louisiana, and said petit
ion having been signed by a number
OF property taxpayers residing in
said city and qualified to parti-
cipate in said election in excess Of
| One-third in number,as was asccr-
tanned by an examination of said
petition and the assessment roll Of
the said City for the year 1871, and
the words and terms of said petit
ton being as recited in the title
Of this ordinance.
Section BE it therefore or
dained by the Mayor and Board OF
Trustees of the City OF New Iberia,
Parish of Iberia Stateof Louisiana,
that special election is hereby
Iberia, within the hours, provided
for by Iaw,on the 18th day Of Au-
gust, A. ID. 1911, at which election
perty taxpayers of the said city |
election under the constitution and |
laws of the State, the question OF
leving on all taxabel property in
said City of New iberia a tax OF two
mills on the dollar per annum, or
so much thereof as may be neccs-
sary to produce the sum OF forty
five hundred dollars each year,
beginning with and including the
year 1912, and extending to and in
Guiding the year 1921, in aid of and
for the benefit of the Iberia, st.
Mary & Eastern Railroad Company
the full amount to be realized by
taxation being the full sum of for
ty five thousand dollars to be
levied, collected and paid in ten
annual payments of forty five hum
bred dollars each year for the years
as recited above i'm this petition.
The said tax to oe levied and col
lectcd according to law and con-
formally to the terms, conditions
and limitations recited in said pct
itiOn.
Section BE it further Ordain-
ed, etc, that said election shall be
held cOnfOrmabiy to law and ut the
{ Olling place at which the last pre-
&C eding general congressional elcc
ton was held i'm the City of New
Iberia, to wit: the Court House 0; :;
Of the City of New iberia, and that
the form of ballot to be used mt said {
election shall be as follows: i,
FOR a special tax of two mills {
or so much of said two mills as I
as may be necessary, to produce {
each year for a period OF ten &
years forty five hundred dollars,
TINA ;nr thn ann If for | :