New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-08-26
Public Safety shall have authority

Fuohc Safety shall lave authority
make such repairs by contract afte
f (lO) days advertisement, or if after OF
: tanning bids, it can be done cheaper b
purchase of necessary materials and EN-
. ployment of necessary labor, the cos
) thereof to be assessed as hereinafter pro
vided, apportioned, paid and collected i
the manner hereinafter descSibed TO
original paving of sidewalks; provided
however, that the Trustee of Publ
Safety shall, before exercising the au
thority hereby conferred, publish motto
The official journal of the City, ono
week for four weeks, of his intentio.
do SO, and, in order to afford the own
ers of abutting properties an opportun
ity to petition for such other improve
ments as they may desire, the Trustee o
Public Safety shall not execute the saie
work earlier taan sixty (o0) days afte
the expiration of said publication. AL
| 9aved 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
thereof, to be complied with by the
owners Of abutting properties, and shall
enforce observance thereof by fine or
Imprisonment, OF 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 pavin0 of
any street, or portion thereof, in the
City of New Iberia, in the following
manner, towit:
The Board Of Trustees, may, upon
is motion, provide for the paving of
any street, or portion thereof, in the
City of New Iberia, after notice Of its
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 (6O) 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
10 provide for the paving of the street
u portion thereof, upon which their
property abuts, the Board Of Trustees
hall have the petition published in Eng
ish in the official journal of the City |
,nce . week for four weeks, and if, 1t
he expiration Of such publication, with
lrawsk of signatures from the petition
60) per cent of the total property 'front.'
&c included within the limits Of the
proposed improvement he Board Of
'rustees shall, BY ordinance, direct the
of plans and specifications
Or the paving 90 pstitiened for.
Property owners shall not have the
rivilege Of Withdrawing from said Pc
ton after the ordinance directing the I
rsparstion Of plans and specifications
aall have been adopted by the Board Of
1ustses. In any case Of paving whsth-
; upon petition Of property owners OF I
pom motion Of the Board Of Trustees, ,
% Board Of Trustees shall invite bids I
Y - many kinds, character or many 6
pes Of pavement - are suitable for Il
% proper execution Of The proposed
spzovsment, and after oil bids for paw q
g have bssn received and opened -
.rsin provided for, the Beard Of Trus- '
% shall publish, once . week for thir- 9
, days, in the official journal Of the Q
~, . tsbslated statement giving the o
'ms Of the street to b paved, the .
azactsE Of pavement for which bids o
NE received, the name Of the bidders, 4
d the price bid therefor.
Within thirty days after the first Y
blication Of the said notice the own o
. Of real property abutting upon the 3
- LII L Il,
petition addressed to the Board Of
ustees, to designate which of the !,
veral kinds, characters OF types Of Il
vsment thus published they prefer; a.
ia Tie event that the owners of =
rty three per cent Of the real prop :,
y abutting on said street shall agree e
the designation Of any particular ),
aracter Of pavement thus advertised, =,
. pavement thus designated shall be =
opted by the Board Of Trustees, and \;
,tract shall be awarded to the lowest .
der for the particular kind, character ', ',
type Of pavement 50 designated by =.
property owners. Should no such IN
tition be presented within thirty days CT
'resaid, or if the owners of thirty &c
ee 1887 per cent OF more of the real
,perty abutting on the street to be IN
red fail to agree in the designation az
any particular kind, character or type W
pavement published a. aforesaid, W
n and in that event the Board of OF
,stees shall designate which of the sh
eral kinds Of payment thus pub OF
led shall be used in the paving of said Sc
Get, and contract shall be awarded to al
lowest bidder for the particular kind
pavement so designated by the Board sic
Trustees. pa
'rovided however, that in case of paw by
Of roadways, and although the own OF
of thirty three per cent Of the real tic
perty abutting on the street to be
ed may have designated q particular SCI
d of standard pavement as provided Of
We, the Board of Trustees may, in wa
er to effect, and to meet the require tic
ats Of, . thoroughfare Of heavy traf- of
designate = type of pavement more CO.
ensive than the type Of pavement alb
cted by the petitioners, and award
tract therefore, to the lowest bid at
!; in which event the City of New Ibe- DO,
shall bear such portion Of the cost an,
such paving, between Intersections res
At Intersections, as shall be not less or
, the difference between the cost of ba,
tvne of navement collected hv <hA