St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-12
st. The said LOUISIANA TRAc

way Line from the city of Lafayette
or Scott, parish OF Lafayette, Louis
lana, up to and into the VILLAGE
OF SUNSET, PARISH OF ST. Lam
DRY, State of Louisiana.
End. The said Standard Gauge
Electric I~nterurban 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
lana TRACTION AND POWER
COMPANY, in the nature Of strikes,
panics, failure of manufacturers to
deliver materials, or sub-contractors
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 or delayed.
3rd. The said LOUISIANA TRAC-
TON 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 hereinaboye named.
4th. The tax to be levied and coll
lected and the annual amount shall
not be paid to the said LOUISIANA
TRACTION AND POWER COM
HPANY until the said Electric Inter
urban line shall have been built and
in operation and the other conditions
hereinabove set forth shall have been
complied with.
9Th. It 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, 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 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
duly promulgated and declared to
have resulted In favor of the PROPOSE
ton submitted, in a bank which b
then be a fiscal agent of the parish OF
st. Landry, an amount equal to i've
per centum of the total amount az
TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED Doll
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 (2l OF this petition pro-
yided, 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 70
the Board of Aldermen OF the VIII.
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.
(Signed) w. ]. Boudreaux, =
Boudreaux, L. r. Landry, p. 7 Boua-
reaux, A. j.. Brinkhaus, y. A. Patin,
] M. Smith, Jr., j. w Clay, - ~
IGuilbeau, Jas. A. Darby, j. B. Clay,
Nv r Sibille. f. G. Guilbeau,. g. Ho-
raist. Jules Richard, Clement Smith.
Zoe Al. Sibille, Frank Clay, O. Meche.
SECTION I.
Be it therefore ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen Of the
lyiIIage 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, en-
Saturday, The Sth day OF March. a. -,
nineteen hundred and thirteen, AZ
which election shall be submitted to
the property tax payers or the said
Village OF Sunset who, under q CON
~stitution and laws of the State q
Louisiana, are entitled to vote at Y
telection. the question OF Imposing
.fleyying and collecting q special tax
Eof three and one-haif mills on the
dollar per annum on all OF the as
tsessable property situated In the vi,
lage of Sunset, parish OF ST. Landry
State of Louisiana, for a maximum
ueriod Of ten years, said tax to be I'M
uosed. levied and collected In AID OF g
railway enterprise, and all ~ FAVOR
of the Louisiana friction and Power
lcompany, a corporation organized
and existing under and by virtue OF
the laws OF the State of Louisiana lts
successors or assigns; the SAID tax 70
he Imposed, levied and collected aer
cording TO law. and conformanly 70
the terms, conditions and limitations
| reefted In the hereinahoye petition
beginning with the year 1913 and ex-
/ tending to and including the year
1922. or until the sum of t~wenty-eignt
hundred dollars t$2, 800.00) shall have
been collected and turned over to the
.iLoIISIANA TRACTION AND pow
Ter COMPANY, its successors or as-
signs.
SECTION IT.
BE Ii Further Ordained, etc. that
said election shall be held under the
general election laws of he state q
Louisiana, SO far as applicable, and
that the polling place shall be Sibille
Hall, situated in the Village OF Y