New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-02-19

to be held on Thursday, March End, 1Jlb
; issued by the Board of Sewerage Com
!, missioneys, and as published IN the New
Iberia Enterprise, the official journ,l, to1
five consecutive issues, beginning Jan
10Th, 1916.
NOTICE OF PROCLAMATION AND
ELECTION
Office of the Board OF Sewerage Com
missioners of the First Sewerage
District of the City of New
iberia. Louisiana.
New iberia. La. Jan. q. 1916
Take Notice, that we, the undersigned
Board of Sewerage Commissioners Of the
First Sewerage District of the City OF
New iberia duly elected and qualified
pursuant to the provisions Of the Con
stltution and Laws OF the State, and a.
ing by virtue of the power and author
ty IN us vested by law and pursuant 20
an ordinance regularly adopted by sad
Board on the 2lst day Of January, 1915.
do hereby direct and give public notice
and proclaim that on Thursday, March
| Ind. 1910. special election shall be he.
in and throughout the First Sewerag
District of the City Of New Iberia Lou
isiana, created and designated by Ord
|
tees of the City Of New Iberia, for the
year 19l5, adopted Sept. 81. 1915, and
Bounded and described as follows, to
wit:
All that portion Of said City of New
| iberia that is bounded by the corpora .
limits of said City as incorporated by
the provisions of Act No. 1877 of the Acts
of the General Assembly Of the Sta;e
of Louisiana for the year 1910, approved
July 9th, 1910.
At which said election there shall be
submitted to the property tax payers OF
said Sewerage District qualified to vote
thereon under the Constitution and laws
of the State. the following propositions.
to wit:
1st. proposition to levy and assess
special 3 mill tax TO be levied annual
on the asses ed valuation Of all the
property subject to State taxation in
said Sewerage District Of the City o.
New iberia. Louisiana, II the 3esis IL
the assessed valuation Of said property
established on the municipal assessment
| rolls of each year, for a ceriod of Fortv
| t4O) years commencing with and includ
/ ing the tax levy Of the yea. nineteen
hundred and sixteen 900, said tax to
be levied for the purpose of contracting
for, acquiring. laying and installing 3
sewerage system, and all necessary ap
purtenances thereto, to be located and
constructed within or partially with and
partially without the limits of said Sew
erage District as said Board of Sew
| erage Commissioners may deem advis
able. and maintaining and operating a
4
| said Sewerage District, the title to all Of
which shall vest in said Sewerage Dis
trict of the CITY of New Iberia. Louisi-
| ana.
4nd. A proposition to incur debt OIL
behalf of said Sewerage District of the
City of New Iberia, Louisiana, and issu>
therefor its negotiable bonds aggregat
ing in principal the sum of Ninety
Thousand Dollars ($9O,O00.OO), to ru4
for period of not exceeding Forty 40
years from the LIST day of March, 1917
and to bear interest at the rate of fiv,
per cent IS per cent? per annum frol.
said date until paid, interest On all
said bonds to be paid semi-annually, an
said bonds. or the funds obtained fro
the sale thereof to be used and ex
pended under the control and directio,
| of the Board of Commissioners of tn
First Sewerage District of the City OF
F! New Iberia, Louisiana, for the exclusive
purpose of contracting for, acquiring
laying and installing a sewerage plal
and all necessary appurtenances thereto
to be located and constructed within o
partially within and partially withou
the limits of said Sewerage District, a
said Board of Sewerage Commissions,
| may deem advisable, and maintainin,
and operating sewerage system With
the limits of said Sewerage District, tn
| title to all of which shall vest in sal,
Sewerage District of the City of New
Iberia, Louisiana, said bonds to be sc
cured in principal and interest bv anl
payable out of the first moneys to be
collected out of the special tax above
mentioned in proposition number one.
Take Further Notice, that in pursuance
| to the authority in Us vested and to the
laws in such cases made and provided
| we, the said Board of Sewerage Commits
| sioners, have ordained by ordinance as
| aforesaid and do hereby direct and give
public notice and proclamatio that said
election shall be conducted at the tim.
| and place and in the manner following
| to- wit:
That said special election shall be
conducted under the supervision of this
Board, and shall be held on Thursday
March I'd, 1916 Is aforesaid.
The polling place at which the votes
in said election shall be cast il hereby
fixed and established at the Iberia Pa,
ish Court House, in said City, and with
in the limits of said Sewerage Distric,
| and said election poll shall open on said
day at the hour of seven o'clock A. M.
and remain open not later than five
o'clock p M.
That the following registered voter
of said Sewerage District be and the
are hereby appointed to serve as eie
ton officers for said election at said des
ignated poll, to-wit:
Commissioner: a. A. J. Sube,
belle; ~ Max Levy; ~ Robt. J. Ian
dry; Clerk, Nathan Davis
That said Commissioners aad ga:
Clerk of election, or such others a. ma;
he collected IN len IS Ab>~. .~ I>Sz-,s