The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-13
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 tive
mills as may be necessary, for a period of
ten wears 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
of railway enterprises as is provided In
article 27o of the constitution and act 2o2
of 1905, and the said petition having been
signed by a number OF property taxpayers
residing in said ward and qualified to PAL
tlcipate in said election tar in excess of one
third in number, as was ascertained by an
examination of said petition and the as
sessment roll of the said Fourth Ward of the
Parish of Lafayette for the year 1906, and
the words and terms OF SAID petition as well
as. the signatures thereto annexed are as
follows, to wit:
To the Honorable Police Jury of the
, Parish of Lafayette, State of louisiana:
We, the undersigned property tax
PAYERS of the Fourth Ward of the Parish OF
. LAFAYETTE, state of louisiana, and entitled
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hereinafter meationed, respectfully petition
and memorable your Honorable BODY t'
order a special election according to law OF
/ the property taxpayers of the said Fourth
3. Ward of he parish of Lafayette entitled IL
t vote under the constitution and laws of the
Y state of Louisiana, the object and purpose
of said election being for the purpose o
levying a tax to realize the sum of two
thousand dollars per year for the period O
ten years, beginning with the year 1909 ant
S extending 10 and including the year 1908, il
e favor of the New Iberia, St. Martin anC
C Northern Railroad Company; the full
S amount to be realized by taxation being TIT
n sum of twenty thousand dollars to be levied
a collected and paid in ten annual paymen
i. of two thousand dollars each; to be paid II
= the New Iberia, St. Martin, anS Northern
:, Railroad Company: said amount OF tw'
O thousand dollars per year for the perio1 o
d ten years to be raised by the levy an
= imposition If a tax of FIVE mills per annun
for said period OF ten years, beginning
with the year 1000 and extending to an
. including the year 1913. or so much of sue
five mills as may be necessary to rails
during each year of said ten years the sur
. of two thousand dollars per year until tn
: full amount of twenty thousand dollars ha
been raised: said tax OF five mills to be thu
ley,ng and collected for the benefit and /
IS favor of said railroad Company as a cor
d sideration and inducement for the sal
railroad company to do and perform, tn
10 wit:
First-The said railroad company sha
build a line of railway from some point o
}, the east side of the Bayou Vermilion with
y the corporation limits of the Town of All
. beville, in the parish of Vermilion, 10 {
IS near the Towns of Y~oungsville and Brou
or sard, thence in a northersterly direction
some point on Bayou Teche, crossing Bayo
ID Teche at or near Routh Plantation or ii
a Town of Park, or the Town of Brear
az Bridge, on Bayou Teche, in the PARISH
!; ST. Martin, and to a connection with Il
- New Iberia and Port Barre division of II
III New Iberia, ST. Martin and Northern Raj
road. TO give a line to connect with II
IN Colorado Southern, and the Opelousa
RS Gulf, and North Eastern Railroad at or ne
Id Port Barry said Opelousas, Gulf and Mort
no ern Railroad belonging to the Gulf syste
ri of railways.
Second-The said Railroad shall be bu
" and operated as a line independent of Il
ne Southern Pacific Railroad or any railro;
ng owner or operate by the Southern Pacif
On Third-The said Railroad line shall be
Of operation on or before the first day of Jun
1904, between the points hereinabovc I
cited, provided that in the event of qua
er ~antine, epidemices' strikes, lockouts, al
of litigation letarding the completion and p,
ting in operation of said road, and 9th
- Unforeseen circumstances Of a nature
" retard the construction ofsaid railroad q
beyond the control of the said New Iber
St. Martin and Northern railroad Compar
then there shall be added to the period
the building of said railroad as above