The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-03-01

Iarv, including Il e Incorporated Town
vi Franklin, for the year 1912, and the
registration books showing the register
ed voters of the Third Ward of the Par
ish Of St. Mary, including the incorpo-
rated Town Of Franklin, and certified
list furnished by the Sheriff and Tax
Collector giving the names eff the per-
If st. Mary. including the incorporated
Town of Franklin, who had paid their
poll taxes for the year 1911 aud 1912 the
words and terms of this petition, as
we'll as the signatures thereof, annexed,
being as follows to wit:
To the Honorable Police jury of the Parish of
st. Mary, State of Louisiana:
owe, the undersigned property tax payers OF
the Third Ward of the Parish OF St. Mary in
GLIDING the tax payers OF the incorporated
Town OF Franklin, State of Louisiana, and en-
titled to vote therein on the proposition here
matter mentioned, respectfully petition and
memorable your Honorable Body to order
special election according to law of tho prop
erty tax payers of the said Third Ward Of the
Parish of ST. Mary, including the tax payers of
the incorporated Town Of Franklin, entitled to
vote under the Constitution and laws of the
State of louisiana the object and purpose of
such election being for the purpose OF levyins a
tax to realize the sum of Eighty ($s0.OOOUO)
Thousand Dollars said amount of Eighty Thou
sand Dollars to be realized by the levy and I'M.
i2s) mills on the dollar per annum on all of the
assessable property in the Third Ward OF the
Parish of St. Mary, inc luding the property in
the incorporated Town of franklin, for a
period of ten (lO) years beginning with the year
1918, and extending to and including the year
1872, i'll aid OF a railway enterprise, and all in
favor of the Southwestern Traction and Power
Company, its SUCCESSORS or assigns, provided
In ,1p6
by the Southwestern Traction and Power Com
pauy, its SUCCESSORS or assigns, shall not exceed
the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars, and the
said Two and one-hnif mill tax shall cease and
terminate whenever the said amount OF Eighty
Thousand Dollars shall have been realized and
turned over to the said Southwestern Traction
and Power Company, its successors or assigns;
said tax of two and one half mills to be thus
levied and collected in aid of railway enter
Or Use and for the benefit and in favor of said
Southwestern Traction and Power Company,
its successors or assigns, as consideration and
induce,ient for and to aid said Company i'll do
ing and performing all OF he following, to W il:
First The said Southwestern Traction and
Power Company shall construct and operate
IN electric 1nterurban Railway Line from the
City Of New Iberia, Louisiana. ana to connect
with and run through the Town OF Franklin,
through the Third Ward of the Parish of st.
Mary, to the uninconporated town OF Garden
City.
Second: The said electric railway shall be
built completed and operated line IN
dependent OF the southern Pacific Railroad or
the Frisco Railroad, or any other railroad
owned or operated by the said railway com
panieS.
Ihlru: The said lnterurban Electric Rail-
way Line shall be constructed between the
points hcreinabove recited within twenty four
CA months from the time the results of the
special election herein prayed for are pro.
mui gated, prov ided that work shall be begun
On the SAID line between the points herein
above designated within ut least ten (lO)
fI,af Snf.h Said N
having the right to construct said line over
any route that it may desire, provided that in
the event it should not follow the Irish Bend
with its main line, that it shall construct u
spur or independent line around the Irish
Bend and connect said Irish Bend line with
its main line; SO AS to operate the cars there
from into Garden City and the town of Frank
lin; and provided further that amy delays
not caused by the default or negligence OF said
Southwestern Traction and Power Company,
in the nature of strikes, panlcS, failure of
manufacturers to denver material, or con.
tractors to complete work. on contract time,
litigation of any character rctardlng the con
struction of said railway, or questioning the
validity of the tax, or any unforeseen event
beyond the control of said Company, then
there shall be added to thu period hereinabove
stated, II turthe or delay equal to the time dur
ing which construction or operation of said
railway was thus retarded or delayed.
Fourth: The said Southwestern Traction
and Power Company shall operate and main
tain from and after the colIpletiOn of said
road, electric interurban passenger and
express service between the points herein
abOv, named, and i'll the event the SAID Conn
pany should not construct its main line
around the Irish Bend, but should construct
the spur or independent line around same, as
is provided tor 10 the above aud foregoing
paragraph, it shall operate a city Car over
such spur or independent line between Gar
den CITY aud Frank lin and all points thereon.
Fifth: The tax to be levied and collected
and the annual amount herein provided 10
shall not be paid to the said Southwestern
Traction Company until the said Electric
Interurban Line shall have been built and in
operation and the other conditions herein
above set forth shall have been complied with.
Sixth. II is understood however that any
extension Hs .ne at,ar raning tn naW
hereimabove named, snail in no wise affect
the tax herein provided for, It being simply
tne pafpos ST ~ tn, un"n nn Htrc intnr
urban Line being constructed between the
points herelnaoove NAMED, put which may