The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-05-17
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE ordering Spe
| cial election in the Fourth Ward OF
| the Parish of st. Mary, State of Lou
lslana, upon the petition of more than
one third Of the property tax payers
| of the said Fourth Ward of the Par.
ish of st. Mary, entitled to vote under
| the Constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana, requiring same
for the purpose of taking the sense
I Of the property tax payers of the
Fourth Ward Of the Parish of ST.
| Mary, entitled to vote under the Con
| stitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, on the proposition OF
granting to the Southwestern Trac-
tion & Power Company, its success
| ors or assigns, a special tax of two
| and one haf (2R) mills on the dollar
per annum, on the assessable proper
| ty situated in said Fourth Ward of
the Parish OF st. Mary, for maxi
mum period of ten years, beginning
with the year 1914 and extending to
and including the year 1928, provided
| that the total amount to be levied and
realized from said tax by the South
| western Traction & Power Company
shall not exceed the sum Of Thirty
Thousand (S30,00O) Dollars. The said
two and one half mill tax shall cease
and terminate whenever the said
amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars
shall have been realized and turned
over to the Southwestern Traction &
Power Company, under the terms and
subject to the limitations placed in
hn fpr
Whereas, petition has been re-
ceived from the property tax payers
residing in the Fourth Ward of the
Parish of st. Mary, entitled to vote
under the Constitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana, at special
election called according to law, TO
levy a special tax in aid of railway
enterprises, as is provided for by Ar
ticle 270 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, adopted in 1898,
and Act 202 of the General Assembly
Of the State of Louisiana for the year
1898 and acts amendatory thereof,
especially Act No. 23 of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana
for the year 1904 and Act No. 43 OF
the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1910, and the
said petition having been signed by
a number of property tax payers re-
siding in the said Fourth Ward of the
Parish of st. Mary, and under the
Constitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, qualified to participate in
said election, in excess OF one third
of the number, as was ascertained by
an examination of said petition and
the assessment rolls of said Fourth
Ward Of the Parish of st. Mary, for
the year 1912, and the registration
books showing the registered voters
of the Fourth Ward of the Parish of
st. Mary, and a certified list furnish
ed by the Sheriff and Tax Collector
giving the names of tht persons in
said Fourth Ward of the Parish of st.
Mary who had paid their poll taxes
for the years 1911 and 1912, the words
and terms of this petition, as well as
the signatures thereof, annexed, be-
ing as follows, to-wit:
To the Honorable the Police Jury Of
the Parish Of st. Mary, State Of
louisiana:
We, the undersigned property tax
payers of the Fourth Ward OF the
Parish of st. Mary, State of Louisi
ana, and entitled to vote therein on
the proposition hereinafter mention
ed, respectfully petition and memori-
alize your Honorable Body to order
special election according to law of
the property tax payers of the said
Fourth Ward of the Parish of st.
Mary, entitled to vote under the Con-
stitution and laws of the State of
louisiana; the object and purpose of
such election being for the purpose of
levying a tax to realize the sum of
Thirty Thousand (S30,000) Dollars,
said amount of Thirty Thousand
Dollars to be realized by the levy
and imposition of a special tax of two
lar per annum on all Of the assess
able property in the Fou"th Ward of
the Parish of ST. Mary for a period of
ten G0) years, beginning with the
year 1914, and extending to and in
Guiding the year 1928, in aid of rail
way enterprise, and all in favor of
the Southwestern Traction & Power
Company, its successors or assigns,
provided that the total amount to be
levied and realized by the Southwest
ern Traction & Power Company shall
not exceed the sum of Thirty Thou
sand Dollars, and the said two and
one half mill tax shall cease and
terminate whenever the said amount
of Thirty Thousand Dollars shall
have been realized and turned over to
the said Southwestern Traction &
Power Company; said tax of two and
one half mills to be thus levied and
collected in aid of a railway enter
prise, and all for the benefit and in
favor of said Southwestern Traction
& Power Company, as a considera-
ton and inducement for and to aid