The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-05-10

Paul, B. Landry, Mrs. E. F. Haye"'
Mrs. Lena S. Miller, Mrs. Susie
Drake, Christine (hiA mark Page,
Lyman Stansberry. w. ]. Young, II.
S. Nordyke, L. l. Dugas, August "a
Wis, Alex Dugas, Sam (his mark
Landry, Will Haley, Mary A. Balkan
saw, Albert Dugas, Mary }. Boyer
Anne. M. Clausen, j. G. Clausen'
Tina Clausen, Annie Barman.
There was then filed with the
Police Jury a certified copy from
the assessment rolls of the Par
ish of st. Mary. showing the
property tax payers of the Fourth
Ward of the Parish of st. Mary.
for the year 1912; also a certified
list OF the registered voters in said
Fourth Ward; and also certified
list of those who had paid their
poll taxes for the years 1911 and
1912 in said Ward, which list
shows all persons qualified to
vote at the election asked for by
said petition, under Article 27O OF
the Constitution of 1898 and Act
POP of the Acts Of the General As
sembly of the State of Louisiana
for the year 1898 and Acts amen
datory thereof, and especially
Act % of the General Assembly
of the State OF Louisiana for the
wear 1904 and Act 43 of the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1910.
Mr.. w. N. Gooch then presented
the following ordinance, and al
ter being read, its adoption was
seconded by Mr.. F. E. Robertson.
and carried by the following vote:
Yeas: Geo. j. LeBourgeois, Ga
briel Haydel, Alyre Robichaux,
F. E. Robertson. Oscar Boud-
reaux, w. N Gooch, John X,
Drackett, T. Aucoin, A. Fortier,
Jr.
The ordinance was then de-
clared adopted by the President
of the Police Jury as follows:
AN ORDINANCE ordering a spe-
cial election in the Fourth Ward of
the Parish of st. Mary, State of Lou
isiana, upon the petition of more than
one third of the property tax payers
of the said Fourth Ward of the Par
ish of St. Mary, entitled to vote under
the Constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana, requiring same
for the purpose of taking the sense
of the property tax payers OF the
Fourth Ward of the Parish of st.
Mary, entitled to vote under the Con-
stitution and laws of the State OF
Louisiana, on the proposition OF
granting to the Southwestern Trac-
ton & Power Company, it's success
ors or assigns, special tax OF two
and one hat (21@) mills on the dollar
per annum, on the assessable proper
ty situated in said Fourth Ward OF
the Parish of ST. Mary, for a maxi
mum period of ten years, beginning
with the year 1914 and extending to
and including the year 1928, provided
that the total amount to be levied and
realized from said tax by the South
western Traction & Power Company
shall not exceed the sum of Thirty
Thousand ($3O.00O) Dollars. The said
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and terminate whenever the said
amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars
shall have been realized and turned
over to the Southwestern Traction &
Power Company under the terms and
subject to the limitations placed in
the petition for said election.
Whereas, a petition has been re-
ceived from the property tax payers
residing in the Fourth Ward of the
Parish of st. Mary. entitled to vote
under the Constitution and laws OF
the State of Louisiana, at special
election called according to law, to
levy a special tax in aid of railway
enterprises, as is provided for by Ar
ticle 270 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, adopted in 1898,
and Act 202 of the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana for the year
1898 and acts amendatory thereof.
especially Act No. % of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana
for the year 1904 and Act No. AZ 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 re-
siding in the said Fourth Ward OF the
Parish of st. Mary, and under the
Constitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, qualified to participate in
said election, in excess of one third
of the number, as was ascertained by
an examination of said petition and
the assessment rolls of said Fourth
Ward of the Parish of ST. Mary, for
the year 1912, and the registration
books showing the registered voters
of the Fourth Ward of the Parish OF
st. Mary. and a certified list furnish
ed by the Sheriff and Tax Collector
giving the names of tht persons in
said Fourth Ward of the Parish of st.
Mary who had paid their poll taxes
for the years 1911 and 1912, the words
apd tarrpc of this nptitiOn aS we'll as