New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-10-02
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS OF THE Pc
TITE ANSE C0TEAU DRAIN

AGE DISTRICT.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE Pc
TITE ANSE C0TEAU DRAIN
AGE DISTRICT.
Proceedings of the Board of Commissio-
ners of the Petite Anse Coteau Drain
age District, Parish Of Iberia, State of
Louisiana, taken at a special meeting
of said Board of Commissioners held at
New Iberia, Louisiana, on Saturday,
the 18th. day Of September, 1920.
The Board of Commissioners of the
Petite Anse Coteau Drainage District met
in special session at New iberia, Louisi-
mRa, at Ten $1,000 o'clock A. M. on
SEesrday the 18th day of September,
1920, pursuant TO the terms of an ordi-
nance of said Board of Commissioners
adopted on the 5th day of August, 1920
and the Notice of Election by the Presi-
dent of said Board of Commissioners, also
of date August 5th, 1920.
There were present Messrs. Jos. Nor
res, F. ]. Romero, Marcel Deropen and
Arthur Leblanc.
There were absent Mr.. Fernand Lam
dry.
The hour being Ten 10000 o'clock A.
NJ, the President in the chair and the
secretary at his desk, the meeting was
called to order by the President.
The following ordinance was offered by
Mr.. Romero and seconded by Mr.. De,
Touen-
Whereas, special election as called
by the Board of Commissioners of the Pc
tite Anse Coteau Drainage District, Par
ish Of Iberia, State of Louisiana, was
held on Thursday, the 10th day of Sept
1Oo0 ~ ea;J nd
Whereas, it is the duty of the Board
of Commissioners of the Petite Anse Co.
teau Drainage District Parish of iberia,
State of Louisiana, the governing au-
sthority of said Drainage District, to open
80 ballot boxes used at the sale. election,
examine and count the ballots and can
vass the returns of the said special cleo
ton;
Therefore, Be Ii Ordained by thu
Board of Commissioners of the Petite
Anse Coteau Drainage District, Parish
of Iberia, State of Louisiana, that the
said Board of Commissioners do now pro-
coed to open the ballot boxes used in the
said election examine and count the
ballots, both in number and amount, ex-
anime and canvass the returns and de-
clare the result Of the said election; and
that the President appoint two ~ Tel
1ers to count the votes and compile the
results; and,
Be It Further Ordained, ETC., that
process verbal of the opening of the said
ballot boxes be made and that the can
vass of the returns and the result thereof
be shown on the said process verbal and
that the said process verbal be signed by
all the members of the Board of Com
missioners of the Petite Anse Cotea1
Drainage District present and participant
ing therein, by the President by the
Tellers and by the Officers thereof.
This ordinance being submitted to a
vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Norres, Romero, De-
rouen and Leblanc.
Nays: None.
4ed.
JOS. NORRES, President. !
SIDNEY NORRES, Secretary.
Whereupon, the President announced
the appointment of Messrs. F. ]. Romero
and Marcel Derouen as Tellers; and in
open session. the said Tellers in the
presence of the Board of Commissioners i
Of the Petite Anse Ceteau Drainage Dis
trict proceeded to open the ballot boxes :
and count the votes cast at the special !
election held in the Petite Anse Coteau |
Drainage District, Parish Of Iberia, State
of Louisiana, on September 10th, 1920,
and thereupon proceeded to examine and
count the ballots in number and amount
and examined and canvassed the re-
trrns made by the officers of the said
special election at each polling place and !
verified the said returns with the result
which is declared as follows:
At Coteau School House. in Petite
Anse Coteau Drainage District, Parish
of Iberia, State of Louisiana, there were
found 40 votes, representing an assessed I
valuation of $160,443.00, cast in favor Of
the following proposition;
Proposition No. l. To authorize the
Board Of Commissioners Of the Petite
Anse Coteau Drainage District, Parish
of Iberia, State of Louisiana, to incur
aebt on behalf of and in the name of the
Pstite Anse Coteau Drainage District in
Che amount of Seventy Thousand ($70,-
CO0.00) Dollars and TO issue and sell
serial negotiable .semi-annual interest
bearing coupon bonds eyidencing the said
indebtedness; said bonds TO bear inter
est at the rate Of five percentum Is p. cl
EAbeNannum, payable semi-annually, the
paHtipal and interest Of said bonds TO be
payable in such amounts and at such
times and places as the governing au-
thority may determine; said bonds 10
run twenty-six (26) years from the date