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

payers of the fifth ward of the Parish
of Lafayette, State of Louisiana, and
entitled to vote therein upon the prop
OsitiOn hereinafter mentioned, respect
fully petition and memOrialize your
Honorable Body to order a special
election according to law of the prop
erty taxpayers of the said fifth 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 real
ize the sum of two thousand dollars
per year for the period of ten years,
beginning with the year 1905 and eX-
tending to and including the year 1916,
in favor of the New Iberia, st. Martin
and Northern Railroad Company: the
full amount to be realized by taxation
being the sum OF twenty thousand dol
lars to be levied. collected and paid
in ten annual payments of two thOus-
and dollars each: to be paid to the
New Iberia. st. Martin x Northern
Railroad Company: said amount of
two thousand dollars per year for the
period OF ten years to be raised by
the levy and imposition of a tax of
five mills per annum for said period
OF ten years. beginning with the year
1909 md extending to and including
the year 1918, or so much of such five
mills as may be necessary to raise
during each year of said ten years the
sun of two thousand dollars per year
until the full amOunt of 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 Vermilion within the corporate
limits of the town of Abbeville, in the
parish of Vermilion, to or neal the
towns of YOungsville and BrOussard,
thence in a nOrtheasterly 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 Il Northern Railroad, to
give a line to 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-The said Railroad line shall
he 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, lockouts, 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 l. 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, one 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 Billeaud, 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. P. Breaux, r. 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
leaud, Geo. Malagarie, G. r. Breaux,
Jules Z. Langlinais, l.. j. Landry,
Martin Girouard, j. G. Leblanc, F.
j. Gauthier, Geo. Stromer, Andre
Billeaud, Mozard Langlinais, Felix
GirOuard. Oyeneais Dubais, Radolph
Bernard, Leon Girouard, A. d. Cir
Guard, T.. F. st. Julien, Alex Bill
leaud. Arthur Greig, Miss Laura Me-
~lancon, Anatole Monte, Albert Oil
vier, Gil A. Monte, Ed j. COmeaux,
Albert c. Landry, A. p. Girouard,
Drozin Dubois, e. r.. Liable, Mrs.
D. NJ. Landry, Mrs. A. c. Flory, Mrs.
A. A. Liable, ]. H. Bernard, Andre
Menard. Emile Landry, Chas. Res
MEIER, Nicholas CARRIER, Zenon BOuer-
CUES, Lindsey Greig, Mrs. Euzaide
Landry, C. 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 fifthsward 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
taxpayers of said fifth ward, who are