St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-06-30
CHARTER
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ST. TAaMAny AND new ORLEANS RAILWAYS
AND FERRY COMPANY.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF
LOUISIANA, PARISH or ST. TAMMANY.

Be IT KNOWN, That on this 18th da!
of May, In the year of our Lord, on.
thousand, nine hundred and six, ana o.
the Independence Of the United States
of America the one hundred and TWEEN
ty-ninth, before me, Harrison Rankin
Warren, clerk Of Court aud ex-ofhctG
. notary public, duly commissioned and
qualified, In and for the parish Of St
Tammany, State of Louisiana, and In
the presence Of the witnesses hereinaf-
ter named and undersigned,
Personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who severally declared
that, availing themselves of tie laws Of
the State of Louisiana, In such cases
made and provided, they have cove
nanted and ayreed, and do by these
presents covenant and agree and bind
themselves, as we'll as al! such persons
as may hereafter become associated
with them, to form corporation, for
the objects and purposes ana under the
articles and stlpulations following, to-
wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation shall
be ''St. Tammany and New Orleans
Railways and Ferry Company" and un-
der its said corporate name 1t shall have
power and authority to have and enjoy
corporate existence and succession for
the full term and period of ninety mine
years from and after the date hereof, to
contract, sue and be sued; to make
and use . corporate seal, and the same
TO- al md Af MI en- hold
receive, lease, purchase and convey, az
well as mortgage and hyp0thecate,
property, real personal and mixed, cor
poreal and incorporeal; to name and
appoint such managers, agents and d.
rectors and officers as it's business, in
terest and convenience may require,
and to make and establish, as well as
amend, from time to time, such bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper
government Of the affairs of said cor
p0rattOn as may be necessary and
proper.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile OF said corporation
shall be in the town of Covington, par
ish Of st. Tammany, State of Louisiana.
and all citations or other legal process
shall be served upon the President of
said corporation, or in the event of his
absence upon the Vice President there
Of, and in the absence Of both OF said
officers, upon the Secretary Of said COR.
poratfon.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation Is established, aud the
nature Of the business to be carried on
by 1t, are hereby declared to be to con-
struct or otherwise acquire, maintain
and operate for the carriage Of passen-
gers, freight, mail and express matters
q main line of railway, with one or |
more tracks, from some point In or near
the town of Covington, st. Tammany
Parish, Louisiana, to or near the shores |
OF Lake Pontchartrain, with interesting |
or branch lines to other points In said |
parish, connecting with boats or other
means or lines Of transportation across
said Lake, with all necessary spurs,
side tracks, switches, turnouts, water
tanks, sand and gravel pits, stations,
yards and depots, roundhousee, shops,
coal chutes, warehouses, platforms,
ferries, bridges Of Its own and
other adjuncts and appultenanees nec-
essary, proper and convenient for the
operation Of said main line Of railways;
to lease or sell Its lines OF railwsys, In
whole or In part, to other companies;
to lease or buy other railways, In whole
Dr in part; to purchase or consolidate
With other railway corporations orRsn-
zed under the laws Of the state Of Lon.
siana Or Of any other State, or Of the
United States; to construct or main
ain passenger depots and freight yards:
20 construct, own and operate etesm-I
'htps and other vessels or boats for the
;arrtage OF freight and passengers for
IRE; to construct own and operate
locks and wharves for the landing Of
'essels or boats, and for the receiving,
toring and forwarding Of freight, and
he accommodation Of passengers; to
electric planta and to generate
md distribute electricity for hire, for
lght, heat and power purposes; to buv
nd sell lands for profit; to dig or bore
Vells, and to pump, store, distribute :.
nd sell water for use and consumption !.
y individually, corporations or munich
alities, and for manufacturing DUR ,
'oseS, Irrigation or agricultural pur- ,,
oses; to develop generally the COM
oercial and agricultural interests Of
be parish Of 81. Tammany; and gem =
rally to hold and exercise al such In
idental powers and privileges as relate !
the objects hereinbefore set forth. I
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of said corporations
ereby ike I'd at the sam Of three hundred !,
1ousand dollars $500. 600), divided In =
} and represented by three thousand !,
5000 shares Of stock, Of the sum Of !
ne hundred shares each. Said stock . .
1"u be paid for In cash at such time. ),
such amounts and after such notice =
the subscribers ~ may be fixed BY II
le Board Of Directors. or the same be -
sued at not less than par for labor
oDe or property actually received BY
le corporation.
ARTICLE v. A
All the corporate powers of said cor n
,ratfon shall be vested in and exer. O
sed by Board Of Directors, to be d
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