The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-11-13
CHARTER Of the
new IBERIA-ST. MARY & EASTERN R. R.. co.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF IBERIA,

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF IBERIA.
Be it known. that on this 8th
day of the Month of October, A.
d., 1909, before me, Ventress Smith,
Notary Public duly commission
ed and qualified in and for the
Parish of Iberia, State of Louisiana,
and In the presence of the Witness
es hereinafter named and under
signed,
Personally ne and appeared
the several persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed and de-
clared that, awaiting themselves OF
the benefits of the laws of the State
OF Louisiana relative to the or
CARNATIONS of corporations, they
have formed and organized and by
these presents do form and organ
ize themselves as well as such 9TH
er persons as may hereafter join
with them or their successors, into
n corporation for the objects and
stipulations and agreements fol-
lowing to wit
ARTICLE 1.
The name, style and title of this
corporation shall be the Iberia st
Mary and Eastern Railroad Com
pany, and under said name it shall
enjoy corporate existence and
succession for the full term and
period of ninety nine years from
and after the day and date of this
act it shall have power to con-
tract, sue and be sued, and to make
and use a corporate seal and the
same to alter and break at plea
sure, to have, hold and receive
purchase, sell, convey, lease
pledge, bond, hypothecate anG
mortgage property OF any kind
whether real personal or mixed
corporal or incOrpOreal, to have
and appoint such managers, direct.
ors and officers and agents as it
business may require, and to make
and establish, as well as to altel
and amend from time to time such
bylaws rules and regulations fol
the proper management and gov.
eminent of the affairs of said cor.
poration as may be necessary anG
proper, and generally to possess al
the powers hereinafter mentioned
and that now are or may hereafter
be conferred by law or necessary
to promote its objects and inter.
ests.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be at New Iberia, La, where
service of citation or other lega
process shall be made upon the
president of said corporation, or
in his absence, upon one Of the
Vice presidents, or in the absence
of said officers, upon the Secretary
of said Company.
ARTICLE III. "
The objects and purposes fol
which this corporation is organ
lied and founded and the nature o.
the business to be carried on by
it are hereby declared to be:
To construct or otherwise &C.
quire, maintain and operate for the
carriage Of passengers, freight
mail ana express matter q line o.
railroad with one or more tracks
from the city of New Iberia in ,
SoutheasterIy direction through
the Parish OF st. Mary, Assumption
or Terrebonne to the city Of New
Orleans; and to such other points
| in or out of the State rs may b.
determined by the Board OF Direct
ors; with such mature power as tn,
Company may determine expedi
ent, with all necessary spurs, sid,
tracks, switches, turnouts, watel
tanks, sand and gravel pits, sta
tons, station houses, yards, depota
warehouses, grain elevators, cot
ton congresses, round houses
sheds, coal chutes, ware houses
platforms, ferries, bridges and al
other accessories, adjuncts ant
appurtenances connecting lines o
railway, branch lines and extern
sions from SIC, other points OF
said main liz az said corporation
may select to other points in tn,
State OF Louisiana or Outsid,
thereof; to obtain and receive By
grant, purchase, gift or beques
both real and personal property
and for the purchase of land sup
plies, material, rolling stock or tn,
payment OF labor, contracts ant
works, to issue stock certificates
or bonds in payment thereof, ant
at such valuations as may be q.
greed upon by and between the Di
rectors Of this Corporation and tn,
owners OF land material, suppliel
rolling stock and the laborers OF
contractors Of work; to obtain, re.
ceive or accept from State, County
Parish, District, Ward, Town, Vii.
lage or person any rights, privile.
ges or franchises which the same
may offer for the construction
maintenance management Of
use Of it's Transportation
lines, their depots, wharvet
shops, cars, locomotives, and
general business which the
same may choose to grant, release
or otherwise confer or give; ia
borrow money or to purchase and
lease property on It's own credit
for the purpose of constructing
mainting and operating the lines
of transportation and telegraph
and, 40 evidence Of indebtedness
OF this Corporation for such loans
or the purchase or lease OF said
property, to issue its corporate
bonds, or promissory note, bearing
interest and made payable either
in United States currency or gold
coin and ut such time and place a
may be approved by the directors
and for securing the payment OF
said bonds or notes to mortgage
and pledge ito railroad capital
stock, company buildings, corpor-
ate franchises and immunities real
or personal property or any por-
ton Of the same; to lease or sell
it, lines Of railway in whole or In
part to other companies; to lease