The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-06
AN ORDINANCE.

An ordinance ordering a special election
in the Fourth Ward of the Parish of Lafay-
cite upon the petition of more than on
third of the property taxpayers OF the said
| Fourth Ward of the Parish OF Lafayette
requesting the same to take the sense OF the
property taxpayers OF said ward on a pro-
position granting to the New Iberia, ST.
Martin and Northern Railroad Company
a FIVE mill tax, or so much of said five
mills as may be necessary, for a period OF
ten years To raise two thousand dollars per
| annum, to pay a bonus of not more than
twenty thousand dollars under the terms and
subject to limitations place in the petition
for said election.
Whereas a petition having been received
from the property taxpayers residing tn the
Fourth Ward of the Parish Of Lafayette
entitled TO vote at special elections called
according to law to levy special taxes in aid
IF railway enterprises as is provided In
article 40 of the constitution and act 2o2
of 1898, and the said petition having been
signed BY a number of property taxpayers
residing in said ward and qualified to par
t,cipate in said election tar in excess of one
third in number, as was ascertained by ar
examination of said petition and the as
~sessment roll of the said Fourth Ward of the
Parish of Lafayette for the year 1906, and
che words and terms of sand petition as wei
as the signatures thereto annexed are a:
follows, to wit:
To the Honorable Police Jury of thu
Parish of Lafayette, State of louisiana:
We, the undersigned property tax
payers of the Fourth Ward of the Parish o.
Lafayette, state of Louisiana, and entitled
to vote therein upon the propositloI
hereinafter mentioned, respectfully petition
and memorialize YOU Honorable BODY Il
order a special election according to law o
the property taxpayers of the said Fourtl
Ward of the parish of Lafayette entitled t.
vote under the constitution and laws of tn
state of louisiana, the object and purpos'
of said election being for the purpose o
l~evying a tax to realize the sum Of tw'
thousand dollars per year for the period o
ten years, beginning with the year 1909 ant
extending to and including the year 1908, il
favor of the New Iberia, st. Martin an
Northern Railroad Company; the full
amount to be realized by taxtation being tn
sum of twenty thousand dollars to be levied
collected and paid in ten annual paymen
of two thousand dollars each; to be paid t
: the New Iberia, St. Martin, and Norther
/. Railroad Company: said amount OF tw
| thousand dollars per year for the period c
/, ten years to be raised by the levy an
imposition If a tax of five mills per annui
for said period of ten years, beginnin
with the year 1909 and extending to an
including the year 1918. or so much of sue
five mills as may be necessary to rails
, during each year of said ten years the SUI
of two thousand dollars per year until tn
full amount of twenty thousand dollars hs
+, been raised; said tax of five mills to be thu
! levlng and collected for the benefit and i
favor of said railroad Company as a cor
!; sideration and inducement for the sal
railroad company to do and perform, tn
to wit:
First-The said railroad company sha
. build a line of railway from some point o
, the east side of the Bayou Vermilion with
. the corporation limits of the Town of Alb
, beville, in the parish of Vermilion, TO c
: near the Towns of Youngsville and Brou.
: sard, thence in a northersterly direction I
some point on Bayou Teche, crossing Bayo
: Teche at or near Routh Plantation or tn
3 Town of Park, or the Town of Breau
Bridge, on Bayou Teche, in the parish {
ST. Martin, and to a connection with tt
New iberia and Port Barre division of ii
, New Iberia, St. Martin and Northern Raj
: road, 10 give a line to connect with ii
. Colorado Southern, and the Opelousa
Gulf, and North Eastern Railroad at or ne;
v Port Barry said Opelousas, Gulf and Nortl
r ern Railroad belonging to the Gulf syster
: of railways.
. Secoud-The said Railroad shall be bui
! and operated as a line independent of tt
: Southern Pacific Railroad or any railros
: owner or operate by the Southern Pacifi
/: Third-The said Railroad line shall be
9 operation on or before the first day of Jun
. 1900, between the points hereinabovc r
d cited, provided that in the event of qua
antine, epidemices' strikes, lockouts, ~
: '.'-st'cu ,e'rrIia. .hc connfe.icn ,aJ pn
4 ting in operation Of said, road, and 9th
:. unforeseen circumstances Of a nature
: retard the construction of said railroad Al
, beyond the control of the said New Iberi
St. Martin and Northern railroad Compau