The weekly Iberian., 1912-04-06
COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT.

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eprri,l ast fni THE otis. s l,ah o.,
= COMMISSION CHARTER. but h5a ,rf
can not 90 INTO fitert I'll r4frit,.t
~ a nalor,tV Not" ~ tin 4u4Ir
firl Nntcrq oi this eitp The at
Was lr"r,rel hy committee =nf
eii,l"ue ~ tho sprrng ~ tplo n4d
y report nf he NnrE Wag maA, fn
~" city Council On M, 4eth 81
that rstr, whom ih" n,luc,l a.inpt
81 = resolution author, ,ny th,
committee ia have the requIt4 ~
It's lalura printed fnt grn,r.,i IL
.rhuiion
IN the minutes ~ tl,r t'ity { pun
ell ot the special me.t,ny heh ON
Nay 30, 'alo appears tho folIoH
inc paragraph,
''Iho proposed now charter ol
the city hcing submitted, NJ Eer
pudct stated that snmo chsngt4
had hrcn made, and il was mufod
w M, Rououdct. qccon,lpd ~ NJ,
Gitard and carriod Int the Gonn
I'll appoint y committee. rn,trnerl
0f Nessrs. F $. RroIssarI. r
Nulnuy and Ciet Gitarn, to moot y
nnHitice, oompoq II Of Nogsrs J.
" Burke, + Y Weeks and y y
NillarI. to look over the chanuoq
that had been made aud to cot,asG
same. and that they report hack
to th" Council at n (niurr meet
ing
In the minutoa of the qpcciat
meeting o1 the city Council. held
on Jun" 2ud. 1oI0. appears the fol
lowing record
"|hc corrections and additions
10 the proposed new charter rs
nadc WerU submitted aud read
and, after discussion, Wcrc refer
red back to the committee, com
usCa Of Ncqqrs. Y. s. Rrolqeard
tlet t,irard, aud 4. i Naunls, and
Messrs. y. Y. Weeks, Y. y. MilIarI
and =. x. Burke, in order that the,
might perfect the proper ballot to
he submitted to The voters"
In the minutes of the Citv Conn
ell. uA'Ier date OF June 9Th. l0lO,
is the following record
"The proposed new charter Of
the city was submitted aud The
changes made were read When il
was moved tv Mr. Rcpoudet, SOC
onded by Mr.. Miyuez and carried
that the Mayor be appointed to 20
TO Baton Rouge with the charter
hen is will be submitted to tho
Legislature with Instructions, that
should any changes be made to the
charter, to Immediately withdraw
same. "
Representative Frank Dautrrive
introduced the bill in the Lpgisla-
turc on June sth. 1910, aud il was
formally passed ~ both branches
and signed by the Governor, with
out change or amendment This
gave New Iberia it, first opportun-
ity Of adopting the Commission
Form Of Government We are. his
week, publishing the concluding
sections Of the charter as passed
and authorized hy the Legislature
Since the Legislatures authorize
ton Os this new charter the Su
premc Court has been called upon
to prounc" its opinion upon the
question Of separating the eli :
schools FROM the Parish School
Boards authority, and that opin-
ion is averse to the propositions
declaring it unconstitutional. This
nnllifies that part ot the new char
ter affecting the school question
That matter should be eliminated
SO az to avoid confusion ot the
popular mind.
There may be n few other minor
amendments needed 10 make the
whole fit the instant needs Of The
city, and such future needs as may
be developing themselves into ap-
parentncas. The question: II san
itary sewerage is an instance Of
this kind, az it is proposed to han
die this necessity Of the city along
different lines from those author
ized by either the old or the new
charter.