New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-03-02
OH A RTER
-O OF THE
New Iberia, Lafayette and North
western Railroad Company.


mouth of December, A. D. 1911, before
ne, Ventress j. Smith, Notary Public,
duly commits siened and qualified in and
for the Parish OF ioeria, State of Louis
lana, and in the PIT sence of the wjtues
SEES hereinafter named and undersigned.
personally came aud appe ared the several
persons whose names are hereunto sub
subscribed, and declared that, awaiting
themselves of the benefits of the law of
the State of Louisiana relative to the or
ganization of corporations, they have
formed and organized aud by these PEA
snts do form and oIgonize themselvea
well as such other persons as may here
after join with them or their successors:
into a corporation for the objects and
purposes and under the covenants, stipu-
Iations and agrt Uents following, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name, style and title Of this corpo-
ration shall be the NEW IBERIA, LAF-
AYET1'E AND NORTHWESTERN
RAILROAD COMPANY, and under said
name it shall enjoy 3 corporate existence
and succession for the full tenn and pc
Rod of ninety nine years from and 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 reeeivs. purchase, sell,
convey, lease, pledge, bond, hypothecate
and mortgage PROF erty of anys kind, wbe
Their real, personal or mixed, corporal OF
incol poreal; to have and ,ppOint such
managers, directors ana officers and
agents rs its business may require; to
make and establish, as we'll as to alter
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-
ferred By law or necessary to promote its
objects and interests.
ARTICLE 2.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be at New Iberia. LIZ uisiana. where SER
vice Of citation or other legal process
hall b~ uade upon the Pre- sideBt of said
cofporation or, in bis absence, upon one
OF the vice presidents, or in his alb
sence OF said officers, upon the secretary
Ct said Z, mpany.
ARTICLE 3.
The objects and purpose for which this
coi porstion is organized and founded and
the nature of the business to be carried
on by it are hereby declared to be-, To
construct or otherwise acquire, maintain
and operate for the carriage Of passeng-
ers, freight, mail and express matter,
line Of railroad which will be common
carrier with one or more tracks, from the
City OF New Iberia in a northwestern d.
rectiOn, through the Parishes of Iberia,
St. Martin, Lafay cite, Acadia, and st.
Landry, Louisians, to or within three
miles of the Town Of Eunice, Louisiana,
and 70 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, y ards,
depots, warehouses, grain elevators, cot
ton compress, round houses, sheds, coal
shutes, warehouses, platforms, ferries,
bridges, and all other accessories, ad-
juncts and appurteDanees, connecting
lines Of railway, branch lines and extern
sions from such other points on main line
a. 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, and 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 lahorers or contractors
of work; to obtain. receive, or accept
from any state. county, levee boards, par
isb. district, ward, village. town, corpor-
atoms or person, any rights, subsidies,
privileges or franchises which the name
may offer for the construction, mainte-
nance, management or use OF its transpor
tation lines, their depots, whaBves, shops,
csts, locomotives, and general business
which the same may choose to grant. 70
lease or otherwise confer or give; to Dor
row money or to 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 evidence of the indebtedness of
this corporation for such loans or ths pur.
chase or lease of said property, to issue
it's corporate bonds, or pr omissory note,
bearing interest snd made payable either
in United States currency or gold coin,
and at such time and place a. may be ap-
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 roadways in
whole or in part to other companies; to
lease other railways either within or with
ont the State Of Louisiana; to purchase or
consolidate With other railway companies
under the 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
lions ~ this corporation may be interes-
ted in; to construct and maintain passen-
ger depots, freight yards, and warehouses
nDd to permit the uss Of such depcts @
union dspets; 70 construct q etheEwiss