New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-02-08

IheIepy assumes control ana JURISDICTION
lof Road District No. Two ~ of tn.
Parish of Iberia, as created by an ordi-
nance of this Police Jury on the 18th da,
of June, 1917; and that it hereby quail
fies as the governing authority of sale
Road District No. Two of the Parish o.
Iberia in accordance with Act ESQ of int
General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana for the year 1910, as amended anC
in accordance with Act No 30 Of the Elk
ira Session of the General Assembly Of
the State of Louisiana for the year 1917
And be it further ordained, that il
hereby approves and adopts any and al
proceedings that may have been hereto
fore taken by the Board of Superviors Of
said Road District.
/ This Ordinance being put to vote
the result was: Yeas; Messrs. Decuir
Romero, Dietlein, Erath, Miguel, DR.. Nc
Gowen and Moresi. Nays, None.
And the ordinance was declared adopted
/ The Police Jury thereupon convened
as the governing authority of Road Dis
trict No. Two of the Parish of Iberia, with
the same members present as previously
set forth. Thereupon there was intro
duced an
| ORDINANCE
By Mr.. Romero, seconded by Mr.. Erath
! Be it ordained by the Police Jury Of
tn. Parish of Iberia acting as the gov
erning authority of Road District No
Two (2) of the Parish of Iberia, that 4
special election be and is hereby called
and ordered to be held in Road District
No Two ~ of the Parish of iberia on
Tuesday, the Fourth (4th) day of March
| 1919, between the hours of A. M. and
IS P. NJ.
| That at said election there shall be
submitted to the property taxpayers
qualified to vote under the CONSTITUTE On
and Laws of the State of Louisiana in
said Road District, proposition to de-
6ermine whether it is the sense of the
said property taxpayers to authorize the
Police Jury of the Parish of Iberia, as
the governing authority 3SRoad District
No. Two (2) of the Parish of Iberia, to
incur an indebtedness of Sixty Thousand
and No-10O Dollars ($60,000.00) and to
| issue and sell negotiable semi-annual ia
terest bearing coupon bonds evidencins
| the said indebtedness, the said amount of
| bonds being less than ten per cent OF the
assessed valuation of the property within
| the limits of the said Road District No.
| Two (2) as shown by the certificate of
the assessor of the Parish of Iberia for
the Parish of iberia, said Parish for the
year 1918, being the last completed roll
on file, the said bonds to bear interest at
he rate of five per centum IS p. CO. per
mum from the date thereof, payable
semi -annually, and the interest and princ-
iual to be payable in such amounts and
at such times and places as the govern
ing authority may determine, the whole
Issue of bonds to be payable within thir-
ty-five (35) years from the date thereof,
the principal and interest thereof to be
secured and paid by q sufficient tax 70
be levied each year in accordance with
the provisions of Article 281 of the Con-
stitution, and the laws of the State OF
Louisiana; the proceeds of the sale OF
said bonds at not less than par to be used
in construction, improving and maintain
ing the public roads and highways in
Road District No: Two (2) of the Parish
of Iberia.
Be it further, ordained, that a notice
of said election shall be duly advertised
according to law for thirty days in the
official journal of this Parish, the said
notice to embrace substantially all the
things set forth in the foregoing portion
Of this Ordinance and to state that The
Police Jury as the governing authority
of Road District No. Two of the Parish
Of Iberia, will meet in open session on
the 9th day of March, 1919 at 10 o'clock
A. M. and then and there proceed to open
the ballot boxes used in said election a1d
examine and count the ballots cast at
said election in number and amount and
make returns of the result Of said cleo
ton and provide for the PRONUNCIATION OF
the said result.
And be it further ordained, that the
President of the Police Jury is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to have the nee
essary ballots printed for the said cleo
ton in accordance with the provisions OF
this ordinance and in accordance with law,
and to provide the necessary tally shee.s,
ballot boxes, tally sheet and other para
phenalia for the holding of said election.
And be it further ordained that the
Clerk of Court and ExOfficio Register Of,
Voters for the Parish of Iberia shall fur
nish the election officers hereinafter
named with list of the property tax
payers entitled to vote at the said special
election together with the valuation OF
each of said taxpayers property as shown
BY the assessment roll last made and on
file at the time the said election 10 held.
And be it further ordained that the
following polling places all within the
limits of the said Road District No. Two
(2) are hereby designated as the places
in which to receive the ballots cast at
said election, and the following persons
each of whom is a registered voter in said
Road District, are hereby designated and
empowered to act at the said election, as|
ret forth hereinafter, to-wit:
At Lydia School House, in Ward oil
New Iberia, La.
I Mr.. Jules ]. Olivier, COMMISSIONS;
Mr.. r. F. Duplantis, Commissioner; Mr..
Eraste BONN, Commissioner; Mr.. Ber-
nard Hebert, Clerk of Election.
!, The officers Of election as above named
shall hold the election to conform with
the provisions Of Act ESQ of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the
wear 1910 and shall make returns Of said
election to the meeting of the Police Jury
acting as the governing authority Of Road
District No. Two az Of the Parish of
iberia to be held on the 9th day of March