St. Tammany farmer., 1906-05-26
CHARTER
~ OF THE
ST. IAMMANY AND new ORLEANS RAILWAYS
and FERRY COMPANY.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF
LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ST. TAMNIANY.

BE IT KNOWN, That on this 18th da,
of May, in the year of our Lord, one
Thousand, nine hundred and six, and o1
the independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and TWEEN
ty-ninth, before me, Harrison Rankin
Warren, clerk of Court and ex-officic
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 severa,ly declared
that, availing themselves Of tie laws OF
the State of Louisiana, In such cases
made and provided, they have cove
nanted and agreed, and do by these
presents covenant and agree and bind
themselves, as. we'll as all such persons
as may hereafter become associated
with them, to form corporation, for
the objects and purposes and under the
articles and stlpulations following, to-
wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name of this corporation shall
be est. Tammany and New Orleans
Railways and Ferry Company" and un-
der its said corporate name it shall have
power and authority to have and enjoy
corporate existence and succession for
the full term and period Of ninety
years from and after the date hereof, to
contract, sue and be sued; to make
and use corporate seal, and the same
to alter and break at pleasure; to hold.
receive, lease, purchase and convey. as
well as mortgage and hypothecate,
property, real personal and mixed, cor
poreal and incorporeal; to name and
appoint such managers, agents and di-
rectors and officers as its business, in
terest and convenience may require,
and to make and establish, as we'll as
amend, from time to time, such bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper
government Of the affairs of said corr
poration 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 tie Vice President there
of, and in the absence of both of said
officers, upon the Secretary OF said cor
poration.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is established, aud the
nature Of the business to be carried on
by it, 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
a 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 intersectfng
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, roundhouses, shops,
coal chutes, warehouses, platforms,
ferries, bridges of it's own ana
other adjuncts and appu1tenanees nec-
essary, proper and convenient for the
operation OF said main line of railway; ];
to lease or sell its lines of railways, in
whole or in part, to other companies;
to lease or buy other railways, in whole
or in part; to purchase or consolidate
with other railway corporations organ-
isiana or Of any other State, or Of the
United States; to. construct or main
tain passenger depots and freight yards;
to construct, own and operate steam
ships and other vessels or boats for the
carriage of freight and passengers for
hire; to construct own and operate
docks and wharVes for the landing OF
vessels or boats, and for the receiving,
storing and forwarding Of freight, and
the accommodation of passengers; to
establish electric plants and to generate
a1d distribute electricity for hire, for
llght, heat and power purposes; to buy
and sell lands for profit; to dig or bore
wells, and to pump, store, distribute
and sell water for use and consumption
by individuals, corporations or munich
palities, and for manufacturing Dur.
poses, irrigation or agricultural pur-
poses; to develop generally the COM
morcial and sggricnltural interests OF
the parish h of st. Tammany; and gen.
orally to hold and exercise all such in
eidental powers and privileges as relate
to the objects hereinbefore set forth.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of said corporation il
hereby fixed at the sum Of three hundred
thousand dollars ($300. .OOOl, divided in.
to and represented BY three thousand
$4,000 shares of stock, Of the sum o1
one hundred shares each. ssid stoci