The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-07-08
OFFICIAL Minutes,
CITY COUNCIL
Called Meeting.
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ers of said city on the proposition
embodied in said petition, which
reads as follows, to wit:
PETITION.
To Pie Honorable Mayor and
Board Of Trustees of the City of
New. IBERIA, State Of Louisiana =
We, the undersigned property
tax payers of the City OF New he
ria, State of Louisiana, entitled to
vote therein on the proposition
hereinafter mentioned, respectful
ly petition and memorialze Your
Honorable Body to order sDeci-
al election according to law o. the
Of New IBERIA, State OF Louisiana,
tuition and laws Of the State OF
Louisiana the object and purpose
Of such election being for the pur-
pose Of leyying a tax to realize
the sum Of $500 each year for a
period OF ten years beginning with
the year 1912 and extending to and
Including the year 1921. in aid of
and for the benefit of the Ihsrla,
st. Mary 4 Eastern Railroad Co.
the fu1r amount to be realized ~
tax alton being the full sum of S45,-
900 to be levied, collected and paid
in ten annual payments Of $500
each year in the years as r@cited
above in this petition: said a
mounts of $4,000 per year for the
period OF ten years, to be raised
by the levy and imposition Of
tax Of two mills per annum for said
period Of ten years, beginning with
the years 1912 and extending to 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 $500 per
year for the years 1912, l913,1914
1918, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 and
1921, until the full sum of $4,000
has been raised: said tax Of two
mills to be thus levied and collect
ed for the benefit and in favor Of
said Railroad Company, as con
and irducement for the
Railroad Company to DO and per
form all the following, to Wit =
1st.-The main. line of said rail
road shall be built from some point
in the City of New Iberia to the
lower corporate limit of the town
OF Jeanerette. to st. Mary Parish
line meeting and connecting in or
near the City of New iberia with
the New iberia & Northern Rail
road.
2nd.-The said Railroad shall he
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
prn, or Frisco system.
3rd.-The said Railroad shall be
on Or before the thirty
first day of December 1911, between
The points hereinabove recited |
provided that in the event of ,uar- |
antines, epidemics, strikes, lock
outs, panics and litigations OF any
and all character, and more es
pecially litigation for the neces
;ary right OF way and Railroad
retarding the compile
ion and construction Of said Rail
Dad, and other unforeseen circum-
stances, all OF the nature to retard
uC NOlloll VI oilt od'
md beyond the control OF the said
IBERIA, st. Mary & Eastern Railroad
Company, then there shall be add
ID to the period for the construc'
ion of said railroad above set
nut a further delay equal to the
ime during which the construction
Il said railroad was thus unavoid-
bly, delayed.
4th.-The dOmicile' Of the said
IBERIA, st. Mary & Eastern Railroad
company shall be maintained in the
'ity of New iberia. i
5th.-The said iberia, st. Mary &
astern Railroad shall operate and
'aintain within two months from
ne 31st day of December, 1911, one
ally passenger or motor car SER
ice, with such motive power as {
lie said Railroad Company may de-
rec expedient.
6th,-The tax to be levied and
} be collected and the annual a
cunt herein provided for shall .
ot be paid to the Railroad Com !
any, until the said Railroad shall :
ave been built and place in oper-
ion by running a train from New
'eria to the lower corporate linn
, of Jeanerette and the other
hereinabove set forth
lall have been complied with.
The undersigned hereby declare \
I'd agree that in the event that II
e railroad line in question be con
ructed on or before December
st, 1911, in the event Of the result {
the election herein provided for
ing adverse they each will pay 3
mills on their respective assess
mt in the City of New Iberia, for v
period OF Ten years, in aid of and NJ
r the benefit of said Railroad r
and they each hereby re-
gnize that the obligation is the
lie and only endorsement for the O.
of said railroad, and
at the consideration for the OBJ r
atiSn is the enhanced value of
cir respective properties which
~ result. They each declare that
. construction of the railroad as NJ
rein provided for is based entire K
upon this obligation assumed by
I'm.
t is agreed and understood that VI
ould the signers of this petition :,
d equal to or exceed a majority ID
numbers and amount of lual-
"a taxpayers entitled to vote
der the constitution and laws Of
State of Louisiana, then this
reement as to the two mill tax
'essment' is to be void and of no
ect. Lii
=, CT
Whereas, a petition having besn w
eived from the property tax Sc
vers residing in the City of New 81,
ria, entitled to vote at speci- Sc