St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-12

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sas for the year 1912, and the regfstra-
ton books showing the registered
voters of the City of Opelousas, and A
certified list furnished by the sheriff.
and tax collector giving, the names of
the persons in said City who had paid
their poll taxes for the years 1911 and
i 1912, the words and terms Of this petit
ton, as we'll as the signatures thereto
annexed, being as follows, to-wft:
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of.
Aldermen of the City of Opelonsas,
Parish of st. landry, state of Lou-
isiana.
We, the undersigned property tax
payers of the City of opelousas, Par
ish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana,
and entitled to vote therein on the
proposition hereinafter mentioned,
respectfully petition and melnorializa
youf Honorable Body to order a spec
ciai election according to law, of the
property tax payers of the said City of
Opelousas, parish of st. Landry, en-
titled to vote under the constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana; the
object and purpose of ach election be-
ing for the purpose of levyingxa tax to
~reaIize the sum of f0rty-one thousand
dollars l$4l ,00u.g0); said a IN o u n t Of
forty-one thousand dollars (S4I 100000
to be realized by the imposition of q
4 special kdA vi TWO AIu OlG-Ili1i Hills
on thedollar per annum on all the as
sessabie property of the City of0pelou-
sas, parish of st. Landry, for a period
OF ten years, beginning with the year
1914, and extending to and including
the year 1923 in aid of a railway enter
prise; and all in favor of the Louisiana
Traction and Power Company. a cor
poration organized under the laWs OF
this state and don1icIled IL the ely OF
LafaY cite Louisiana its SUCCESSORS or
assigns, provided that the totsi GmosantI
to be levied and realized by tlms Lou
lana Traction and Power Company
shall not exceed the sum of foFty-os19
thousand dollars, ISL, 009.D0), ana the
said two M one-half mill tax shall
cease and terminate whenever the said
amount ct f~orty-one thousand dollars
($41, 000.001 shall have been realized and
turned over to the said Louisiana Trae-
ton and Power Company, its success
sors OF assigns; SAID tax CT two and one
half mills 10 be thus teVled and COL
Iected in aid Of d railway enterprise
| and for the benefit and in fayorof said
Louisiana Traction and Power Com
paHy, its successors or assigns, as d
consideration ana lnducenent for and
to aid said company in doing aud per-
forming all of the following to-Wit:
1st. The said "Louisiana Traction
and Power Company shall construct
and operate an Electric lnterurban
Hallway line from the Village of sun
set and Grand Goteau, parish OF st,
Landry, Louisiana, up TO and into the
CITY OF opelousas, parish o. o~t.Ianafy,
state OF Louisiana.
End. The said Electric Intefurhan
Railway line shall be constructed be-
tween the points hefeinabove reeited
Within eighteen months from the time
the result OF fife special election herein
prayed fof ls promulgated provided,
mat any aeIdys noS e4asea ny the iaaIt
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PoWeF N the nature o.
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efs 70 aeIYeF baaGeftals, of sao5e9ntFac-
tefs 70 cotap1ete WofKt on contract
tiHie- litisati91 q any character re-
taf4lH als CONSTRUCTOR 81 sala fsi-
Wa4, OF any Unforeseen circumstance
9e5ola tlie e9hsioI - said eoIipahJ,
thea eLsls sdall pe 9saed 70 ne pefi2a
n~e1eih@o9Fe ssasea, I dtlFsseI .aelay
sfractfonof oparatlon 81 sad raifway
was thus retarded or DELAYED.
3D. The aid Louisiana Traction
and Power GofnpanSn shall operate
and maintain from and after the COM
pletIon OF SAID fofQ, an electric inter
urban railway tor the carriage of pas-
eiEefs mall, packages ana *
press matter between the points here
inaboFe named
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attn. III ~ understood, however, that
any extens1onsof the Electric fnteff1t-
ban Hallway line 10 question afte +
reaching the poiuts herein q ave f
named, shall IN 40 wise effect the tex
herein provided Tor. it being simply h
the purpose to predicate the iInposI
aud collection of the tax upon the :
electric interaThan line being coz /
between the points herein
above. named, but which may be CON
70 reach other points,
9TH. Ihat should said 1Louisiana
and Power Company desire
to avail itself Of the right to collect the
amount Of the tax voted in favor oil |
such railway enterprise, ftshaiI as cyl |
denee OF this intention aud It's good ]
faith, deposit within four months from s
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