The weekly Iberian., 1911-06-03

TIA. year 1917, and cN'rnilng {
Iud me udlug I he lr.r ll2l ~,
NIdtd, that The total amount 10 l.
LEVIED aud realized from sand ia
hN the South western Traction an.
Power CompnnN shall pot rxt,r,
he sum oi Forty FIVE ihousan,
Dollars, aud lhe sand two mil Ia,
shall cease and terminate when
"Nci the sad aInuuHt of tutiN tly,
'hnu~and iDnllatS shall have berl
'raIt2 i and TUNED oyer IL III.
SAID Southwestern Traction an.
i"Nei oinpanN. under he term,
and ~uN Irct to he limitation
placed III the petition for sal,
election
WHEREAS, u petition haNlu.
been received from the proper )
tiNiHl residing III he Cay ol
New Ib"ila, snllll,d Ia vote al
~ 80 - i't'' 'tli' - tf'tf! tti|t z
10 law to levy special taxes III aud
oi railway enterprises rs Is p!o
NldrI II, A1tlclr 80 Of hr tuusll
tulluu, Act 1O1 ol 1898 Act n3 IL
800! aue Acf IL ot lolO: and sand
peilIinii having hcon sigurd
oy iiHmh"t ut property tax
payers residing ~ sad Cry and
Il 'allird I" participate ~ said
election ~ excess OF one bnd N
nnnuei ~ was asc.rialncd by ~,
examination oi he sad peIgli"u
and The assessment rolls OF said
t,Iy for The yea, 1910 and the
words aud Terms ot lh,s IctI,ton
~ well rs the signatures Thereto,
annexed. are as follows:
To the Honorable he Mayor ad
Board of Trustees .. he tIl, .!
New lbctia, Parish of Iberia,
state ri Louisiana
We, the undersigned property
taxpayers Of he ''I'y 1T New lbe
lll, Parish o! Iher;a, State of Lou.
isI"',a, and ,nlrlI,d /" vote therein
un hc !oposlliou Hereinafter men
toned, respectfully petition and
mciunrla lzt your Ilonoral,lr Bod,
To q, der special election accotd
ing 4" law "t he property taNpal
els of hc I iiy If New lhoiin
state nf Louisiana, "DtitltI To VOC
'nuoI tue Constitution and !ant
II 1he &ial" If IauiSla,a; the .b
Jsct '@d pn'loSe of such election
h"lo x tor 'ic purpose Ut levy ing =
tax 10 trdtiz' ~" suu II i5u,ts
i've ihou>aid EiD, D,0nW D,lt.,t
said anoun, ot No .O0OtO to h.
rails, Il hy the hv1 an'l In,oSi ~
oi tax Of two (.l mllts per ~
'iunI fps y ntI<tin0tu y, tlo.. IL ..n
Iio) Sca,S, gtI,lln. ul'h tIr
,ca Iol2 and extending to a,d
nc!udI Z lh" ,eat 1921, An IN Ia
N"s OF II" Southwestern traction
lid Power Company, lnoNued.
',ai the total anuuni to he H., led /,
slInli uut exceed he sum Of SO.
10000 and he SAID Two mill tax
iha'I ccasc aud Terminate when.
'Ner The said amount IT Tl.J 900
>hall have been Iralize.i aud ,nrn.
d over to The SAID Southwestern,
'"ia tax of two mis- 10 be 'l"s
OWED and collected 6r The bcnc-
It and in fav4r Of Fid Southwest
I'm Traction |, pd Hwcr Compan,
is consider.3 ANA indncrmrn,
or said Conn 10 do and per
orm all of tbvfoIIoviDg, to wit:
First:-The said Somthwestevn
TactlOn and Power Compap,
hall construct and operate an
lnterurban Railway Line
rom some point at, amsi connect.
lg with Il local street car line in
he City Of New IBERIA, 10 the
,wer corporate limits Of the town
Jeanerette at st. Mary's Parish
ne.
Second: The said Electric Rail.
ny shall be built and completed
= line independent Of the
ontherD aaciiic Railroad or any
'l'r"ad ow ned or operated by th,,
pnthe'n ''acitic Company
! lhnu:-SlIe SAID Int.,u,han I
lec'ric Railway line shall he !,
on or before the first
~ Of June, 1912, between the
'infs he,eiDabove recitcd, provid
J, that any delays not caused by /,
10 fault or negligence Of asaiG :
,nthwestern Traction and Power r
omrany, in the na,nre Of strikes. [
shlcs, failure Of manufactures to :,
liver materials, or sub.corsrac :,
RS TO complete work, on con. &
act time, litigation Of any char
ter reiardlng the construction
said railway, and any unfor
en- circumstances beyond the 4
ntrol of SAID Company, then d
ere shall be added TO the pet,ods !,
'teInabove in this ordinance stat. a
|, a further delay equal TO the Ii
ne during which construction or :.
Of SAID railway was !,
us retarded Or tl.lavod :.