St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-22

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state of Louisiana, an mount equal 10
| five per centum of the total amount OF
fortv-one thousand dollars ($4l ,00O.OD
to be derived from said tax, when
amount shall remain 50 deposited with
sid bank and be held by it as a forfeit
and until the said Louisiana Traction
and Power Company" shall have CON
structed the Interurban Railway line
as in the provided by section
two of this petition; provided, now
ever, that in the event h condltlons
stipulated in said section (2) are not
| complied with, thenthe amount so de-
posted shall be considered 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 City of OpelOusas, parish OF st. Ian
dry, State of Louisiana, to be appropri-
ated and used by said Board of Alder
men for the public schools OF the CITY
of Opelousas, LOUISIANA:
NJ. L.. Swords, J.. A. Haas, Jno. w.
Lewis, r. Lee Garland, e. NJ. Boagn1,
r. Mornhinveg, l.. Fl. M%ornhinveg, S.
Sicily. Chas. +, Boagnl, o. Il. gregory
Mason's Drug Store Ltd, per M. Nc
Bride, NJ. Winsberg, A. Clary, F. G..
Shute, Shute's Drug Store, per F.Shute,
A. l.. Lacombe, Mrs. Gilbert l.. Dupre,
per Gilbert l.. Dupre, Irene 4. Shute,
per f. G. S., Felix Chachere, A. Leon
Dupre, A. j. Bercier, A. j. Perrault,
Mrs. Raymond Breaux, per A. j. Per
rault, b. Bennett, Lou L.. Daniel, G. u.
Lassalle, Nina MiZZi, j. Morgan San
doz, James o. hachere, l.. S. Isacks, J.
g. LAWYER, l.. E Littell, Dudley l.. Gull
beau, p. r. Sandoz, r. b. Christman, w.
w. GeIvin, B. H. Payy, j. l.. Comeau,
Aaron Jacobs, III Dietlein, }. A. Shaw,
NJ. D.. A. S. j.. Campbell, j.. A. Budd,
Isola f. Campbell, f. Cliff Allen, Leon
~ IInnn ATpa ann - Hau- 1anr H.
Haas, E. l.. Loeb, l.. J. Dossmann, Ope-
lousas MercantileCo, H. D, Larcade, il,
Isaac Roos, Mrs. Corinne Roos, per Ike
Roos, j. p. Saizan, Fl. Bodemuller,
Edw. Mornhinveg, Ryan Thompson,
DietIien IL Jacobs Gro. Co. Ltd, per
Adolphe Jacobs, Pres, Adolphe Jacobs,
E. S. Kerr, Chas. Ventre, ia. Perkins,
zie. Ludovfc Fontenot, Raymond
Breaux, j. R. Pavy, Thos. FL. Lewis, w.
j. Sandoz, j. Heaiey, A. A. Andlng,
l.. Il. Castillo, Geo. Goodloe, Lawrence
Lareade, w. NJ. Childs, DR.. F. j. Pol
ford, e. T. Bercier, Mrs. j. X. Sandoz,
PERI. X. Sandoz, Jr, IL. Perrodin, L..
b. Wyble, S. l.. Hebrard, E. Lee Gil,
Hy. Chachere, Ben Risemen, Andrew
Moresi, Adelin Durio, Henry Mornhin-
veg, M. Halphen, Octave Duriu, III. D..
Larcade, Jno. w. Clark, Willie Ardoin,
Mrs. E.. X. Eastman, per Eastman, w.
d. Lewis, Chas. ~ThIbodeaux, O. II. Nc
Clelland, w. B. Prescott, Mrs. L. H.
Mornhinveg, d. P. BIacksher, Plais
Horn, Robert Chachere, J. Landau,
Mrs. J. Landau, per j. Landau, A. C.
Skiles, I. r. Guidry, G. Abdalla, Regis
Robin, John H, Harmanson, F. L. Dou-
Get, l.. Austin Fontenot, Mrs. G. j..
