The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-08
AN ACT

No. 6G.l AN ACT
To incorporate Home Hook and Ladder Fire
Company No. Of the city Of New Orleans.
SECTION |. BE enacted bu he Senate a,,1
House Of Representatives. ofthe Suite Of Louis.
lima, in General Assembly conrened That
Esparbe. g. 9. Piper, l.. Letheuue, John Hoff-
man, II. @. Brown and oil other persons Mt
present members of Home Hook and Ladder
Company, and their associates and their sue
cessors, be and they are hereby constituted u
body polite, with oil the powers. privileges
and ilnmunties Of a body corporate, SO far
MS the Same relate and appertntn to the gen-
eral object of n fire department, under the
name and style Of the Home Hook and Ladder
FIRE. ,otnpnny No. Of the city Of New Or
loans. That they and their SUCCESSORS
shall have power and authority to make,
have ana use q common seal with such
device ana inscription u.s. they shall deem
proper, and tho same to break. alter and
amend, NJ their pleasure: and by ths name,
style and title corporate us aforesaid they
shall be known IN law, and shall be able md
competent TO sue and be sued plead md be
implicated IN any court or GOli u.s. before any
Judge or Judges, in any manner Of suits. com
plants. 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 njl and every matter and thing therein
TO do In as full and cffectual n manner us any
other person or persons, bodies polite and
corporate IN this State. may or can do: md
they nre hereby authorized TO make rules,
bylaws ana ordinances, to lovy and collect
lines and nrrnarages. and to do NIL other
things n~,diul for their good government and
usefulness ns q fire company, prOpiied. how
over. that said rules, bylaws and ordinances
be not repugnant to the constitution
and laws of the United States and
Of the constitution and laws Of
this State, or the general objects Of this cor.
poration ~ lire company: that they. in their
corporate nnme Of Home Hook and T,nd1er
Fire Company No. ! Of the city of New Or
leans, shall be able and competent in law to
take, receive and hold all and all manner of
lands, tenoments, rents and hereditaments
ana any sum or sums of money, and any
manner or proportion of goods and thattels
given and bequeathed unto Thorn or acquired
ny them In my manner to be employed or dis
posed Of according to tho objects Of this cor
porntion, or according to the constitution
rules, bylaws and ordinances, or the will and
intention OF the donors: propidcd that by this
net of incorporation they shall not In their
corporate name us aforesaid hold Mt any one
and the snmo time property or money of a
grehter value than thirty Thousand dollars
SEC. 2. BE IL further enncicd etc, That this
charter or incorporation shall be and continue
In force for the term of twenty years, and
shall tnko effect from tho passage of the
same
(Signcd) LOUIS BUSH.
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
(SigneD LOUIS A. WILTl,
Lieutenant Governor and President of tho
Senate
Approved March 7, 1878
tsignedl FRANCIS r. NICHOLAS.
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary of static