The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-03
ARTICLE III.

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 Ibervle, on the right
bank of the Mississippi, and Baton Rouge on the
left bank; or from New Orleans or Berwick's
Bay, via Vermillionville, 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
city of Marshall or Dallas, in the State of Texas in
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.
Second-To locate, construct, lease, own, main
tain and use such branch railroads and tracks as
a 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 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 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 DE 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 To construct, establish, or purchase in
this State, and thereafter, to own, lease, MAIN
tain and suita BILE wharves, piers, warehouses
yards, steamboats,, harbors, depots, stations, and
other works and appurtenances con- ected with |
and incidental to said railway and its connec-
tons, 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 |
ts boats by power of steam or any other power, |
md to receive for safekeeping and to store mer-
,haudse and property in its yards or warehouses,
md to receive for such transportation, safekeep-
ng or storage such tolls and charges as NAV
rom time to time be established or authorized to
,e established by Directors Of said railroad COM
,any.
To make advances of money or credits upon
merchandise or property, for changes made by
ther trat sportation lines to be ransported upon
ts 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- |
ors 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-
roses, interests and business of such Company
Sixth-To construct and maintain its said rail-
Dads or any part Of the came, and to have the
light Of way therefor, across or along, or
pom 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. tonch
r cross, provided the said COMPANY shall pre-
erve any water course. street, highway. turn
ike or canal which its said railways may so pass !
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