New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-20
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Pn.eed at the Third Session Of the Forty.
First Congress-.

AN ACT 20 Incorporate the Texas Pacific
Railroad COMPANY. and 20 aid i'll the con.
srruct.oI OF It's Road. and for other pur
poses.
Be il enacted BIZ the Senate and House OF
Representatives OF the United States OF
America IN Congress Assem- bled. That John
c. Fremont James L. Acorn. G. NJ. Dodge.
o. e. French. John ID. Caldwell. J. j. Noah, A.
{. Osborne. Timothy Hurley, {. G.. Pool.
Silas " Martin. John N. Corse. George Z.
Wentworth. Philip II. Morgan. J. u. Cam
eron. Marshal q. Roberts. James L. Hodges
John Ray. w. Vermilye. Enoch L. Faucher.
Charles :. LiverMore. Joseph II. Og!esby,
JOHN Whytock. Daniel Drew. +. S. Davis,
W. Or:on. A. c. Babcock. Thomas A. Scott.
Samuel D. Hoffman. II. Ramsdale. William
H. jackson, K. c. Parsons. Delos w. En-
mons. NJ. A. >outhworth. JOHN II. Hall, G..
G. kinney, ". r Clark. James Dart, II.
jacobs: L, r Smith. w: 7. Dole. c; A; Weed.
A. P X. Stafford. II. Mccullough. Charles
jackson. Elisha Dyer. Alfred Anthony.
James Hoy VI. w. Benjamin. II. D. Cooke.
Joseph Il. West. W. 5. Huntington. J. NJ
Tebhetts. c. c. Leondridge, D. d. Porter
VI. Woodbuli. Hiram Price. VI. G. Hunter.
W. I. Walters. j. b. Brownlow. +. 4. Nor
ris. owen Tuller. J. II. Ledlie, K. NJ. Bishop,
Samuel Cra!ghead, D. n Stanton. Au-
gustns Fl. Whiting. G.. L. Johnston. J. W.
Goodiand. Puwell Clayton. Samuel Tate.
". Bottom. II. Robinson. George Nancy,
.. II: Bynum. N. Burns. J. c. Good
Zoe. Z. G. Barney. CYRUS Bussev. J. w.
Fornev. J. Lockwood. <. NJ Davis. n. Pat
ton. W. flanagan. G. O'Bren. G. 2. Buel,
G. II. Gliding, J, J. Newell. E. w Rice. Il.
VI. Shoemaker. Samuel Sloan. 5. w. Merton.
}. b. Bowman. L. VI. Flournoy. j. j. Kinds.
q. K. Weeks. J. T. Ludeling, b. c. Gilbert.
u. y. Williams. Thomas Olcott. G. A. Eos
dick, Harry HAYS. p. $. Forbes. John T.
Sprague. L. K. Marsh. A. w Beckwith. J.
{. Stanton. Cyrus II. Baldwin. A. J. Halul-
ton. Rush K. Sioan. Silas c. Colgrove, Sam
Ne! ID: Jones. \. II. Decker. William N.
Leer. +. E. Allen. J. Il. Chaves. Augustus
kountze, John n. Goodwin, William S.
kosecrans. Michael Hahn. H. c. Warnoth.
J. 5. Williams. &. NJ. Spencer. L. j. Highly.
W. {. Kim ball. and all such persons as shall
or may be associated with them, and their
successors, are hereby created body poll
tic anu corporate IN fact and in law, by the
name, style. and title of the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company. and by thaGlname shall
have perpetual succession. and shall be able
to sue and be sued. plead and be implicated.
defend and be defended. in all courts of
law and e< ty within the United States.
and may MAKE and use a common seal: and
the sald corporation is hereby author
zed ard empowered to lay ont,
locate. construct. furnish, maintain.
and enjoy continuous railroad and tele-
graph lie. with the appurtenances from a
point at or near Marshall, county of Har-
rison. State of Texas: thence by the most
direct and eligible route. to be determined
By said company. near the thirty-seconG
parallel OF north latitude. to a point at or
near II Paso; thence by the most direct
ana eligible route. 70 be selected by said
,n1,
IONA. to point on the Rio Colorado. at or
near the southeastern boundary of the
State OF California: thence by the most
direct and eligible route to San Diego. Cali
fornia, TO ships channel. in the bay OF San
Diego. n the State of California. pursuing
II the location thereof, as near as NAV be.
he rhirty-second parallel of north latitude.
and Is hereby vested with all the powers.
privileges and immunities necessary to carry
nto effect the pur lpol SEES Of this act.
SEC. :. 1hat the persons named in the
BOARD OF commissioners twenty of whom
hal1 constitute quorum for the t1ansac-
ion OF buslnessl, TO be known as tile Texas
Pacific Railroad Commissioners, who shall
meet in the city OF New York within ninety
lays after the passage OF this act, at time
o be designated i'll a notice to be signed
~ the person first named in the list of
OrpOlatorS anu SIX OF his associates and to
,e published tor two weeks in. at least. one
laily paper in New York, New Orleans and
and, when so met, they NAV
ause books TO be opened for the subscrip-
ion of the capital stock Of said company.
nd when twenty thousand shares. amount
ng to two millions of dollars. shall have
'een subscribed, and ten per centum
ctually paid thereon. in money. to the |
reasurer. to be elected by said commits |
toner's, who shall give bond for its safe
eeping and payment to the treasurer of |
he company when organized. then it shall |
e lawful for such subscribers or stock
olders, or majority thereof, to organize
aid company in accordance with the pro-
isions of this act, and to elect not less
han seven, nor more than seventeen direc-
ors, a majority of whom shall be necessary
D the transaction Of business. and who
hall hold their offices for one wear and
ntil their successors shall be elected and
ualfed: and the said directors shall imme-
lately proceed to elect president, vice
resident, secretary and treasurer: the pres
lent and vice president shall be directors.
t all elections for directors each share of
ock shall be entitled to one vote. which
ay be given by the holders in person. or bv
roxy, who shall also be a shareholder.
be directors shall hold their Offices for any
rm not exceeding three years. as NAV be
divided in the bylaws; and the annual