The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-15

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
ACT OF INCORPORATION
"Ouachita Valley Railway
Company"
STATE OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF
OUACHlTA.
d that ON this, the 30th day OF November.
clerk Of the Fifth District Court and e1-
oticio Recorder aud Notary Public. within
II. J. DUTY. Frank r. stubbs. Il. Sho-
lara, l. Eneut. BAes, 9; Meyer; =; Endo don.
TT broadway, G. h. Johnston, A. Benoit.
J. 81. Mccormick. Chesles schn!.e. VIM.
aaEsis P;rs. sdwa1 So Ss Ne = Hs 4:
Son .. John B. 6e:snsr, r. Kindsrnann. q.
w. Miller and E. II. Rtlls, all OF whom are
subscribers to the original subscription
ita Valley Railway Company. who declared
and acknowledged. that ayailing them-
selves of the privileges conferred BY the
Contribution and statutes OF the state o.
corporations for public Improvement, they
have formed themselves into acorporation,
aud DO hereby and by these presents form,
ali such other persons a. may hereafter be-
come associated with them, into body
corporate or corporation, and to that snd.
and for TINT pnrp9sS 90 Sc@,%s . ana
ufations, ot5ligations and regulations -
Articles of Corporation, which are to DO
the charter OF said corporation, to-wit:
..,, AUTIoLE I. f,r .,',..,.
Tho name and title of this corporation
shall be ''rhe Onachita valley RAILWAY
Company" and that by said name said
corporation shall have succession and cor.
porate existence for and during the f0l!
term OF ninety-nine years from the date OF
said corporate name, it may eue and be
sued; may have corporate sea-; may hold
and own real and personal property; may
make contracts; may receive granss :o ana
property, and generally shall possess all
Che power and privileges which such cor
porotions are or may be authorised to pos
sess under the Constitution, or ny any gen.
oral law Of this State. ,l is.
ARTICLE II.
The domicil OF said corporation il the
city of Monroe, in the parish OF Ouachfta,
State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE iii. -E -....
The purposes for which said corporation
has been organized, are % follows:
Section l. To locate, construct. own and
manage q standard guage railroad, With
one or more tracks, and suitable turnouts
and switches, upon such course or route
the approval Of the directors. may deem
most advisable and expedient, from point
on the Arkansas river at or near Pine
Bluff, in the State OF Arkansas, or such
I~A tn tIS0 At a IA Uh a H.,
neer Of the company, with the approval Of
isiana, to a point on Red River, at or near
The town Of Alexandria, in the State Of
Louisianss also to locate, construct, own;
maintain and manage telegraph and tele-
phone lines on the line OF said railroad.
Sec. 2. 10 locate, construct, lease; own,
maintain. and use such branch railroads
and tracks as a majority Of the directors of
said company may from time to time deem
proper, expedient, and for tho benefit OF
restricted in the exercise Of these privileges
of, to or concerning either of said branch
railroads to tho State Of Louisiana. but
may connect its main line with any other
authorize the exercise of said privileges
within their limits; to establish and MAIN
tain proper elevators and freight and pas
senger depots at such points and places MS
may be deemed most convenient and
proper, and said company shall have the
right to acquire by appropriation, such
property as it may require for tracks. road
bed, depot, elevator, or other necessary
purposes. 80 't
Sec. 8. To purchase, hold, operate, main
tain aud use, any connecting railroad or
railroads, or to consolidate with the Same
and make one company under the name of
the companies or any other name.
Sec. 4. To construct, establish or pur-
chase in this State, aud thereafter to own,
maintain and use, such wharves, bridges,
piers, harbors. steamboats,, warehouses,
elevators, yards, depots, stations and other
works as said company may deem neces.
sary.
Sec S. To take, transport. carry and
convey persons and property upon Its
railroad aud branches, and to receive for
other property In It's yards, elevators and
warehouses, and to receive for such trans
portation, safe keeping or storage. such
tolls and charges ~ may from time to time
he 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
railroads, or to be stored in It's yards, ele-
vators or warehouses, to snch extent, and
upon such terms and conditions as the d.
rectors Of such company may from time to
time fix and establish, or authorize to be
fixed and EST ablished.
Sec. 6. To take, send and transmit, re-
ceive and deliver, Geographic and tele-
and from such offices as the company may
establish along its line, or from and to such
other telegraph and telephone companies
as said company may connect with, and
to establish for such service such charges
and tolls as may from time to time be
fixed by the directors.
Sec. l. To obtain and receive by grant,
syift davise and ham est both real and Der.