The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-20

PURSUANT 10 adjournment the police Jury
met this day with the following members
present: Alfred A. Delhomme, Cornelius
Spell, ]. Edmoud Mou,on. Valery Boud-
reau. Albert Theall, NJ. Billeaud Jr.. pre-
siding, ]. II. Connolly, P. X. Landry, and
l.. G.. Breaux.
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
Of railway enterprises as is provided in
article 40 of the constitution and act 2o2
of 1895, and the said petition having been
signed by a number of property taxpayers
residing in said ward and qualified to PAT.
ticipate 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
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the words and terms OF SAID petition as we'll
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
to vote therein upon the proposition
hereinafter mentioned, respectfully petition
and memorable your Honorable BODY to
order a special election according to law of
the property taxpayers Of the said Fourth
Ward of the parish of Lafayette entitled to
vote under the constitution and laws of the
state Of Louisiana, the object and purpose
of said election being for the purpose of
levying a tax to realize the sum of two
thousand dollars per year for the period of
ten years, beginning with the year 1909 and
extending to and including the year 1908, in
favor of the New Iberia, St. Martin and
Northern Railroad Company; the full
amount to be realized by ,axtation being the
sum of twenty thousand dollars to be levied,
collected and paid in ten annual payment
of two thousand dollars each; to he paid to
the New Iberia, St. Martin, and Northern
Railroad Company: said amount OF two
thousand dollars per year for the perioi of
ten years to be raised by the levy and
imposition If a tax of FIVE mills per annum
for said period OF ten years, beginning
with the year 1909 and extending to and
including the year 1918. or so much of such
rive mills as may be necessary to raise
during each year of said ten years the sum
of two thousand dollars per year until the
full amount of twenty thousand dollars has
been raised; said tax OF FIVE mills to be thus
levIng and collected for the benefit and in
favor of said railroad Company as a con.
sideration and inducement for the said
railroad company to do and perform, the
to wit:
First-The said railroad company shall
build a line of railway from some point on
the east side of the Bayou Vermilion within
the corporation limits of the Town of Alb
beville, in the parish of Vermilion, TO or
near the Towns of ~Youngsville and Brous
sard, thence in a northersterly direction 10
some point on Bayou Teche, crossing BAYOU
Teche at or near Routh Plantation 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 and Northern Rail.
road. 10 give a line to connect with the
Colorado Southern, and the Opelousas,
Gulf, and North Eastern Railroad at or near
Port Barry said Opelousas, Gulf and North
ern Railroad belonging to the Gulf system
of railways.
Second-The said Railroad shall be built
and operated as a line independent of the
Southern Pacific Railroad or any railroad
owner or operate by the Southern Pacific.
Third-The said Railroad Ii ne shall be in
operation on or before the first day of June,
1900, between the points hereinabovc re-
cited, provided that in the event of quar-
.antine, epidemices' strikes, lockouts, and
litigation retarding the completion and put
ting in operation of said road, and other
circumstances of a nature to
retard the construction of said railroad and
beyond the control of the said New Iberia,
St. Martin and Northern railroad Company.
then there shall be added to the peuod for
The building Of sad railroad q above Get