New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-08-05
DOINGS OF THE POLICE JURY.

At the meeting of the Police Jury las
Thursday were several hundred citizens
from all over the Parish of Iberia wht
had come TO New Iberia TO protest agains
the cattle dipping law as if was being en-
forced by the Police Jury. It will be re-
membered some weeks since, the Cour,
declared the Law as enacted by the
former Police Jury unconstitutional, the
litigants being represented before the
Court by Mr.. Emile Vuilemot. This
necessitated the drawing up of an entire
new Ordinance to meet the requirements
of the State Live Stock Association, and
il was the intention of these members
of the Jury who favored it to adopt
new ordinance.
Before taking vote upon the ordi-
Secretary Bauman read a copy Of the
State Law furnished to the Jury by the
State Live Stock Association which read
that the Law as adopted at the last ses-
sion Of the Legislature would go into
effect during the month Of August, 1918,
thinking that would have the effect Of
making the Police Jurors favor the Ordi-
nance as it was submitted When the
vote was polled, Messrs. Dietlein, Erath
and Theriot voted for its adoption, while
Nessrs. Numa Miguel of the Seventh
Ward, Adrien Gonsoulin, E. J. Gary,
Louis Decuir, Hamilton Derouen, Honore
Romero, A. P. Moresi and Dr. c. A. Nc |
Gowen registered their disapproval of it |
and the motion to adopt the ordinance
was lost.
During the morning hours, quite
heated discussion took place between the
champions of the dipping vat movement
to free the Parish of tick and those who
were opposed to it. President Theriot,
Nessrs. Henry N. Pharr, Edwin Brous-
sard, Leon Landry and others spoke
II length on the advantages to be derived
BY carrying on the work, while Mr..
Emile vuillemot, Paul BONN and 4 few
Dthers expressed their condemnation Of
he work being done and, in fact the
regiments got 80 bitter At one time that
Deputy Aubry had to call for order. A
'ecess was then taken and the motion
'ut after an adjourned session. From ,
THAT we understand the State Board in !:
ends to make An effort to enforce the
tipping under the State law which will ,
kelly bring on some further compiler
ions As the matter stands it looks like
he outlay Of money to carry on this
cientific work has gone to naught and
ipping will be discontinued until the
Ulcers of the State take the matter into
heir own hands after the State law
oes into effect. In that case the entire
'ork will have to be done over. From
hat we learn several sections of the
arish had alteady been exempted from
lrther dipping and by January 1917 D
'eria Parish would have been free of
ck and the efforts being made to make
lis country 4 stock raising section
ould have been realized. Now as the :,
after stands there will be no more =,
coded stock brought here, if there are, =.
will be At 4 great risk. Mr.. Pharr's G,
gument that certain amount of d. :,
'rsification was necessary for the well r
re Of this country and that he enter 80
ined high hopes for its future, did not =,
EN- to have any weight with those op- -
'sed to the plans of the State to make
J immune from tick fever which Cos, sc
ousands of head of cattle annually. -;
lille we were not present to hear his
ae Of argument, we are informed he also 4.
He'd the attention Of the Jury to q n
oral obligation which we owed the ~
ate and Federal Government when we =.
duced them to build q Model Farm in -,
is Parish, and he stated that a moral r,
litigation was Is important and should q.
- binding as written one, and for II
at reason alone he felt that we should q,
rry out our obligation. It is unfort- nj;
late that politics was engendered by ru
me in this scientific undertaking to n
AXE Iberia free Of cattle tick and we oe
We reason to believe many of the cit
ms who were opposed to finishing the n.
'rk will sooner or later realize their .
istske.
The fact that many owners of stock ca
d to drive their cattle as much as four f.,
d fve miles to dipping vat also re- an
ted against the work and we believe IN
the Police Jury had made plans to ",
lid more watts, many Of the owners Of III
tile would have been more inclined to g,
'rk with the Inspectors who had b.
lrge Of the work. ~.
Mr.. Carlos Mestayer was elected Road be
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