New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-14
No. %.
q ~ ACT

To incorporate the Shreveport Bridge Com
pany, and to authorize the company to
issue its bonds and to build road from
Red river to and across Red Chute to the
hills, in Bossier parish, and to collect tolls
thereon, and for other purposes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
Of Louisiana us in General Assembly con-
yened That Frank N. Smith, A. IL Leon
ard, E. 7. OKeY, Charles w Heating, S.
Peters. George W. billiard, NJ. H. Crow6II,
NJ 4. Walsh, d. D. Smith S. NJ. Thomas,
and their successors and assigns. and such
other persons as they may hereafter ASST
ciate with themselves, be and are hereby
constituted body corporate and polite, to
act in their corporate capacity as one per
son, and are hereby authorized, in their cor.
porate capacity, to do and perform all acts
an individual can do, to purchase, lease,
sell or exchange real or personal property,
rights or credits, as an individual can do,
and to sue and be'sued, and 10 do all things
an incorporation can do; that service OF
citation or other legal process shall be
made on the president of the company, or
III the absence of the president on the sec
rotary thereof that the domicile Of this
company is fixed in the city Of Shreveport,
in the parish Of Caddo, in the State q
Louisiana. This company shall have a seal
and may change or alter the same at pleas
ure.
!, DEC = De II 1urther enacted, etc., That
ne maine anu sI}ie OF TINS corporation
SnatI oe Ale shreveport bfldge Com
p"h1' ana {he capital stock OF this com
panJ shall be five hundred thousand dol
lars. to be divided into shares of one hun
dEed dollars each, making five thousand
shares. 1t shall be competent for the
stockholders of this company to liz th.
amount OF the capital stock from time to
} 80 % IL tnoll luu iiletlG iile% may deem
80 10y ~ - eAcet e one D]lilIon collars.
- :" D9 u l5'l1neI enacted etc.' mat
~ I,iIiS 9iI1tA 10 lne exclusive
russ +bo T57 ,le, 80 'ail d pi1uS6
"a" IL ~ ~ ilNti' " terminate on the
SSsoS DaLlh " 1rGo ILser, opposite the city OF
rabfclet n al ~; TttI PutpoIe VI passing
all In5s r,ora 49, sllL f produce ol
+ 81 III ~ a. wv passengers,
f ~ - ~ 11,"G' :" 9L1''S5 may oo tiaeu
2croe e,iI u; ?lidll DC pun
st;lo ailta, mttlan Instance OF I'VE
tIiyt ~ lql tne pefod 81
-, ! ca" iseol ' M I4o IlSnt 10 any
s.';l T;,, ~ 99lo bridges WITHIN
in IN, l,1 .oI GU ose p4iP poses 'UV
1o $780,; ~ ~ Si'e - Iol any VI INT purposes
~ oAooIC as 'Dti0h9lt9 20
e,Ct1."i oi'll9s9 anu operating OF the
- 49, 49, :sHu ln@1 eaLhe company shaI
40 ~ 49, " ina1St Such Tolls thereon
"A ~ - ~ Us
% % say ,$a1; company ana shall have the right
81 2oii I'll n"Gn oiioge' so mat no one or
e ei,t,l5 SLaa! Ge alloW6d 10 pass over the
9alne except IN accordance to the gegulao
S4oI9 Llla" 70 ny tre directors
t1o ef,l o ~ - .i'o CIler enacted etc;0 IhaS
d,a+o,1 10 " tno company snail De cone
ouctGo Dy BOARD OF directors the tirs8
o0aIu Oh directors to consist OF the iHcoTo
foLdtoL3 named IN the trS1 section 0f this
49, ,. 'n tne tFehJ OF the death OF any such
t .lleoIipor9tors the balance shall compose
tne poaro OF directors until the end OF she
co,,li' @1n ~ INC event OF any OF such lHo
80 90 ppl* + Transferring thelr entlre lntero
eos ~ '4iS company during their term Of
1,,ri,1o ~! ICY 6alI cease 10 act as directors
ny lTS1u4g5 9I the teflp anu thelS
Sow. o+1nn ta hlie9 ny %he selection o8
sonto oel 81 stockholder8 by the other de-
,ts SIo1ss tnl5 poafd OF directors shall hoif5
@ W Ior 6 5%o years from the first Monday
VI . uIJs Io|I' thereafter the board OF die
tGG'o19 ~ i5l7 company snail consist o8
atochnolutFs VINO hold at least twenty
sla OF STOCK, TO be elected by the 8tocko
ad $50 on 'nG nrsC Monaay OF July 1874
s+oclyboidea s sIo11 years tneIealler mat no
nIaas tbo a+ 9t ooIG az any 7uoh election
has been owned NV hin hin, o ti%llnS 10 Eote
months before fbo eIectio rl "a az ie@sC three
stock ioot of Tho ,o,n1,o 20 ono%n oy the
stockhoIdeP shall have one g@"{ To+o en a. eacn
share of stock he NAV - own no'o +l Iot e1cn
stocI1holder NAV v"to ~ mat any,
directors. and that maiorit ~ proxy Tor
I'll nlI'4 - =: q 1Ia IoL1L! OF votes cast