The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-03-22
Mary, including the incorporated Town
If Franklin, for the year 1919, and the
registration books showing the register.

20 voters OF TIE InilG WARD II the Par
III of Vi. Mary, inciGding the iDcpr,o-
H"i Tp0" Of Frankll9. u certitien
,ss eHlI!-bcI b! the ShsriG and Tax
; Collector givins the names IF the per.
sons in said Third Ward O, the Parish
NJ 1t. Mary. including tn incoTn9ral. ii
Town IF Frnnkl'n. WHO .tai paij 'Arj.
| 'UI tHNes f.'r tn" year 81 .ni 1917 tn
"urds and terms of ihs ,ttiiN,i,, as
Srl az HE siguI;lres thereof, alut Xed
| ing AS follows 10 wit
To iii" Honorable Police Jury OF the Parish of
! st. Mary, Stat" of Louisiana:
we. the undersigned property tax PAYERS ot
| he TN Il \ aTu ut tar Parish "a! 81. A,i'y IN
| Guiding the tx payers OF tho lncurp ,ra, I'd
! Town of Franklin, Stat. Of Louis iani. a,nd en-
titled To vote therein on tho proposition here
| matter meut. oued respectfully petition and
uemoralize yonr Honorable body to order .,
I prciai election according to law OF the prop
l.rty IAN payers OF the said Third Anrsi OF tho
| Parish OF st. May, including the tax payers OF
he incorporated Town Of al klin, emitted to
| vote under The CONSTITUTE III ana laws If the
| state OF louisiana the object and purpose of
I -uch election being for the purpo>, OF i-vying a
tax to reaiiz, the sum of Eighty $So.tpnOU)
| Thousand DJllar- said amount of Eighty Thou-
| land Dollars to be realized by the levy ana I'M
| position of special tax of two and one-haIf
| (2A) mills on the dollar per unnum on uli of the
| assessablc property in the Third Ward of the
! .'arish of ST. Mary, including the property in
| the incorporated Town of Franklin for a
period of ten (lO) years beginning with the year
| 1918, and extending to and including the year
! s22 in all of railway enterprise and all in
favor of the Southwestern Traction and Power
Company, its successors or assigns, provided
| that the total amount to be levied anu realized
py the Southwestern Traction and Power Com
pauy, its successors or assign shall not exceed
| the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars ana the
said Two and one-half mill tax shall cease and
| erminate whenever the sand amount OF Eighty
| Thousand Dollars Shall have been realized and
! turned over to the said Sout nwestern Traction
| and Power Company, it's successors or assigns;
"a id tax of two and one half mills TO be thus
| ievicd ana collected i'll aid OF railway enter
| prise and for the benefit and in favor of said
| southwestern Traction ana Power Company,
! Its successors or assigns as consideration and
| induce,nent for and to aid said Company in do
| ing and performing all OF the following, to-wit:
| First The said Southwestern Traction and
| Power Company shall construct and operate
| an electric Interurban Hallway Line from the
| City Of New Iberia, Louisiana and to connect
| with and run through the Town of Franklin,
through the Third W ard of the Parish OF ST.
| Mary, to the uninconporated town OF Garden
| City.
| second: The said electric railway shall be
| built completed and operated line in
dependent OF the Southern Pacific Railroad or
| the Frisco Railroad, or any other railroad
| owned or operated by the said aiiway com
! panieS.
| Third: The said lnterurban Electric Rail-
way Line shall be constructed between the
points hcreinabove recited within twenty four
| CA months from the time the results Of the
special election herein prayed for are pro.
mulgated. provided that work shall be begun
| on the said line between the points herein
above designated within ut least ten CO)
months from such time. The said Company
having the right to construct said line over
any route that it may desire, provided that in
the event it should not follow tine Irish Bend
with its main line, that it shall construct IA
spur or Independent line around the Irish
Bend and connect said Irish Bend line wit Ia
iis main line; as to operate the cars there
from into Garden City and the town OF Frank
lin; and provided further that any delays
not caused by the default OF negligence said
southwestern Traction and Power Company.
in the nature of strikes, panics, failure of
manufacturers to deliver material, or con.
tractors to complete work. contract time,
litigation of any character retarling the con- |
strIction of said railway, or questioning the |
validity of the tax, or any unforeseen event
beyond the control OF said Company, then
there shall be added to the period hereinabove
stated, further delay equal to the time dur.
ing which construction or operation Of said
railway was thus retarded or delayed.
Fourth: The said SOuthwes tern Traction |
anu Power Company shall operate and main |
tain from and after the completion Of said |
road an electric interurbAn passenger and !
exp press service between the points her"in- I
abOv. named, and in the event the said Com.
psny should not construct its main line
around the Irish Bend, but should construct |
the spur or independent line around Same, as |
ia provided tor III the above and foregoing
paragraph, it shall operate city car over
such spur independent line between Gar
den City and Frank lin and all points thereon.
and the annual amount herein provided tor
shall not be paid to the said Southwestern |
Traction Company until the said Electric |
Interurban Line shall have been built and in
operation and the other conditions herein
above set forth shall have been complied with.
Sixth: Iii understood however, that any
extension Of the Electric Interurban Railway
Line in question after reaching the points
hereiDabOve named shall in no wise affect
the lax herein provided for, it being simply
the purpose to predicate the imposition and
,<,ff Ent
urban Line being constructed between the
points hereinabove named, but which may
be continued to reach other points.
Seventh: That should said Southwestern
Traction and Power Company desire to avail
itself of the right to collect tho amount of the
tax voted in favor Of such railway enterprise it
shall AS ev'leLce of this intention and its good
faith, deposit within four az months from the
day the result Of the election has been duly pro
mulgated and declared to have resulted in
favor Of the proposition submitted, in a bank
which shall then be a fiscal agent of the Parish
of ST. Mary, an amount equal to five per cent
80 of the total amount of Eighty THOUSAND
$50, 700 ~, Dollars to be derived from said tax,
which amount shall remain Sd deposited with
said Bank and be held by it forfeit and
until the said Southwestern Traction and Power
Company shall have constructed the Inter-
urban Electric Railway line in the manner
provided for by Section Of this petition pro. |
viIed, however, that in the event the condi.
lions stipulated in said Section are not com |
piled it'll; then the amount depos ited shall
be considered forfeited and the uank at
which said money is deposited shall be authoriz- |
ed to turn same over to the Police jury of the
Parish St. Mary, to be appropriated and used
by said Police Jury for the public school OF the
Third Ward of the Parish of st. Mary and the
Town Of Franklin.
J. E. Loustalot, Edith Alexander
cher mark; Ella, Lilly and Harry
Baker, Meary Bowser cher mark ); l
Rosa Fenwick Bowser, Helen Hatch
erson, Mamie Kent, Mrs. r. and Mrs.
Fl. Lockley, M. v. Lockley, Mary Mil
Ter, Mary Mcclure, Mrs. Nicklerson,I
Ella Richardson, Mary Ray, Catherinet
and Rand Smith, Flora Vincent, Nellie
L. West, Mary William, Nora Wash.
ngton cher mark; Mathilda Will