The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-02-07
NOTICE..

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Under and by virtue OF the au.
thority vested in me by the Police
Jury Of the Parish of St. Mary
State of Louisiana, 1 will on
SATURDAY, FEB. nth, 1903,
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 "f the Parish of st. Mary.
State of Louisiana. be and he is hereby
authorized to advertise for sale mt pub
lie auction. at the court house ofthe town
of franklin, the ferry privileges across
Berwick BAY. between the towns of Nor.
gan City and Berwick. for the term of
five years. commencing from the 18th
day of February. 1903 the boats to lie
nseG for such purposes and the cOnii.
tiOns upon which said ferry shall be run
to be AS follows.
Section |. The boat to be used for
such ferry shall be double hull boat.
each hull to he net less than sixty feet
Tong. . foot beam and feet deep. with a
space of ten feet between each hull, and
to contain :wo gunnels Of two feet each.
making total OF thirty-two feet in
width.
Section 2. There shall be space enough
upon SAID boats for teams to drive off
and on without turning around: he boat
shall have a boiler deck hurricane deck,
and separate accommodations for white
and colored passengers.
Section 3. The boat thus used must be
equipped with sufficient machinery and
boiler power to assure a speed of not less
than eight miles per hour, and the ma
Oh ine,y "f same shall be such as is re.
quireG by the marine laws of the United
States; there shall be floating dock on
each side IF the bay to which the
boar shall land which dock shall not be
less than forty t40) 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 to the bank.
which shall be at least l6 feet wide, for
he use of vehicles, and separated from
his driveway there shall be space of
five feet to be nsed by foot passengers.
There shall also be erected suitable
waiting rooms for the accommodation Of
passengers at the ferry landings
All the improvements required as above
stipulated. as to boats. machinery, docks.
waiting rooms &c. shall be constructed at
he expense of the lessee, and same shall
'emain his property at the expiration Of
,he lease, provided that at the expiration ,
If the lease he shall remove all of the
buildings, &c. above named. if required
o do so, either by the Police Jury or any ,
ub-lcssce of the said privilege.
Section 4. Be it further resolved that |
my lessee of said ferry shall be per- !
nitted to charge the following rates of !
erryage and no more.
For each foot passenger, ten (l0) cents, !,
" twenty tickets for one dollar.
For each single horse buggy, 60. cart. |,
umpcr or automobile twenty-five cents
For eacn two horse jumper. road cart.
% cart, buggy. forty cents.
For hearse and TWO horses, fifty cents.
For each single mule or horse cart,
mpty, thirty cents, loaded. forty cents.
TaCon. cart Or dray. empty, forty cents,
oaded. fifty cents.
For each four-mEle cane wagon, empty
ixty cents. loaded. eighty cents
For each head of loose stock. ten cents
For each package entrusted to the care
f the lessee of the ferry, less than one
nndred pounds in weight, five cents per
ackage.
For all freight transferred ten cents
er hundred pounds unless said freight
e loaded in wagons. carts. ETC.. ia which
vent it shall be transferred under the
ties hereinabove stipulated.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained. That
le lessee of the ferry privilege herein
lall pass free of charge all persons sub
ct to militia duty going to or returning
ON duty, and all horses aud equipage
elonging thereto.
Also all school children when going to
returning from school, and also all
inisters of tho gospel of all denomina.
Ons.
Sec. 6. Be it further resolved, That the |,
try boat herein contemplated shall =
axe a round trip every thirty minutes. ..
at same shall be run from 5 o'clock a.
to Z o'clock p. m. If, however, the
ssees Of said ferry desire to do SO they
all have the right to run the ferry after
oh hours. at which time they shall be /
rnitted to charge double fare for all 4
IsseDgers horses, animals and vehicles as =
rein specified.
Sec. Z. Be it further resolved, That |,
fore any bid shall be accepted for the Il
ivilege herein granted, the lessees shall a
rnish good and solvent bond in the ],
m of Five Thousand Dollars. condi- }
med as the law directs. for the faithful. e
normance of his dusy, and for the pay b
mt Of any damages that4any indivi. b
al may sustain on account OF any want u