The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-03-21

| discharging their said duties. The decision
of amaiority of said commissioners, provided
all shall act and consult together, shall be
| legal and binding upon all questions when
shall come before them They shall present
to the court or judge, with their report, all
| the evidence taken by them, and all the facts
| which they in any way shall have ascertained
SO far as material to the question involved.
| They shall receive a compensation OF five
dollars per day, to be paid by said company
for time actually devoted to the discharge of
| their said duties.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted etc, That
on their report being made by said commits
sioners, the same shall be considered at any
general or special term of the court, or in
vacation by the judge by whom the COM
missioners were appointed, on five days no.
! tice by either party, and after hearing such
parties as may then appear, the court or
judge shall make such order IN the premises
as it shall deem just and proper, either con-
firming said report, or modifyin G 1T, or order
ing reappraisal by the same commissioners
or appointing new commissioners, IN whole
or in part, to make such reappraisal, and in
either case to give such directions as to such
court or judge shall seem just and proper,
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That
any party to any such proceeding may ap-
peal to the Supreme Court from any final
order therein of the district court or of any
Judge thereof, provided such appeal be made
| within twenty days of such final order, which
appeal may be brought to hearing at any
general term of the Supreme Court ON ten
days notice by either party. The supreme
| Court may make such order and take such
| further proceedings, or give such directions
therein as it shall see fit, and may enforce
the same. Pending such appeal the company
| may take and hold or retain possession of
any lands to which the said proceedings
shall relate, provided it shall deposit such
sum of money, or give such security, as the
court, or any judge thereof, shall direct as
4 security on such appeal.
Sec. 10 Be it further enacted ETC., That
every final order of the district court or any
judge thereof, from which there shall be no
| appeal and every final order of the Supreme
| Court fixing the amount of compensation to
| be paid by said company in any such pro
ceeding, or certified copy of the same, shall
| be fled in the office of the clerk of the dis
| trict court of the parish III which the real
estate affected shall be situated, and there
| shall remain record and such order, SO
| entered and filed, shall vest in the said COM
pany the estate or interest in said real estate
sought by said proceeding, to be acquired on
the payment, or tender of payment, or de-
post, as the court or judge shall direct, of
| the amount OF compensation as aforesaid
fixed and ordered to be paid and said or
1 der, or a duly certified copy thereof, with
proof of such payment, tender or depoeit,
shall be considered and held as legal evil
| dence of the right and title of said company
to such estate or interest i'll said real estate.
! All real estate acquired as aforesaid shall be
deemed to be acquired for public use.
Sec. IL. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the said company Is hereby authorized to
cross, iBtersect join and unite its railways
with any other railroad heretofore or here
! after constructed in the State of Louisiana,
at any point upon its route, and upon the
|
! the necessary turnOuts, sidings, switches
and other conveniences in furtheranee of the
| object of its connections; and every railroad
| company in the State of Louisiana whose
railroad shall be hereafter intersected by the
railroads of said company. shall unite with
| it i'll forming such intersections and cOnnec-
| tons, and i'll granting the facilities afore-
said; and if the said railroad companies can
nos agree upon the points and manner of
such crossing, intersections and connections,
and the division and apportiORment of the
| cost and expense of the same between said
companies, the same shall be ascertained
and determined by commissioners appointed
| by the court, as is provided in this act, III
respect to acquiring title to real estate.
! Sec. II. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the said company is empowered and author
| lied to purchase or lease from any railroad
company or corporation, its railroad and the
/ charter, franchises, property and appurten-
ances thereof, and maintain and use the
same as a part OF the property of the said
| company and the same company Is also au-
| thorized and empowered to enter into any
mutual contract with any other railroad
company or corporation by which the capt.
tai stock and property of such other com
| pany or corporation shall become merged
and consolidated with this said company,
and into one joint and common stock, and be
| and exist as one company, possessing and
| enjoying all the powers, franchises, rights
and privileges granted to or vested in each
and all of the companies so consolidated or
| united by the State of Louisiana, or by other
States, or by the United States, through
which the railroad of said company so con-
solidated and united may pass; and in case
of any such consolidation the common name
of the company so formed may be designa-
ted and agreed upon by and between the
parties to such consolidation in their agree
ment therefor, and when such name is so
chosen and adopted, this company shall
thereafter be known by scuh name; provi-
ded, that IN case sufficient facilities for the
transportation of freight and passengers
coming over said Louisiana Central railway
destined TO New Orleans, or intermediate
points, or connecting from New Orleans and
intermediate points between New Orleans
and Vermiionville are not promptly fur
nished by the New Orleans, Mobile 81 Texas
Railroad Company, then the said Louisiana
| OSAll thAoi biltAb ShC4ie
hereby authorized and empowered to make
arrangements with other railroad companies
for transportation of its passengers or freight
to and from New Orleans; to locate and ex-
tend and construct their said line of road,
and to maintain, manage and use the same
by running engines and cars with one or
more tracks and suitable turnouts by such
routes as its directors may fix from its said
terminus at Vermilionville to the city of
New Orleans, and to this end and for this
purpose said Louisiana Central Railway
1 Company are hereby invested with the same
and any and all powers necessary thereto,
and are also made subject to the same con
ditions in respect to such extension as are
herein conferred and imposed upon said
Louisiana Railway Company for the building
of said railway from 4 Vermilionville to
Shreveport, in the State of Louisiana, as
aforesaid.
Sec. l3. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the said company is authorized and empow-
cred from time to time to borrow money or
to purchase property upon its own credit,
for the purpose of constructing and main
talning said railroads or establishing contin-
mons and cOnnectinu lines of railroads as