New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-07-11
LAWS or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
No. 100.
A ACT

! AN ACT
| To amend and re-enac. al act entitled an
act to incorporate the Crescent City Gas
iigh: Company, approved April 90
1870. and to Tx with more precision the
time when said company shall 20 into
operation. and to authorize said company
to issue mortgage bonds, to change the
time for election OF directors, and to
| limit the price to be charged tor gas.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
| of Louisiana in Genera! Assembly con-
! ened, That an &C: entitled an act to incer.
porate the Crescent City Gaslight Com.
| pany. approved Ap1!i 20. 1870, be SO
| amended
! That the board Of directors OF said cor
poration are hereby authorized by by laws
| to determine the number of said directors,
which shall consist OF not less than three,
| nor more than nine persons; that any per-
son who is the owner of ten shares Of stock
may be a director. Said board shall elect
| president and vice president from their
own body, and secretary and treasurer,
| either members or not Of their own body.
That the annual election fOr the board Of
| directors shall take place on the second
| Tuesday of January Of each year: ten days
! notice of the same shall be given through
two daily papers OF the city Of New
Orleans
That said corporation shall have power
to issue bonds, not exceeding in amount
one million of dollars. to be secured by
| mortgage on the works and property of
said corporation; that the time of maturi-
ty and rate of interes: of said bonds shall
be fixed by the board Of directors.
That the said corporation shall not charge
more than four dollars per thousand
cubic feet for gas. excev: in case OF war or
blockade.
That the date Of expiration Of tne charter
of the New Orleans Gasl;ght Company. as
| mentioned in section eight of the charter
hereby amended, is hereby declared to be
the first day Of April, A. ID. 1879.
SEC. :. Be it further enacted. etc, That
all the franchises and rights granted by the
act hereby amended. and by this act. be
and the same are hereby confirmed unto
the said Crescent City GasI;ght Company.
from the first day Of April. A. D. 1875, toy
the term fixed in their cnarter.
That sections nine and twelve Of the act
hereby amended shall. no: Da deemed at all
affected by this act
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted. etc. That
the T. rIn ''city OF New Dr..ala. as used IN
the eighth section of the act hereby amend
ed. shall be deemed 70 include All parts OF
the prssen. city OF New Orleans, and any
additions which may a: any time he made
thereto 40. conflicting III any manner with
the charter Of the Jefferson City GasGghs
Company.
That all parts OF the &C: hereby amended
which conflict with ;hi, act. and so fax as
they confic. with this act, DE AID tls same
are hereby repealed.
That all other acts. and al: pac.s OF
other acts conflicting with this act. or wit;
the act hereby amended. De and the same
are hereby repealed.
tSignedj CHARLES ". LOWELL.
Speaker OF the House Of Represen ta..ves.
tSisned, c. G. ANTOINE.
Lieutenant Governor and Pres;del: of the
Senate.
Approved July ~. 1879
(Signed) WILLIAM 7. KELLOGG.
Governor OF the State OK Louisiana.
A true copy:
Z. G. DEsEOSDs.
Secretary of State.