The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-10-05

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elections in such District for The
issuance of negOtionable Bonds,
provided that no member OF the
CITY Council or other officer
Of this municipality Shall be ellG'
Die as a member of said Sewerage
! Commission.
Section No / BE i; further or
dained, etc That under and ~
virtue of the power vested IN the
Mayor and Board of Trustees OF /
the City of New Iberia, under the
CONSTITUTION and laws Of this
State, and especially under the an
thority OF Act 80 of tn" General
Assembly of the year 1905, an
election is hereby ordered held Tor
the purpose Of elccting five Com
missiOItrs TO he known AS, ana 1Ol
constitute the Board Of C"mmls-
sioners of tho First Sewerage DIS
trio; of he City Of New Iberia:
that sand election be held after
due advertisement and according
to law, IN the City of New Iberia,
on Tuesday, the Sth day Of Oct"-
Der, 1912, and that the Five Com
missioners SO elected shall hold Of
flee for the period of four years
from The date of their election and
until their successors I'D office
shall have been elected and quail
fled, or until such time, as the
Board of Commissioners shall be-
come functus oflicio by operation
Of law. After the first election
the said Board shall order and
conduct all future elections Of the
officers of SAID Board, or for spe
cial taxes. and shall CANVASS and
promuIgate the returns in accord
ance with the laws in force at the
time that such election is held, i'll
so far as the same is applicable
thereto.
Section No. ;. BE it further or
dained, etc, That SAID Board
shall at its first meeting organize
and elect from among its member )
a president who shall exercise and
pei form all the duties and powers
usually conferred upon presidents
OF such Boards, and such special
powers as may he conferred upon
him by tins said Board. The said
Board shall also at said meeting
elect vice president. a secretary
and a treasurer, and may IN its
discretion elect the same person
as treasurer and secretary; and
said Board shall by ordinance de-
fine the duties of it's secretary and
treasurer. The treasurer shall
give a good and solvent bond, for
such sum as the said board may
fix, made payable to The president
Of said District. and condition to
secure the faithful performance Of
duty. The secretary and treasur
err may be selected from persons
not members of SAID Board. The
tax Collector Of the City Of New
Iberia shall be cx of1icio Tax Col
lector of the District, and shall
collect the taxes due to said Dis
trict in the same manner as is now,
or may from time to time be pro
vided for the collection of special
taxes. The said tax collector
shall be also ex ot1iciO assessor for
the said District and shall prepare
the tax roll for the same by pre-
pairing and copying it from the as
sessment roll used for the City.
Section 6. Be it further Ordain-
ed, etc, That any special election
ordered within the said Sewerage
District, for the purpose of voting
special tax, mourning debt, ana
i~sueing negotiable Bonds as pro
vided for under the laws and Con
stltutiOn of this State, shall be
called and ordered by said Board
and such election shall be held
under the general laws Of the
State Of Louisiana in force at the
time controlling such elections for
the purpose Of mourning debr and
} lssnelng negotiable by municipal
} ties, and the said Board shall re.
ceive the returns of such elections
} and upon receiving such returns
! shall perform all the duties ami
! functions incidental to the power
} of said Boards and Municipal
, councils.
Section No. Z. Be it further or
, dained, etc, That when the Board
of Sewerage Commissioners of
the First Sewerage District of the
lCity of New Iberia shall have
!, been elected, and subsequent
, thereto an election has been held
for the purpose of voting a tax
and issueing Bonds as herein pro
vided, and the said election shows
. that the bond issue has failed to
, carry, the Board of Sewerage Com
. missloneTs of the City Of New he
ria shall cease to exist.
Section No. s. Be 1t further Or
dained, etc, That the members of
7 the Board of Sewerage Commits
SiOners of the First Sewerage Dis