New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01
CORPORATIONS.
CH4RTEa' .. -. CHARTER
sTSTi OF lOuIsIANA-PARfsH Aasn CeTf OF
NEW ORLkANs. .


sTSri OF lou1sIAHA-PARtsH Saan cry Oh
NEW ORLEANS.
Be it known, that on sh;s thirty frat dss O.
July in the year Of our Lord one Thousand e.ght
hundred and ssventJ five, andof tbs in6ependenc.
before me, ". j. Csstsl1, . no5fry public A and
as sss sd st sna
and undersigned, pei senally came anu appeared
the several persons whose names are hereuDto
o sTa
puhuc improveDent and utility, and also in pursi.
the State Of Louisiana d the thlrt senth Of April
these preseni. covenant u agree and bind them NJ
become associat ted with them, to form and cons ii.
tute corporation and body polite in law for the
object. ssa purposes aid under s the .tpustons
poses for which said corporation has been estab.
lished ana The business to be by it operated and
main aiming Of telegraph and dispatch lines in spd
throughout the State Of Louisiana with all neces.
sary stations, Offices apparatus and equipments and
muneration and profit, of Information, messages
land other intelligence by electric agencies aud
magne tic teleRraphto andgItom various places in
named persons to wit: John Jainey, J. J. Mellon
Johnson Armst rong. J. c. Shipley v. NJ Robin.
Levi IA ov snt
present and future associates successors and as.
signs have been constituted and are hereby de-
and in name by the style and tie Of the ..LOUiSI
ANA TELEGRAPH COMPANY" . d by that name
they and their successors to be persons in law
impleaded, answering aud being nswered. and
defending and being defended in all courts and
places wAAtsoever, and they and their successors
nv aoyn OaD,o and afv Ia hal orohl
holding, purchasing and conveying any est ate
real and personal for the use Of said corporation;
provided, thne the lands, tenelnents and heredita-
messs which said corporation may hold shall be
only such as shall be requisite for its imualiate
Accommodate in relation to he convenient trans
and conducting Of its works OF such as shall have
been mortRaged to its satisfactiOn Of debts con.
trscted in the course Of its dealings or purchased
obtained for such 9ebtA
SECTIONAL.
That the capital stock Of said corporation shall
thousand shares of Rttv dollars each, with tho
privilege of increasing the amount of the cspita Al
stock tosan amount not exceeding two hundred
fourt hs of all the stockhoders in both number and
amount Of stock,
That the Board of Directors shall serve until the
first Monday of January ne xt following when their
successors shall be chosen; provided. that no one
shall be director VITO is not resident Of Lousi.
ana. provided. further. that the incorporators
upon subscribing to IL stock, and the time at
which further instsllments may be called in. until
the cleo tion of the first Board of Directors when
the power shall rest with then and their successors
in Office. srcr,ax,x
That the domicil of the corporation shall be the
city of New Orleans, its officers boardsof Twelve
directors, composed of the above named incorpo-
rators, who ball serve until the frat Monday in
January, 1876, Who shall elect fron among their
number President. upon whom process shsll be
dcers TO be elected annually. on the first Monday
IF January Of each year, by ballot each share rep
assS
the Piesdsnt and sSsIS ssns y
such sssrv
lot begin until after the lns to Shreveport shall
lave been put in full operation.
SECTION V.
That the Board Of Directors shall have power to
i'll vacancies occasioned by removal from the
'tatc, death resignation other WISE for the re.
nander Of the year in which said vacancies shall
'ccur.
SECTION VI
That IN ajority Of the directors shall constitute
board for the transaction of busuess with power
o make and prescribe such bylaws. rules and 4
equations as shall appear neejfu and proper and
appoint suck ofdcses. and clerks and assistants,
usinees and affairs of the corporation, allowing
hem such salary as they may see proper.
SECTION VII.
That tho directors may declare such yearly
vidends of the profits of the ccrpor alton as they
nay deem advisable, and at each annual meeting
tockholders . printed statement of the affairs
nd concerns OF the company.
SECTION VIII.
III -
uccessOrs and assigns, are invested with privilege
nd franchise, until the thirteenth day Of April,
~, the period of twenty-five years. of construct
raph FOR the purpose Of Transmitting Intelligence
or themselves and other persons along he line or
quite between the cities of New Orleans and
hrevepOrt passing through and connecting with
uch way stations - may be deemed expedient, to
nd from said cities aud way stations, viz: From
hence s1tes, mes 70 Edcars tbenca seSiss
niles to College Point, thence eighteen miles to
Jacksonville, thence nineteen miles to Bayou
wenty.four miles to Baton Rouge, thence sixty.
wo miles to Opelousas, thence fort Ave miles to
heneyyille, thence twenty-five miles to Marks.
hence fity:four miles t, N.tc Match s thence
hir y miles to Coushatta thence seventy piles
Shreveport, more q less according tS me
ris to Vidaia, thence to Waterproof, thence to
t, Joseph, thence ia New Carthage, thence to
eta, thence to Milisens Bend, thence to Lake
oundsry slee from Alexandria to Monroe, alss
'om opelousas to Lake Charles and sabine river
nd all intermediate localitieA
SECTION TX.
That the Louisiana Telegraph Company having
y authority of the State Of Louisiana the night
way Through ~ BY th0 above mentioned
tatlons along the routes az may be deemed ad-
antageous upon which to string wires IN the
s s,h, way Of constructing such lines for tele
avigable waters owned by the st Ste, and for the
urposes of the act to carry into effect TIDE privi-
ge or right Of way therein granted may enter
pom private lands and appropriate the use of
efficient lands fdI the Foundation of the posts to
erected as aforesaid wherever it may be
eened expedient along the route OF line as set
SECTION Z.
Tina. the tariffs and rates 9 charges shat. be |
inform and not to exceed the regular yates
,arsed by other similar corporations 6f The
tate Of Louisiana.
SECTION x.
On the first Monday OF the month Of January |
the year 1876 and annually thereafter, an cleo |
on for directors shall take place at the Office or
'micil Of said corporation. Of which election |
the daily newspspeEs published in the city Of |
~ Orleans. and no person shall be director /
lcept that he be the actual owner of = least ten
pg in said bosrd shalI bssllsd by eiscaon BY the
manning direc tors. OF the seven directors |
,cessarv to constitute o board, Fl We shall be
,oessary for quorum for thS trsrssctan Of |
lsnoss.
SECTION XII.
This corporation VIXEN dissolved either BY tat- |
nation of charter or from any other cause |
hatev1, shall be iquiAted by three comnis- |
onere, to be appointed by the Board Of Dlrec-
., who shall remain in office until the final |
aud liquidation q the sfaifa Of So
operation.
eECTIOH Kill
This acs Of Incorporation may be changed,
odifed or Altered or this csrpoistion dissolved
18th the assent Of three fourths Of the capital /
ock thereof A. general meeting d the stock.