New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-27

passing through and connecting with sucl
way stations as may be deemed expedient
to and from said cities and way stations
viz: from New Orleans, twenty-five mile
to Hahnville, thence sixteen miles to Ed
| gard, thence eighteen mies to College Point
thence eighteen miles to Donaldson Vile
thence nineteen miles to Bayou Goula
thence twelve miles to Plaquemines, thence
| twenty four miles to Baton Rouge, thence
| sixty-twO miles to Opelousas, thence forty
five miles to Cheneyville, thence twenty
| two miles to Marksville, thence thirty one
| miles to Alexandria, thence fifty -four miles
| to NatchitOches, thence thirty miles to
COushatta, thence seventy miles to Shreve.
| port, more or Less, according to the official
estimates and surveys.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That
for the purpose of carrying the foregoing
section into effect the Louisiana Telegraph
Company, their successors and assigns. are
hereby granted the right of way. and shall
be and hereby are authorized. at any time
after the passage of this act. to erect posts
IN the ground two hundred feet apart, more
or less, as may be deemed advantageous,
upon which to string wires in tue usual way
OF constructing such lines for telegraphing
purposes, over all lands. highways or navi-
gable waters owned by the State, and for
the purposes of this act, 70 carry into effect
the privilege of right Of way herein granted,
may enter upon private lands aud expro-
pirate the use Of sufficient lands for the
foundation of the posts TO be erected as
aforesaid wherever it may be deemed expo
dent along the line OF route as set forth in
section eight.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
the tariffs and rates Of charges shall be uni
form and not to exceed the regular rates
charged by other similar interpretations of
the State Of Louisiana
SEC. IL. Be it further enacted. etc, That
the Louisiana Telegraph Company. their
successors and assigns. their officers. en-
plOyes and assistants. may at any and all
times after the passage OF this act, for the
said period Of twenty-five years, for the
purposes OF constructing. repairing and con.
Quoting said line. enter upon and travel
over the said route. its deviatiOps and
branches.
SEC. ~. Be il further enacted. etc, That
il any person or persons shall willfully do
or cause to be done any act or acts what.
soever whereby any building. construction.
posts, wires or works of said company. or
any machine. engine or structure, or any
matter or thing appertaining to said tele.
graphic line or lines, tight OF way. priv
leges, franchises or appurtenances. shall be
stopped. obstructed. impaired. weakened,
injured. thrown down, cut or destroyed. the
person so offending shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor. and shall forfeit and
pay to said company double the amount Of
damage sustained by reason of such Otfenses
or injury, to be recovered in the name of
said company, with costs of suit, by action
of debt, and such offenders shall also DO
subject to Indictment. and shall be sen.
fenced on conviction to imprisonment in the
parish jail, at the discretion Of the court.
tor period not exceeding eighteen months.
SEC. l3. Be il further enacted, etc. That
the said company is authorized and empow-
cred to purchase or manufacture all mate
rial necessary for it's purpose as herein de.
scribed, and shall have power to purchase
and nse any patent or patents. or rights to
the same, for the said purpose but nothing
in this act shall be construed to give this
company a right of way to the exclusion of
other telegraph companies.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the works of said company and its lines, as
aforesaid, shall be completed from the city
of New Orleans to the city Of Shreveport
go that intelligence may be transmitted ty
magnetic telegraph between the two cities
within six years from the passage Of this
act: and in case of failure, then this act of
to be null and void.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all acts and parts of acts heretofore passed
in any manner with the pr0vis-
ions Of this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. Is. Be il further enacted, etc. That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
,Signed) MICHAEL HAHN.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
lSigned) G. c. ANTOINE.
Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved April l3. 1875.
lSigned) WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.
Governor OF the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
p. G. DEsLONDE.
Secretary OF State.