The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-04-06

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bond issue prcdicated upon spt'
ciai voluntary tax voted 10y ,h'
=. oplc owning property WI, M
the sewerage district would u" hes
for tn. Guy, best for the propl'
and more readily convertible mt
funds to carry out the work ant
il is therefore necessary TO anNn'
YOUR present Charter in tn" man
ncr suggested in our first rrpnF
to Your iIonotable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
l.. r. Dnlany, city Ntoin9l
Port,us X. Burke
Euwalu !. Weeks.
New Iberia, La, April !, 1917
70 the Honorable the Mayor ano
Roard of Trustees of the CITY 81
/ New IBERIA, La.
Gentlemen: Having been ap
pointed as one of a Committee &c
investigate a.t to the adviaahilnA
of amending the City Charter OF
the City OF New IBERIA, in order tG
! impose Il tax for sewerage pnr
roses, beg leave to submit the fol
4 lowing:
/ Section 3 of Act i3 of 1901, reads
! in part as follows, to wit
/ sBc it further enacted, etc, That
! the Board of Trustees shall have
| full power ant authority to make
and pass such resolutions, bylaws
and ordinances, as may he deemed
necessary and proper, first: $50.
Second To exercise full jnris-
dicton in the matter OF streets,
sidewalks, squares and parks; sew
construct, repair, maintain, sprin-
pave, mccadcmizc or otherwise i'm
prove street, and alleys; to pro
vide for sewerage OF the City and
to levy and collect special taxes
and legal assessments or cOntribu-
tons to pay and dcfray two-thirds
Of the entire cost OF any such work
or Improvement, upon the owners
Of real estate abutting the streets
or alleys, to be 50 improved or
severed, and to provide for the
terms and conditions under which
the payment Of the assessment and
contributions from the abutting
owners shall be enacted"
Section 20 OF this same act reads
in part as follows, to wit -
"That in the event of the Board
determining to build or construct
sidewalks, or to pave, mccademizo
or improve any streets or alleys, or
to construct and put in operation
4 system Of sewerage for said City
or any portion thereof by lcvying
a special assessment or confirm
ton of the entire cost as regards
side walks and of tWO-thirds of the
cost thereof as regards the latter
uEon the abutting owners, il shall
adopt an ordinance defining the
streets or alleys to be paved, me-
cadcmiZed or otherwise improved,
or thu proportion of the City to
be severed and the method there
of, prescribe the time i'm which the
same is to be commenced, etc"
This Charter in my opinion gives
ample authority for the sew cring
Of this entire City or any portion
thereof, and it would be more lust
and equitable to assess a cOntribu-
ton against the property where
the sewer is placed, than it would
to impose a tax upon all the citi- |
lens in said district, especially as |
it would not be possible to place
sewer pipe abutting each and
very property owners property,
i1d il tax is imposed, the one not
having q pipe or sewer in front
IL his property would be forced
o pay as much taxes as the party
where the sewer pipe would be
placed adjoining his property. This
oeing the ease, | believe that your
honorable Body has ample author
ty Tor the seWcring OF the CITY of
New Iberia, and that this work
bonld ba undertaken by your
Body either personally or through
ome Committee or Engineer to be
appointed by you for that purpose,
nd that doing the work as pro-
ided under the terms of the pres
Mt Charter YOU can do Justice by
ii persons whereas, under tax
he parties getting a sewer pipe
me in front of his property would
ain an advantage over other per-
ons not being so fortunate; and
Or these reasons | am in favor of
our Body proceeding under the
resent Charter.
Yours truly,
A j. Cammack. I
The following bills were pre-
.nted approved by the Finance {
ommittee and read
} IS. Suite, four bales of hay,
$40, Drayago; RenOudet& Diet =
en-, feed for corporation mules, l
$40, Drayage; New Iberia Enter
rise, printing for Board OF Health.
90, Boar't9 of Health; J. G. Le- '
lane, Clerk Of Court, costs in suit t
auser, vs.. City S2OS45, Inc; Al t
1onse FIOry, repair to police f
agon, 75c, Inc; Ernest Miguez /.
edlng prisoners, Jan. 10 to March
x2S.75, Feeding prisoners; J. r. t
iyIor, one box paste, 25c, Inc. |
merica Fire Co No. 2, refund a. o
cunt paid for shooting horse, x2.o =
re Dept; J. H. Fisher, feeding
rise and painting buggy, $3.50, e
C.; G. w. Dallas, East End Bridge =
seper for March, $1,000, Bird e
2eper; Geo. Costa, shooting cor
ration mules and Fire Company's O
rise, $3.50, Fire Dept, $3.50, Dray-
e, $500; DebIana & Landry, gro
ries fon paupers, $500, Paupers. &
t was moved by Mr.. Girard, sec
ded by Mr.. Erath that the bills
read be approved for payment. 81