The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1912-10-12

P.J. GARY,
X. j. UUIRARD,
Councilmen.
Thereupou, the following ordinance Was pre-
sented 10y MIR. j. IL. Duchamp aud read and it
was moved by AIR. L.. j. Duchamp, seconded by
4. "A. Duchamp and carried by the following
yea and nay vote
Yeas L.. J. Duchamp, j. Fl. Duchamp, P.J.
Gary and Il. J. Guirard
Nays None.
said ordinance as hereinafter entitled was then
" the Mayor for his examination, aud
after examination was approved aud signed.
SAID Ordinance was entitled and reads VS. follows:
AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance promu lsating the returns Of
the special election held IN the Town VI 81.
Martlnyill A. ID. 1872, to take the sense Of
the property TAX payers oi said Town enti-
lied 10 vote under the Constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana, On proposition
10 levy "a special tax vi i've mills Oh the dull
lar per annum, To be Imposed. levied hnd
COLLECTED Ia AID oil a runway enterprise aud
III FAVOR oi, Tor the DeDent vi and IN aid vi
the Southwestern Traction and Power Com
DAIRY It's successors or assigns, SAID tax 10
Inc iuposed levied anu collected beginning
with the year 1918, and extending 10 and H.
ciuding the year W., 81 to realize the
sum Oh twenty nye Thousand dollars, and
p,oyiding further for the imposition, the
levy and the collection vi sand lax.
WHERrAS, there Was held IN the Town vi ot.
llartlnylile, Parish OF St. Martin, Oh the 10Th
DAY oil september, A. u. iyz, an election 10 take
the sense OF the property tax payers vi the Town
oI ot. MarlInvi,le. on a proposition " levy
sI,ee lai lax vi i've mis- On lie dollar per an-
mum, to be imposed, levied and Collected IN AID
of "a railway enterprise. ana III Iavor oi, iOf the
benen oi AMI AID OIL tue Southwestern lac
ton ana Power Company, as SUCCESSORS or as-
,,gIis, SAID tax to De imposed, levied anu col
iecled beginning with the year 1913 and EXTEND
ing to aud including the year 49,, 80 as " rea-
llze the sum OF twenty nve tnousand dollars,
proyI,ied that III the sum q. Twenty hive
thousand dollars tie collected anu Turned over
f., the SAID ,oni,,;iny peIore ths expiration vi
the ten years, that the SAID lax shall cease as
soon as this sum 10 collected anu turned over 10
me southwestern Iraciion and fOwer Company,
lis successors OF assigns; and
WHEREAS, this CouncIi has ON this date ex-
alnined the ballots Ia number and amount, exa-
mined and canvassed The returns made Dy the
proclamation Of the Board of Supervisors, and
formally declared the result of the election ~
be IN Iavor vi the proposition submitted, as is
| shown by the process verbal adopted by said
Council duly promulgating the result oi the
election; and
| WHEREAS, under the Constitution and laws
OF the State of Louisiana, II 10 made the duty VI
| the Mayor and Council, when majority oil the
property tax payers i'll number and amount nave
| voted III favor of the proposition Submitted,
| and said election has resulted i'll favor of the
proposition, by ordinance, adopted for and On
| behalf of the Town oil ST. Martinville. to levy
said tax for the period provided for. designate
the years same shall be collected. and 10 collect
| same annually;
| THEREFORE,;
Section l. lie it ordained by the Mayor and
| Council of st. Martinville, i'll special session
| onvened, that the special election held IN the
Town of st. MartinvIlle, Parish of st. Marlin,
State of Louisiana. ON the 10Th day of Septem-
| ber 1872, be and the same is hereby declared To
have resulted i'll favor of the proposition sub
mitted, and the said Council does hereby for
| maly promulgate the result of SAID election III
| accordance herewith.
in accordance with the result of said election,
tax OF five mills ON the dollar upon all Of the
assessable and taxable property in the Town of
st. Martinyille, or so much of said five mills
| may be necessary, is hereby levied ON all asses
sable property situated in the Town of st. Mar
tinvile for period of ten years, to-wit; Tor the
years 1913, 1914, 1915. 1876 1871 1915. 1919, IT'
lg2i. ls2.2 the said hve mill tax levied for ten
years to he collected annually. in addition Ia all
| other taxes. until the sum of Twenty live Thou
sand Dollars have been realized, the said tax to
be imposed, levied and collected in aid of a rail-
way enterprise. and in favor of. for the benefit
of and in aid of the Southwestern Traction and
Power Company. its SUCCESSORS assigns, up-
der the condition disclosed and recited in
ordinance Of the Mayor and Council of the Town
| of st. Martinville. adopted On the 18th day Of
August, 1912. calling said election, and the petit
ton Of the property tax payers presented 10 said
Council at said meeting, praying that said cleo
| ton be held.
| Section 3. BE il further ordained, ETC., that
the minutes of this meeting and that this ordi-
nance be inserted and published in the official
journal of the Town of st. Martinvilie. Parish
of ST. Martin, for period of thirty (3Ol days, III
order that notice may be brought to all the tax
payers of the Town of st. Martinyile of the
of said tsx upon all Of the assessable and taxa
BILE property situated in the Town of st. Martin
vile, for a period of ten years beginning sith
the year 1873 and extending to aud including
the year 1872. above set forth, and conforms