The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-22

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ed voters Of the Third Ward Of the Par
ish OF St. Mary, including the incorpo-
rated Town of Franklin, and certified
list furnished by the Sheriff and Tax
Collector giving the names of the per-
sons in said Third Ward of the Parish
of st. Mary. including the incorporated
Town of Franklin. who had paid their
poll taxes for the year 1911 and 1912, the
words and terms OF this petition, as
we'll as the signatures thereof. annexed.
being as follows to wit:
To the Honorable Police Jury of the Parish of
! St. Mary, State OF Louisiana:
We, the undersigned property tax payers of
| the Third Ward Of the Parish OF St. Mary in
Town OF Franklin. State of Louisiana, and en-
| titled to vote therein on the proposition here
| matter mentioned, respectfully petition and
memorable your Honorable Body to order
| special election according to Law of the prop.
| erty tax payers OF the said Third Ward of tho
| Parish of st. Mary including the tax payers of
the Incorporated Town OF Franklin, entitled to
| vote under the Constitution and laws of the
| State of Lousiana; the object and purpose of
such election being for the purpose of levyng a
/ tax to realize the sum OF Eighty $50 .0O0Oo)
Thousand Dollars; said amount of Eighty Thou
| -and Dollars to be realized by the levy and i'm
position of special tax OF two and ono-hult
| l2a) mills on the dollar per annum all of the
| asssssAble property in the Third Ward of the
Parish of st. Mary, including the property in
| the incorporated Town of Franklin, for
period of ton (l0) years beginning with the year
| 1913 and extending to and including the year
| 1922 i'll aid of a railway enterprise, aud all in
| favor of the Southwestern Traction and Power
| Company, its SUCCESSORS or assigns, provided
| that the total amount to be levied and realized
10y the Southwestern Traction and Power Com.
! pahy, its successors or assigns shall not exceed
| the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars, and the
said Two and OHe.half mill tax shall cease and
| erminate whenever the said amount of Eight,
nd W. hpnn ali nd,
turned over to the said Southwestern Traction
and Power Company its successors assigns:
aid tax of two and one half mills to be thus
evicd and collected in aid OF a railway enter
prise and for the benefit and in favor of said
Southwestern Traction ana Power Company
its successors or assigns. as consideration and
induceiIient for and to aid said Company in do.
ing and performing all of the following tu.wit:
First The said Southwestern Traction ana
Power Company shall construct and operate
an electric 1nterurban Railway Line from the
City Of New Iberia, Louisiana and to connect |
with and run through the Town OF Franklin |
through the Third Ward of the Parish of st. |
Mary, to the uDlnconporated town OF Garden
City. |
second: The said electric railway shall be
Dulit, completed and operated as Il line in |
dc peudent OF the Southern Pacific RaiIroad or
the Frisco Railroad or any other Railroad |
"wned or operated by the said railway com
panies.
Third: The said lnterurban Electric Rail |
way Line shall be constructed bet Ween the 1
points b areinabOve recited within twenty four
(24) months from the time the results Ut the
special election herein prayed for are pro.
muigated. provided that work shall he begun I
On the said line between the points herein
LUOve designated within at least ten lO)
months from such time. The said Company
having th. right to construct SAID linz. over
any route that iC may desire, provided that in
the event It should not follow the Irish Bend
with its main line, that it shall construct a
spur OF independent Inc around the Irish
Bend and conuect said Irish Bend line with
its main line; SO as to operate the cars there
from into Garden City and the town of Frank.
lin; anu provided further that any DELAYS
not caused by the default or negligence o, sand
southwestern Traction and Power COMPANY
in the nature OF strikes, panics, failure of
manufacturers to deliver material, or con.
tractors to complete work. on contract time
litigation Of any character retarding the con
strnction OF sail railway, or questioning the
validity of the tax, or any unforeseen event
beyond the control of aid Company, then
there shall be added to tho period hereinaboye
stated IA further delay equal to the time dur
ing which construction or operation of said
railway was thus retarded or DELAYED.
FourLh The said Southwestern Traction
anu Power Company snall operate and Inain-
tain from and alter the completion of said
road an electric nterurban passenger and
express service between the points herein
above named, and i'll the event the said Com.
pany should not construct its main line
around The Irish Bend, but should construct
the spur or inuepen dent line around same as
is provided for IN the above and FOREGOING
it shall operate city Car over
such spur or independent line between Gar
den City and Fran 4 lin and all points thereln
Fitth The tax to be levied and collected
and the annual amount herein provided for
shall not be paid to the said Southwestern
Company until the said Electric
Interurban Line shall have been built and IN
operation and the other conditions herein.
alb I'VE set forth shall have been complied with !
Sixth: 1t is understood however, that any
VI the Electric Interurban Railway
Line in question alter reaching the points
named shall in no wise affect
the tax herein provided for, 1t being simply
the purpose to predicate the imposition and
collection of the tax upon an Electric Inter |
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 i,
shall as evde. &c of this intention and its good
faith. deposit W thin four az months from the
la, the result of the election has been duly pro
nulgated and declared to have resulted in | ,
favor of the proposition submitted, in a bank .
which shall then be fiscal agent of the Parish
If st. Mary, an amount equal to five per cen,
o. OF the total amount of Eighty Thousand
which amount shall remain go deposited with {
,ad Bank and be held by it as forfeit and
Until the said Southwestern Traction and Power
company shall have constructed the Inter-
Urban Electric Railway line rs in the manner {
provided for by Section of this petition; pro
'iIed, however, that in the event the cond- ,
ions stipua ed in said Section not com [
yiied with; then the amount deposited shall
,e considered forfeited and the bank at | T.,
v hic said money is deposited snail be authorIz-
ii to turn same over to the Police jury OF the /
'arish or St Mary, to be appropriated and used +
~ said Police Jury for the public school of the
Third Ward OF the Parish of ST. Mary and the \
Incorporated Town of Franklin It
j. E. Loustalot, Edith Alexander
her mark; Ella, Lilly and Harry |
5aker, Meary Bowser Cher mark z
Rosa Fenwick Bowser, Helen Hatch S
,rson, Mamie Kent, Mrs. r. and Mrs. Q
Lockley, M. V. Lockley, Mary Mil 0
er, Mary Mcclure, Mrs. Nicklerson, p
ella Richardson, Mary Ray, Catherine I
nd Rand Smith, Flora Vincent, Nellie :