New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-04-20
CHARTER
OF THE
New Iberia, ST. Martin & North
eTn Railroad Company.

Be Vt known, ThGt on this 2d day of th,
MOI th of April A j. 1907, before me
Fred w. Bauman, a Notary Public dul,
commissioned aud qualified in and fo
sthe Parish OF Iberia, State of Louisiana
ana IN the pr essence of the witnesses here
1narter named aud undersigned.
Personally came and appeared The sew
eral persons whose names are hereuntc
subscribed and declared that, awaiting
themselves of the benefits of the iaAs o
ihe State OF Louisiana relative to tffp 'r
gahlzatlcn of corporations, they have
formei and organized, and by those pres
ents do form aud organize themselves, as
well as such other persons as may here
after JOIN With them or their successors
into n corporation for the objects aud
putpo e-, aud under the covenants stip-
ulations aud agreements following, to- wit:
ARTICLE /
The name, style and title OF this cor
puration shall be the NEW IBERIA
ST. MARTIN e. NORTHERN RAILROAD
COMPANY and under said name it
shall enjoy a corporate existence and sue
cession for the full term and period of
NINETY NINE (99) years from aud after
the day and date of this act 1t shall
have power to contract, sue and be sued,
The same to br, ak and alter at pleasure
Ito have, hold and receive. purchase, SELL
convey, Jease, ,fstedge, bond, hypothecate
and mortgage property of any kind
whether real, personal or mixed corpo-
real or incorporeaI, to have and appoint
such managers, directors, officers and
agents AS its business may require; and
To make and est ablish, as well as TO alter
and amend fiom time to time such by
laws, rules and regulations for the proper
management aud government of the af-
iairs of said corporation as may be neees.
sary and proper, and generally, to pos
sess all the powers hereinafter mentioned
and that now are or may hereafter be
conferred by law on necessary to pro-
mote its objects and interests.
ARTICLE H.
The domcile of this corporation shall
I've at New iberia, La, where service of
citation or other hgal process shall be
made upon the president Of said corpora
alon, or, in bis absence, upon one of the
vice presidents, or, in the absence of said
officers, upon the Secretary of said Com
pauy.
ARTICLE Ill
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized and founded
ana the nature of the business to be ear
RED on by 1t are hereby declared to be:
10 construct or otherwise acquire, main
tain and operate for the carriage of pas
sengers, freight, mail and express matter, |
a line of railroad with one or more tracks |
8 -&aa q point at or near the City of New |
) , "a csouisiana, thence in Northern |
- iaa1aaA5if 10 -. Barre in the Parish of |
st. Landry, Louisiana, and beyond to |
such point or points { may hereafter be |
determiped; and al from the City of |
New Iberia in a So nerly direction 4. a |
Pojrt ut or near Berwick on Berwick
Bay, in the Parish of st. Mary, Louisi-
ana aud beyond to such other point or
points as may hereafter be determined
upon; with all necessary spurs, side
tracks, switches, turnouts, water tanks,
sand and gr, el.pts, stations, station
bouses, yards, depois,' warehouses, grar
elevators. cotton congresses, round
houses, sheds, coal chutes. warehouses,
platforms, ferries, bridges and all other
AEsseeuries, adjuncts and appurtenances
necessary, proper and convenient for the
operation OF said line of railways; to 10.
cate, construct or otherwise acquire and
operate with all necessary accessories.
adjnDcts and appurtenances connecting
lines ofIailway. branch lines and extern
sions from such other points on said main
line as said corporation may select to
other points In the State of Louisiana orI
in other States; to obtain and receive by
grant, purchase, gift or bequest both real
aud personal property; and for the pur-
chase OF land, supplies, material rolling
stock or the payment of labor, contracts
and works. to issue stock certificates or
bonds In payment thereof, aud at such
as may be agreed upon by and 1
between the directors of this corporation &
aud the owners of land, material, supplies, {
rolling stock and the laborers or contrac-
fors OF work; to obtain, accept or receive Z
from any State. county, parish, dist, ward, /
Town, village or person any rights, privi-
leges OF franchises which the same may 6
offer for the construction, maintenance, b
or use of its TRANSPORTATION O
lines. their depots. wharves, shops, cars, s
locomotives and general business which {
he same may choose to grant, release to
Or otherwise confer or give; to borrow
money or to purchase aud lease property Il
Dn its own credit for the purpose of con. n
maintaining aud operating the a
ines of transportation and telegraph; and, u
,s evidence OF indebtedness of this Cor. s
,oratlon for such leans or the purchase or (,
ease OF said property. to issue its corpor- Il
ire bonds. or promissory note, bearing in
crest and fnadt payable either In uni,ed
lkatps currency or gold coin and Mt such Il
imSsapd place rs may be app, owed by "
he direslors aud for securing the payment b
i said bonds on notes to mortgage and P
,ledge its railroad capital rock. company v
corporate franchises and i'm IL
real or personal property or anv K
orton Of the same; TO lease or sell its 4;
mes Of railway in whole or Ia pat b. ni
fher companies; to lease other railways "
ithrr Within or without the State of Lou P
,iana; TO purchase or consolidate with a,
ther railway companies organized under b
1e laws of Louisiana or of aay other II
ate Of the Union, and t, acquire and
old the stocks, bonds ard secureties o.
lch other railway corporations; to guar th
niee the stocks, bonds aud secureties OF tn
lch other railway corporation as this th
orporation may be interested in; to con- m
ruct aud maintain passenger depots. m
eight yards and warehouses and to per- tn
it the use Of such depots as union de- st,
its; to construct or otherwise acquire sp
"a operate steamships and other vessels no
r the carriage Of freight aud passengers pl
Z hire; TO construct, own and operate til
,cks and wharves for the landing OF ves- th
ls and for the securing, storing and su
rwardiug of freight and accommodation ne
passengers; to establish aud operate 10
lAeasph aud telephone lines, to con- by
- ~ otherwise acquire, maintain aud Of
:. canals for navigation aud to ac- th,
ne and hold stocks, bonds or other Sc ca
reties OF other corporations owning and
erafing snch canals, and generally to
Id aud exercise all such incidental pow cit
! and privileges as relate to the objects tn.
rein setfurth. Iiq
ARTICLE ~. thu
stock OF this corporation 10 tbs
reby declared to be the sum of Five csI
lndred Thousand (s500, ,000) divided ab
q aud represented by ave thousand tbs
sres Of the par value of One Hundred sus
liars each, which stock shall be paid for ty
cash. OF on such instaiiments and alter
a notices as the board Of directors may sio
!. ~ may be issaed IN payment of labor sur
ssxices rendered, or property actually ele
15lved by the spid corporation. hol
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