New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-07-29
MONEY
Police Jury Proceedings.

ITeslutul, lo-Wll.
By order of the President, you are
hereby notified that a special meeting of
the Jury will take place ou Friday, 2lst
instant, for purpose of transacting the
business of the last regular meeting
which failed to take place due to lack
of quorum and take up any other matter
that may come up, all members answer
ing the roll call except Mr. Gonsoulin.
The minutes of the previous meetings
were read and adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Delahous save. duly
seconded and carried. Mr.. Baumaus fee
for auditing the Sheriff's and Tres ,urer's
cooks was fixed st three hundred and
fifty dollars
On further motion of Mr. Delahous-
sage, duly carried. the Masons were not
required to pay rent for November 1909.
claiming that they had not taken posses
sion of building until December of that
year and their check for sixty dollars was
The following Road District was ere
at ed:
An ordinance creating a road district.
and establishing the boundaries thereof
Sec l. Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of Iberia Parish that . road district
to be known and termed as Road District
No. of Iberia Parish be and the same is
hereby created and organic within the
boundaries following to-wi,: Beginning
at Bayou Teche at the extreme Eastern
limits of the City of New Iberia, thence
running in Southerly direction along a
straight line to point of intersection
with the public road known Ms the forty
arpent road, thence running in an Mast
erly direction along the Northern limits
of the said forty arpent road to the ex-
IRENE Eastern limits of the Broughton
property, thence along the said Eastern
limits in Il Northerly direction to Bayou
Teche, thus embracing all of the terri
tory lying betw what is known as the
jefferson lane, the forty arpent road the
Orange Grove public road and BAYOU
Teche.
See 2. Be it further ordained, etc.
that the road district as hersinabove
described SD all be and shall constitute
political subdivision conformably to the
provisions of Act 256 of 1910 of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
Sec. g. Be it further ordained. etc.
that this ordinance take effect from and
after its PRONUNCIATION.
Thus done, passed and signed, with
the seal of the Parish affixed, this 2lst
day of July, 1911.
A delegation of tax payers residing on
Center street, just outside of the Corpora
ton, appeared and complained in a most
positive and convincing language that I'M
less the board afforded them the neces-
saly assistance to drain their section of
the road and the rains continued few
days. longer, that the Assessor, on his
next round, would find little to assess
there, when upon motion. duly carried,
the members of the Sixth Ward were re-
quested to look into the matter and ad-
just same.
On motion, duly carried, the Secretary
was instructed to notify the President of
the Southern Drainage Board that unless
the distractions to drainage at two points
of public re- al at Lewis Avenue and at
one point on forty arpent read, rendering
said roads impossible for public travel
and proper bridges built before sixty
days from date that the Jury impelled
by Statutes, will remove such obstruc-
lions and build such. bridges at the
expense of said Drainage Boatd.
The election of q Janitor and Parish
Printer being called for, a long discus
sion followed. some taking the position
that this being special meeting besides
the fact that there was not full attend
arce that it would be unwise to take the
matter up as the result was bound to
prove unsatisfactory to some Of those
who were concerned. After ascertaining
that there were four applications for JAM
itor, about the same applications on file
since the first of July, viz vlator,
o. Brien, Champeaux and Friedley, it was
concluded to vote upon them. A vote
was taken, resulting as follows: Viator
Z, Champeaux l, Friedley l, O'Brien o.;
the chair not voting, Mr.. viator was de-
clared elected and his salary fixed ut
forty dollars per month.
The matter of electing q printer b6bbed
up again, some insisting upon electing now
and others opposing the election at this
time giving as reason that while there
were three known applicants for the po-
sition, there was only one present.
The Secretary suggested that Messrs.
E. F. Minard and M. W. Fisher, the two
other applicants, who were not present
be communicated with by phone and Mr..
was requested by the chair
TO ring them up. Shortly thereafter MIR.
reported that he had secur-
ed Mr.. MilIard but failed to get Mr..
Fisher.
It was suggested that vote be taken
10 get the sense of the members whether
action should be taken at present or the
matter permitted to 90 over to the next
Vote was taken 6 to 4, result
ng in favor of electing now.
Mi. Romero asked to be heard and
said that while he had no personal inter
,st in this matter, having declined to
AXE any part in the election Of printer,
ret common justice and fairness compelled
him to rise and plead with Jury not to
commit an act that would operate AZ an
injury to two Of their fellow citizens; that
t was bound to be condemned by every
air minded person in the community. 4
he suggestion of the chair an adjourn
nent was taken for lunch.
l.. A. MORESI, President.