The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-10-08
CHARTER.
OF LOUISIANA,


PARISH OF ORLEANS, CRY OF NEW ORLEANS,
BE 1T KNOWN, That on this twenty ninth
day OF the month of june in the year OF Oul
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy
five. and of the United States of America the
ninety ninth.
Before me, JOHN G. EUS1IS, Notary Pub
lie, in and for this CITY. and parish OF Orleans
State of Louisiana duly commissioned and quail
fed, and in the presence of the witnesses here
matter named and undersigned:
LEY, e. B. WHEELOCK, HUGH KENNEDY
John PHELPS, JOHN Fl. KENNARD, CYRUS
BUSSEY, GEORGE JONAS, W. B. SCHMIDT
JAMES A. GIRDNER, JULIUS WEIS, Z. L.
dents of this city, who seyerally declared
That, availing themselves OF the powers,
rights and privileges conferred by the sta
tutes of the State OF louisiana. relative
to the Reorganization OF Corporations, In
thi State, they do, by these presents, 1or m
| the objects and purposes as shall hereafter be
enumerated and set forth; and to that end they
| do hereby covenant and agree to form and con-
sttute, and do, by these presents, form and con-
stitute themselves, and all such other persons as
may hereafter become associated with them,
whether by subscription, purchase, transfer,
succession or otherwise, into a "Body Cor
porate," and Hereunder bind themselves, and
all who may hereafter become associated with
| them, to be governed by the following stipu-
| the charter OF said Corporation.
ARTICLE I.
NAME.
The name and title of said corporation shall be
| the NEW ORLEANS PACIFIC RAILWAY COM
| PANY, and by that name shall have succession,
and have corporate istence for and during the
| full term and period of twenty-five (25) years
from the date of the execution OF these presents,
unless sooner dissolved in the manner hereinafter
provided for; may sue and be sued, may hold
real and personal property, may make contracts,
may receive grants OF land or personal property,
and shall possess all the powers and privileges
| which corporations are or may be by any general
law Of this State authorized to possess, and said
company may exerciseits corporate powers within
any other State Of the United States that shall
authorize the same.
ARTICLE II.
CAPITAL STOCK.
SEC. 1, The capital stock of this corpora ton is
hereby fixed at THREE MILLION DOLLARS
(s3, coo, OO0), represented by THIRTY THOU
SAND SHARES of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($1OO) EACH, with the right to increase said
capital stock to TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS,
provided that said corporation shall be organized
under the incorporators herein named, who
shall constitute the Board of Directors and shall
hold their Office, together with the following
named gentlemen, who shall be the officers Of
the Company until the second esday in
January, 1877: Officers, p B. WHEELOCK,
S. II. KENNEDY, Treasurer. When one hun
dred and fifty Thousand dollars $3.50, 000) of the
capital stock shall have been subscribed, the
Board of Directors are authorized TO commence
the construction OF the road and to carry out the
provisions of THU charter; to enable them to do
this, subscriptions to the capital stock shall be
due and payable as herein provided for when
this amount sebeen subscribed.
SEC. 2. The time and manner of payment for
stock shall be such as may be determined by the
Poo of nrOvI6a6 however that n
call shall be made OF more than ten per cent 90
per cent? on each share at any time, and thirty
days must elapse before another call can be
made.
SEC. 3. No stakeholder shall be held liable ORE
sponsible for the contracts and faults OF the COM
pany in any further sum than the unpaid balance
or balances due the company on shares owned by
him nor shall any informalites in the organiza-
ton have the effect of annuling this Charter, or
of exposing stakeholder to any liability beyond
the amount OF his stock subscription unpaid.
SEC A. The domicile of the company shall be
the city of New Orleans, and citation shall be
served there on the President OF the company, or
in his absence on the Vice-President.
SEC. 5. The ock books shall be kept at the
office of the Company whence certificates of stock
shall be issued to the subscribers, but no trans
fer OF stock shall be binding upon he Company
until made upon its stock books, and no stock
certificate shall be issued except for full paid
stock.
SEC. 6. In the case of failure On the part Of any
subscriber to pay the installments on his stock as
required the Board of Directors shall have the
onion after thir days written notice to the
delinquent, of FORGETTING his stock, or the amounts
previously paid thereon; and no stakeholder
Shall have the right to vote while in default.
SEC T. All rules relative to the declaration Of
dividends or divisions Of profits, as well as the
bylaws Of the Company, shall be made by the
Board of Directors, but said rules and bylaws
shall be subject to repeal, change or modifca-
ton by the holders a majority of the stock OF
the Company at their meeting.
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 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 Ibervile, on the right
bank Of the Mississippi, and Baton Rouge on the
left bank or from New Orleans or Berwick's
Bay, via Vermilhonville, 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 y restricted
in the exercise Of this privilege to the State of
Louisiana, but may connect their 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 oe deemed most
for the public interest, and to use in
such ferries steamboats, and other vessels, and |
for the purposes of such depots, tracks ana fer
RES may acquire property by appropriation.
Third To construct, establish, or purchase in |
this State, and thereafter, to own, lease, main
tain and use suitable wharyes, piers, warehouse g.
yards, steamboats,, harbors, depots, stations. and
other works and appurtenances connected with |
and incidental to said railway and it's connec-
tons, and to run and manage the same as the
Directors of the said Company may deem to be