New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-05

| shall hear the parties tor and against sal.
confirmation, and if said court or judge shall
decide in favor of said confirmation, theI
the same proceeding shall be had in tn
premises as heretofore provided, in case n
person appeared to oppose said confirmation
and if said court or judge shall decid
| against said confirmation, an order shall b,
entered directing said commissioners, O.
other commissioners named in said order
to proceed to reappraisal of the said prem
Uses, the proceedings of which shall be after
ward conducted as in the first instance, ex
| cept that the appraisal and report of til,
commissioners in the appraisal order shall
be final and shall be confirmed by said cour
| or judge; and the order of said court OF
| judge confirming any appraisal, as aforesaid
| shall be final and conclusive on all parties
interested; provided, that any party to sait
decree shall have the right to appeal to the
Supreme Court from any decree to their IN
terests, or the interests of those they may
represent.
SEC. 3D. Be it further enacted, etc, Thai
the order of said court or judge confirming
an appraisal of lands as heretofore pro
vided, or certified copy of the same, shall
| be filed in the office of the clerk of the dis
| trict or parish court of the district or par
! ish in which the said real estate appraised
| shall be situated, and there shall remain a
| record; and such order, so entered and filed
! shall vest in said company the lands de-
| scribed therein, ard such estate as may
| therein be set forth, on the payment or ten.
| der of payment or deposit of the amount OF
the appraisal and damages by said com
| pany, as provided in said order, or duly
certified copy thereof, with proof of such
payment and deposit, as therein provided,
will be considered as legal evidence Of the
title and estate of said company to the real
estate acquired by the appraisal by said
company under and in pursuance to this
act, and said title and estate shall be
deemed to be acquired for public use.
SEC. Ia. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the said company is hereby authorized to
obtain, by grant or otherwise. from any in
corporated city or Village within the State
of Louisiana, that may be situated upon its
railway, any rights, privileges or franchises
that any of said incorporated cities or vii
lagos may choose to grant i'll reference to
the construction, maintenance and manage
ment of the railroad of said company, its
depots cars, locomotives and its business
within the limits of such or any of said in
corporated cities and villages; and any such
Incorporated city or village, as hereinbefore
named, is hereby authorized and empowered
to grant to said company any such rights,
privileges and franchises as it may deem
proper and advisable, aud such rights, privi-
leges and franchises, when granted to and
accepted by said company from any such
Incorporated city or village, shall be deemed
and taken as rights, privileges and fran
chises vested and confirmed in said com
pany, and not liable to be hereafter revoked,
changed, injured or impaired, except with
the consent of said company; and any
parish city or incorporated town is hereby
authorized, through it's police jury, town
council, board of trustees or other proper
officers to aid the said Arkansas and Delta
Railroad Company by subscriptions to its
stock or the purchase of its bonds. and the
said officers are hereby authorized TO levy
and collect, or cause to he levied and col
lected, a tax upon the real and personal
property of the said parish, town or village
sufficient to realize the amount of their sub
scription to the stock. or purchase of the
bonds of the said company.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, etc, That
whenever and as often as five or more con-
secutive miles of single track roadbed of
said Arkansas and Delta railroad shall have
been graded, furnished with needful bridges
and culverts, and fully prepared for the
superstructure, and the same shall have
been certified in writing by the president of
said Board of Directors or other authorized
agent of said company to the Governor of
the State of Louisiana, it shall be the duty
of the Governor of the State of Louisiana
be inspected by competent person APP
pointed by the Governor for the purpose,
who shall, without delay, make report to
the Governor i'll writing as to the extent
and character of said work; and If on such
inspection and report it shall appear that
said work has been done in a good and suf-
ficient manner, then, and i'll that event, the
Governor shall cause to be executed and
delivered to said company the bonds of the
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thousand five hundred dollars for each
and every mile of said roadbed which
shall SO appear TO be graded and
prepared; and whenever, and as often
as five or more consecutive miles of
said railway shall be fully completed. hav-
ing the crOssties and iron rails well and
laid, and the sane shall have been
duly certified in writing by the president
of the Board of Directors or other author
lied agent of said company, to the Cover
nor Of the State of Louisiana, it shall be
the duty of the Governor of the State of
Louisiana to cause said track, so certified
to him, to be inspected by competent per
son appointed for the purpose, who shall,
without delay, make report in writing as to
the character and extent of such track, and
if, ON such inspection, the same shall ap-
pear to have been well and properly done,
then and in that event the Governor shall
cause to be executed and delivered to said
railway company the bonds of the State of
Louisiana to the amount of seven thousand
five hundred dollars for each and every
mile of track which shall so appear to be
laid and completed; and the Governor of
the State of Louisiana is authorized
and directed to proceed in like
manner and cause to be executed and
delivered to said company, on such
certificate, inspection and report, like
amount of such bonds, that is ito say, sew
enty-five hundred dollars for every mile of
single track roadbed that shall be so
graded and prepared for the superstruc-
ture, and like amount of such bonds, that
is to say, seventy-five hundred dollars for
every mile of track that shall be so laid,
until the said railway shall be entirely fin
ished; provided, that before any such bonds
shall be so executed and delivered the said
Arkansas and Delta Railroad Company, 10y
its president, or other duly authorized
agent, shall execute and deliver 70 the Gov
ernor of the State of Louisiana a mortgage
having the force and effect OF a second mort
gage upon all the railroads, franchises, ap-
rolling stock and other prop
erty and effects, whether real or personal,
or whether in possession or to be acquired,
Of said Arkansas and Delta Railroad Com
pany, the condition of such mortgage to be
that said Arkansas and Delta Railroad Com
pany shall pay, or cause to be paid, all of
the said bonds and the in terest thereon as
the same shall become due and payable
SEC. g. Be it furth er enacted, etc. That
the bonds, so to be issued, shall be coupon
bonds in the name Of the State of Louisiana,
to the order of the president of the Arkansas
and Delta Railroad Company, signed by the
Governor of said State, and countersigned
by the Secretary of State Auditor of Public
Accounts and Treasurer of the State of
Louisiana, and under the seal of the State