The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-04-13
Bodcau Bridge Company.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, Z
Parish of Bossier.

He II remembered tndI- before me
ID John Henry Keyser, Deputy
Recorder of Bossier parish and ex-
oficio Notary Public, duly commits
stoned umd sworn. came and appeared
in their own proper person. to-wit'
w. r. Prather. G.. w. Arnold. w.
II. Hill. John c. Head, r w. Turner
and L c. Raspberry.
Who declared and said. that by viz
tue Of the general laws of Louisiana,
and by the virtae of the authority
granted by the act passed by the Gen
eraI Assembly of this State at its reg
Mar session in A. d, 1870, entitled an
act granting to J. c. Head, w. H. Hill
and others the privilege of erecting q
toll bridge across the Bodcau Lake
and Bsyou at Bellevue Ferry, on said
Lake and Bayou, in the parish of Bos-
tier. they did form themselves into and
constitute a corporation, together with
such other persons as would hereafter
associate themselves with the ap
hearers under a charter in words and
figures following, to-wit: =--TsrEr
Article ]. The name end title of
this Corporation shall be Budcau
Bridge Company, and its domicil shall
be at Bellevue. in the parish of Bossier.
Article 2. The purposes for which
this company is constituted, are the
building toll bridge over Bodcau
Lake and Bayou, at or rear the Belle
vue Ferry, the keeping the same in
repair, the collecting of tolls on the
same, and the making of such small
bridges on the roads leading to the
said bridge, and the repairing of said
roads as may be necessary, in order
that the principal bridge may be easily
and conveniently used, snid small
bridges and repaired roads not to ex-
tend further than three miles from
either terminus of said bridge.
Article 5. The President of the
Corporation shall be the person on
whom citation may be served in case
the corporation he sued.
Article 4. The amount of each
share uf stock shall be S25. aRd shall
not exceed in the aggregate more than
ten. thousand dollars. .-. ID
Article s. The member of this
Corporation shall meet ia person or by
pru1y, at the Court house. in Bellevue,
La, on Monday the first day of April.
1872, and elect out of their number
three directors of the Corporation.
who shall constitute the Board of Di-
rectors for the Corporation.
Article s. The affairs of the Cor
poration shall be managed and controll-
ed by the Board of Directors in all
cases, unless wherein the law directs
otherwise. any two members of the
Beard 81 all constitute quorum, 10
transsctall business. They shall elect
from their number President. who
shall be President of the Corporation,
and who shall have full power to con-
tract for, aud have completed said
bridge. and collect all tolls ON the
same in accordance with law.
Article7. Each share of stock shall
be entitled ia one vote.
Article 8. This Corporation shall
hsv., all the rights and privileges of
Cmpt orations established under the
general laws IF this State and of and
by Eirtu of the particular law, under
which this Corporation is authorized to
be constituted, and shall cease to be
Cerpsrzfian at the expiration of %
years from the first day of January,
A. d., 1873.
Article 9 At the termination of
this Corporation, the hoard of Direc-
tors then existing will constitute
Board Of Liquidation, who shall d.
vide pro rata. the assets of the corpora
tiuu. saong the stockholders accord
ing tu the aisNsnt of stock held ny each
individual. The naInss and amount
of shares takes are a. follows:
W. IL. Hill. one shar. of S25; G W.
Arnold, one SHARE Of Sd; j. c. Head,
one share of'925; L. &. Raspberry, one
of S25; r. w. rurRer- one share of
S25, and w. r. Prsther- three hundred
ano ninety Eve shares If S25 each.
amounting in all to ten thousand dol
lars. \. .,..-u 4 !
Article 10. The parties here to are
only liable. to the amount of stock
subscribed. .a-.-.E
In Testimony at all Hhieh I have
caused the aPpearers to sign each, !
hereto his usual signature on the first
day Of April, 1872, in presence of ].
A. Snider and E. Il. Moore, lawful
witnesses doniieiliated in The parish,
aud me, said Deputy Recorder and ex-
oihoio Notary Public.
w. Il. PRATHER,
l. e. Raspberry.
Attest: R. w. TURNER, 4
J A. Snider. JOHN C. HEAD.
L. L. Moore. C. w. ARNOLD.