The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-12
Stockholders Meeting.
OFFICE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
RAILROAD COMPANY,
NIDALIA, la, February ~, 1883.

holders Ia perHon viz
II u. steele 2oi sharea
Isaac Bowouburg 81 shares
Samuel Ullman 70l shares
A. n Foster lOl shares
/ T. Y. Learned got shares
,lup Rnwle lDt shares
J. 7, Ball Jr.. - shares.
l.. r Ault. 70 shares.
James Houston, - shares.
| BY Proxy -
va A. Meyer by Isaac T.oweuburE 500 shares.
Meyer Weiss 60. by Isaac fowsnhurR share
| Victor Meyer by laaao LrwenhurE ~ sVaros
Adolf pa Meyer nv Isaac T1wouhurg ~ shares.
! e.. J. Meyer by Isaac BoweubvrH 20 shares.
John Smythp by n. X Steele 100 shares.
Henry A Garrett by n r. Steele 100 shares
Thomas Ewing by VI Y steele 1000 -haI's.
=. i. Huntington hy " r. Steele, innn shares
| s. H. Steele BY IT. u Steele 5O0 shares.
Henry Frank by samuel Ulman 2ol shares.
Being a majority of al the stock Issued Jnmea
! IIousion bsuR in the chair and James y Ball, Jr.
PrtiJg ~ secretary.
Tine following act or agreement Of consolidation
and merger, entered into between tho Mississippi
| Valley Railroad Company Of Little Rock, Stat" u
Arkansas, aud the Mississippi valley katltoad
Company Of Vtdalta, Louisiana, beaiii d'te tch,
| ruarv jth, lsrcl, presented. read aud ordered
| spread upon the minutes, and Is Ia words AMI ~
/ uTes following towiti
! Articles Of Agreement made this sirth day of
| FobTulry, 1879 by and between the Mississippi
Valley Railroad Company nf Arkansas, party Of
tho first part, and the Mississippi Valley Railroad
Comnauy of Lousiana, party OF ne second part.
! whereas, The Miasiasippi Valley Railroad Com.
panv 81 A kansas created by the consolidation Ot
tie Giocnvlle and Bowie Railroad Company,
| with be Mississippi Valley Railroad Company,
uudor urticlos Of agreement dated, May 9Th, 1889,
subsequently ratified by the Stock holders in sai Il
| con- uauies, is u corporation organized aud exist
| iu1 uuder the laws Of Arkansas 70 locate, con
Htiuct, equip and operate line Of lIaih Dad ft0m
| a point OF tho limo Of the Little Rock, Mississippi
| River and Texas Railway Company Hoar Bowie
siatioO, in s0uherly direction through tho COM
mes Of Dcsla and ChiCOt to ile State line between
k1r 81 ates of Louisiana and Arkansas in section
! "A 10 Township 10, south T. West, on line tO he
aelec ed by the Board of Directors of said COmpa-
ny aud
! bereps, The Mississippi Valley Railroad
! Company of Louisiana is corporation, organized
aud exiS,iug under the laws ar Louisiana 70 locate
| cou,t ,uCt equip and operate line of Railroad
| from pu'nC on the state iue between the states
| o. bOrisianNaUd Arkansas, IN tue parish OF East
Go oil connecting with The line Of the MISSISSIPPI
| vi Valley Railroad Company IN Arkansas, In q
| Sousbery d.rcction through the parishes of East
! CarOli Madison, Tensta, COncofdR, Avoyeiles,
ppiut Con pee aud w est Baton Rouge. 10 aCOnneC-
| Ton with The New Orleans Pacific hallway now
mer'. ed into the Texas and Pacific Railway, and
| to connect also by bridge or steam transports
arrOS~ the Mtssssipp Rivor at or near Vidalta, Ia
| COnCO' dil Parish Louisiana, with Railroads on
| the Eas, bank of The Mssis5i ppi River, al the
| Ciy OF N1tchcZ, 10 Adams c0uDty Mississippi and
| Whereas, The parties hereto have heretofore
| dnly authorize tho merger and oOn3olida;ie1 OF
said panies into new company under the
| NAME o. the Mississippi Valley Railroad COmpa-
NY by sale of tho franchises. rights, privileges,
| y opelty and interests of every kind OF party OF
h part to party OF pCond part for the conHider.
