The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-22

chase and convey as well as pledg
and h~ypothecate both real and pei
sonal property; to elect officers an
to make such rules and bylaws TO
the transaction of the purposes of it
business as may be necessary, COL
venient or proper; to make all COZ
tracts competent to be made or don
by like corporations under the law
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 it's 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 near 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 one or nor 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 n 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 orpora-
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-
ries, adjuncts and appurtenances nec-
essary, proper and convenient for the
operation of said lines Of railway;
To locate, construct and otherwise
acquire and operate with all necessa-
ry accessories, adjuncts and appurte-
nances connecting or branch lines of
railway from such point OF points on
said main lines as said corporation
may select, to other points or places
in h State Of Louisiana.
To construct, own and operate
grain elevators and COM
presses, to compress cotton and tt
cotton seed oil and 9TH
products of cotton; to carry on the
business of refining sugar and to man.
sugar, syrups and other
products from sugar cane or sugar
beets; to open up and work mines; to
establish, maintain and operate tele-
graph and telephone lines; to estab-
Lish electric plants and to generate
and distribute electricity for hire,
or light, heating and other purposes,
70 construct or otherwise acquire,
maintain and operate plants for navi-
to bore for oil; petroleum,
gas, 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
ributing petroleum products of all
to refine, store and distrib-
tie vegetable and mineral oils.
To construct, purchase, lease or
acquire, equip and main
ain parks and pleasure resorts; to
maintain restaurants in connection
herewith.
To construct, purchase, or other
wise acquire, hire, lease, use, repair,
and maintain electric light
'lants, electric power plants elec-
rio plants and power plants of
ny and every character and for any
nd every purpose.
To manufacture, store, sell, distrib-
tie, and supply gas; and to operate
plants. Also to construct works
Or holding, receiving and distributing
as.
To acquire. manufacture, or buy.
elepraph and telephone instruments,
lachines, and apparatus; to con-
truct, erect, build, operate, and ]
laintain telegraph and telephone sta
ions for the transmission AMI recep-
ion of messages by electricity, wire
r wireless instruments; to receive
nd transmit messages by signal or
Their device and by any and all other
lectrical devices and c~ontrivances ]
'om, upon and by wire or wireless !
and any and all similar, {
inbred and like instruments and de- l
Ices; to transmit and receive mes
lges for hire over, upon and by wire I
nd wireless systems, of telegraphing I
nd telephohing by any and all sys- I
ms and devices for transmitting and /
,ceiving messages. To buy, build, or ]
luse to be built. operate and main
in stations for the transmission and {
Of telegraph and telephone t
essages by means of wire or wire 9
ss systems; to carry on the bust I
sss Of transmitting and receiving '
essages from such stations. To ac-
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