The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
ARTICLE III.
GENERAL POWERS.

GENERAL POWERS.
The said company is empowered and author
lied:
First-To locate, construct, lease, own and use
| a railroad with one or more tracks and suitable
| turnouts, of such guage and construction and
| upon such course or route as may be deemed
| by majority of the Directors of said company
most expedient, beginning at point on the Mis-
| slsslppl River at New Orleans, or between New
Orleans and the parish OF Iberville, on the right
| bank of the Mississippi, and Baton Rouge on the
| left bank; or from New Orleans or Berwick s
Bay, via Vermilonville, in the parish OF Lafay-
cite, and Opelousas, in the parish of st. Landry,
| or from any OF said points, or from any point
within the limits fthis State, andrunning thence
towards and to the city of Shreveport, or the
city Of Marshall or Dallas in the State of Texas in
such drec ion and route or routes as said company
shall fix, and with such connecting branches in
the State OF Louisiana as may be deemed
proper.
Second-To locate, construct, lease, own, main
tain and use such branch railroads and tracks as
majority of the Directors Of said company may
from time to time deem proper and expedient
and for the interest Of said company to own and
to and lease, and they shall not be restricted
in the exercise Of this privilege to the State of
Louisiana, but may connect tseir main line with
any other line or lines in other States which
shall authorize the exercise of said privilege
within their limits, and the said company shall
have right to establish and maintain in the
city OF New Orleans proper freight and passen-
ger depots, and to connect them by tracks and
ferries with the left bank of the Mississippi River
at such point or points as may be deemed most |
convenient for the public interest, and to use in
such ferries steamboats, and other vessels and |
for the purposes of such depots, tracks ana fer |
fles may acquire property by appropriation.
Third-To construct, establish, or purchase in |
this State, and thereafter, to own, lease, MAN.
tain and use suitable wharves, piers, warehouse
yards, steamboats,, harbors, depots stations and |
other works and appurtenances connected with
md incidental to said railway and its connec-
ions, and to run and manage the same as the
Directors Of the said Company may deem to be
most expedient and to the welfare of said corpo-
alton.
Fourth-To take, transport, carry and convey
persons and property upon its said railway and
is boats, by power OF steam or any other power,
nd to receive for safekeeping and to store mer-
handlse and property in it's yards or warehouses; |
md to receive for such transportation, safekeep-
ng or storage such tolls and charges as may
rom time to time be established or authorized to
re established by Directors of said railroad COM
ANY.
To make advances of money or credits upon
merchandise or property, for changes made by
ther transportation lines to be transported upon
- railways, steamboats, or vessels or to be
tored in its yards or warehouses to such extent.
nd upon such terms and conditions as the Direc-
ers OF said Company may from time to time es- !
ablish or authorize to be established
Fifth-To obtain and receive by purchase |
rant from United States or otherwise grant, Gift.
evise and bequest, both real and personal prop !
rty, to have and to hold such real and personal
cal estate in this State, for the objects, pur- S
oses, interests and business of such Company.
Sixth-To construct and maintain its said rail- 7
Dads or any part of the same, and to have the
lght of way therefor, across or along, or
pom any waters water courses. river,
Ike, bay, inlet, street, highway, turnpike, Y
r canal within the State of Louisiana, which
ne course of said railways may intersect. touch d
r cross, provided the said company shall pre- v
erve any water course, street, highway, turn