The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-04
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 Iberville. on the right
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 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
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 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 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 To construct, establish, or purchase in
this State and thereafter, to own, lease, MAIN
tain and use suitable wharves, piers, warehouses,
wards. steamboats,, harbors, depots, stations, and
other works and appurtenances COM 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 cqSpo-
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-
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
pany.
To make advances of money or credits upon
merchandise or property, for changes made by
other transportation lines to be transported upon
its railways, steamboats, or vessels, or TO De
stored in its yards or warehouses to such extent,
and upon such terms and conditions as the Direc-
tors of said Company may from time to time es-
tablsh or authorize to be established.
Fifth-To obtain and receive by purchase,
grant from United States or otherwise grant, gilt,
devise and bequest, both real and personal prop
erty. TO have and to hold such real and personal
real estate in this State, for the objects, pur-
poses, interests and business Of such Company.
Sixth-To construct and maintain its said rail-
roads or any part of the same, and to have the
right of way therefor. across or along. or
upon any waters, water courses, river,
lake, bay, inlet, street, highway, turnpike,
or canal within the State of Louisiana, which
the course of said railways may intersect. touch
or cross, provided the said company shall pre-
serve any water course. street, highway, turn