The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-31
AN ACT
No. ISL

Entitled An act to incorporate Jackson Fire
Company No. Is, OF the city of New Orleans.
SECTION /. Be ii enacted by Ae Senate a I'd
House Of Representatives Of H,e State Of Loutst-
ana, in General assembly conuened, That J. J.
0'Brian, NJ. =. Reyes, Thomas Hassam. D. H.
Kelly. John Ii. Hodgns, T.; Il. Wilde, ". I.
Mehle, Thomas L. Burke, 8. J. jackson, and
others, not exceeding one hundred In number,
residents OF the city Of New Orleans and State
OF Louisiana, and their successors, be and tney
are hereby constituted body polite, with all the
powers privileges aud immunite, OF o body cor
porate, 80 far as the sarae relate and appertain
to the general object Of o fire department, under
the name and style OF the Jackson Fire Company
No. Is, Of the city OF New Orleans. That they
and their SUCCESSORS shall have pos or and author
ity to make, have and use commnlon
seal, with such device aud inscription as they
shall deem proper, and the same to break, alter
and amend at their pleasure; and by the name,
style and title corporate az Aforesaid, they shall
be known in law and shall be able and competent
to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in
any court or courts. before any Judge or judges,
In any manner OF suits, complaints, pleas, causes,
matters and demands whatsoever, whether the
same arise of any rule or bylaw now adopted or
hereafter to be adopted for their government or
otherwise, and all and every matter and thing
therein to do in as full and effectual manner as
any other person or persons, bodies polite and
corporate in this State may, or can do; and they
are hereby authorized to make rules, byla
and ordinances, to levy and collect fines and ar
rsarages, and to do all other things needfhl for
their good government and usefulness as q fire
company; proo;ded, however, that said rules, by
laws and ordinances be not Iepugnant to
the constitution and laws of the United
States and Of the constitution and laws
of this State, or the general objects of
this corporation as fire company; that they, in
their corporate name OF Jackson Fire Company
No. 10 Of the city Of New Orleans, shall be able
and competent to take, receive and hold all, and
all manner of lands tenements, rents and here di-
taments, aud any sum or sums of money, and any
manner or proportion of goods and chattels given
and bequeathed unto them, or acquired by them
in any manner, to be employed or disposed OF
according to the objects of this corporation. or
according to the constitution, rules, bylaws and
ordinances, or the will and intention Of the
donors, provided, that by this act OF incorpora-
ton hey shall not in their corporate name as
aforesaid hold, at any one and the same time,
property or money OF Q value greater than thirty
thousand dollars.
SEC q Be IL further enacted etc., That this
charter OF incorporation shall be and continue IN
force for the term Of twenty years, and shall take
effect from the passage OF the same.
(Signed) LOUIS BUSH,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
fSigned) LOUIS A. WILT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate
Approved March %, 1877.
(Signed) FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
WILL A. STRONG,
Secretary Of State.