New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-25
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS OF THE Pc
TITE ANSE COTEAU DRAIN
AGE DISTRICT.


Proceedings Of the Board of Comm;ss;o.
ners of the Petite Anse Coteau Drain
age District, Parish of Iberia. State of
d. Louisiana, taken at q special meeting
OF said Board Of Commissioners held At
New Iberia, Louisiana, on Saturday.
the 18th day of September, 1920.
Ihe Board of Commissioners of the
retite Anse Coteau Drainage District met
IN special session at New Iberia, Louisi-
ana, at Ten 10000 o'clock A. NJ. on
Saturday the 18th day of September,
l9I0, 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. J. Romero, Marcel Derouen and
Arthur Leblanc.
There were absent Mr. Fernand Ian
dry.
The hour being Ten $1,000 o'clock A.
M, 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, |
rouen.
Whereas, a special election as called
by the Board of Comissioners of the Pc
tite Anse Coteau Drainage District, Par
ish of Iberia, State of Louisiana, was
held on Thursday, the 10th day of Sept
ember 1920 in said District; and
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-
thority of said Drainage District, to open
the ballot boxes used at the said election,
examine and count the ballots and can
vass the returns of the said special cleo
ton;
Therefore, Be 1t Ordained by tha
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- :
ceed 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 (2) Tel =;
ers to count the votes and compile the !.
results; and, :
Be II Further Ordained, etc, that v
oroces verbal of the opening of the said :,
ballot boxes be made and that the can g.
Ass Of the returns and the result thereof =
'e shown on the said process verbal and a.
hat the said process verbal be signed by y
II the members of the Board of Com =
nissioners Of the Petite Anse Coteau a,
drainage District present and participant -
ng therein, by the President, by the =
'elers and by the Officers thereof NJ NJ
This ordinance being submitted to ...'
ote, the vote thereon was as follows: "
Yeas: Messrs. Norres, Romero, De- 80 -
,uen and Leblanc. as
Nays: None.
And the ordinance was declared adop- sn' sn'
d. is'
JOS. NORRES, President. 40
AZ -- -sII1ssIEy -ssIEzss EEy. EoRRES. Secretary. n q
Whereupon, the President announced n,
he appointment of Messrs. F. j. Romero nr,
40 Marcel Derouen as lelers; ana IN cas-
pen session. the said Tellers in the du
-essnce of the Board of Commissioners siO
the Petite Anse Coteau Drainage Dis an,
ict proceeded TO open the ballot boxes, Co
ID count the votes cast at the special m.
ecion held in the Petite Anse Coteau of
rainage District, Parish of Iberia, State "a;
Louisiana, on September 10th, 1920,
Id thereupon proceeded to examine and
unit the ballots in. number and amount Te
ID examined and canvassed the re-
rms made by the officers of the said M.
eeial election at each polling place and
rified the said returns with the result
bich is declared as follows.
AT Coteau School House, in Petite
nse Coteau Drainage District, Parish
Iberia, State of Louisiana, there were
und 4o votes, representing an assessed
luation Of s160,443o0, cast in favor of r
e following proposition bv
Proposition No. I. To authorize the ~, -
ard of Commissioners of the Petite
Ise Coteau Drainage District, Parish A
Iberia, State Of Louisiana, to incur oe
b on behalf Of and in the name of the i.,s
tite Anse Coteau Drainage District in A.,
! amount of Seventy Thousand $50, p.r
)00) Dollars and to issue and sell srr;
faf negotiable semi-annual interest g.