The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-13
ARTICLE III.
GENERAL POWERS.

| ls1 Ehoa GENERAL POWERS.
The said company is empowered and author,
lied: =
First-To locate, construct, lease, own and use
Q railroad with one OF, 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 aud tho 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 Vermillionvile, 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 ofthis State, andrunning thence
| towards and to the city of Shreveport, or the
city OF Marshall or Dallas in the State OF Texas in
such direction ana route or routes said company
shall fix, and with such connecting branches in
| the State of Louisiana as may be deemed
proper.
Second Ito 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 use and lease and they shall not be restricted
in the exercise Of this privilege to the State of
Louisiana, but may connect taeir main line with
any other line or lines in other States which
shall authorizes 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-
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 f rries steamboats, and other vessels, and
for the purposes OF such depots, tracks and fer
ries, may acquire property by appropriation.
Third TO construct, establish, or purchase in |
this State, and thereafter, to own, lease, MAN.
tain and suitable wharves, piers, ware houst g.
yards, steamboats,, harbors, depots, stations, and
other works and appurtenances con- ected with |
and incidental to said railway and its connec- |
tions, and to run and manag 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
it's boats, by power of steam or any other power,
and to receive for safekeeping and to etore mer-
chaudise 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
Dany. -
To make advances of money or credits upon
or property, for changes made by
,ther transportation lines to be transported upon
Is railways, steamboats, or vessels, or to be
stored in its yards or warehouses to such extent,
ers of said Company may from time to time es-
ablish or authorize to be established.
Fifth-To obtain and receive by purchase,
yrsnt from United States or otherwise, grant, gift
ievise 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-
poses, interests and business Of such Company.
Sixth-To construct and maintain its said rail- !
Dads or any part Of the same, and to have the
light of way therefor, across or along, or
lpon any waters, water courses, river,
AXE, bay, inlet. street, highway, turnpike, Y
II canal within the State Of Louisiana, which
he course of said railways may intersect. touch d
II cross, provided the said company shall pre-, V
erYe any water course, street, highway, turn