New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-11
PROCEEDINGS OF POLICE Jury

Proceedings of the Police jury of n,
Parish Of Iberia, Louisiana, taken :,
the meeting Of said Police jury bel,
at New Iberia on Thursday, the secorl
day Of September, 1920.
The Police Jury of the Parish of iberia
Louisiana. acting as the governing author.
ity of Road District Number Eight f8l "a
N&he Parish of Iberia, met in regular Soc
Sion at New iberia, Louisiana, on tbc
second day Of September, 1920 at ten
o'clock 10000 A. M, pursuant to tbe
provisions of an ordinance of said Police
Jury Of date July 70, 1920, and the nroc-
lamation of election by c. Girard Presi-
dent Of said Police Jury, also of date JuIv
19 1920
There were present Messrs. Garv
Greig, Decuir, Boutte, David, Girard. Lam
dry, DeBlanc, Leleu, Schexnayder and
Lyon.
The Police Jury having been convened
the following ordinance was offered bv
Mr.. Lyon and seconded by Mr.. Schexnay-
der:
ORDINANCE.
Whereas, a special election as aptbor-
lied by the Police Jury of the Parish NJ
V, 5
Of August, 1920, in Road District Mum
Der Eight l8) of the Parish of Iberia. and
Whereas, it is the duty of this Police
Jury to open the ballot boxes used at
said special election and count the ballots
- number and amount examine and can
The returns and declare the result of
% ,cial election;
teore, Be 1t Ordained by the Po-
perrol Of the Parish of Iberia, acting
AH perfor' erning authority of Road Dis
wonde Der Eight 90 of said Parish,
of str'olice Jury do now proceed to
PIess allot boxes used at said special
novel, eld in Road District Number
~vr of the Parish of Iberia on
r, >, the 31st day of August, 1920
Line and count the ballots in number
and amount examine and canvass the re
turns and declare the result of said special
election and that the President appoint
two tellers to count the votes and com,
pile the results.
Be 1t Further Ordained, etc, That the |
process verbal of the opening of the said
ballot boxes be made and that the can
Vasss7g of the returns and the results |
thereof be shown on the said process ver-
bal and that the said process verbal be
signed by the members Of the Police Jury
present, the tellers and the officers
thereof
This ordinance having been submitted
to a vote, the vote thereon was as fol-
lows:
Yess-Messrs. Greig, Gary, Decuir,
Boutte, David, Girard, Landry, DeBlanc,
Leleu, Schexnayder and Lyon.
Nays: None.
And the ordinance was declared adop-
ted.
Whereupon, the President announced
the appointment of Msssrs. L. Lyon and
frank GTeig, as tellers and, in open ses-
sion, the said tellers, in the presence Of
all the members of the Police Jury, pro-
seeded to open the ballot boxes and count
the votes cast at the election held August
31st, 1920, in Road District Number
Eight (S) of the Parish of Iberia and
thereupon proceeded to examine and
count the ballots in number and amount,
and examined and canvassed the returns
made by the officers of the said special
election and verified the same with the
result which is declared as follows:
At S. J. Bourgeois & Co.'S Store in Road
District Number Eight (8) of the Parish
IF Iberia, Louisiana, there were found D
votes, representing an assessed valuation
of $113, 3,O67.00, cast in favor of the follow
ing proposition:
Proposition Number Ito authorize
the Police Jury of the Parish of Iberia
to incur debt on behalf of and in the
name of Road District Number Eight to)
of the Parish of Iberia in the amount OF
One Hundred Thousand ($100,000) Dol
lars and to issue and sell serial, negoti-
able, semi-annual interest bearing cou-
pom bonds evidencing the said indebted
ness; (the total indebtedness of said
Road District, including the within
amount being less than ten per centum
90 p. c. of the assessed valuation of all
the taxable property in said Road Dis
trict); said bonds to bear interest at the
rate of I've per centum IS p. c. per an
mum, payable in such amounts and at
such times and places as the governing
authority may determine; said bonds TO
run for twenty-five (25) years from tie
date thereof, and both the interest and
principal to be secured by sufficient
80 % =. Iev;ed and collected each year