St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-29

4Ao&N L4AA SoLA4 EhANA
shall construct and operate an Elec-
trio Interurban Standard Gauge Rail.
way Line from the city of Lafayett
or Scott, parish of Lafayette, Louis.
lana, up to and into the VILLAGE
OF SUNSET, PARISH OF ST. LAY
DRY, State of Louisiana.
End. The said Standard Cargo
Electric Interurban Railway Line
shall be constructed between the
points hereinabove recited within
eighteen months from the time the
result of the special election herein
prayed for is promulgated, provided,
that any delays not caused by the
fault or negligence Of said LOUIS
lana TRACTION AND POWER
COMPANY, in the nature of strikes,
panics, failure of manufacturers TO
deliver materials, or sub-contraetors
to complete work, on contract time,
litigation of any character retarding
the said construction of said rail-
way, or any unforeseen circumstances
beyond the control of said company.
then there shall be added to the peri
cd hereinabove stated, a further de
lay equal to the time during which
construction or operation of said
railway was thus retarded OF delayed
3rd. The said LOUISIANA TRAC-
TION AND POWER COMPANY shall
operate and maintain from and after
the completion of the said road, an
electric ~interurban railway for the
carriage of passengers. freight, mail,
packages, and express matter be-
tween the points hereinabove named.
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Iected and the annual amount shall
not be paid to the said LOUISIANA
TRACTION AND POWER COM
PANY until the said Electric Inter
urban line shall have been built and
in operation and the other conditions
heEeinabove set forth shall have been
complied with.
5th. 1t is understood, however, that
any extension of the Electric Interur-
ban Railway line in question after
reaching the points herein above
named, shall in no wise affect the tax
herein provided for, 1t 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.
6th. That should said LOUIS
lana TRACTION AND POWER
COMPANY desire to avail itself of
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
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 nve
per centum of the total amount OF
TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED DOL
LARS to be derived from the said
which amount shall remain 30 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 I%nterurban 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
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 70
the Board of Aldermen Of the VII.
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
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fSigned) w. j. Boudreaux. q
L. q. Landry, E. J. Boud-
Al. j. Brinkhaus, u. A. Patin.
]. M. Smith. Jr., J. w Clay, E. ].
Guilbeau, Jas. A. Darby. J. III. Clay,
". Fl. Sibille, F. G. Guilbeau, Y. no
raist, Jules Richard, Clement Smith,
Joe A. Sibille, Frank Clay, O. Meche.
SECTION /.
Be 1t 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 tn hours provided by law, On
Saturday, the 9Th day Of March, A. D.,
nineteen hundred and thirteen, at
which election shall be submitted to
he property tax payers of the said
of Sunset who, under the con-
.stitution and laws of the State or
are entitled to vote at said
the question OF imposing.
and collecting a special tax
Of three and one-half mills on the
dollar per annum on all OF the as
sessable property situated IN the VIII
OF Sunset, parish OF Sc. Landry
OF Louisiana, for a maximum
period of ten years, said tax to be I'M
posed. levied and collected in aid OF a
enterprise, and all In
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 a to
be imposed levied and collected ae-
to law. and conformably 10
The terms, conditions n limitations
in the hereinabove petition,
beginning with the year 1913 and Q K
tending to and including the year
1922, or until the sum of twentyeeight
hundred dollars esq., 800. 00) shall have
been collected and turned over to b
TRACTION AND POW
Err COMPANY, its successors or as
SECTION II.
Be it Further Ordained, etc, that
said election shall be held under the
general election laws of the State OF
louisiana. so far as applicable, and