New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-17
N. o. CITY RAILROAD co.
CHARTER OF THE NEW ORLEANS CITY
~ RAILROAD COMPANY.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.


CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
I1Ss
Tie o!y Parish New orleans Loisiana afors
said duly commissioned and personally came and s gp
ssseray declared that awaiting thesel Of the
S SnlSs % o. the sg,e Ct LSsas iesSe @ 20 S and
agreed hese presents coseH agree and bind Them
and constitute Corporation or the objects and stpu
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| oRLEANs CITY RAILROAD COMPANY"
ARTIcLE=tt.
Tho PLACE Of business legal domci Of this Corporation
AEr4eLE m.
j R2 " wi TX sn9 Sots an6 bopelss iSr the
4 SSf a6 @ a a. aE F % % aS gzSg bss
conferred on them for building ana working Gy FAosas
MIA ,or ofts s,,rnota,ion +. ,r. fixed at ono
million d dollars represented BY oigaud slares Of one
payHS at he tme of Signing these rcss nd lie retneader
Dlee2rs provided ID 3 ,h9t not mere hl 9n per & fg MI o a
spDSefiil2n sht i ne sRisI T et e. any 0ne 'o' ana o
Should any su5scf6er rae or neglect to pay pncuay his
nfsrt thereon a, is ete Of sici er cent psf nnG shall
added thereto from maturity I'll payment and any subscriber
lhry dg asr he Peeiea me @ che B"ad ay ot
@ seoFs m asssES won 70 J9tSg INV g ant % NAV he dse 10 bs
sSo S a H. P@g H. 9afe1l ST oswe "e en
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| ARTICLE Y.
Il iaygson ~ pgsi9 nd enry ITt 1T Fses WHIT and
Irwin IS feeay m and The o pe9ais , @ Of Of
NV eas ~ per act psssd BEFORE Charles r. Fortier Gity
NV and d. obisaes itse t9 sa civ Rsiros accord
ng 10 the plan specifications within the time, and in
the manner se IN n sad ae wcil eS
me and psy Ge bonus Of one hundred Ind rty thousand
dols hsfen mid and agreed TO be bald by lie said pp
Nv NE f MA ~ s &c appS 10 hs o o
b sawson Henry Hart Frederick WlnS Patrick irwin
a n9 p9poFl9n W. q q @ @ ETH iea @ II tn ] % i % e ps @ eg
Their sad & s ty @ Pseohe @ ae "a d 'S S I esanS
dollars which e aforesaid has furnished bis foaT
] S yS b i,neT Kin III % ~ ibe 81 order Sf Henry Hart
dated the seventh day I teGrGa eg,se IN naea @ p az Sa
two three and four wears from date with six per Interest
pcr annum from daiG unt paid which notes were par
said Act which hereby assumed b this Cor
poon and expressly agreed 70 he paid by the Company at
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This Association shall 60 operation from and after the
date OF this Act ARrrotn VII.
This Association shall have Corporate Seal the device
Car, and The ofths Corporation traced thereon.
4KrrcIH VIM a..
ss 7 Of may b D Gdasd 3 ao altered ind
@ mIen ii dollaf in ths manner provided Iy law with ths
Ia general meeting conyensd afeF thirty days notice When
any increase Of capital shall BE- dgy authorized Sy a9ys
The city Of New Orleans within which time stockholders shall
have the privilege Of taking additional shares in proper
ton 70 the amount OF thcr stock anu hn sAfe hpL h NJ
far he benefit Of the Association 6n not at less than par
4 | vnIue
: ~ IRrIcLE
.
Apowers of this Corporation shall be vested IN Boad OF
Directors consisting ot twelve persons, each Of whom shall
bold IN ss own right az iea twenty-five huhufed u9rs V he
capital stock Of SAID Association
AnTfcLE X.
,a e,ltoir. orraJ S,0ckotJsys viz tohn p siawsnn
tanr, H. ,nIsrfct vf,g ps,y},s I,,5n Aired Penn
el sns @ SFmsnd IeIn r jane q Nson L. II Fo
Josiah Cole j. +, Mascot, Geo. W. Hpme shall
pose and hereby constituted the FIRST Board o Directors who
Shall meelng their slmber President
Board shall superseded their successors
u who shall be elected as provided in Article Eleventh.
l. ARrtcLy x1
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oh the tha n9hut i f 41 ngs sSs
by the Soekhpders shall held the office Of the Corpo
ration Of which election previous notice at least teg days
shall be given in two newspapers published IN The city OF New
Orleans,
e ARTICLE XII.
Il ,,,,. - ,o. ,. - = g., :, .,
pnrsy OF votes counting one vote ior each snare o stock
voted upon shai he ncent to elect Directors Ehq snail az
lsF IN y dg9,ns & M ele e,oh fnoose 9hs OF hsis h-
Der te fTeden g th ssocaton VINO hbai be elected by