New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-08-05

OF the reserve 1uuO OF the Clty
of New Iberia and endorsement made
to said fund when the assessments are
collected to the extent OF the amount
that the said reserve fund has contri-
buted for the payment aforesaid.
Said paving certificates hereby de-
clared to be the direct obligations of the
City of New Iberia. The holders of said
certificates in the event of default III
the payment of either principal inter
est shall not be limited in their remedy
to the avails of the special assessments
levied herein before provided, but may
hold the reserve funds of the City of
New Iberia therefor, and the paving ce~
tifcates shall on their face SO declare.
Nevertheless the proceeds Of sad special
assessments shall be rigidly and exelu-
sively administered and applet to the
payment OF said paving certificates, aud
to no other purpose wha tsoever.
Sec. 9. Be II further ordained etc,
That "a, whenever the Trustee of Public
Safety shall deem it necessary to pave,
repave or repair the whole or any part
or portion of any banquette or sidewalk
not exceeding one block il length, the
said Trustee shall serve written notice
upon the owners, or upon the agents or
representatives Of the owners, of the
real properties abutting upon said side
walk or banquette, to pave, repave OF
repair such sidewalk or banquette, within
20 days thereafter in accordance with
plans and specifications to be furnished
by said Trustee
he e I,%
property have no residence in the City
OF New Iberia or agent or representative
known to said Trustee, the notice herein
above referred to shall be posted in or
about the premises to be affected.
If, during the aforesaid period of de-
lay, a property owner shall feel that
there is no proper reason or necessity
for the Trustee of Public Safety to ex-
ecute the power herein granted he shall
have the right to appeal to the Board
of Trustees for relief, and pending &C
ance with said order of the Trustee of
Public Safety shall be correspondingly
extended.
% Upon failure of said property
owners to comply with said notice with
in said delay, the Trustee of Public
Safety shall cause such sidewalk or ban
quette to be paved, repaved or repaired
under contract solicited by him in writ
ing, under sealed proposals, from at least
three reputable contractors, and unde
such terms and stipulations as may be
prescribed by the said Trustee and with
out the necessity of public advertise
ment, and shall award the contract for
such work to the lowest bidder or
should the Trustee of Public Safety
deem it more expedient he shall hare
full power and authority to purchase
all material and employ all labor nee
essary to the execution of said work.
(c) Upon completion of said work
the Trustee of Public Safety shall is
sue bill against each property owner
for his portion of the cost of said work,
which shall be due in cash within ten
(10) days after presentation of said
Dill. Should any bill not be paid with
n the said delay, the amount thereof
'hall be paid by the Trustee of Finance,
N the order of the Trustee of Public |
Safety out of a fund which the Board !
# Trustees shall have set aside by prev
Gus appropriation for that purpose, and !
he Trustee of Finance shall add the
mount of said bill, plus interest at the
ate of 81 five per cent. per annum, to
he next tax bill of said delinquent prop
rty owner. The amount so due for
principal and interest shall constitute a
irst privilege Superior to vendors lien
nd any other privileges or mortgage,
nd shall, be due by such property un-
il paid, though the same be transferred
Z conveyed by sale for taxes or other
wise; and it shall be sufficient evidence
f such indebtedness to record a bill
herefor in the office of the recorder of
Mortgages for the Parish of Iberia
vithin sixty days from the date of de-
ault of payment. The amount of said
i'll and the interest thereon, when COL
.cted, shall be returned to the fund
rom which it was paid.
(d) Bills issued by the Trustee of
'ublic Safety and by the Trustee of FL
ance, in accordance with the provisions ,
this section, shall be prima facie evi-
ence that all legal formalities have been :.
implied witt and that the work ordered
executed Oy inc xIuSISe OF 1uOIlC Ia
afety has been properly and satisfac- ,
'ry done.
Sec. TO- Be it further ordained, etc., {
hat whenever the owners of one-fourth !
real property abutting on or con-
guous to any street or proposed street, {
,all, by petition, signed by petitioners !
i'd addressed to the Board of Trustees,
* for the opening, widening, realign- :
ent, or arrangement or Strengthening :
such street or proposed street through \
leir property and through other prop
ty adjacent thereto, setting forth in
id petition the length, width and di- y
ction of said street, together with des-
iption of the adjacent real property A
I'd the names of the owner thereof, said {
GARD of Trustees shall by vote of s
,o-thirds Of all the members elected to n
e Board of Trustees if it deems the =
me for the public benefit, cause said r
.tition to be published in English in
e official journal of the City once Il
eek for four weeks, and if at the ex- ;,
ration of said publication so made of 8,
id petition, the owners of a majority :,