New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-08-05
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New iberia, La, July 31st, 1916.
The Board of Trustees Of the City 0
New Iberia convened this day wit
Mayor H. S. Sealy presiding. Messrs
Suberbelle and Vilermin present; il
regular session.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and approved on motion o
Mr.. Vllermin. seconded by Mr.. Suber
belle as corrected.
The following Ordinapce No. 109 wa
introduced by Mr.. Sealy, which Ordinance
was ordered published in accordance
with the law:
AN ORDINANCE.
To amend the Charter of the City O
New Iberia, La, by incorporating there
in in substance. Act No % Of the Gen
eral Assembly OF the State of Louisiana
for the year 1914 as relates to Sidewalks
or Streets, or both, 50 as to confer ad-
ditional power on the said City of New
Iberia relative TO paving and repaving
Of Streets and Sidewalks, or either, sub
stantally as provided by said act.
Section 1. Be il ordained by the Board
of Trustees of the City of New Iberia
that the Charter of the said City OF New
Iberia be- and it is hereby amended, in
accordance with Act No. 81 of the Acts
of the extra session Of the general as
semby of the year 1915, 50 as to incorp-
crate therein the substance of Act No.
% of the said general assembly for the
year 1914, as relates to Sidewalks and
Streets or both, SO as to confer addi-
tional powers on the said City of New
Iberia, relative to paving and repaving
of streets and sidewalks. or either, sub
stantially as provided in said Act, as fol-
lows, to-wt:
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That the following definitions shall gov
ern the interpretations of all sections OF
the Charter of the City of New Iberia
relative to paving and repaving of
Streets and Sidewalks, or either, as fol-
lows, to-wit: (al The term street"
shall be given its original legal significa-
ton. and accordingly, shall be and is
hereby construed to mean any way over
land set apart for public travel in the
City OF New Iberia, no matter by what
name it may be called, and is hereby
declared to embrace any and all divisions
and subdivisions of such way from prop
erty line to property line, including side
walks or banquettes, roadways, neutral
grounds, esplanades, promonades, center
strips and intersections, and other divi-
sions and subdivisions existing or and
may at any time be established or re-es-
tablished' by the City of New Iberia.
90 The term roadway" shall be and
5 hereby construed to mean and embrace
Neutral grounds, centerstrips, intersec- !
ions, and all other divisions and sub -di- ,
'isions of streets, except sidewalks Of |
as established or re-es.ablish-
d at any time by the City of New Ibe-
ia.
(c) The word paving" shall be and
hereby is construed to mean and en-
race two classes, viz: O paving of
oadways; and ~ banquetting or paw
ng sidewalks or banquetes.
ID Paving or roadways shall be and
} hereby construed to mean and en-
race two classes, viz: o. original paw
ng of roadwsys; and (2) repaving of
(e) Banquetting or paving of side
'alks or banquettes, shall be and is
ereby construed to mean ard .rN-a-e
NO classes, viz: a. Original ban
uetting, or original paving of sidewalks
: banquettes; and (2) rebanquetting, or !:
'paving of sidewalks or banquettes. /.
~ Original paving of roadways !
aall consist of grading, concrete foun- i,
'tion or other foundation. wearing sur =
zee, new curb, new counter curbs, re-
ming and resetting existing curbs and .
unter curbs, gutter bottoms, culverts, \
I'd subsurface drains, not exceeding =
o. inches in diameter, together with :,
manholes, catch basins and excaya-
ms incidental thereto.
(g) Original paving of roadways shall
10 include the filling or cutting down .
sidewalk not At established grades. -
: installing of house drains, hand !,
les and connections, the taking up - :.
d relaying of sidewalks pavements not :.
established grade; the repairing of :,
lewalk pavements not in good condi-
n; the construction of new sidewalk .,
vements where none exist, and the :.
Instruction of driveways. .
(h) Repairing of roadways shall con- ~
Of removing old pavements, grading. =
ncrete or other foundations; wearing ~
race, new curbs; new counter curbs. -
tier bottoms, culverts. refining and r.,