The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-04-06
BOdcau Bridge Company.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, J
Parish of Bossier. (

DE it remembered that. before me
AS John Henry keyser, Deputy
Recorder of Bussier parish and ex-
otficio Notary Public, duly commits,
stoned and sworn. came and appeared
in their own proper person. 10 wiz
w. x. Prather, G.. w. Arnold W
II. Hill. John c. Head, Il. w. TIrner
and l. &. Ra>berIy.
Who declared and said. that by vir-
tue OF ihe general laws of Louisiana,
aud by The virtue OF the authority
granted by the act passed by the Gen
eral Assembly of this State at its reg
uiar session in A D., 1870, entitled an
az; granting 10 j. G. Head, W. H. Hill
and others the privilege OF erecting a
ioll bridge acrrs> the Bodcau Lake
and Bayou al Bellevue Ferry, Oh said
Lake aud Bayou, la the parish of Bos-
sier. they did form themselves into and
Constitute e corporation, together with
such other persons as would hereafter
associate themselves virh the ap
pearers uuder charter in words and
figures following. lO-wit:
Article j. The nams end title of
ibis Corporation Shall he Budcau
Bridge Company. aud it, domiciI shall
be al Bellevue. in the parish of Bossier
Article :. The purposes for which
This company Ii con>iilu ed. are the
building "a iolI bridge over Bndcau
Lake aud Bayou, al or near the Belle
yue Ferry, the keeping the same in
repair, the collecting OF rolls on The
same. and The making Of such smaII
bridges on tue roads leaoing 10 The
said bridge, and the repairing of said
roads rs may be necessary, ia order
that ihe principal bridge may be easily
and conveniently used il, small
bridges aud repaired roads not 10 e1-
lend ,urther than three miles from
either terminus of said bridge.
Article ). The President of the
Corporation STALL be ihs person on
whom citation may be seTYed ia case
The corporation he ,ued.
Article 4. Tie anonnt Of each
share # stock shall he $25 and shsll
moi exceedin fhe agyreg,tie more liau
| ten thousand dullaTs.
! Article >. The member of This
Corporation suall meet ia pelson or BY
proxy, al he Cou'i hon>a. in Belle, ae +.
La, On Monday 'be Iir>i day OF April.
lSI2, and Alecl out OF rhrir number
three directors Of the Corporation.
VITO shall constitute The BJard of Di-
reciorS fnr che COrpora ion.
Article S. The af.ir, of he Cor
p"r''li"n >Lallhe mana grd au,I t.unituil
ed by The Doard OF Direc,Or> M al
cases, ga esS wherein Tue law directs
otherwise auy Two nrenibers of Il q
Beard 81 all constitute quorum. TO
tran >a.i all business. They Shall elpc,
from iheir uu,rbrr n i'reSideDt, wbo
Shall he preSidunf Of In, CORPORATION.
aud who shall have full power 60 con
tract tor. aud AYE completed said
bridge, aud collect all 10 Is on the
same im accordance viii Law.
Article 4. Each >,I.s OF siock shall
be entitled 10 cue vote. -.
Article 5. THIS Go .poration shall
have all the rights and privileges of
] Corporations established under fhe
general laws of this State aud of and
by virtue of the particular law, uuder
which this Corporation is authorized to
be constituted, and SiTdl cease 10 he-a
Corporation at the expiration Of 25
Years FROM the first day of Januaey.
a. d., 1873.
Article 3 At the termination or
this Corporation, the ho,rd of Direc-
tors then existing will constitute Il
Board of Liquidation. who shall di-
vide pro rata, The aS>ei,. Of be corpora
tinn. among the so, Aaoiders accord
ing to the anoni of stuck ueld by each
individual. The names and atnount
of shares taken are a. follows:
! w. Ii. Hill. one share OF So. C. w.
Arnold. one share OF So; ). C.. Head.
one share of S25; l.. L. Rasberry. ONE
of S20; K. w. Turuer. one Share Of
50, aud H.E. Praihrr three huudrt d
aud ninety FIVE shares Gf S2J each.
amounting IN all 10 zen Ihupsaud dol
lars.
Article 10. The panies bereio mr..
only liable 10 the asnonDt of STOCK
subscribed
10 Testimony of all which I have
caused the aPp-arers 10 sign each.
hereto his usual signature on the first
day of April. 1872, in presence of j.
A. Snider AID Z. II. Moore. lawful
witnesses domiciIiated in The Parish.
aud me, said Deputy Recorder and ex-
oticio Notary Public.
w Il PRATHER.
.s-.. t.....- J.. &. RASBERRY.
Attest: Il. w. TURNER,
). A. Snider. ; JOHN &. HEAD.
+. Ii. Moore. G. W. ARNOLD, 81
w Ii. HILL,
j. II. KEYSER.
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