St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-26

ban Railway line in question after
reaching the points herein above
named, shall in no wise affect the tai
herein provided for, it being simply
the purpose to predicate the imposi
ton and collection of the tax upon
the electric interurban line being con.
structed between the points herein,
above named, but which may be con,
tinued to reach other points.
9Th. That should said LOUIS.
LANA TRACTION AND POWER
COMPANY desire to avail itself oil
the right to collect the amount of the
tax voted in favor of such railway en-.
terprise, it shall as evidence of this
intention and its good faith, deposit
within four months from the day that
the result OF the election has been
duly promulgated and declared to
have resulted in favor of the PROPOSE.
ton submitted, in a bank which shall
then be a fiscal agent of the parish of
st. Landry, an amount equal to five
per centum of the total amount of
TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED DOL
LARS to be derived from the said
tax which amount shall remain so de-
posted with said bank and be held
by it as a forfeit and until the said
LOUISIANA TRACTION AND POW
Err COMPANY shall have construc-
ted the ~Interurban Electric Railway
line as in the manner provided by
section two (2) of this petition pro-
vided, however, that in the event the
conditions stipulated in said section
two are not complied with, then the
amount so deposited shall be consid-
cred as forfeited and the bank at
which said money is deposited shall
be authorized to turn same over to
the Board of Aldermen of the Will
age of Sunset parish, of st. Landry,
State Of Louisiana, to be appropriated
and used by said Board Of Aldermen
for the public schools of the Village
of Sunset, Louisiana.
(Signed1 w. J. Boudreaux, e.
Boudreaux, L. e. Landry, e. j. Boud-
reaux, A. j. Brinkhaus, u. A. Patin,
=. M. Smith, Jr., j. w Clay, g. J..
GuiIbeau, Jas. A. Darby, J. B. Clay,
". Fl. Sfbille, E. G. GuiIbeau, G. Ho-
raist, Jules Richard, Clement Smith,
Joe A. Sfbille, Frank Clay, O. Meche.
SECTION /.
Be it therefore ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen OF the
Village of Sunset, in open session
convened, that a special election be
and is hereby ordered called, to be
held in the Village of Sunset, parish
of st. Landry, State Of Louisiana,
within th hours provided by law, on
Saturday, the 8th day OF March, A. D..
nineteen hundred and thirteen, at
which election shall be submitted to
the property tax payers of the said
Village of Sunset who, under the con-
stitution and laws Of the State OF
Louisiana, are entitled to vote at said
election, the question of imposing,
levying and collecting a special tax
of three and one-haIf mills on the
dollar per annum on all of the as
sessable property situated in the VII
Iage of Sunset, parish of st. Landry.
State of Louisiana, for a maximum
period Of ten years, said tax to be i'm
posed. levied and collected in aid OF 3
railway enterprise, and all In favor
OF the Louisiana Traction and Power
Company, a corporation organized
and existing under and by virtue OF
the laws of the State OF Louisiana, its
successors or assigns; the said tax to
be imposed. levied and collected q G
cording TO law, and conformably TO
the terms, conditions and limitations
recited IN the hereinabove petition.
beginning with the year 1919 and ex-