RtiOd of One Thou saud shares OF the full paid cap
| ital stock Of tho consolidated company To- be paid
to tho stock holders Of party of first part subject
to The approval and ratification OF the stock hold
ers of said companies TespeG lively, aud have di'
| IeCied articles Of agreement and contract 10 be
drawn and duly executed IT, cary into effect such
sale merger and consolidation. and
Whereas The directors and officers Of the par ty
o. second part hereto arctic be the directors andoth
| cers OF he new consolidated company. until cleo
| tons shall be held rs provided by law, and the
Stock Of the party of the first part hereto. ~ TO
be called in and cancelled and one Thousand shares
of In paid capital stock Of the consolidated com
pauy. paid and delivered, in lieu OF the stock to
be Cancelled ; and the stock Of the party of the
secOrd part is TO be adopted az the stock Of the
dew consolidated company and all the books. pa.
peus, maps, prOhles, and lines OF Railroad. and
property Of every kind and MATURE belonging to
tue parties hereto shall pass to, and vest In, the
new com pany 40 formed by consolidation, and
said new company shall have all the powers,
| rights, privileges, franchises and immunities,
and be subject 10 all the obligations liabilities and
contracts Of either of the parties hereto as fully
| to all iutents and purposes, as such parties
would be- If THU merger and consolidation had not
| been made.
Now, nherefore this agreement wltnesseth ;
| That he narties hereto, in consideration of the
premises and Of One Dollar, by each Of the parties
b eretO to the other paid, the receipts Of which
! Rre hereby acknowledged, and under and by vir-
tue OF the laws of Louisiana and Of Arkansas un.
der which this merger and consolidation is effect
cd have cOvenanted and agreed, and do hereby
covenant and agree to, and with. each other. tn At
The said RAILROAD Com panies, with all the rights,
powers. privileges, franchises and immuntties be,
and by the making of this agreement and In com
pliance otherwise with the laws of the states OF
| Onisana aud Arkansas, in that behalf are here.
by mel ed aud consolidated into one corporation,
and one company is formed out of and in lieu Of
the two companies, parties hereto, for the pur
DOSE Of owning, constructing, equPing and opera
! ting the consolidated lines with all The powers
rights, and privileges Of the companies 80 cOnsOl
idatsd
That tbe name the new Company shall be the
! Mississippi Valley Railroad Company
That tho domicile ofthe new Company shall be
| Vidalia, COncOrdia parish, Louisiana.
! That the Capital Stock of the new Company
shalt be SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. divided
;ntO ssvenp thousand shares of one hundred
dollars each.
lhaC the President of tho new company Is the
officer designate upon HON legal process may
be served and such service may be made in per
sou o. by leavi ng the same at the Office of the
Company at its dOmieie, with any Of its officers
named in its charter.
Al office shall be established and m Maintained
In Al ka usas, in pursuance Of the Constitution
and Laws o. said State, in relation to such Rail
roads therein, and officers and agents appOintet
to transact the business and keep the books o.
the Com pany, as IN said constitution and law
provided, aud Upon whom process may be served
and un,iI Otherwise ordered Creed +. Walker
the Secretary OF the party of the first part hereto
will be such officer and agent with Office at Liitl,
Rock.
That one share of the capital stock shall entitli
the holder TO vote at all meetings of the stock
holders either in person or by proxy, provided h'
shall have held same on the books of the COmpa
ny for n0t less than thirty days before be Offer
TO vote and the ownership of one hundred share
of full paid stock shall maze a stock holder eligi
bic as a ID rector
That there shall be nina Directors a majority o
whom shall constitute quorum. Directors shal
be chosen annually. by a majority vote Of tht
stock holders present or represented at the annu
al m Getting of the stO TX holders, which shall b.
held at the office of the company, at ITS dOm!cle
on the first Monday Of December in each year
who shall continue to discharge the duties INIT
their successors are elected aud qualified, and IN
til the @rst Monday in December l-S3. The OH
GERS and Board OF Directors Of the Mississippi
Valley Railroad Company of Louisiana. part
hereto shall continue TO be the officers, and al
hereby constituted the Board of Directors an
Officers of the new Company. The Board Of ID
rectors of said Company shall have full authoIit
10 fix the price and terms uDOn which the stock o
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