St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-29
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
Ordering a special election in the
Village of Sunset, parish Of st Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, upon the pc
tition of more than one-third of the
property tax payers Of the said vii
lage of Sunset, entitled to vote under
the constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, requiring the same fol
the purpose of taking the sense OF
the property tax payers of the vii
lage of Sunset entitled to vote under
the constitution and laws of the State
Of Louisiana, on the proposition OF
granting to the LOUISIANA TRAC.
TON AND POWER COMPANY, its
successors or assigns. a special tax
OF three and n half mills on the dol
lar per annum, on the ~assessable
property situated in the said Village
of Sunset, for a maximum period of
ten years beginning with the year
1913 and extending to and including
the year 1922, provided that the total
amount to be levied and realized from
said tax by the LOUISIANA TRAC-
TION AND POWER COMPANY shall
not exceed the sum Of tW~enty-eight
hundred dollars ($2,800.00l. The said
three and one-half mill tax shall cease
and terminate whenever the said
amount of twenty-eight hundred dol
lars shall have been realized and turn
ed over to the Louisiana Traction and
Power Company, its successors or as
signs, under the terms and subject to
the limitations placed in the petition
for the said election.
Whereas, a petition has been re-
ceived from the property taxpayers
residing in the Village of Sunset, en-
titled to vote under the constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana. at
a special election called according to
law, to levy a special tax in aid of
railway enterprises, as is provided by
article 270 Of the constitution of the
State of Louisiana adopted in 1898
and act No. 202 OF the General AS
sembly of the State of Louisiana for
the veal 1898 and acts ~amendatory
thereof, especially act No. % of the
General Assembly of the State Of
Louisiana for the year 1904, and act
No. 43 Of the General Assembly OF the
state of Louisiana, for the year 1910,
and the said petition having been
signed by a number of property tax
payers residing in the said Village of
Sunset, and under the constitution
and laws of the State Of Louisiana,
qualified to participate in said cleo
ton, in excess of one-third of the num-
Der as was ascertained by an exami-
nation of said petition and the assess
ment rolls of said Village Of Sunset
for the year 1912, and the registra-
ton books showing the registered
voters of the Village of Sunset, and
a certified list furnished by the sher-
if and tax collector giving the names
of the persons in said village who
had paid their poll taxes for the
years 1911 and 1912. the words and
terms of this petition, as well as the
signatures thereto annexed, being al
follows, to-wit:
To the Honorable the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen Of the Viii
1age of Sunset, Parish of st. Ian
dry, State of Louisiana.
We, the undersigned property tax
payers of the Village of Sunset, par
ish of st. Landry, State of Louisiana.
and entitled to vote therein on the
proposition hereinafter mentioned,
respectfully petition and memorial
ize your Honorable Cody to order a
special election, according to law, of
the property tax payers of the said
Village Of Sunset. parish of st. Lam
dry, entitled to vote under the con-
stitution and laws of the State OF LOU
isiana; the object and purpose of
such election being for sthe purpose
of levying a tax to realize the sum OF
TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED DOL
LARS ($2,S SOC. 00) said amount of
TWENTY EIGHT HUNRED DOL
LARS (%s2,800.00) to be realized by
the imposition of a special tax OF
three and one-half mills ON the dollar
per anunm on all the assessable prop
erty of the Village of Sunset, parish
of St. Landry, for a period Of ten
years, beginning with the year f913,
and extending to and including the
year 1922, in aid of a railway enter
prise, and all in favor of the LOU
ISIANA TRACTION AND POWER
COMPANY, a corporation organized
under the laws of this state and
domiciled in the city of Lafayette, La,
it's ~suecessor or assigns, provided that
the total amount to be levied and real
lied by the LOUISIANA TRACTION
AND POWER COMPANY shall not
exceed the sum of TWENTY-EIGHT
HUNDRED DOLLARS and the said
three and one-half mill tax shall cease
and terminate whenever the said
amount of TWENTY-EIGHT HUN
DRIED DOLLARS shall have been
realized and turned over to the said
LOUISIANA POWER AND TRAC-
TIoN COMPANY, its successors or
assigns; said tax OF three and one
half mills to be thus leyied and col
lected in aid Of a railway enterprise
and for the benefit and In favor OF
said LOUISIANA TRACTION AND
POWER COMPANY, It's successors or
assigns, as a consideration and In
ducement for and to aid said com
pany in doing and performing all of