The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1912-09-21

'ioh anu HicIiiorlaIlZe your honor
able Body to order special cleo
ton according to law of the pro
perty taxpayers of the said Town
of st. Martinville, Parish of st
Martin, entitled to vote under the
Constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana; the object and pur.
pose of such election being for the
purpose of levying tax to realize
the sum of Twenty Five Thousand
Dollars ($25, OOO.OO); said amount
OF Twenty Five Thousand Dollars
ISIS, 100000 to be realized by the
levy and imposition of a special
tax of five (5) mills on the dollar
per annum on all of the assessable
property of the Town of st. Mar
tinville, Parish of st. Martin, for
a period of ten (lO) years, begin.
ming with the year 1913 and ex.
tending to and including the year
1922, in aid of a railway enterprise,
and all in favor of the Southwes.
tern Traction and Power Company
Its successors or assig
provided that the total amount to
be levied and realized by the South
western Traction and Power Com
pany, its successors or assigns,
shall not exceed the sum of Twen-
ty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,-
OOO.OO) and the said five 81 mill
tax shall cease and terminate when
ever the said amount of Twenty
Five Thousand Dollars ($25, OOO.-
COZ shall have been realized and
turned over to the Southwestern
Traction and Power Company, its
successors or assigns; said tax of
five (5) mills to be thus levied and
collected in aid of a railway enter
prise and for the benefit and in ia
vor of said Southwestern Traction
and Power Company, it's success
sors or assigns, as consideration
and inducement for, and to aid
said Company in doing and per-
forming all of the following, to-wit:
First:-The said Southwestern
Traction and Power Company shall
construct and operate an electric
interurban railway line from the
City of New Iberia, Louisiana, and
to connect with and run to or
through the said town of st. Mar
tinville.
Second: 1.-The said electric rail-
way shall be built and completed
as a line independent of the South
ern Pacific Railroad or the Frisco
Railroad or any railroad owned or
by the said railway CON-
panies.
Third: - The said interurban
electric railway line shall be con-
structed between the points here
inabove recited within twenty-four
GA months from the time the re-
suits of the special election herein
prayed for are promulgated; provi-
ded that any delays not caused by
the fault or negligence of said
Traction and Power
Company, in the nature of strikes,
failure of manufacturers to deliver
or sub-contractors to
work on contract time,
litigation of any character retard-
ing the construction of said rail
way, or any unforeseen circum-
stance beyond the control of said
then there shall be adj
ded to the period hereinabove sta
ted a further delay equal to the
time during which construction or
operation of said railway was thus
retarded or delayed
Fourth: The said Southwestern
Traction and Power Company shall
operate and maintain from and af-
ter the completion of said road an
electric interurban passenger and
express service between the points
named.
fth:-The tax to be levied and
collected and the annual amount
herein provided for shall not be
paid to the said Southwestern
Traction and Power Company un-
ri the said electric interurhan line