St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-22
Il The said LOUISIANA TRAc-


1st. The said LOUISIANA TRAC-
} TION AND POWER COMPANY
shall construct and operate IN Elee,
trio InteTurhan Standard Gauge Rail
way Line from the city of Lafayet'
or Scott. parish of Lafayette, Lout
lana. up to and into the VILLAC
OF SUNSET, PARISH OF ST. Ii 81
DRY, State of Louisiana.
Ind. The said Standard Ga Sc
Electric Interurban Railway line
shall be constructed between the
points h~ereinabaye recited vi ain
eighteen months from the time he
result of the special election hesain
prayed for is promulgated, provided,
that any delays not caused by the
fault or negligence Of said LOUIS
lana TRACTION AND POW r.
COMPANY, in the nature Of strike IS,
panies, failure of manufacturers to
deliver materials. or sub-contract0Ts
to complete work, on contract tt ne,
litigation of any character retarf ing
the said construction of said rail
way, or any unforeseen circumstaa ces
beyond the control Of said comrany,
then there shall be added to the peri
cd h~ereinaboye stated, a further de-
lay equal to the time during Nhich
construction or operation of said
railway was thus retarded or del yed.
3rd. The said LOUISIANA TAG
TON AND POWER COMPANY shall
operate and maintain from and alter
the completion of the said road, an
electric interurban railway for the
carriage of passengers, freight, mai,
packages, and express matter be
tween the points hereinaboye named.
4rh. The tax to be levied and col
lected and the annual mount shall
not be paid to the said LOUISIANA
TRACTION AND POWER COM
PANY until the said Electric Inter
urban line shall have been built and
in operation and the other conditions
~hereinabove set forth shall have been
complied with.
5th. 1t is understood. however, that
any extension OF the Electric Interur-
ban Railway line in question after
reaching the points herein above
named, shall in no wise affect the tax
herein provided for. il being simply
the purpose to predicate the tmposl.
ton and collection OF the tax upon
the electric i~nterurhan line being con
structed between the points herein
above named, but which may be con-
tinued to reach other points.
9Th. That should said LOUIS
JANA TRACTION AND POWER
COMPANY desire to avail itself Of
the right to collect the amount of the
tax voted in favor of such railway en-
tterDrise, it shall as evidence of this
intention and it's good faith, deposit
within four months from the day that
the result of the election has been
duly promulgated and declared to
have resulted In favor Of the PROPOSE
tion submitted, in a bank which shall
then be a fiscal agent OF the parish OF
St. Landry, eli amount equal to five
per centum OF the total amount af
TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED DOL
LARS to be derived from the said
tax which amount shall remain so de-
posted with said bank and be held
by it as a forfeit and until the said
LOUISIANA TRACTION AND pow
FER COMPANY shall have construe-
ted the Interurban Electric Railway
line as in the ann provided by
section two (2) of this petition pro-
yided. however, that in the event the
conditions stipulated in said section
two are not complied with, then the
amount so deposited shall be consid-
cred as forfeited and the bank at
which said money is deposited shall
be authorized to turn same over TO
the Board OF Aldermen OF the VIII
age of Sunset parish, of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, to be appropriated
and used by said Board OF Aldermen
for the public schools of the Village
OF Sunset, Louisiana.
fSigned} W. y. Boudreaux, 2.
Rordreaux. I. E. Landry, E. ]. Boud-
reaux. A. j. Brinkhaus, u. a. Patin,
T M. Smith, Jr., 3. " Clay, f. II
Guilbeau. Jas. A. Darby. j. 3. Clay.
r. n. sibilIe. r. C. GuiIbeaus G. Ho-
raist. Jules Richard, Clement smith,
Zoe A. Sibille. Frank Clay, O., Nechs.
SECTION /.
Pc il therefore ordained by the
hfayor and Board of Aldermen OF the
Village OF Sunset, in open session
convened that a special election pc
and is hereby ordered called. 20 De
held in the Village of Sunset, parish
of st. Landry, State OF louisiana
within TIL hours provided by iaW, on
Saturday, the 8th day OF March, = "
nineteen hundred and thirteen, A.
which election shall be submitted 70
the property tax payers Of the saIu
Village of Sunset who. under the con-
stitutfon and Laws OF the State Of
louisiana. are entitled to vote at SAID
election, the question of imposing,
leyying and collecting q special tax
of three and ona-half mills on the
dollar per annum on all Of the as
sassabIe property situated in the VII
lage of Sunset, parish Of st. Landry,
state of Louisiana, for a maximum
neriod Of ten years, said a 70 be In
posad levied and collected in aid OF q
railway enterprise, and all In favor
Of the Louisiana Traction and Power
Company, a corporation ~organizsa
and existing under and by virtue OF
The laws Of the state of Louisiana, ils
aseasssors or aesi tie aaid tax 70
IL i1npozc3 lTs4 saa eo g
oordfra til laW ard co7fortlaply m
ss.s conditions and I9r1fauons
rrs ted fr 1Iea herefroFe petition,
a-eeinrt,e Nta the gear 1913 and ex-
tending ID 4a4 Including the year
1esa or 41ti1 the sura Of twenty-eighLs
l-ndrei dollars fs2 10000 shall haze
been collected a:ld t9Irnea over e 9
LOUISIANA TRACTION AND POW
g COMPANY, its successors or as
signs.
10 II Further Ordained, etc, that