New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


said real estate appraised shall be situate
and there shall remain a record, and suct
| order SO entered and filed shall vest in sajf
company the lands described therein, an(
such estate as may therein be set forth, or
tne payment or tender of payment or deposi
OF the amount of the appraisal and damage
| oy SAID company, as provided in said order
and SAID order, or duly certified copy
tnereof, with proof of such payment anC
| deposit as therein provided ,twill be consd
eTed as legal evidence of the title and estate
OF said company to the real estate acquired
by appraisal BY said company under and
pursuaht 10 TINS act. shall be deemed to be
acquired for public use.
SEC. 8. Be 1t further enacted. etc. That
the said company is hereby authorized to
cross, intersect, join, and unite its railroad
with any other railroad heretofore or here.
after constructed in the State of Louisiana
at any point upon its route, and upon the
ground of such other railroad company,
with the necessary turnouts, sidings
switches, and other conveniences In further
anee OF the objects of its connections: and
every railroad company in the State of
LOUISIANA whose railroad shall be hereafter.
lntersectfd by the railroads of this com
pany, shall unite with II in forming such
Intersections and connections, and grant
the facilities aforesaid; and If the said rail
road companies can not agree upon the
points aud manner of such crossing, inter
section, and the division and ,lpportior-
ment OF the cost and expense of the same
between said companies, the same shall be
ascertained and determined by Commits
sloners appointed by the Court, rs provided
IN TINS act, in respect to acquiring title
TO real estate.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted,
etc, That said company is en-
powered and authorized to purchase or
lease from any railroad company or corpo-
ration its railroad, and the charter, fran
chlses, property aud appurtenances thereof,
aud MAINTAIN and use the same as a part OF
the property Of said company. and the said
company is also authorized and empo wered
to enter into any mutual contract with any
other railroad company or corporation by
winch the capital stock and property Of
hald other company or corporation shall
become merged and consolidated with this
SAID company, and into one joint and
common stock, and be and exist as one
company, protesting and enjoying all the
powers, Franchises, rights, and privileges
granted to or vested III each and all Of the
companies so consolidated and united by the
state OF Louisiana, or by other States
through which the railroad of said company
so consolidated and united may pass, the
provisions of any statute heretofore passed
by the State Of Louisiana to the contrary
notwithstanding.
SEC, H. Be it further enacted, etc, That
said company is authorized and empowered
from time to time to borrow money or to
purchase property upon its own credit, for
the purpose OF constructing and maintain.
ing said railroads, or establishing contin.
uous ana connecting lines Of railroads as
heretofore and in its act of incorporation
provided, and as evidence Of the indebted.
ness OF sad company for such loans or the
| purchase OF such property, may issue its
corporate bonds or promissory notes, bear
ing interest at rate not to exceed eight
per cent per annum; a. to secure the pay
melt OF said bonds and notes, may mort
gage lts railroads, its capital stock, its
! corporate franchises and any Of It's real or
| personal property, or any part or portion If
inc same; and it may, by its President or
| olhgr olhcers or agents duly authorized by
us Directors, sell, dispose of, or regulate
| sUch PONDS ana notes, or may sell, dispose
| OF, or negotiate its capital stock: said
| capital stock being declared TO be personal
! property and transferable as SUCH or any of
| us personal property, at such times and
| places, and at such rates aud fer such prices,
| either within or without the limits Of this
! state as in the judgment of said Company or
| It's Directors will best advance its interests
| AM II such bonds, notes, OF stocks are thus
| sold at discount, such sale shall be in all
| respects valid and binding upon this Com
| pAny, and suCh stocks, bonds or notes shall
| be as valid for the par value thereof as if the
same had been sold at par value.
| SEC. II, be 1t further enacted, etc, That
the said Company can sue and be sued in
| courts OF the State Of Louisiana of competent
| jurisdiction, and in such manner and form
| only as corporations OF the State Of Loulsi
| ana can sue and be sued; and service OF
| process in any action against the said Com.
| pany can be made only by service of the
same upon either the President, the Seer tt
| ry, Treasurer, or any OF tho Directors of said
/ n MOI H.
resident in the city of New Orleans, ia the
| state OF Louisiana. and designated by the
| Company to receive such service; and il
| shall be the duty Of the Company to desig,
nate one of its agents residing in the said
city OF New Orleans as the agent upon whom
such service ofprocess can be made, aud to
| give public notice thereof by advertisement
for four consecutive weeks, in newspaper
| pub lshed in the city of New Orleans; and
! Ike public notice shall be given whenever
| any change is made in such agency.
SEC. ID Be it further enacted, etc, That
| If any person or persons shall willfully do,
or Cause to be done any act or acts what.
| ever, Whereby any building, construction,
or works of said Company, or any engine,
machine, or structure or any matter OF
thing appertainiHg to the same shall be
stopped, DISTRACTED, impaired, weakened
injured, or destroyed, the person so offend
ing shah be deemed guilty of INSIDE
LHedHGi, anu Shall IOfIelb ana pay 10
the said Company double the amount
Of damage sustained by reason of such of
fenss or injury, to be recovered in the
name Of said company, with costs Of suit,
| by action OF debt; and such offenders shall
also be subject to Indictment, and shall be
sentenced, on conviction, at the discretion
| OF the court, for a period not exceeding
eighteen months.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted etc, That
this act shall be fayora0ly and literally con-
strued, so as to favor all the purposes and
| objects OF the same, and the operations OF
| the provisions thereof.
(Sgned) CHAS. w. LOWELL, b
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) OSCAR ]. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President of tn,
Senate.
Approved August 10, 1865.
tSigned) Fl. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
a true copy:
GEO. E. BOYEE,