The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-06-14
PETITION.
To the Honorable the Police Jury, OF the Parish
of st. Mary. State of louisiana:

the Fourth Ward OF the Parish OF st. Mary
State Of Lou isiana, and entitled to vote therein
respectfully petition and memorable your
Honorable Body to order special election
according to law OF the property tax payers OF
the said Fourth Ward of the Parish of st.
Mary, entitled to vote under the Constitution
aud laws Of the State Of Louisiana; the objec,
and purpose of such election being for the pur
Thirty Thousand 1880, ,OO0l Dollars, said amount
of Thirty Thousand Dollars to be realized by
the levy and imposition Of a special tax Of two
and one half e l-2l mills on the dollar per an
Fourth Ward of the Parish Of St. Mary for a
period OF ten tiOl years, beginning with the
year 1914. and extending to and including the
year 1873, in aid Of a railway enterprise, and all
in favor OF the Southwestern Traction and
Power Company, its successors or assigns,
.na' hv ,e tS of
aud Power Company shall not exceed the sum
of Thirty Thousand Dollars, and the said two
and one halt mill tax shall cease and terminate
whenever the said amount of Thirty Thou
sand Dollars shall have been realized aud turn
Cd over to the said southwestern Traction and
Power Company; said tax oftWo and one half
benefit and in favor of said Southwestern
Traction and Power Company, as a considera
ton and inducement for and to aid said Com
pany in doing and performing all Of the fol
lowing, tO-wft:
First: The said Southwestern Traction and
HI Electric Interurban Railway Line, together
with light ana power tran smission line, from
the City of New Iberia, Louisiana, through
the Parish Of st. Mary and the villages of Cen
trevilis and verdunville to the line dividing
the Fourth and Fifth Wards Of said Parish OF
st. Mary.
Second: The said Electric Railway shall be
built and completed As a line independent of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, or the Frisco railroad
any other railroad owned or operated by the
said railway cOmanies.
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Liue shall be constructed between the points
hereinabOve recited within thirty months from
the time the results Of the special election
herein prayed for are promulgated by the Police
Jury OF the Parish Of st. Mary, Louisiana, and
shown to have resulted in favor Of the PROPOSE.
tiOn submitted, provided, that any Ieiays not
CAUSED 0y the fault or negligence OF the South
western Traction and Power Company, in the
nature Of strikes panics, lOckouts, failure OF
manufacturers to deliver material or cOntrac
tors or SubcOntrSctOrs to complete work on con-
tract time, litigation OF any character retard-
ing the construction of said railway, including
litigation eftecting the validity Of this tax, or
troll Of said Company, then there shall be aGded
tO the period hereinabOve stated, u further
delay equal to the time during which con
structiOn or operation OF said railway was thus
Fourth: The said Southwestern Traction and
Power Company shall operate aud maintain from
aud after the completion of SAID road, an Elec.
tric IHterurban Passenger, Express and Freight
service between the points herenabOve named,
the same duily service to be maintained be-
tween New Iberia, Louisiana, and Centrevilie,
between New Iberia, Louisiana, and Franklin.
Louisiana.
Fifth: The tax to be levied and collected and
the annual amount herein provided for shall
not be paid to the said Southwestern Traction
and Power Company until the said Electric In
terurban Line shall have been built anu in
operation and the other conditions hereinabove
Set forth shall have been coupled with.
sixth: 1t is understood, however, that any
extension Of the Electric lnterurban Railway
Line in question after reaching the points here
inabOve named, shall in no wise effect the tax
herein provided for, it being simply the pur-
pose ~ predicate the imposition ana collection
of the tax upon IN Electric lnterurban Line
being constructed between the points herein
above 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 the amount OF tax
voted III fAvOr VI such railway enterprise, it
shall as evidence OF this Intention and It's good
faith deposit within tour l4l months from the
day that the result OF the election has been
duly promulgated by the Police Jury OF the
Parish vi st. Mary anu declared to have result
ed in favor Of the proposition submitted, in
the Centreville Bank. situated in the village
of Centreviile, in the Parish OF st. Mary, an
amount equal to five t5J per cent. Of the total
amount Ut Thirty Thousand Dollars to De de-
rived from said tax, which amount shall remain
~ Deposited with said bank aud be held by it
- forfeit aud until the SAID South western
structed the Interurban Electric Railway Line
- in the manner provided for by Section ) OF
this petition; provided, however, that in the
event the conditions stipulated in Section 3 are
not complied with then the amount 50 deposit
cd shall be considered as forfeited and the
bank st which said money is deposited shall
0e authorized to turn same over 20 the Police
jury 0f the Parish Of st. Mary. to be approp-
riated and used by SAID Police Jury tor the
public school Ut the Fourth Ward OF the Par sn
OF st. Mary.
l. 8. Wooster, w. F. Senette, w. E.
Senette, r. Boudreaux, Louis (his K
mark) Stroud, F. r. Hebert, Katie
Saunders, F. A. Weigmann, w. T.
Brown, Lucy A. Brown, Mrs. Eliza
cher mark) Boudreaux, Mrs. Mary
H. Berwick, Aurelien Robichaux, M.
Doran. B. F. Queen, Mrs. Eugenia
Roberton, Mrs. Elizabeth Ca
rey. Mrs. N. Albeman, Eville
Alle1nan, A. w. Etienne, Augustine |
N. Dugas, Nine. A. Dugas, Mrs. v.
Vitter, Mrs. G. Vitter, F. J. Devillier,
Edw. (his mark) Robichaux, Leila
A. Alleman, Arthur Dugas, Ira Bow
man. NJ. D.. Louise Cher K mark AL
fred Cora Gilmore, Hannah Sampson,
Joseph Robertson, N. Jay Wooster,
H. J. Guidry. C. Sacco, Charlotte
Cher mark) Chambers, Eleanora
Began, Quincy Anna Cher x mark)
Sutton, Winniet cher mark Rush,
Seeley Cher K mark) Gibson) Sylvia
cher < mark) Hunter, Sidney (his
mark) Luke, John B. Luke, G. w.
Luke. Mary Wade, Sarah Cher
mark Davis. Charlotte jupiter, Mrs.
M. E. Senette, F. N. West, Mrs. Clara
Cook. Lizzie cher < mark) Cook. Mary
Paul, B. Landry, Mrs. E. F. Hayes,
Mrs. Lena s. Miller, Mrs. Susie
Drake. Christine Cha mark) Page,
Lyman Stansberry, w. J. Young, H.
s. Nordyke, L. I. Dugas, August Da-
Wis, Alex Dugas, Sam (his mark |