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

ILL OlICC July VdAO VI S4AAk
parish to vote a special tax II
aid of the Morgan's La. & Tex.
R. r. & S. S. Co., to obtain ar
extension of the Port Barre
Branch of said railroad as more
fully stated therein, is signed by
more than one-third of the prop.
erty taxpayers Of said war
qualified to vote at such an cleo.
ton under the constitution ane
laws of this State.
In witness whereof / have
signed hereto at Opelousas, La.
on this 18th day Of March, A.
D., 1918.
N LASTRAPES, JR.,
Clerk of Court and Ex-officie
Registrar of voters for st.
Landry Parish, La.
To the Honorable the President
and Members of the Police
Jury of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, State Of Louisiana.
The petition of the under.
signed tax payers, and as such
duly qualified voters of the
Fourth Police Jury Ward of said
parish. with respect represents:
That petitioners are now as
sessed tax payers Of the Fourth
Police Jury Ward of the Parish
of St. Landry. and were such
during the year 1912; that they
constitute more than one-third
of the tax payers of said Fourth
Police Jury Ward duly qualified
to vote at an election to levy a
special tax; that in view of the
benefits that would accrue to the
citizens of said Police Jury Ward
by the extension Of the Port
Branch of the Morgan's Louis
lana and Texas Railroad and
Steamship Company from Port
Barre in a northerly direction so
as to pass within one-half of a
mile of the Texas & Pacific depot
in the town of Palmetto in said
ward and to intersect the line of
division between the parishes of
St. Landry and Avoyelles in said
ward, a special election should
be ordered to take the sense OF
the property tax payers OF said
Fourth Police Jury Ward of the
Parish Of st. Landry, Louisiana,
entitled to vote at such an cleo
ton, to determine whether or
not a special tax of four (4)
mills on the dollar or as much
thereof assmay be necessary. be
levied on all of the taxable prop
erty situated in said Fourth Pc
lice Jury Ward of the Parish OF
st. Landry, Louisiana, for q
period. of ten (10) years begin
ming with the year 1915 and end
ing with the year 1924, both in
elusive, to raise the sum of Sew
en- Thousand Five Hundred Dol.
lars ($7, 500 for each of said
years, that is to say the sum OF
Seventy-five Thousand Dollars
($75, OOO) for the whole of said
period, or as much of said yearly
or total amount as said four mil
tax will yield, in aid of the said
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas
Railroad and Steamship Com.
pany, a corporation chartered
by the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana and domiciled
in the City of New Orleans, said
State, or its assigns, to encour.
age and procure the c~onstruc.
ton of said extension Of said
branch of said railroad; that said
tax shall be voted On the follow.
ing conditions, to-wit:
LIST. That said extension be
completed from the present
terminus of said branch at Port
Barre, Louisiana, to said line OF
division between the parishes OF
St. Landry and Avoyelles, on OF
before January LIST. 1915, pro
videG that in the event Of over.
fl O We, quarantin e s, cpl
d m s, strikes, loc k
outs, panics and litigation of any
and all character, and more es.
pecially litigation for the neces.
sary right Of way, which may
retard the completion and con
struction of said proposed ex
tension, beyond the control o
said Morgan's Louisiana ant
Texas Railroad and STEAMSHIP
company, then and in tina
event there will be added to thu
period for the completion of sait
extension above set forth, !:
further delay equal to the tins
during which the construction
of said extension was thus IN
avoidably delayed:
End. That no part of said ta1
shall be collected, nor shall tai
proceeds thereof be paid over tt
said railroad company or its as