Thompson, Jno. Mornhinveg, Carrie E.
Chachere per Jno. Mornhinveg, Chas.
P; Hollier, G. II. Cretin, Sidney Amy,
Chas. Fazzino, NJ. Lipari, Remy Wal
lior, w. B. Robert, Wilton Latiolais,
Littell, B., G~onsoulin, Chas. f. Burr,
Robert E. Perkins, C. G. Dominique &
Bro, per G. G. Dominique, A. G. Jones,
a L. Castillo 2. A. Sandoz, Chas. Gar
DO, P. Del Buono, Il. Crawford, Du
Blanc ledoux, A. A. Crouehet, P. Z.
Blacksher, Mrs. Austin Lacombe, Ivy
Schwartzenberg, Joseph Lassalle, H.G.
Nahon Fadaol per N. Fadaol, A. L.
Chachere, Mrs. 3. Stander, per J. S.,
Mrs. L. Bohrer per j.. Stander, Frank
DelBuono, P. Mistric, CIV. Kelley, f.
T. Pitre, A. S. Simpson, VIM. Alex.
Robertson, j. p. Guidry, j. B. Brock,
F. {. Jennings, w. b. Lewis, Theodule
Dcville, c. G. Dominique, f. G. Keller,
Louis Sicily, r. LeBeurgeois, A. L.
Andrus, Mrs. Thos. H. Lewis, by Jno.
w. Lewis, r. M. Littell, Mrs. r. NJ. Lit
tell, per r. NJ. Littell, Mrs. M. S. Boag-
nj, w. r. Meginley, e. D. Estilette,
Miss Olympia Lass, Mrs. D. Lass, Mrs.
f. l.. G. Chacnere, per r. Mornhinveg.
SECTION l. Be 1t Therefore Or
dained by the Mayor and Board of AL
dermen of the City of O~pelousas, in
regular session convened, that a special
election be n is hereby ordered
called, to be held in the City Opelousas,
parish of st. Landry, State of Louis
lana, within the hours provided by
law, on Tuesday the twenty-second
day of April, A. d., nineteen hundred
and thirteen, at which election shall be
submitted to the property tax payers
of the said City of Opelousas who, I'M
der the constitution and laws of the
state of Louisiana, are entitled to vote
at said election, the question of i'm
posing, leyying and 5collecting a spe-
c1al tax of two and n half mills on
the dollar per annum on all Of the as
property situated in the City
of Opelousas, parish of st. Landry,
state of Louisiana, for a period of ten
years, said al to be imposed, levied
and collected in aid Of a ra#lway enter
prise, and all in favor OF thu Louisiana
and Power Company, a cor
poration 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
according to law and con-
formally to the terms, conditions a II d
recited in the h~ereinaboye
petition, beginning with the year 1914
anu extending to and including the
year 1873, or until the sum of forty-one
dollars (S41, 900. 00) shall have
been collected Il turned over to the
Louisiana Traction and Power Com
pany its successors or assigns.
SECTION 2. Be it further ordained.
etc., that said election shall be held I'M
Ter the general election laws of the
State of Louisiana, SO far as applicable,
that the polling place shall be the
Court House, situated in the City of
)pelousas, h place at which the last
preceding general election was held,
thai the form of ballot to be used
It said election shall be as follows:
FOR a special tax of two and one
lalf mills on the dollar per annum, on
Ill of the asssssabie property %situatep
n the City of Opelousas, to be imposed,
evied and collected in aid of a railway
enterprise, and in favor of, for the ben
and in aid of the Louisiana Trac-
and Power Company, its success
ors or assigns, said tax to be imposed,
evied and collscted, beginning with
he year 1914 and extending to and in
luding the year 1923, so as to realize
that in case the sum of
thousand dollars be
he sum of forty-one thousand dollars
fe collected and turned over to said
ompany before the expiration of the
en- yeors. that the eaid tax shall cease
urned over to the Louisiana Traction
POwaf EOmDany. its SuPpeSs0rS ar