St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-05
AN ORDINANCE
J.J. HEALEY,
Clerk.

J.J
Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering a special election In the
Village Of Sunset, parish OF st Ian.
dry, State of Louisiana, upon the pc
tition of more than one-third Of the
property tax payers of the said Vii.
lage of Sunset, entitled to vote under
the constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, requiring the same for
the purpose of taking the sense of
the property tax payers of the Vii.
lage of Sunset entitled to vote under
the constitution and laws Of the State
Of Louisiana, ON the proposition of
granting to the LOUISIANA TRAC.
TON AND POWER COMPANY, its
successors or assigns. a special tax
of three and one half mills on the dol.
lar per annum, on the assessable
property situated in the said Village
of Sunset, for a maximum period OF
ten years beginning with the year
1918 and extending to and including
the year 1922, provided that the total
amount to be levied and realized from
said tax by the LOUISIANA TRAC-
TION AND POWER COMPANY shall
not exceed the sum of twenty-eight
hundred dollars ($2,80O.0O). The said
three and one-half mill tax shall cease
and terminate whenever the said
amount of tw~enty-eight hundred dol
lars shall have been realized and turn
ed over to the Louisiana Traction and
Power Company, its successors or as
signs, under the terms and subject to
the limitations placed In the petition
for the said election.
Whereas, a petition has been re-
ceived from the property taxpayers
residing in the Village of Sunset, en-
titled to vote under the constitution
and laws Of the State of Louisiana, at
a special election called according to
law, to levy a special tax in aid of
railway 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 As
sembly 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. 43 of the General Assembly Of the
State of Louisiana, for the year 1919,
and the said petition having been
signed by a number of property tax
payers residing in the said Village of
Sunset, and under the constitution
and laws OF the State OF Louisiana,
qualified to participate in said cleo
ton, in excess of one-third of the num-
Der as vas ascertained by an exami-
nation of said petition and the assess
ment rolls of said Village of Sunset
for the year 1912, and the registra-
ton books showing the registered
voters of the Village of Sunset, and
a certified list furnished by the sher-
iff and tax collector giving the names
of the persons in said village who
had paid their poll taxes for the
years 1911 and 1912, the words and
terms of this petition, is well as the
signatures thereto annexed, being as
follows, to-wft:
To the Honorable the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen Of the vii.
lage of Sunset, Parish of st. Ian.
dry, State of Louisiana.
We, the undersigned property tax
payers of the Village of Sunset. par
ish of st. Landry, State of Louisiana.
and entitled to vote therein on the
proposition hereinafter mentioned
respectfully petition and memorial
ize your Honorable Body to order 9
special election, according to law, OIL
the property tax payers of the said
Village of Sunset, parish OF st. Ian
dry, entitled to vote under the con
stitution and laws of the State of Lou
isiana; the object and purpose OF
such election being for the purpose
of levying a tax to realize the sum o.
TWENTY-EiGHT HUNDRED DOL
LARS (S2 100000; said amount Of
TWENTY EIGHT HUNRED DOL
LARS 2,800.00) to be realized b.
the imposition of a special tax O
three and one-haf mills on the dollal
per anunm on all the assessable prop
erty OF the Village of Sunset, parish
of st. Landry, for a period OF tel
years, beginning with the year 1913
and extending to and including tht
year 1922, in aid Of a railway enter
pT1SE, duU Gil Ia aNo VI th1 ~
ISIANA TRACTION AND powell
COMPANY, a corporation organizes
under the laws OF this state an,
domiciled In the city Of Lafayette, La,
It's successors or assigns, provided tina
the total amount to be levied and real
lied by the LOUISIANA TRACTION
AND POWER COMPANY shall no
exceed the sum of TWENTY-EIGH'
HUNDRED DOLLARS and the sal
three and one-half mill tax shall ceas
and terminate whenever the sal
amount Of TWENTY-EIGHT HUN
DRIED DOLLARS shall have bee
realized and turned over to the sal
LOUISIANA POWER AND TRAl
TON COMPANY, its successors G
assigns; said tax of three and on'
half mills to be thus levied and CO
lected in aid of a railway enterprfa
and for the benefit and In favor
said LOUISIANA TRACTION AN,
POWER COMPANY, its successors {
assigns, as a consideration and i
ducement for and to aid said con
pany In doing and performing all
the following, to-wit: