The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-19
CHARTER
Of the
LOUISIANA TRACTION AND POW.
Err COMPANY.

Louisiana, PARISH OF cdS
City of Lake Charles, Nov. 16, 1912
Be it known and remembered BY
these presents that on this 10th day
of November, A. D., 1912, before me
Leon Sugar, a Notary Public in ant
for the Parish of Calcasieu, State o.
Louisiana, duly commissioned ant
qualified, and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and un
dersigned. personally came and ap
peared J. A. Landry, S. T. Woodring
D. ]. Landry, E. E. Shackford. P. o
Moss, Thos. J. Bird, Lynn H.. Dinkins
Frank Roberts and H. F. Cameron
and Leopold Kaufman, all Of legal age
and who severally declared that, avail
ing themselves Of the provisions Of
the Constitution and Laws of the
State of Louisiana relative to the or
ganization of corporations, they have
contracted, covenanted and agreed and
by these presents, do contract cove
nant and agree and bind and obligate
themselves as well as all such other
persons az may hereafter become as
ISOLATED with them, to form and con
stitute a body polite in law for the
objects and purposes and under the
0&ISSu0uLS, COvSuduIO 0AO oIAPOAo
lions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of this corpora.
ton shall be-:
LOUISIANA TRACTION AND POW
Err COMPANY.
Under this name it shall have or
porate existence and enjoy succession
for the peroiod of Ninety-Nine (99)
years from the date of this act.
1t shall have full power and author
fly to contract, to u and be sued;
to make and use a corporate seal and
the same to alter at pleasure; to &C
quire, receive, hold, sell, lease, pur-
chase and convey as we'll as pledge
and hypothecate both real and per-
sonal property; to elect officers and
to make such rules and bylaws for
the transaction of the purposes of its
business as may be necessary, con-
venient or proper; to make all con-
tracts competent to be made or done
by like corporations under the laws
Of the State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be in the City of Lafayette, La
fayette Parish, Louisiana.
All citations, or other legal process
directed to or against it, shall be
served at it's domicile and upon its
President or, in the event of his alb
sence, upon its Secretary.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is established and
the nature of the business to be car
ried on by it, are hereby declared to
be-:
To construct or otherwise acquire,
maintain and operate for the carriage
Of passengers, freight mail, packages
and express matter, a main line OF
railway, with one or more tracks,
from some point in, at or near. the
City of Lafayette, Louisiana, to some
point in, at or lei the Sabine River.
in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; to
construct or otherwise acquire, main
tain and operate, for the carriage of
passengers, freight, mail packages
and express matter, a main line of
railway, with n or more tracks,
from some point, in, at or near the
City of Lafayette, Louisiana, to some
point in, at or near Morgan City, Lou
isiana; to construct or otherwise &C
quire, maintain and operate, for the
carriage Of freight, mail, packages
and express matter, a main line of
railway. with one or more tracks,
from some point in, at or near, the
City of Lafayette, Louisiana to some
point in, at or near Alexandria, Lou
isiana.
Such main lines of railway to be To-
Gated upon the route that may be
hereafter selected by this corpora
ton and with all necessary spurs,
side tracks, switches, turn-outs. water
tanks, sand and gravel pitts, stations
and station houses, yards, depots,
sheds, coal chutes, warehouses, plat
forms, bridges and all other accesso-
rfes, adjuncts and appurtenances nee
essary, proper and convenient for the
operation of said lines of railway;
To locate, construct and otherwise
acquire and operate with all necessa-
~ accessories. adjuncts and appurte-
nances connecting or branch lines of
railway from such point or points on
said main lines as said corporation
may select, to other points OF places
In the State of Louisiana.
To construct, own and operate
warehouses, grain elevators and CON-
presses, to compress cotton and to
manufacture cotton seed oil and 9TH
er products of cotton; to carry on the
business of refining sugar and to man.
ufacture sugar, syrups and other
products from sugar zane or sugar
beets; to open up and work mines; to
establish, maintain and operate tele-
graph and telephone lines; to estab-
Ifsh electric plants and to generate
and distribute electricity for hire,
for light, heating and other purposes,
b construct or otherwise acquire,
maintain and operate plants for navi-
eation: TO bore for oil; petroleum,
eas, salt, or any other mineral or
earthern products; and to establish
pipe lines and other means for the
transportation Of such products to
market: to carry on the business Of
producing, refining. storing and dis
Irritating petroleum products OF all
classes; 70 refine. store and distrib-
30 vegetable and mineral oils.
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