The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-04-20
RoCcau Bridge Company.
sTATEOFLOUISIANA, I

Parish of Bossicr. s |.
he itr-Eemberet that. before me-
Ii John Henry Key>er, Deputy /
Poc,rd..r of B"ssier parish and cA- I
nficin Notary Public, duly commits,
s;-,.,.d and sworn. came and appeared /
IN their own proper person. 10 wit
" L. Prather, c. ". Arnold. "
II Hi,i. John c. Head. Il W. Turner I.
and l. c. Raspberry.
VINO declared aud said. that by vir- I.
me # the general laws IF Louisiana,
md nv the virtue OF the authority
Granted by the act passed by the Cen
sral Assembly of this State at its reg
Mar session in A d, 1870, entitled an
act granting TOD. &. Head, w. II. Hill
and others the privilege of erecting
toll bridge across the Bodcau Lake
"a Bayou at Bellevue Ferry, on said
T.ke,nd BAYOU, i'm the parish of Bos-
sirr. they did form themselves into and
constitute a corporation, together with
-. r,her persons as would hereafter
sss-cia,e themselves with the ap
r.sr,rs under charter in words and
i;r,r.s following. to-wit:
-,icle /. The name and title of
oh. CORPORATION shall be Budcsu
Rridre Company, aud its domicil shall
he 1t Bellevue. in the parish of Bnssier.
Article , The purposes for which
this company i constituted. are the
bailding toll bridge over BUdcan
Lake aud Bayou, at or neur the Belle
y.s Ferry, the keeping the same in
rerair, the collecting of tolls on the
carve, and the making of such small
bridges ON the roads leading to the
said bridge, and the repairing of said
reads as may be necessary, IN order
that the principal bridge may be easily
AMI conveniently used, said small
BRIDGES and repaired roads not tn ez-
,a,d further than three miles from
,itber terminus vi said bridge.
Article ). The President of the
CORPORATION shall be- the person on
ul.',n citation may he served in case
iii. corporation be- sued.
Article 4. The amount "f each
share. uf stock shall be SO. and SHALL
not exceed in the aggregate more than
Ten thousand dollars.
Article }. The member of this
CORPORATION shall meet ia person or by
mag. at the Court house. in Bellevue,
La. IN Monday the first day of April.
Isza. and eject out of their number
tlrs. directors of the Corporation,
who shall constitute the D BARD uT Di-
r,ctors for the Corporation.
Article 6 The affairs of the Cor
p,rarinn shall be managed and controil-
al bv the Board of Directors IN All
-,.asrS, unless wherein thu law directs
urhsrwisr. any two members of the
Board Il all constitute a quorum, 10
transact all business. They shall elect
from their number President. who
snail Ia. President of the Corporation,
and who shall have full power II con-
tnact for. and have completed said
bridge, and collect all tolls on the
sam, in accordance with law,
A-ticle 2. Each shane III stock siial
he entitled ta rne vote.
Ar;ic!- 3 This Corporation shal
Iava all tar rights and privileges OF
Corporations established under the
general laws of this State and of Hr%
~ virtde of the particular law, under
which this Corporation i authorized to
a. constituted, aud shall cease 20 be a
Corporation at the expiration Of p
Wears from the first day of January,
a. d., lS7;3.
Article 9 At the termination OF
this Corporation. the hoard of Direc-
tors then existing will constitute a
Board of Liquidation. who shall di-
vide PRO rata. the assets of the corpora
zion. among the Stockholders accord
5mg to the amont of stock held by each
individual The names and amount
ST shares taken are a. follows:
". Il. Hill. one share, of S25; G w.
Arnold, one share of SO: j. Z. head.
Que share of S25; L. Z. Raspberry. one
Of SIS: L. W. Turner, one share OF
SIS, and ". T. Prather. three hundred
and ninety five shares Of SD ench,
amounting in all to ten thousand dol
l~rs. s-.-r.
Article 10. The parties hereto are
only liable To the amount of stock
subscribed
In testimony of all which have
caused the al'pearers Co sign each.
hereto his usual signature on the FIRST
Gay of April, IS72, in presence Of J.
4. Snider and +. X. Moore, la yful
witnesses dumici.iatrd in the parish.
and me, said Deputy Recorder and tx
officio Notary Public.
". II. PRATHER.
J.. c. RASBERRY.-
Attest: r. w. TURNER
J. A. Snidrr. JOHN c. HEAD
+. r. Moore. C. w. ARNOLD
w IL HILL,
j. H. KEYSER.