St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-22
No. 6, 1918.

State of Louisiana, upon III petl-
lion of more than one-third Of the
property tax payers OF the sald CilE
Of O~nelousas, entitled to vote under
the constitution and laws or the
State of Louisiana, requiring the
same for the purpose OF taxing the
sense of the property taX payers OF
The City of Opelousas entitled to
vote under the constitution and
law of the state OF Louisiana, on
the proposition of granting to the
Louisiana Traction and L o w e +
Company, its successors or assigns,
a special tax of two n n hail
mills on the dollar per annum, on
the assessable property situated IN
the said City Of 0pelousas, Tor a
maximum period of ten years. De-
ginning with the year 1914 and eX-
ending to and including the year
1929. provided hat the total moun
to be levied and realized from AID
tax bv the Louisiana Traction u
Power Company shall not exceed
the sum of forty thousand dol
lars t$4I, 100000. The said two and
one half mill tax snail cease and
terminate whenever the s a d
amount Of forty one thousand dol
lars shall have been realized and
turned oyer to the Louisiana Tfac-
ton and Power Company, its sue
cessors or assigns, under the terms
and subject to the limitations
placed in the petition for the said
election.
Whereas, q petition has been re-
ceived from the property tax payers
residing in the City of ~0pelousas, en-
titled TO vote under the constitution
and laws of the state of Louisiana, at a
special election called according to
80 10 law a SnaajpI TO Y in aid of rail-
way 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 Assembly of
the state of Louisiana for the year 1895
and acts amendatory thereof, especial
ly act No. % of the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana for the year
1904, and act No. 43 of the General As
sembly Of the State of Louisiana for
the year 1910, and the said petition hay
ing been signed by a number of prop
erty tax payers residing in the said
city of Opelousas, II under the con-
stitution and laws of the state of Lou
isiana, qualified to participate in said
election, in excess of n third OF the
number, as was ascertained by an ex-
animation of said petition and the as
sessment rolls of said City of Opelou-
sas for the year 1912, and the registra-
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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
1912, the words and terms Of this petit
ton, as we'll as the signatures thereto
annexed, being as follows, to- wit:
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of the City of ~Opelousas,
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 memorialize
your Honorable Body to order a spe-
eial election according to law, of the
property tax puyers 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
and purpose of such election be-
ing for the purpose of 1evying a tax to
realize the sum of forty-one thousand
dollars ($4l 100000; said a n o II t of
forty-one thousand dollars (S4I ,000. 00)
to be realized by the imposition of a
special tax of two and one-half mills
on the dollar per annum on all the as
sessable property Of the City OF Opelou-
sas, parish of St. Landry, for a period
ten years, beginning with the year
1914, and extending to and including
the year 1928 in aid Of a railway enter
and all in favor of the Louisiana
fraction and Power Company, a cor
.oration organized under the laws of
state and domiciled in the city of
Louisiana, its successors or
assigns, provided that the total amount
TO be levied and realized by the Louis
lana Traction and Power Company |
shall not exceed the sum of forty-one
thousand dollars, ($4I, 900 .00), and the
said two and one-half mill tax shall
and terminate whenever the said
amount of forty-one thousand dollars
Sal, 000.O0) shall have been realized and
zurned over to the said Louisiana Trac-
ion and Power Company, its success
aors or assigns; said tax CT Two and one
lalf mills to be thus. levied and col
ected in aid of a railway enterprise
for the benefit and in favor of said
Traction and Power Com
its successors or assigns, as a
consideration and inducement for and
0 aid said company in doing and per-
orming all Of the following to-wit:
LIST. The said Louisiana Traction
w L PShl snail ScASt NV l
nd operate an Electric lnterurban
railway line from the Village of Sun
ct and Grand Coteau, parish of st.
.andry, Louisiana, up to and into the
of OpeIousas, parish of st. Landry,
tate of Louisiana.
End. The said Electric I~nterurban
line shall be constructed be-
the points hereinaboye recitcd
eighteen months ron the time
he result of the special election herein
for is promulgated; provided,
any delays not caused by the fault
r negligence of said Louisiana and
Company" in the nature OF
panics, failure of manufactur-
RS to deliver materials, or sub-contrac-
,rs to complete work, on contract
me- litigation of any character re-
trding the construction of said rail
,ay, or any unforeseen circumstance
eyonu the control of said company,
len there shall be added to the period
stated, a further delay Z,
Iual to the time during which con
ruction or operation of said railway !
as thus retarded or delayed. /,
Sd. The a Louisiana Traction
I'd Power Company" shall operate /;
Id maintain from and after the com
elton of said road, an electric inter
railway for the carriage of pas {
myers, freight, mail, packages and ex- I
'ess matter between the points here s
above named /
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18th. The tax to be levied and col t
cted and the annual amount shall i
It be paid to the said "Loaisiana Trac- s
IN and Power COMPANY" until the |
i'd Electric Interurban line shall \
we been built and in operation and i
e other conditions h~ereinabove set t
rth shall have been complied with.
0th. 1t is understood, however, that g
y extension of the Electric Interur- :
n Railway line in question !
aching the nninfs hnrain q b \ " O I