The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-04-15
An Act

for the removal OF the raft in
Red river from Hurricane Bluffs,
Louisiana, to the Arkansas
State line, and authorizing said
Company to collect tolls on
freight passing through the i'm
proveInents Of said Company,
and providing the means for
collecting the same.
WHEREAS, In order to clear out
the raft now obstructing the navi-
CATION of Red river above Shreve-
port, Louisiana, and by so doing
open over eight hundred miles of
river navigation now closed to
commerce, and to increase the
trade of New Orleans; and,
WHEREAS, The removal of said
raft is work of great public i'm
provement in which the State of
Louisiana and the commerce of
New Orleans is deeply interested !;
therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted By the
Senate ard House Of Representa-
tiUes Of the State Of Louisiana an
General Assembly Concerned, That
James I. Tucker, r. 8. Venables,
John n. Bofinger, John N. Whea-
toni. I. Irwin, II. Herbert Eme-
~, Henry w. Gribble, W. B. Ste
phens, G. w. SenteH, Isaac Cole
man, II. s. Hammond, F. Galway,
j. l.. Thompson, William L. Jen-
kins, f. ID. Atwater, H. L. Birge,
L. J. Hough, james Leake, George
White Hill, James Pogne, of Lou
isiana, and Travis CT. Wright, of
the state of Texas, and their asso-
ciates and successors, be and are
hereby Incorporated as a body
polite, under the name of the
Upper Red River Raft Company
of Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas,
which company shall remain in
force and have continued success
sion for the term of twenty-five
years from and after the passage
OF this act, and under the name
and style, they shall have q CON-
mon seal, sue and be sued, plead
and be implicated, and possess all
and seyeralIy the rights and priv
lleges incident to and belonging
to similar interpretations accord
ing to the laws of the State of
Louisiana.
Sec 2. Bet further enacted ETC.,
That the said corporation is here
by vested with the exclusive right
OF removing the raft now existing
in Red River, above Shreveport,
Louisiana, and in the State of
louisiana, and to render said riv.
or navigable by the removal of
said raft, and to keep the said
river navigable, the said corpora
ton shall have the right of way
on both banks or sides of Red
river, above Shreveport, Louisia
IA, in the State of Louisiana, and
to cut and use such canals, lakes,
and bayous, as they may deem
necessary to open navigation
through or around said raft.
Sec. 5. Be il further enacted, etc.,
That when said river is made nav.
igable by sale corporation, through
or around said raft, from Shreye-
port, Louisiana, to the Arkansas
State line, the said corporation is
hereby empowered and authorized
to collect the following tolls on all
freights passing through the same:
On every bale of cotton, thirty
cents; on every hogshead, thirty
cents; on every barrel, fifteen
cents; on every cask or tierce,
twenty-five cents; and on all other
articles of merchandise in proper
tion to said rates; and that said toll
shall be paid by the boat or craft
transporting same to the officer
authorized 10 receive same by
the said company, at such time
and place as may be designated
by said company; and any boat or
craft refusing to comply with the
provisions of this charter or the
bylaws governing this corpora
ton shall pay a fine of one thou
sand ($1000) dollars for each and
every offenss, to be recovered be-
fore any court of competent juris-
diction.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted etc.,
That the domicile of said corpora
ton shall be the city of New Or
leans; that the capital stock of
corporation shall be one million of
dollars, TO be represented by ten
thousand shares of one hundred
dollars each, with the liberty to
increase the same as provided by
law; that the Incorporation herein
named shall constitute ex-ohicio
a board of directors, and as such
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