New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-25
CORPORATIONS.
yHARTER. ..CHARrr,
STATB OF LOU'ISIANA-PARISH AND CITY N
NEW ORLEANS.

e. July in toe yesr Of enr Lord one thousand egS,
Of the United States OF America the one hundIedS
70 before me, ": J. Caeten, . notary pubic in and
the All, sn@ on ss ssd
= the presence Of tho Witnesses hereinafter NAMED
a. aad undersigned. peEscnaly came and a2pearsd
r. subscribed who declared that avaiing themseivss
the provisions Of tho laws OF this State relative
public Improvement and utility and also in pursu.
ance Of the tain act Of the General Assembly Of
: 1875 they have coysnanted and agreed and Do by
these present covenant and agree and bind them
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OBJECT. ano purpose. and under the stipulation.
lish.d and the business to be bv it operated and
throughout the state Of Louisiara with ali neces
n 1.ed nd
muneyetisn and profit, Of infornaiiop. messages
. in The state Of Loaisiana. And thas the foliowia,
. Johnson ARMSTRONG, JIG. shipisy, y. NJ Rooinsoa a
4 Lewis J. Z. Boarnan; g. b. Hte, J. K. over!oe
present aud future associates, successors aud a.
Signs have been constituted and 80 hereby de-
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capable Of suing and being sued, peadns and benz
implicated. answering and beng wered and
ans
by the same name and STYLE to be in law capable Of
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provided that tht lands, tent ments and heredits
msnt.. which ss5d corr orst,on may hold shall y
accomnotason in relation t, the convenient trans
action Of its business and the properly carving on
and conducting of it's works or such as shall have
| feen mOrteaged TO its satisfaction OF debss con-
t.acted in the course Of its dealings or purchase
! az sales upon judgments which shall have bSsa
obtained for such debts
-, SECTION II.
That the capital took Of s.id corporation shall
be ode hundred Thousand dollars, divided Into wo
thousand sh:res Of fisv dollars each with th.
| stock to- An amount mot exceeding two hundred
thousand .doll:rs BY vote Of net less than three
fourths OF al the stockholders in both number asd
amount fst6ck-
SECTION ILL.,
That the Board Of Directors shall serve until tho
fret Monday Of January next following when Their
shall be director who is not resident Of Louis !
ana; provided. further. that the .iacorporaton
upon subscribing to the stock, and the time It
+ whieh further installments may be called in until
the election of the first Board of Directors when
tho power shalTest with them and their successors
in ofaoe.
That the domcil of the corporation shall be the
directors. cosapased Of the above named inc "r
rasorf, who shall serve until the first Monday
number President UPON whom Drocees .hss
served, and als0 Secretary and Treasurer: all Of
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resented By holder or proxy being en- stled to one
vote, provided such share shall have been owned
tor ninety days previous by the person voting by
IT. the President ands Secretary and Treasurer
se f S d Sy h Bd of s
not begin until after the line to Shreveport. shall
Lave been put in falloperation
SECTION "
That the Board Of Directors shall have power to
fll vacancies OccasiOned by removal from tbs
nainder Of the year in which said vacancies shall
occur.
SECTION W.
That r. :ssity q the directors shall eopsisuts
sgaIst,eas shel appear and proper, and
and asirs Of the corporaton al aom i
SECTION VII
That the. directors may declare ouch yssely
may deem advisable and at each annua as sne
for the election OF directors sbalr lay before the
se Statement Of the Affairs
sRcTIeN VIII.
1udt tue LOUISIANA Telegraph COMPANY, tdai;
suScfssori and sssigns are invested with privilege
a aSi tt,nanshies until the thirteenth day Of April
na and operating line Or lines Of magnetic tes
aPh for the purpose Of transmitting intelligence
sos %tM ' ne along the line
Shreveport passing through and connacting with
G fv way . s;ason; p be deemed
New Orleans, twenty-five miles. to Hahnvl'e.
to coea %'ss to themes eghssa
Donadsonvllle, thence nineteen miles to BAYOU
3oula thence twelve miles to Plaquemine, thence
Cheney vile thence twensy.two miles to MAILS
ns: e Rsi TO- sRs5es
hirfy miles to Coushatts, thence seventy miles
and a and f1o%s Asx s1s
lris to vidaia, thence to Waterproof thence 10
.eta thence to Milisen's Bend thence ,I to- Lake
'rovidenQe, and thence to Ashton on the Arkansas
rom Opeiousas to Lake Charles aud sabine riTsr
nd all intermediate localities.
..... SECTION TX.
That the louisiana Telegraph COMPANY bs.v,D,
y authority Of the & tate Of Louisiana The rirhif
outes may erect posts nes and wi,ss %its
tas.ons slohg the routes may be deemed ad
Of ~ s .nc wires t
ls 1s. ' hishM aos ses
.st to tn s ess s s r.
,ee or right Of way therein granted may enter
LGu Privste lands and appropriate the use Of
aAclent land iOf the foundation of the pcsts TO
erected as aforesaid wherever il nav bs
eemsd ex pedient along the route OF line az ssl
nth IN section eight
SECTION x.
Thar the tariffs and rates Of charges shat bs
INFORM and not to exceed the regular rates
naIsed by oth' r. similar corporations OF Jhs
late OF Louisiana. ~
SECTION XI.
On the first Monday of the month of January
the year 1876 and annually thereafter an sisc.
on for directors shall rake place at the Office or
1mici VI eaid corporation, Of which elsctiou
~ days prior notice shall be frst given IN ous
! sne H aaay newspapers published in the city of
ow orleans, and NO person shall be \ director
kcept that he the actual owner of at lea Al tan
lAres OF 'Ine capital stock. ANY vacancy occur
ng IN said board shall be filled by election hy the
'manng DIRECTORS. OF the seven directors
scessafy 20 constitute board ii We shat DO
.c1sssAy TOE quorum for the trarsac lion OF
SECTION XII
This corporation when dissolved. either by ter.
hatavar q SEnaIter or from any other Gauss
natover, email be ltquassed BY three com MS
opers to be appointed by the Board Of Dlrec-
~ ~ VINO snsif remtin in Ofice until the final
,I.emens and Liquidation of the aaairs OF said
SECTION XIII
Tins act Of incorporation NAV be changed
v1luSo OF altered or this corporation dissolved
~, ~ 'no sssent or three f0urths Ct the capital
~ snsIeol ~ general meeting Of the stock
.oeis OF SAID corporation. convened for such
a.XRo,e, after ton days notice Of such meeting
~ nave been given in two newspapers pub.
'hed In the city Of New Orleans.
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