The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-15

| of Franklin, for the year 1912, and the
registration books showing the register
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:
W. the Undersigned property "a tax payer; OF
Guiding the tax payers OF the incorporated
Town OF Franklin, State of Louisiana, and en-
titled to vote therein on the proposition here,
memorable your Honorable Body to order II
special election according to law of the prop
erty tax payers of the said Third Ward Of the
the Incorporated Town Of Franklin, entitled to
| vote under the Constitution aud laws Of the
| State of Louisiana; the object and purpose of
tax to realize the sum of Eighty (ssO.o 10Y
| thousand Dollars; said amount of Eighty Thou
sand Dollars to be realized by the levy and i'm.
| position of a special tax OF two and One-half
les mills on the dollar per annum on all of the
| assessable property in the Third Ward of the
Parish of St. Mary. including the property in
| the incorporated Town OF Franklin, for a
period of ten (lO) years beginning with the year
| 1918, and extending to and including the year
| 1872. in aid OF a railway enterprise, and all in
! favor of the Southwestern Traction and Power
| Company, its SUCCESSORS or assigns, provided
| that the total amount to be levied and realized
| by the Southwestern Traction and Power Com.
pany its successors or assigns, shall not exceed
the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars, and the
| said Two and Onehalf mill tax shall cease and
| terminate whenever the said amount of Eighty
Thousand Dollars shall have been reulzed and
turned over to the said Southwestern Traction
| and Power Company, its successors or assigns;
| said tax of two and one half mills to be thus
| levied and collected in aid of a railway enter
prise and for the benefit and in favor of said
| Southwestern Traction and Power Company,
its successors or assigns AS q consideration and
| induce.nent for and to aid said Company i'll do
/ ing and performing all of the following, tOwt:
| First, The said Southwestern Traction and
Power Company shall construct and operate
an electric 1nterurban Railway Line from the
CITY of New Iberia, Lou iSiana and to conn Get
| with and run through the Town OF Franklin,
| through the Third Ward of the Parish OF st.
| Mary, to the uninconporated town Of Garden
| City.
| second: The said electric railway shall be
| built completed and operated ~ d line IN
| dependent of the southern Pacific Railroad or
the Frisco Railroad, or any other railroad
| owned or operated by the said railway com
punies.
Third: The said lnterurban Electric Rail
| way Line shall be constructed between the
| points hereinabOve recited within twenty four
Gay months from the time the results of the
special election herein prayed for are pro-
i uigated, provided that work shall be begun
| on the SAID line between the points herein
| above designated within ut lsast ten uO)
| months from such time. The said Company
| having the right to construct said line over
| any route that it may desire, provided that in
| the event it should not follow the Irish Bend
| with its main line, that it shall construct
4 spur or independents line around the Irish
| Bend ami connect said Irish Bend line with
| its main l!ne so AZ to operate the cars there
| from into Garden City and the town of Frank
| lin; and provided further that any delays
| not caused by the default or negligence OIL said
| 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-
| strh ctiOn Of said railway, or questioning the
validity of the tax, or any unforeseen event
beyond the control of said Company, then
| there shall be added to tha period hereinabOve
| stated, u further delay equal to tho time dur
| ing which construction or operation of said
| railway was thus retarded or delayed
| Fourth: The said Southwestern Traction
| and Power Company shall operate and main
| tain from and after the completion of saia
| road, an electric interurban PASSENGER and
| express service between the points herein
| abov. named, and in the event the said Com.
pany should not construct its main line
| around the Irish Bend but should construct
| the spur OF independent line around same, MS
| is provided for i'll the above and foregoing
| paragraph, it shall operate q city car over
such spur or independent line between Gar
| den City and Fran lin and all points thereon.
Fifth: The tax to be levied and collected
and the annual amount herein provided 70
| shall not be paid to the said Southwestern
Traction Company until the said Electric
| Interurban Line shall have been built and in
| operation and the other conditions herein.
| above set forth shall have been complied with.
| Sixth: 1t is understood, however, that any
| extension Ut the Electric Interurban Railway
| in =
hereina bOve named, shall In no wise affect
| the tax herein provided for, it being simply
| the purpose to predicate the imposition ana
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 If the right to collect tho amount Of the
tax voted in favor Of such railway enterprise, i,
| shall as evidence of this Intention and its GOOD
faith deposit within four a. months from the
day the result of the election has been duly pro
mGlgated and declared to have resulted in
| favor of the proposition submitted, in bank
which shall then be a fiscal agent of the Parish
of st. Mary, an amount equal to five per cen,
| (5) of the total amount Of Eighty Thousand
v Which amount shall remain so deposited with
| said 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 as in the manner
| provided for by Section Of this petition; pro
| vided, however, that in the event the condi.
lions stipula. ed in said Section are not com
piled With; then the amount 80 deposited shall
| be considered forfeited and the bank ut
| which said money is deposited shall be authOrlz-
| ell to turn same over to the Police jury of the
Parish or ST. Mary, to be- appropriated and used
by said Police Jury for the public school Of the
| Third Ward of the Parish OF st. Mary and the
| incorporated Town Of Franklin.
| J. E. Loustalot, Edith Alexander
| cher mark; Ella, Lilly and Harry
Baker, Meary Bowser Cher mark;
Rosa Fenwick Bowser, Helen Hatch
erson, Mamie Kent, Mrs. r. and Mrs.
H. Lockley, M. v. Lockley, Mary Mil
Ter, Mary Mcclure. Mrs. Nicklerson,
Ella Richardson, Mary Ray, Catherine