The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-01-17
NOTICE..

thority vested in me by the Poll
Jury of the Parish of st.
State of Louisiana, | will on
SATURDAY, FEB. nth, 1908,
offer for sale at public auction at
the principal door of the Court
House, in the town of Franklin,
Louisiana, and sell to the last and
highest bidder, for cash, the ferry
privileges across Berwick Bay,
between the towns of Morgan City
and Berwick, the successful bid
der to comply with the terms and
conditions of the Ordinance rela-
tive to the sale Of this said ferry
ferry privilege, passed by the said
Police Jury, on the 9th day of
January, 1908, and which said or
dinance reads as follows:
Be it ordained by the Police Jury OF
the Parish of St. Mary, in regular ses-
sion assembled. that the president OF the
| Police Jury of the Parish OF st. Mary
State of Louisiana, be and he is hereby
| authorized to advertise for sale ut pub
| lie auction. at the court house ofthe town
of Franklin, the ferry privileges across
| Berwick B. =, between the towns OF Mor>
| gan CITY and Berwick. for the term OF
| five years. commencing from the 10Th
day of February 1903. the boats to be
used for such purposes and the condi~
tons upon which said ferry shall be run
to be as follows:
Section |. The boat to be use,i for
such ferry shall be double hull boat,
each hull to be net less than sixty feet
long. 8 foot beam and 4 feet deep. with a
space of ten feet between each hull, and
to contain two gunnels of two feet each.
making a total of thirty-two feet in
wld...
Section 2. There shall be space enough
upon said boats for teams to drive of
and on without turning around; the boat
shall have boiler deck. hurricane deck,
and separate accommodations for white
and cnlored passengers,
Section 3. The boat thus used must be
equipped with sufficient machinery and
boiler power to assure speed of not less
than eight miles per hour. and the ma
chineIy of same shall be such as is re-
qured by the marine laws of the United
| States; here shall be floating dock on
each side Of the bay to which the
boat Shall land. which dock shall not be
less than forty (40) feet long and twenty
feet wide. and it, said dock shall be
moored in sufficient depth of water to
assure the floating of said dock at all
stages Of the tide. connected with this
dock. there shall be an approach or apron
built from the floating dock tothe hank.
which shall be at least lG feet wide. for
the use of vehicles, and separated from
this driveway there shall he i space Of
five feet to be used by foot passengers.
There shall also be erected suitable
waiting rooms for the accommodation Of
passengers at the ferry landings
All thu improvements required as above
| stipulated. rs to boats, machinery, docks.
waiting rooms &c shall be constructed u,
the expense of the lessee. and same shall
remain his property at the expiration OF
the lease, provided that at the expiration
of the lease he shall remove ali of the
buildings, &c. above named, ifrequiretl
to do 50, either by the Police Jury or any
sub lessee of the said privilege.
Section 4. Be it further resolved that
any lessee of said ferry shall he per-
mittra to charge the following rates Of
ferr,agr and no more
For each foot passenger. ten (lo) cents
or twenty tickets for one dollar.
For each single horse buggy, &. cart
Jumper or automobile twenty -tivccents
For eacu two horse jumper, road cart,
go cart. buggy. forty cents.
For hearse and two horses. tiftycents
For each single mule or horse cart
empty, thirty cents, loaded, forty cents.
For each three mnle cart. two-hOrsG
wagon cart or dray, empty, forty cents
loaded fifty cents.
For each fDur-mnle cane wagon, empty
sixty cents. loaded. eighty cents
For each head of loose stock, ten cents
For each package entrusted to the care
of the lessee of the ferry, less thin one
hundred pounds in weight, five cats per
package.
For all freight transferred ten cents
per hundred pounds unless said freight
be loaded in wagons. carts. etc. irwhich
event it shall be transferred unbr the
rates hcreinabove stipulated
Sec. 3. b. it further ordained Tn at
the lessee Of the ferry privilege herein
shall pass free of charge all persois sub
ject to militia duty going to or returning
from duty, and all horses aud cdipage
belonging thereto.
Also all school children when gsing to
or returning from school, and also all
ministers of the gospel of all deromina.
| tons.
| Sec 6. Be it further resolved, That the
ferry boat herein contemplated shall
make round trip every thirty minutes.
that same shall be run from 5 o'clock Il.
m. to Z o'clock p m. If. However, he
lessees of said ferry desire to Ia 90 tIey
shall bave the right to run the ferry after
such hours. at which time they shall be
permitted to charge double fire for all
passengers horses, animals andYehicles as
herein specified.
Sec. Z. Be it further resoked, That
before any bid shall be accepted for the
privilege herein granted, the l,ssecs shall
furnish good and solvent boDd in the
sum of Five Thousand Dollms, condi-
toned as the law directs, for tie faithful
performance of his duty, and 70. the pay,
ment of any damages that any inlivi-
dual may sustain on account ofany want
of skill or neglect of duty. and dl persons
bidding shall name their surrey before
his bid is accepted
Sec. :. BE it further resolved, That the