The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-07-15

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Company a tax for = period q, tuD
90 years, unGer the conditions auu
stations and for the turrpo,es
sci forth in the ordinance hrr"in-
| he,oW rccitrd
| AN oNDIN ANCE.
An ordinance ordering a special
election IN the city Of New It,,ria.
| Parish of ihrr,l, State Of louis
lana, upon the petition Of ntnee
than one third Of the property az
payers Of the snn CITY tlsn to
vote, requesting the sams' - talk"
the sens" OF The prop"tF1axpoY
crs Of SAID city on the Afroposltinn
embodied N said l.lftiou, which
reads as follows, tv<Wi'.
PETITION.
TO The Fon"rabIc Mayor and
Board oItftustccs Of the City Of
| New. LF1ia state Of Louisiana -
We, ~" undersigned property
| tax savers oi tn" city Of New Tho
| riX Stat" Of Louisiana, entitled to
Ifotc therein on the proposition
fhctcinait"r mentioned, respectful
~ petition ADD mcmoria'iIc Your
| Honorable Body to order a sbeci-
nj election according to law 81 the
property tax PAYERS Of the city
| Of New IBERIA, state OF Louisiana,
| entitled to vote under the tonStl-
tuition and laws Of the state OF
Louisiana; the object and purpose
Of such election being for he pllr~
pose of Ievyiug y tax TO realize
| a r. 70
period oI ten years beginning with
J the year 1872 and extending to and
Including the wear 1921. in aid of
and for the benefit of the lbcrta,
ST Mary & Eastern Railroad 90.
the fui' amount to be realized by
taxation being the full sum Of Hi5,-
COG to bc levied, collected and PAD
in ten annual payments Of Si,5oo
each year in the years as rPcited
above in this petition: SAID z
mounts Of $500 per year for The
period Of ten years, to be raised
bv the levy and imposition Of
tax Of two mills per annum for said
period Of ten years, beginning with
the years 1919 and extending 10 ami
including the year 1921. or so much
Of such two mills rs may b" nrgeS
earv to rails" during each year o.
said ten years the sum Of 800 PEI
year for the years 1912, lal3,l'li,
iglt, 1916, 1917, l9lS, 1919, 1920 aud
1921, until the fun sum o. Sl5,ooA
has been rails ID: Saij tax Of two
mills to be thus levied and collect
Cd for the benefit and in favor Of
said Railroad Company, as con
sdcratiOn and irduccmcnt for the
Railroad Company to do and per
form all the following, to wit
1st.-Thc main line OF said rail
road shall be built from som" point |
i'm the CITY OF New IBERIA 10 the
lower corporate limit OF the town |
of .Jeancrcttc. 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
huilf and completed as llnc m
OF the Southern Pacific
Railroad or any other rai'road
owned or operated by the Sou' n
ern Pacific. or New Iberia 4 North
ern, or Frisco system.
3rd.-The said Railroad shall be
on or before The thirty
first dav OF Dcccmhcr 1871, between
the points hcrcinabove recited
nroyidcd that in the event Of quar-
autincs, cpidcmics, strikes, lock
outs, panics and Iitigations OF any
and all character, at'i more es-
pcciaIlv litigation for the neces-
sary right Of way and Railroad
crossings, rctarding the compile
ton and construction OF said Ra,'- 4
road. and other unforeseen clrcum-
stances. all OF the nature to rctard
The construction of said railroad
and beyond the control OF the sad
iberia. st. Mary & Eastern Railroad
then there shall he add
I'd to the period for the construc-
ion of said railroad above set
mi n further delay equal to the
inc during which the construction
# said railroad was thus unavOid-
,bly delayed.
itb.-The dOmicile of the SAD
IBERIA, St. Mary & Eastern Railroad
'ompany shall be maintained IN the
ritv Of New IBERIA.
5th.-The said IBERIA, st. Mary q
EASTERN Railroad shall operate ana I
naintain within two months from
he 31st day Of December, 1911, on +,
tally passenger or motor car ser
ice. with such motive power as
he said Railroad Company may de-
rec expedient.
6th.-The tax to be levied ana
o be collected and the annual al
aount herein provided for shan
ot be paid to the Railroad com T
ANY until the said Railroad shat
ave been built and place IA or"r-
ton by running train from Ne"
IBERIA to the lower corporate Inn I,
q OF Jeaneratte and the other
hercinabove set fofth y
hall have been complied with.
The undersigned hereby declare
nd agree that in the event that
he railroad line in question he con u
tructed on orr before December &
LIST, 1911, in the event of the result n
tho alactiou herein prOVide0 for