New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-10
No. -.
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| To change the name and amend an act tC
! incorporate the Vaudeville and Sulphur
! Springs Railroad Company.
| SECTION 1. Be il enacted by the Senate
| and House Of Representatives of the State
| OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That the name and style of the Vaudeville
and Sulphur Springs Railroad Company.
organized under the law OF the State OF
| Louisiana, approved October fourteenth,
| eighteen hundred and sixty.eight, be and
| the same IS hereby changed, ana shall,
| known by the name and style of the New
| Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Com
| pany," and the dnmioil OF SAID c0mp9ny
shall be changed, and it is hereby estab-
| lished in the city Of New Orleans.
| SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the capital stock Of said company shall be,
and it ia hereby fixed at the sum OF six
| into six thousand shares of one hundred
| dollars each, and that the manner of sub
| scribing and payment of the same shall
| be established by it's Board of Directors,
! who are hereby empowered to regulate
and fix the same, and the bonds authorized
| to be issued by virtue of section eight OF
| the charter approved fourteenth October,
| eighteen hundred and sixty eight, shall
| never exceed the amount of the capital
stock of said company, as herein fixed.
| SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| the said New Orleans and Northeastern
Railroad Company be and they are hereby
| empowered and authorized to locate, con-
struct, maintain and operate line OF steam
| boats, barges, or other means of conveyance
! from their depot now established, and here
| by fixed at or near the dividing line between
the towns of Vaudeville and Lewieburgs in
st. Tammany parish, to one or more points
within the corporate limits of the city of
New Orleans, so as to insure the safe, GER
tain and cheap tranait of freight, passen-
gers, merchandise, mails, ETC., for the pur-
poses and interests OF the road; and they
shall be authorized to enter into contract
| with any other company or individual to
transport the same upon such terms and
conditions as they may think proper to
adopt.
SEC. 4. Be ii further enacted, etc, That
the President and Directors of said railroad
company ehall have power to buy or accept
| the conveyance of the charter, property and
appurtenanCes OF any rsilroad company
within or without the limits of this State.
whenever the route of said railroad shall
form connection by land or by water with
that Of the New Orleans and Northeastern
Railroad, and the said company snail have
power 10 contract, TO perform the transpor-
| tation on any lateral railroad owned by other
parties; provided said lateral railroad shall
be so united with the New Orleans and
Northeastern railroad, as TO form a branch
thereof.
SEC. 5. Be il further enacted, ETC., That
the officers, engineers, clerks, agents 8nd
servants shall be exempt from jury duty and
from military duty, except in cases of in
vasion or insuTrection.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That
whenever any number Of stockholders, rep
| resenting three-fourths of the stock now
subscribed to said company, shall accept the
/ amendments contained in the preceding Sec
| tons of this act, said sections shall be III
corporated into the charter OF said compa-
ny, and take the place of any Of the
provisions OF the original charter that may
be inconsistent Herewith. and at the timeJul
said acceptance the stockholders then pres
ent at the meeting shall eject two additional
stockholders to serve on the board CT
directors.
SEC. Z. Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
(Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Approved, March 16, 1870.
(Signed) H: C. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO E. BovEE,
Secretary of State.