New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-09
'ublic Safety shall have authority

Public Safety shall have authority (
make such repairs by contract ate
( l0) days advertisement, or if after OBJ
: tanning bids, it can be done cheaper b.
= purchase of necessary materials and EN-
, ployment of necessary labor, the cos
5 thereof to be assessed as hereinafter pro
vided, apportioned, paid and collected i,
the manner hereinafter descSibed fo
original paving of sidewalks; provided
however, that the Trustee of Public
Safety shall, before exercising the au
| thority hereby conferred, publish motto,
the official journal Of the City, once
a week for four weeks, of his intentio.
do so, and, in order to afford the own
ers of AUDITING properties an opportun-
ity to petition for such other improve.
ments as they may desire, the Trustee Of
Public Safety shall not execute the saic
work earlier than sixty (6O) days afte,
the expiration of said publication. All
paved and unpaved banquettes or side
walks in the City of New Iberia shall
be kept in repair and maintained in good
order and condition by the owners Of
the real properties abutting upon the
same.
| The Board Of Trustees shall establish
grades and regulations to govern the
construction and maintenance Of ban
quotes or sidewalks and the pavements
owners of abutting properties, and shall
enforce observance thereof by fine or
Imprisonment, or both.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
that the Board of Trustees, upon its own
motion or upon petition of property
owners, NAV provide for the paving Of
any street, or portion thereof, in the
City of New iberia, in the following
manner, towit:
The Board Of Trustees, may, upon
its motion, provide for the paving of
any street, or portion thereof, in the
City Of New iberia, after notice of its
intention SO to do shall have been pub
lished in the official journal of the City,
once a week for four weeks. Whenever
the owners of (60) per cent, or more, of
real property abutting on any street, or
portion thereof, in the City of New Ibe-
ria, shall petition the Board of Trustees
to provide for the paving Of the street
or portion thereof, upon which their
property abuts, the Board of Trustees
shall have the petition published in Eng
lish in the official journal of the City
once q week for four weeks, and if, at
the expiration of such publication, with
drawak of signatures from the petition
have not reduced its extent to less than
1907 per cent of the total property 'front.'
age included within the limits of the
proposed improvement re Board of
Trustees shall, by ordinance, direct the
preparation of plans and specifications
for the paving 80 petitioned for.
Property owners shall not have the
privilege Of withdrawing from said Pc
tition after the ordinance directing the
Of plans and specifications |
shall have been adopted by the Board Of /
Trustees. In any case Of paving wheth- |
er upon petition Of property owners OK
upon motion Of the Board of Trustees,
the Board Of Trustees shall invite bids
for % many kinds, character or many
types Of pavement - are suitable for
The proper execution Of the proposed
improvement, and after all bids for paw
ing have been received and opened -
herein provided for, the Board Of Trus-
ices shall publish, once . week for thir-
y days, in the official journal Of the
City, . tsbulated statement giving the
,ams Of the street to be paved, the
:haracter Of pavement for which bids
we're received, the name Of the bidders,
ind the price bid therefor.
Within thirty days after the first
publication Of the said notice the own
>k kwtA hn /
treet to be paved shall have the right,
~ petition addressed to the Board Of
Trustees, to designate which Of the
everal kinds, characters OF types of
thus published they prefer;
nd in the event that the owners of
hirty three per cent Of the real prop
rty abutting on said street shall agree
a the designation Of any particular
haracter of pavement thus advertised,
he pavement thus designated shall be
dopted by the Board Of Trustees, and
ontract shall be awarded to the lowest
idder for the particular kind, character ,
r type of pavement 80 designated by
be property owners. Should no such
etition be presented within thirty days
foresaid, or if the owners Of thirty |
hree 1887 per cent or more of the real
roperty abutting on the street to be
aved fail to agree in the designation
f any particular kind, character or type
f pavement published as aforesaid,
hen and in that event the Board Of q
rustees shall designate which of the s
.veral kinds Of payment thus pub Q
shed shall be used in the paving of said 5
treet, and contract shall be awarded to q
,e lowest bidder for the particular kind
pavement 50 designated by the Board 5
Trustees. II
Provided however, that in case of paw
g Of roadways, and although the own o
. Of thirty three per cent of the real t
roperty abutting on the street to be
lved may have designated . particular .
ind of standard pavement - provided o
bove, the Board of Trustees may, in y
der to effect, and to meet the require Il
tents of, . thoroughfare Of heavy traf- o
c, designate . type of pavement more G
spensive than the type of pavement a
elected by the petitioners, and award
,ntract bherefore, to the lowest bid a