The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-21
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 a course or route as may be deemed
by majority of the Directors of said company
most expedient, beginning at point on the Mis-
| sissippi 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 Berwicks
| Bay, via Vermonville, 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 OF this State, and running thence
towards and to the city Of Shreveport, or the
such direction and route or routes as said company
shall fix, and with such connecting branches in
the State of Louisiana as may be deemed
proper.
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 use and lease, and they shall not be restricted
in the exercise OF this privilege to the State of
Louisiana, but may connect their main line with
any other line lines in other States which
shall authorize the exercise of said privilege
within their limits, and the said company shall
have a 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
ries, may acquire property by appropriation.
Third construct, establish, or. purchase in
this State, and thereafter, to own, lease, MAN.
tain and use suitable wharves, piers, warehous g.
yards steamboats,, harbors, depots, stations, and
other works and appurtenances connected with
and incidental to said railway and its connec-
tions, 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-
ration.
Fourth-To take, transport, carry and convey
persons and property upon its said railway and
its boats, by power of steam or any other power,
and to receive for safekeeping and to store mer-
chandise and property in it's yards or warehouses,
and to receive for such transportation, safekeep
ing or storage such tolls and charges as may |
from time to time be established or authorized to |
be established by Directors OF said railroad COM
pany.
To make advances of money or credits upon |
or property, for changes made by
other transportation lines to be transported upon
It's railways, steamboats, or vessels, or to be
stored in its yards or warehouses to such extent,
md upon such terms and conditions as the Direc-
iors of said Company may from time to time es-
,ablsh or authorize to be established.
Fifth-To obtain and receive by purchase, |
grant from United States or otherwise, grant, gift,
levise and bequest, both real and personal prop
,rty. to have and to hold such real and personal
'eal estate, in this State, for the objects, pur-
,oses interests and business of such Company
Sixth-To construct and maintain its said rail-
'oads or any part of the same, and to have the
light of way therefor, across or along, or
Upon any waters. water courses, river,
AXE, bay, inlet, street, highway, turnpike, '
,r canal within the State of Louisiana, which
he course of said railways may intersect, touch {
h cross, provided the said company shall pre- +,
'eyye any water course, street, highway, turn