New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-04

thereof and for all compensation therefor
And the Mayor and Common Council O
said city and all the municipal authorities
thereof are hereby prohibited from, and de-
clared incapable of, passing any ordinance
or doing or authorizing any act interfering
with the said grant, or in any way obstructine
the enjoyment thereof by the said company
or of any benefits or advantages to be derive ed
| therefrom. And all ordinances heretofore
passed, :Or which shall hereafter be passed
and any act done or to be done by said
Mayor and Common Council, purporting OF
Intended to convey or grant to any party OF
parties, other than the said The New Orleans
Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Company
| the right to possess, use and enjoy, or &c
dispose of or exercise any control over the
said premises hereinaboVe mentioned and
| described, or any part thereof, are hereby
| declared and shall be treated and held to be
utterly null and void 10 all intents and
purposes. And all persons are forbidden
| to enter upon or interfere with the said
| premises or any portion thereof, under any
such pretended ordnance; and all such
acts are hereby declared trespass, and all
persons who shall commit them or any OF
them shall be held to be, and may be pro.
| ceeded against as, wrong doors.
| Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| all that portion OF the levee or streets and
grounds IN the city Of New Orleans, lying
within the following named limits or boun-
| carries, viz; The sousherly (or upper line Of
Canal street. from the Mississippi river to
the easterly line of Water street, the
| easterly line of Water street from the south
erly line of Canal street to thessoutherly tor
npper) line of Girod street, the southerly
line of Girod street, from the easterly line of
Water street to the easterly line of the
lands designated for the location of the
freight depot of the New Orleans, Mobile
ana Chattanooga Railroad Company, the
easterly line OF said depot lands from the
sontherly line of Gir0d street to the north
erly Cor lower) line of the batture rights
owned by said company, tho n0rtherly Tor
lower line of said batture rights from said
depot lands to the Mississippi river, and the
Mississippi river from the nurthery Tor
lower) line of said batture rights to the
southerly line of Canal street, is hereby ex-
pressly dedicated to public use, and shall
forever remain open for such use, and no
part of said lands or of the saccretions and
wharf in front of the same, shall ever be
inclosed or built upon, or granted for ferry
landings, or exclusively appropriated or
used by any individual or individuals, cor.
poratl0n or corporations, or by the munici.
pal authorities of the city of New Orleans:
provided. however, that she said company
may construct, maintain and use, across or
upon said lands, or any part thereof. its
railroad tracks, turnouts and switches, from
its main tracks on Water street as may be
necessary for purposes Of ingress to or
egress from it's depots. And the said city
OF New Orleans. and the Mayor and Com
mon Council and all the municipal auth0ri.
ties thereof, are hereby expressly prohib
tied from passing any ordinance, making
any grant, entering into any
contract. or doing any act in.
consistent with the provisions of this
section of this act, or which shall
tracks of the railroad of the said
The New Orleans, Mobile ard Chattanooga
Railroad Company, within the corporate
limits OF the city of New Orleans. upon the
lines or routes heretofore authorized by the
State of Louisiana, and which have been
surveyed and located therefor, or which
have been designated upon the maps of such
tracks, filed by said company, or which nav
be hereafter surveyed and located therefor,
in or upon the streets Of said city, or in or
upon any other lands in the said city, or
which shall obstlucG, disturb Or interfere
with such tracks, or with the full, free aud
perfect enjoyment and use thereof by the
said company VIII Il laid upon such route
and lines; and any and all ordinances
grants, contracts or acts III violation hereof
heretofore passed, made, entered into OR
tered into or done, by the said city of NV
Orleans, or the Mayor aud Common Council
or the municipal authorities thereof are
hereby declared Illegal, null and void. and |
the same shall be so treated and held in all |
places and under all circumstances.
SEC 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That |
in order to invite immigration 10 this State, |
extend the cultivation and increase the pro- |
ducts OF that part OF its territor, living west |
If tnTnir , he
merce aud growth Of the city Of New Or |
leans aud promote the general prosperity of |
the people OF this commonwealth, it is Of |
vital Importance that the railroad OF the said |
The New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga |
railroad Company be eX.endei westerly |
rom the city of New Orleans, in this State, |
to the city Of Houston, in the State OF Texas, |
and that the same be constructed ard put in |
operation between the said cities within
the shortest practicable time; and that
10 induce the said company to so
'xtend its said railroad, and incur
he Inconvenience and increased cost |
If a speedy construction OF the
same, and to insure its construction and |
opening for traffic between said cities of |
New Orleans and Houston, within the time
hereinafter specified, this State doth grant |
and will pay and deliver unto the said COM
oany the bonds of the Stale to the amount
IT three millions of dollars, the same to be
made and delivered at the times, upon the |
erms and conditions, and in the manner |
hereinafter provided. Ali of such bonds
hall be signed by the Governor, and coun-
ersigned by the Secretary of State, and |
the seal of this State; provided,
hat all fees for atfixing the seal of State
hall be paid by the company; said bonds
hail be Of such denominations as said com
,auy shall elect; shall be numbered con-
and registered il the books of
he Auditor and treasurer, and payable to
lid company, or bearer, in forty years from
heir date, with interest at the rate Of eight
yer cent per annum, payable s3mi-annually,
N the first days OF january and July of
zach year, in the city of New York. for
which interest coupons shall be attached to
aid bonOs, each of which coupons shall
lave, at the end thereof, fac Sin,iJe of the
lgnature OF the Treasurer Of this State, as
UGH. and be stamped with the num- er Of
he bond to which it shall be attached; and
he Governor is hereby authorized, directed
nd required to procure such bonds and
0upons to be engraved and printed, and to
ign and seal the same, and cause the same
0 be countersigned and registered as afore-
aid, and TO pay and deliver the same to the
aid company, as and when the said com.
ANY shall become entitled thereto, as in
his section of this act provided The
secretary of State is hereby directed and
equired to counteraign the said bonds, and
he Auditor snd Treasurer to register them,
whenever directed by the Governor. In case
he said company shall, within ninety dars
rom the passage of this act, file in the