The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-06-24
OFFICIAL MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL

New Iberia L.. June 18th, 1917
The Mayor and Board Of Trustee
met this day pursuant to Cali viii
Mayor j. S. Power in the Chair an,
The following members present aat
absent to Wit: Msssrs. Girard, Migues
Southwell, Trainor and Ribbeck. Ah
sent Messrs. Renondct. Lassalle ant
Erath.
The object OF the meeting was ther
read, which is as follow, to wit:
i Nav IBERIA, La, June 18th 1911
10 the Members Of the Board Of Trus-
tees OF the City Of New IBERIA, La.
Gentlemen: You are hereby notified
that there viii be y call meeting Of
tie Mayor and Board Of Trustees Of
he City OF New IBERIA. this evening
Al & o'clock for the purpose of consid-
ering pct,tloti~f:ptn the property tax
pay ers OF t1e City 1t New Iberia, ask
ing for tue holding st special cleo
tion to vote on the pfdlosition to levy
a special tax ofdh miIs toh the pur-
pose of doepenTAk lye New iberia
southern Drainag Canal
iours veryIrnly, -
I j. $. POWER fpay0r.
The fofowing pctis.on w-,s received
and read: I
New lbaia, La. 3June6th, 1911.
TO the Hon. ths May br aud Board of
Trustees of tffs-Afsy of New 'be-
ria, La. 4
Gentlemen: Wcf the undersigned
propert. tax payyfs IN number equal
ing ore third of the total number of
property tax payers entitled aud quail
flied under the Constitution and laws
OF the state Of Louisiana to vote on
The proposition hereinafter stated, do
now petition your Honorable Body to
order and call special election IN the
manner required by law, submitting
20 me property tax payers Including
wOlnen) qualified under the law to
vote III such an election, in the City
OF New Iberia, proposition 10 vote a
special tax OF one and one half mills
Tor period OF ten years beginning
witf-the year 1911. and ending with
the year 1870, inclusive, and the I'M
position of sad tax upon all taxable |
properly within yhe City limits OF the /
City OF Eew ihgfia, for the purpose OF
raising be sunfof S. 26J 90 annually |
during Ae 1T ut said tax, until the sum |
OF no moi TN n So, $50 90 bas been re- |
allied frd b, s III special tax; in ed of
the New&iEbril Southern Drainage
District ~ III order to enab 4 tile !
said Boar pr Drainage Comm sion
ers to cor Eetc the Canal known AS
the New eria Southern Drainage or
City can:l according to such plans
and specif ations AS become WORK
OF great advantage to the City Of New
Iberia, and provide "A flowing stream
Of not less than ~ feet more or J.. s.
wide at mean water Level, ard Of a
uniform depth Of six feet mean tide
gulf level; with one railroad turn
bridge and one public road traffic
bridge across the said canal, in such
manner as shall not Interfere with Or
,bstruct the fee passage Of boats and
other water' craft navigating said
anal.
Also to authorize the imposition
Ind collect Of the said special tax
or the period above stated, in order
o realize thefetron sum of not less
han T3 -6o W per annum until the full
um OF not more than T32 600 90 has )
'een collected by the City Tax Coliec- ,
or, and turned over to the said Board 1
II ComnlshilHeTS If the New IBERIA
southern Drainage District, TO be useu I
MY Tor the purpose Of the work of s
'ubiic Improvement above stated, and c
u he manner aHd upon the condi- Q
ioas herein set forth. with the right '
0 pledge the said special tax Is securi- /
y Tor tie payment Of the cost or said r
york OF public i'm provement, includ-
ng the brldg' ana upon the special
onditlon that tie said Board OF
Drainage Com MISSION s all a, once
ndertake the said work of pubic lns-
rovement aud that the iillu hereof
bal vest In the public $
Respectfully submitted, !,
l.. /. Dulany, Anthony N. Muller,Y /,
'. o. Hugonin, Albert Stafford. Al \
he Fonteiieu. L. G. DeBlanc, p. A. 7
.andry, d. ). Suttle, Luke Trainor,
oorhiea Hdw. Co, M Leblanc, L.
= Derouen, Nj. W. Fisher, j. +. =
reaux, J. r. Davis, r.. Miguez, a
Lax Levy, W. J. Laperouse, F. %
,uillot, Walter F. Carstens, A. B. o.
lurray, 4. Daigre, J. S. Rover, /. F.
!. Peherin, W. Lassalle, F. Y. Mes "
aver, T. Armintor, L. Pfister. l.
!. Barthe, Oh. Kahn, Jules Drey- :
IS, u U. Leblanc, y. r. Perry. VIII d
Stafford, 0. Renoudet, RI. S. \
ealy, Walter Broussard, E. y. Car p
ems, 4. L. Lassalle, A. Manoni. A a
Maumus, Geo NJ. Robertson, ] II
. Nereaux, f. j. Ribbeck. N j yt
auterlye, A. j. Cammaek, O. II to
Sc, Albert Estorge, Mrs. G. W T.
uth~alte, per c. VI. O.; c. II 10
athWaite, !. G. Barrow, r " ID
auman, J. Wofford Sanders, NJ. D., 81
Lopez, 9. II. Schutzman. J vi
Iator, Chas. J. Carstens, Robert ID
own, JOS. n. Thibodeaux. Frank
Dauterive, Mrs. Julia Simon, her n,
nile Simon, Walter j. Burke. Fl N
aliois, L. $. Broussard, r. a. BIN II
enthal, Thos. Monk, Joseph Veil. al
Seharff, r. F. Delahoussaye. T. II
Fagot, A. A. DeBlanc, p. Jubin. vi
J. Suberbieile, j. Il. Devalcourt. 10,
Doerfe, "A. j. Schrant, s. j. su
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