The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-06-17

Or THE
LAF0URcKE, RAcELAND, LOCK-
PORT Rail Road COMPANY.
{. S. OF AMERICA.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF ORLEANS.
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
CITY OF NEW E

pEII KNOWN. THAT ON THIS THE
- srNrutt day Of june. i'll the wear of onr
LORD Eighteen Hundred and Ninetv.tbree.
and Of the Independence OF the United
States of America, the One Hundred and
seventeenth.
Before me. FELIX J. DPEYFoUS. No
tary } ubllc, duly commissioned and qualified
IN and for the Parish of Orleans, State OF
Louisiana, and in the presence of aIessrs.
George Montgomery and Albert Guilbault.
two good and competent witnesses, both re-
sitting in said Parish and State,
PERSONALLY CAME AND APPEARED
Leon Go,chaux, ,. Edward Goachanx.
3. Charles Godchaux, 4, Paul l.. Godchaux,
>. Albert GodcEaux. all OF the CITY of New
Orleans. Parish of Orleans, this State. and
6. Alexander Theriot of the Parish of La
fourche, this State
WHO DECLARED. That ayailine them
selves nt the provisions of the laws of the
State Of Louisiana relative to the orsaniza
ton OF corporations for works OF public i'm
prcvement and tor other purposes, the Y
hereby covenant and agree and bind them
selves, as we'll as all others who NAV hereaf-
ter become associated with them. to form
ANA constitute a corporation and body poll
tic i'll law. for the objects and purposes and
under the stipulations. covenants, and agree.
ments hereinafter fully set forth as follows
to-wit
AhllCGE L.
The name and title Of said corporation
shall be "lIE LAFOURCHF, KACELAND.
LOCkP0KT RAIL ROAD COMPANY.
and by its corporate name shall have and
enjoy succession for the full PERIOD Of Nine
ty mine years from the date ut these pre-
sents.
Its domicil shall be at Raceland IN the
Parish of Lafourche. State of Louisiana, and
citation and legal process shall be served on
the President of said corporation.
ARTICLE IL.
The purposes and objects OF said corpora,
ton shall be to survey, locate. construct.
build, equip and operate a Railroad from a
point at LOckport on the right descending
bank OF Bayou Lafourche, or at Longueville
on the left descending bank of SAID bayou.
thence on up to point IL ar near the Pub
lie Road at Lafourche Crossing. in the SAID
Parish of LafOurcbe. to carry and transnsrt
freight and passengers aud with power also
to survey, locate, construct, hHiad aud equip
such side tracks, sidings. Switches. station
houses, depots, elevators un'i utter appii
ances along the main line Of SAID road, as
may be deemed necessary and cxYedient by
the Board Ct Directors of said corporation
with power also TO build branches to connect
with the main line, and to extend said main
line beyond the terminal points aforesaid,
whenever said Board Of Directors NAV deem
- oho ShpC'tlVih. Pdlh Cbi VoI ullU1
to use either steam power, electro power or
any power or moter that its i'oard Of Direc
tors may deem eXpedieut and proper. And
to build a bridge. if necessary, across Bayou
Latourche at or near Raceland.
ARTICLE III.
The said corporation shall have power and
authority
Ito contract. sue and be sued to adopt
and use a corporate seal and the same TO
alter or change at pleasure
40 buy, hold, receive. lease. sell and
convex, property, real, personal and mixed
to mortgage and hypethecate such of its
property as can be mortgaged. and to pledge
and pawn such OF its property as can be le-
gally pledged ard pawned
3.-To establish and adop!. through its
Board of Directors, such bylaws, rules and
regulations Tor the proper management and
regulation Of the affairs of said corporation
as may be necessary and proper and the
same to change, alter or amend at the pleas
ure Of the said Board of Directors.
4th.-To borrow, from time to time, such
sums of money as may be required for con-