The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-07-29

built and completed as a line in
dependent of the Southern Pacific
Railroad or any other railroad
owned or operated by the South
ern Pacific, or New IBERIA & North
ern, or Frisco system.
3rd.-The said Railroad shall be
| completed on or before the thirty
first day OF December 1911, between
the points hereinabove recited,
provided that in the event of quar-
antines, epidemics, strikes, lock-
outs, panics and litigations OF any
and all character, and more es-
| pecialiy 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 raiiroad
and beyond the control of the said
iberia, st. Mary & Eastern Railroad
Company, then there shall be add
ed to the period for the construc-
ton Of said railroad above set
out 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 4 Eastern Railroad
Company shalI be maintained in tn
City of New IBERIA.
5th.-The. said iberia, ST. Mary &
Eastern Railroad shall operate and
maintain. within two months from
the 3lst day of December, 1911, one
| daily, passenger or motor car ser
| vice, with such motive power as
the said Railroad Company may de-
cree expedient.
6th.-The tax to be levied and
| to be 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 oper-
ationYby running a train from New
| Iberia to the lower corporate linn
its~of Jeanerette and the other
conditions hereinabOve set forth
Eshall have been complied with.
The undersigned hereby declare
and agree that in the event that
the railroad line in question be con-
| structed on or before December
31st, 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 in 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 re-
cognize that the obligation is the
sole and only endorsement for the
| construction of said railroad, and
that the consideration for the OBJ
legation is the enhanced value of
their respective properties which
will result. They each declare that
| the construction of the railroad as
herein provided for is based entire
ly upon this obligation assumed by
them.
It is agreed and understood that
| should the signers of this petition
not equal to or exceed a majority
in numbers and amount of quail
| flied taxpayers entitled to vote
under the constitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana, then this
agreement as to the two mill tax
assessment is to o. void and Of no
effect.
Whereas, a petition having been
received from the property tax
payers residing in the City of New
iberia, entitled to vote at a speci-
al election called according to law
to levy a special tax in aid of rail-
way enterprises, as is provided i'm
Article 27O in the Constitution and
Acts of the General Assemblyof the
State of Louisiana, and said petit
ion having been signed by number
of property taxpayers residing in
said city and qualified to parti-
cipate in said election in excess OF
0ne-third in number,as was ascer-
tanned by an examination of said
petition and the assessment roll of
the said City for the year 1911, 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 a special election is hereby
called to be held in the City of New
Iberia, within the hours provided
for by law,on the 18th day of Au-
gust, A. d. 1911, at which election
there shall be submitted to the pro-
perty taxpayers of the said city
who are Untitled to vote at said
election under the constitution and
laws of the State, the question of
leving on all taxabel property in
said City of New Iberia tax of two
mills on the dollar per annum, or
SO much thereof as may be neces-
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
dred dollars each year for the years
% recited above in this petition.
The said tax to oe levied and COL
lected according to law and con-
formally to the terms, conditions
and limitations recited in said pet
ition.
Section 2.-Be it further Ordain-
ed, etc., that said election shall be
held conformably to law and at the
rolling place at which the last pre-
cCeding general congressional cleo
ton was held in the City of New
Iberia, to wit: the Court House OF
Of the City of New Iberia, and that
The form of ballot to be used at said
shall be as follows:
FOR special tax of two mills