New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-02-03
New Iberia, Lafayette and North
western Railroad Company.

State OF Louisiana, Parish of Iberia.
Be 1t known, that OF this 9th day of the
mouth Of December, A. D 1911, before
me, Veutress J. Smith, Notary Public,
duly commissioned and qualified in and
for the Parish of iberia, State of Louis
lana, and in the presence of the witness
ses hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereunto sub
subscribed, and declared that, availing
themselves of thu benefits of the law of
the State of Louisiana relative to the Or
ganization of corporations, they have
formed and organized ard by these pres
ents do form and organize themselves, as
well as such other persons as may here
after join with them or their succe ssors
into corporation for the objects and
purposes and under the covenants, stipu-
lations and agreements following, TOW it
ARTICLE /.
The name, style and title Of this corpo.
ration shall be the NEW IBERIA, LAF-
AYETTE AND NORTHWESTERN
RAILROAD COMPANY, and under said
name it shall enjoy corporate existence
and succession for the full term and pc
Rod of ninety nine years from ami after
the date of this act; it shall have the
power to contract, sue and be sued, to
make and use q corporate seal, and the
same to alter and break at pleasure; TO
have, hold and receive. purchase, sell,
convey, lease, pledge, bond, hypothe cat g
and mortgage PROF. erty of any kind, whe-
Their real, personal or mixed, corporesl or
incor poreal; to have and appoint such
managers. directors and officers and
agents as its business may require; to
make and establish, as we'll as to alt er
and amend from time to time, such by
laws, rules and regulations for the proper
management and government of the af-
fairs OF said corporation as may be nee
essary and proper, and generally to pos.
sess all the powers hereinafter mentioned
and that now are or may hereafter be con-
fer1ed by law or necessary to promote its
objects and interests.
ARTICLE 2.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be at New Iberia, Louisiana, where SER
vice Of citation or other legal process
shall be made upon the President of said
corporation, or, in his absence, upon one
of the vice presidents, or in his alb
sence OF said officers, upon the secretary
of said Company.
ARTICLE 3.
The objects and purpose for which this
corporation is organized and founded and
the nature of she business to be carried
on by it are hereby declared to be: To
construct or otherwise acquire, maintain
and operate for the carriage of passeDg-
ers, freight, mail and express matter, a
line of railroad which will be = common
carrier with one or more tracks, from the
City of New Iberia in a northwestern d.
reciion, through the Parishes of Iberia,
st. Martin, Lafsy cite, Acadia, and st.
Landry, Louisiana, to or within three
miles of the Town of Eunice, Louisiana,
and to such other points in or out of the
State as may be determined by the Board
of Directors, with such motive power as
the Company may determine expedient,
with all necessary spurs, side tracks,
switches, turnonts, water tanks, sand and
gravel pits, stations, station houses, yards,
depots, warehouses, grain elevators, cot
ton compress. round houses, sheds, coal
shutes, warehouses, platforms, ferries,
bridges, and all other acce ssories, ad.
juncts and appurtenanees, connecting
lines of railway. branch lines and extern
siops from such other points ON main line
as said corporation may select, to other
points in the State OF Louisiana or outside
thereof to obtain and receive by grant,
purchase, gift or bequest both real and
personal property; and for the purchase
Of land, supplies, material, rolling stock,
or the payment of labor contracts and
works, to issue stock certificates or bonds
In payment thereof, ard at such valua-
tions as may be agreed upon by and be-
tween the directors of this corporation
and owners of land, material, supplies,
rolling stock, and laborers or contractors
Of work; to obtain, receive, or accept
from any state. county, levee boards, par
ish, district, ward, village. town, corpor-
All MS or person, any rights, subsidies,
privileges or franchises which the name
may offer for the construction, mainte-
nance, management or use of its transpor-
tstion lines, their derots, whsrves, shops,
cars, locomotives, and general business
which the same may choose to grant. 70
lease or otherwise confer or give; to bor-
row money or o purchase and lease prop
erty on its own credit for the purpose Of
constructing, maintaining and operating
the lines Of transportation and telegraph,
and, as ovid .nce of the indebtedness of
this corporation for ssch loans or the pur.
chase or lease of said property, to issue
its corporate bonds, or pr omissory note,
bearing interest and made payable either
in United States currency or gold coin,
and At such time and place rs may be APP
proved by the directors; and for securing
the payment of said bonds, or notes; to
mortgage and pledge its railroad. capital
stock, company buildings. corporate
franchises and immunities. real or per-
sonal property or any portion OF the same;
to lease or sell its lines OF roaoways in
whole or in part to other companies; ia
lease other railways either within or with.
ont the State Of Louisiana; to purchase OF
consolidate with other railway companiea
organized under tho laws Of the State Of
Louisiana. or any other State Of the Union;
and acquire and hold stocks, bonds. and
securities Of such other railway corpora.
tions as this corporation may be interes
ted 10; to construct aud maintain passen.
ger depots. freight yards. and warchousei
and to permit the use Of such depots u
union depots; to construct Or olheTUisl