New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-15

sioners appointed blythe Court, as provided
IN ithis act, lin respect to acquiring itltle
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
chises, property, and appurtenances thereof,
and maintain and use the same as part OF
the property of said company, and the said
company Is also authorized and empowered
to enter into any mutual contract with any
other railroad company or corporation by
| which the capital stock and property OF
said other company or corporation shall
become merged and consolidated with this
SAID company, and into one joint and
common stock, and be ard exist as one
| company, protesting and enjoying all the
powers, fFaSchlses. rights, aud privileges
granted TO or vested in 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
80 consolidated and united may pass, the
| provisions of any statute heretofore passed
| by the State of Louisiana to the contrary
notwiths landing.
| SIC. 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 and connecting lines of railroads as
heretofore and in its act of incorporation
| provided, and as evidence of the indebted
less OF said company for such loans or the
| purchase Of such property, may issue its
corporate bonds or promssory notes, bear
| lug interest at rate not to exceed eight
| per cent per annum; aud to secure the pay
| ment OF said bonds and notes, may mort
gage its railroads, its capital stock, its
corporate franchises, and any of its real or
| personal property, or any part or portion of
| the same; and it may, by its President or
| other officers or agents duly authorized by
| It's Directors, sell, dispose of, or regulate
srci bonds and 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
its personal property, at such times and
places, and at such rates and for such prices,
either within or without the limits of this
State as in the iudLmen of said Company or
lis Directors will best advance its interests;
ana If such bonds, notes, or stocks are thus
sold at n discount, such sale shall be in all
respects valid and binding upon this Com
pHny, and such stocks, bonds, or notes shall
be as valid for the par value thereof as If the
same bad been sold at par value.
SEC. II Be it further enacted, etc, That
the said Company can sue and be sued in
courts of the State of Louisiana of competent
Jurisdiction, and III 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 Gun be made only by service of the
same upon either the President, Secretary,
Treasurer, or any of the Directors of said
Company, or upon he agent of the Company
resident in the city of New Orleans, i'll the
State of Louisiana. and designated by the
Company to receive such service; and it
shall be the duty II the Company TO desig
nate one of its agents residing in the said
city of New Orleans as the agent upon whom
such service OF process can be made, and to
give public notice thereof by advertisement
for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper
published in the city of New Orleans; and
! Ike UblC notice shall be given whenever
any change is made in such agency.
SEC - Be it further enacted, etc, That
| if any person or persons shall williully 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 or
thing appertaining to the same shall be
stopped, obstructed, impaired, weakened,
injured, or destroyed, the person SO offend
ing shall be deemed guilty of u misde.
meanor, and shall forfeit and pay to
the said Company double the amount
Of damage sustained by reason Of such OF.
fens or injury, to be recovered In the
hame of said company, with costs of suit,
by action of debt; aud 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. Il. Be it further enacted, That this
act shall be favorably and literally con-
strued, so as to favor all the purposes and
objects OF the same, and the operations of
the provisions thereof.
The following message from the Governor
was read, and on motion of Mr.. Wilcox
referred to the Committee on Federal Re.
lations
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF LOUISIANA
New Orleans August 10 1858 ;
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Sc ate:
transmit herewith, for the information
and action Of the Senate, a communication
OF Charles Barnard Captain and A. Q NJ,
In charge of cemeterial operations Fifth
Military District, forwarded to me by Major
General Il, G. Buchanan, with the request
that the subject be laid before the Legis.
lature, and that the jurisdiction over GER
tain land therein referred TO be ceded to the
United States.
(Signed) H. @. WARMoTH,
Governor of Louisiana.
On motion of Mr.. Wilcox the Senate ad.
journed
The following is the bill redistricting the
State passed by the Senate:
House bill No. 90,
By F. Morey, of 0uachita:
An act making new division of the State
of Louisiana into five Congressional dis.
tricts
SECTION I. Be il enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives of the State of
Louisiana in General Assembly convened.
That until otherwise directed by law, the
State of Louisiana shall be divided into five
Congressional districts, and the qualified
electors of each district shall choose one
Representative to Congress as follows:
The First Congressional district shall com.
prise all that portion of the parish of Or
leans, on the right bank of the Mississippi
river, and SO much of said parish on the
left bank OF said river as is below and east
Of Canal street, in the city of New
sixth, seventh, eighth, aud ninth
Representative districts of the par
lsh OF Orleans, and the parishes of st.
Bernard, Plaquemines, st. Tammapy.
Washington, st, Helena, and Livingston.
The Second CONGRESSIONAL District shall |
comprise all that portion of the parish of |
Orleans on the left bank of the Mississippi |
river above and west Of Canal street, in the |
city OF New Orleans; Comprising the first. |
second, third, and tenth Representative
Districts of the parish of Orleans, and the |
parishes Of Jefferson, St. Charles, st. John,
St. James, Lafourche, and Terrebonne.
The Third Congressional District shall
comprise the parishes Of st. Mary, st. Mar.
TIN, Assumption, Ascension. VernilIlon.
Caicasieu, Lafayette, ST, Landry, Iberyiiie
East Feliciana, East Baton Rouge. aud
West Baton Rouge
The Fourth Congressional District shall
comprise the parishes Of West Felieiana,
Pointe Coupee. Avoyelies, Rapides. Sabine,