The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-07-29
OFFICIAL MINUTES,
CITY COUNCIL
Called Meeting.
New iberia, La, July 9Th, 1911.
The following petition was pre-
scented and read:
PETITION.

SCuiIu anu
PETITION.
To The 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 memorabilia your
Honorable Body TO order a speci-
al election according to law OF the
property tax payers of the City
OF New Iberia, State OF Louisiana,
entitled to vote under the COnsti-
tuition and laws Of the State OF
Louisiana; the object and 4Hrposc
Of such eieStleapk-h.s1nlg Tor Inc -nUC-:
n09e OF leXYiug Lax to reallze
the sum 81 S4,5y0 each year FOR q
period Of ten years beginning with
fKe year IgI2 and eXIelding g ana
Including The year l4Zl.lU AID q!
and Tor the benefit OF The IBERIA.
MARY 4 EasIeTn Railroad Co,
the full amount to be realized by
taxation be ing the full sum OF S45,-
900 to be k:vled, collected and PAID
in ten annual payments OF $4,000
each year ID the years as reclteu
above in this petition; said a
mounts OF $4,000 per year for the
period OF ten years, 10 be raised
by the levy and impOsitioA OF a
tax OF two mills per annum for saiu
period Of ten years, beginning with
the years 1912 and extending 10 ana
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 $4,000 per
year for the years 1912, 19I3,l914
1915, 1916, 1917, 1913, 1919, 1920 and
1921, until the fun sum OF S45,04o
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-
sideration and inducement for the
Railroad Company to do and per-
form all the following, to wit -
lst.-The main line of said rail-
road shall be quilt 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 o.
near the City Of New IBERIA with
the New Iberia & Northern Rail-
road.
w 2nd.-The said Railroad shall be
built and completed as a line in
dolendent 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 De
completed Oh or before the thirty
first day of December 1911, betW cen
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-
pecially litigation for the neces-
sary right of way and Railroad
crossings, retarding the compile
ton ana construction of said Rail-
road, and other unforeseen circum-
stances, all OF the nature to retard
the construction of said railroad
end 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 a 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 & Eastern Railroad
Company shall be maintained in the
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.
eth,-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-
alton by running a train from New
Iberia to the lower corporate linn
its OF Jeanerette and the other
conditions hereinabove set forth
shall 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
Slst. 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
= period oil ten years, in aid of and
for the benefit of said Railroad
and they each hereby re-
cognize that the obligation is the
sole and only endorsement for the
Of said railroad, and
that the consideration for the OBJ
!ig alton 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
y upon this obligation assumed by
them.
It is agreed and understood that
should the signers Of this petition
noe equal to or exceed a majority
u numbers and amount OF Iual-
flied taxpayers entitled to vote /,
under the constitution and laws OF +
the State Of louisiana, then this d
agreement as to the two mill tax
assessment is to be void and of no II
effect.