St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-05

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shall construct and operate an Flee.
trfc Interurban Standard Gauge Raj
way Line from the city OF Lafayette
or Scott, parish of Lafayette, Louis
lana, up to and into the VTLLAC 8
OF SUNSET. PARISH OF ST. LA q
DRY, State of Louisiana.
End. The said Standard Gauge
Electric ~Interurban Railway Line
shall be constructed between the
points hereinabove recited within
eighteen months from the time the
result of the special election herein
prayed for is promulgated, provided.
that any delays not caused by the
fault or negligence Of said LOUIS
LANA TRACTION AND POWER
COMPANY, in the nature OF strikes,
panics, failure of manufacturers to
deliver materials, or sub-contractors
to complete work, On contract time.
litigation of any character ~retarding
the said construction of said rail-
way, or any unforeseen circumstances
beyond the control of said company,
then there shall be added to the peri
cd hereinabove stated, a further de-
lay equal to the time during which
construction or operation of said
railway raj thus retarded or delayed,
Bird. The said LOUISIANA TRAC-
TION AND POWER COMPANY shall
operate and maintain from and after
the completion Of the said road, an
! electric interurban railway for the
carriage of passengers, freight, mali,
packages, and express matter be-
tween the points hereinabove named.
4th. The tax to be levied and col
lected and the annual amount 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 tag
herein provided for, it being simply
the purpose to predicate the imposi-
ton and collection of the tax upon
the electric interurban 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
ICOMPANY desire to avail itself OF
the right to collect the amount Of the
tax voted in favor OF such railway en-
lterprise, it shall as evidence OF this
| intention and its 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
ton submitted, In a bank which shall
then be a fiscal agent of the parish OF
| st. Landry, an amount equal to five
per centum OF the total amount OF
TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED Doll
LIARS 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
Err COMPANY shall have construc-
ted the Interurban Electric Railway
line as in the manner provided by
section two (2) of this petition pro-
vided, 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 &c
which said money Is deposited shal
be authorized to turn same over 10
the Board OF Aldermen of the Vnl-
age of Sunset parish, of st. Landry,
| State Of Louisiana, TO be appropriated
| aud used by said Board Of Aldermen
for the public schools OF the Village
of Sunset, Louisiana.
(Signed) w. ]. Boudreaux, e..
Boudreaux, L. e. Landry, 3. ]. Boud-
reaux, A. ]. Brinkhaus, q. A. Patin,
j. nj. Smith, Jr., ]. w Clay. p. ].
GuiIbeau, Jas. Il. Darby, ]. B. Clay,
". H.. Sibille, F. C. Guilbeau. G. Ho-
raist, Jules Richard, Clement Smith,
| Toe A. sibi1e, Frank Clay, @. Meche.
SECTION !.
Be It therefore ordained by tbs
Mayor and Board Of Aldermen OF q
Village of Sunset, In open session
convened, that a special election pc
and is hereby ordered called, to be
held in the Village of Sunset, parish
of st. Landry, State Of louisiana
within til hours provided by law. on
| Saturday, the 9th day of March, A. n,
nineteen hundred and thirteen, at
which election shall be submitted TO
the property tax payers OF the ala
Village Of Sunset who, under the col-
~stitution and laws Of the State o.
Louisiana, are entitled to vote at said
| election. the question OF imposing.
llevying and collecting a special tax
of three and one-half mills on the
| dollar per annum on ali of the as
|sessabIe property situated In the VII
lIage Of Sunset, parish OF st. INC
| State of Louisiana, for a maximum
period of ten years, said tax 70 pc lnl-
posed, levied and collected Ia aid or p
railway enterprise, and all In favor
OF the Louisiana Traction and Power
company, a corporation organized
and existing under and by virtue or
the laws OF the State of Louisiana, is
successors or assigns; the said tax TO
no imposed levied and collected ac-
cording to law, and conformably 20
the terms, conditions and limitations
recited In the hereinabove petition,
beginning with the year 1913 a ex-
tending 10 and including the year
1922. or until the sum Of t~wenty-elgnS
hundred dollars (s2,800.00) shall nave
baen collected and turned over to the
IInITIsIANA TRACTION AND pow
ER COMPANY, its successors or az
signs.
he II Further Ordained, etc, that
said election shall be held under the
general election laws of the State OF
Louisiana, SO far as applicable, ano