The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-22
LEGAL ApvERTiSEMENTs.
ACT OF INCORPORATION
s7A6s -oF THIS -
" 0uachita Valley Railway
Company

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Company"
STATE OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF
DElr KNOWN AND REMEMBERED,
D ths4 ON sllis, the 10th day Of November.
A. p, 1855. before me, r. a. Young, dspa.y
oDsaio Recorder and Notary Public, within
and for the parish Of Oaachita, State of
Louisiana, personally came and appeared,
a; J. pq h.as s,ns MsSsI 4 Ea ssn.
s. w. saunders, 3. Fudickar. Uriah Mill
ssps, pa. Breatd, Jr., Robert H: Endom.
T. 1sosdway. 9. + Johnsson, 4. Bcnoit.
Harris, i r. Pssker, Iaward ds Nsssa. I.
n: cGopsr: A.. AssrtsE koScrs :: He1-
Mss :as E g. a a s. sas .aP
list 81 stock and stocfhSidsrs IA the Ouach.
ita Valley Railway Company. who declared
and acknowledge, that ayeiliny them-
Contribution and atatutsa Of the State Of
Loutsfana relative TO the organization OF
corporations for public Improvement, they
and 10 hereby aud 81 .hsse presents torn,
organize and constitute themselves, and
come associated with them, into body
CO1PVtAt0 VS CVE3Ot%ttOtl 0u<A ~ SGs0S VtANs
sud for that purpose, do covenant and
agree TO b governed BY the following slip
ulstions. obligAtiona and regulations .
Articles OF Corporation, which are to 30
the charter ofsa1d corporation. to-wit:
8. So, ,ar ~. ARTlcLE I. tx
shall bs ssrhs Ouschita valley Hallway
Company" and that by said name said
corporation shall have Succession and COR.
porate existence for and during tho flll
this act, unless sooner dissolved. In Ito
said corporate name. IL may sue and be
sued; may have corporate seal; ma1 hold
nnS s~ eon a eo my rscs,ps 1ss;. aa
don ations oflnnd, money and psrDoDal
property. and generally ahell possess all
tho power and privileges which such cor
sess under the Consii: ution, or BY any xen-
oral law of this State.
ARTICLE II.
The domicil Of said corporation 10 the
city OF Monroe, in the parish Of Ouachits,
State Of Louisiana.
ARTICLE Ill.
The purposes for which said corporation
has bsen Organized. are a. follows:
J; Section I: To locate, construct, own and
manage . standard guage railroad, with
one or moro tracks, and suitable turnouts
and switches, upon such . course or route
AS tho chief engineer OF tho company, with
the approval OF the directors, may deem
most advisable and expedient, from 4 point
Biun H. In tho State Of Arkansas. or SUCH
other point in tho State A. the chief engi-
neer OF the company, with the approval of
the directors may select, yiG Monroe, Lou
the town Of Alezandria, In the State Of
Louisians; also to locate, conatruot, own;
maintain and manage telegraph and tele-
phone lines on the line o, said Railroad.
maintain. and use such branch railroads
and tracks as majority Of tho directors Of
said company may from time to time deem,
:aid company: Said company shall not be
restricted In the exercise Of these privileges
of, to or concerning either OF ssld brancl,
railroads to the State of Loaiaians. but
may connect its main line with sny other
line or lines in such Other States ~ shall
authorize the exercise OF said privileges
within their limits: to establish aud nfsin-
tain proper elevators and freight and pas
may be deemed most convenient and
proper, and said company shall have the
right to acquire by appropriation, suck,
bed, depot, elevator, or other necessary
purposes.
Sec. 8. To purchase, hold, operate, MAIN
railroads, or to consolidate with tho same
and make one company under the name OF
the companies or any other name.
Sec. 4. To construct, establish or pur-
.
maintain and use, such wharves, bridges,
piers, hsrbors. steamboats,, warehouses,
elevators, yards, depots, stations and other
works as said company may deem neces-
sary.
See. s. To take, transport, carry and
convey persons and property upon It's
railroad and branches, and to receive for
safe keeping. and to store merchandise and
other property In it's yards. elevators and
warehouses, and to receive for such trans
portstion, safe keeping or storage, suci,
tolls and charges Is may from time to time
DO established by the directors Of said COM
pany; to mako advances Of money
or credits for charges made by other
transportation lines upon merchandise or
property to be transported upon its own
railroads, or to be stored In Its yards, elo-
vators or warehouses, to such extent, and
upon such terms and conditions ~ tho di-
rectors of such company may from tfnlo to
time fix and establish, or authorize to be
fixed and established.
Sec. 6. To take, send and transmit, re-
ceive and deliver, telegraphic aud teie-
phouic messages and communications to
and from such offices as the company may
establish along its line, or from and to sucf,
other telegraph and telephone companies
| as said company may connect with, And
| to establish for such service such charges
and tolls a. may from time to tune be
fixed by the directors.