The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-08-21

until the full amount or twenty thOuS-
and dollars has been raj Sed: said tax
of five mills to be thus levied and col
lected for the benefit and in favor of
said railroad company as a cOnSid-
Grafton and inducement for the said
railroad company to do and perform
the following tO-wit:
First-The said railroad company
shall build a line of railway from
some point on the east side of the
Bayou V-rmilion within the corporate
limits of the town of Abbeville. in the
parish of VermiliOn, to Or neal the
towns OF Goungsvilie and Brou>sard,
thence in a nO~rtheasterly direction to
some pOint on Bayou Teche. crossing
Bayou Teche at or near Ruth planta-
ton or the town of Park. or the Town
of BreauX Bridge, on Bayou Teche.
in the parish of st. Martin. and TO a
connection with the New Iberia and
Port Barre division OF the New Iberia,
st. Martin X Northern Railroad. to
give Il line 70 connect with the Colo
RADIO Southern, and the O%pelousas.
Gulf and Northeastern Railroad at or
near Port Barre. said OpelOusas. Gulf
and Northeastern Railroad belonging
to the Gould System of railways.
SecOnd-The said railroad shall be
built and operated as a line ~independ-
ent of the Southern Pacific Railroad
or any railroad owned or operated by
the Southern Pacific.
Third-Tha said Railroad line shall
be in operation on or before the first
day of June, 1909. between the points
hereinabOve recited, provided that in
the event OF quarantine. epidemics.
strikes. lock outs, and litigation re-
tarding the completion and putting
in operation of said road. and other
unforeseen circumstances of a nature to
retard the construction of said rail-
road and beyond the control of the
said New Iberia, st. Martin & North
ern Railroad Company, then there
shall be added to the period for the
building OF said railroad as above
set out, a further DELAY equal to the
time during which the construction OF
said railroad was thus unavOidably
delayed.
FOurth-The dOmicile OF the said
New Iberia. st. Martin and Northern
Railroad Company shall be in the city
of New Iberia.
Fifth-The said New Iberia. st.
Martin and Northern Railroad Com
pany shall operate and maintain
within three months from June first,
1909, nj daily passenger train each
way handling mail and express.
SiXth-The tax to be levied and col
lected and the annual amount herein
provided for, shall not be paid to the
railroad company until the said rail-
road line shall have been built and in
operation and the other conditions
herelnabove set forth shall have been
complied with.
j. n. Breaux. Lucine DuhOn. Paul
BreauX, Martial BiIleaud, Ambrose
Broussard. r. N. Bernard, Jules. w.
Broussard, John Taylor. d. G.. Ber-
nard. Mrs. Philomine PerrOn, V. Me-
~lancon, G. V. Broussard. j. r. Me-
~lancon. Jos. z. Breaux. II. J.. Mala-
garie, S. c. Landry, Alzire NJ. Brous-
sard. Mrs. Martial Fabre, Paul Bill
leaud. J. V. Girouard, Mrs. j. b.
Malagarie. Paul GirOuard, Gilbert
Bernard, J. r. DeLaureal, H. Bill
leaua, Geo. Malagarie, G. r. Dreaux,
Jules L. Langlinais, l.. j. Landry,
Martin GirOuard, J. G.. Leblanc, F.
j. Gauthier. Geo. StrOmer. Andre
Billeaud. MoZard Langlinai>. Felix
Girouard. Oyeneais Dubais, RadOlph
Bernard, Leon Girouard, a. d. Cir
Guard. l.. F.. st. Julien, Alex Bill
leaud. Arthur Greig, Miss Laura Me-
lancon. Analole Monte, Albert Oil
vier, Gil A.. Monte, Ed j. Comeaux,
Albert c. Landry, ~. p. Girouard,
DrOzin Dubois. +. r. Liable. Mrs.
d. NJ. Landry, Mrs. a. c. FlOry. Mrs.
A. A. Liable, J.. H. Bernard, Andre
Menard. Emile Landry. Chas. Res
meier, Nicholas CARRIER, ZenOn .BOuer-
CUES, Lindsey Greig, Mrs. EuZaide
Landry, &. Moss, Duplessis Landry,
Fucius Dubais.
Be it therefore ordained by the Pc.
lice Jury of the Parish of Lafayette
that a special election be hereby called
to be held in the fifth ward of the par
ish of Lafayette, within the hours pro-
vided by law, on Monday, the Both day
of September, 1907. at which election
shall be submitted to the property
of said fifth ward, who are
to vote at said election under
the constitution and laws of this state
the question of levying on all taxable
property in the fifth ward of the par
ish of Lafayette a tax of five mills on
the dollar per mum. Or SO much of
said five mills as may be necessary,
for a period of ten years, in aid of
the New iberia, St. Martin Il North
ern Railroad Company, a corporation
nnder the laws of the State
of Louisiana. The said tax to he
and collected according to law
and c~Onformably to the terms, cOndi-
and limitations recited in the
hereinabove petition: beginning in the
year 1909 and extending to the year
1918 inclusive. to produce annually
the sum of two thousand dollars, max
ing an aggregate amount of twenty
dollars to be collected.
Section 2. Be it further ordained