The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-09-13
Act of Incorporation
Alexandria d. Western
Railway Company

Parish of Rapides, louisiana auL.
commissioned and qualified. ana ID .he
nresence Of the witnesses hefeihal,ei
named and undersigned. personally
c.ne and appeared the several persons
Shnso names are hereto subscribed,
wbo declared, that availing themselves
w. ,be provisions Of the Constitution ana
iows ri the State of Louisiana, IN such
cases made and provided, they have
Contracted and agreed, and by these
nrnsents do contract, agree, obligate
and bind themselves, at well as all snch
other persons as may hereafter become
associated with them, to constitute ana
form a corporation, or body politlc ID
law. for the objects and purposes, ana
under the agreements and stlpulatlons,
following, to-wit:
ARTICLEI.
The name and title of this corpora
ton shall be the alexandria and West
ern Railway Company" and under
such name said corporation shall have
succession and corporate existence Tor
and during the full term Of ninety
nine wears from and after the date OF
this act, unless sooner dissolved. and by
said name it may contract, sue ana De
sued. 1t shall have power to make
and uae corporate SEAL and the same
to alter at pleasure; hold, lease. sell,
purchase and convey, as well as mort
gage and hypothccate, under its cor
porate name, real and personal proper
". It shall have the power to issue
bonds. borrow money and give surety
therefor: to make contracts and re-
ceive grants or donations of real and
personal property. rights and credits, to
exercise the right of Eminent Domain
under the Constitution and Laws OF the
State OF Louisiana. and to name
and appoint such directors,
managers, officers and employees as its
interest and convenience may require:
to make and establish by laws. rules
and regulations for the proper manage
ment and conduct of its business af-
fairs: and also to possess and exercise
all other powers and privileges, which
railroad corporations are, or may be au-
thorized to possess and exercise under
the Constitution and laws of the State
Of Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
The place chosen for the domicile Of
this corporation is the Town of Garden
City in the Parish of St. Mary. State of
Louisiana, where its main Office shall
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purpose for which
this corporation has been organized,
are declared to be as follows:
Section |. To locate, construct, pur-
chas, lease, own, maintain, and operate
q railroad of such grade as may be. de-
termined upon, with suitable turhouts.
side tracks, spurs and switches. upon
such course or route as the Board of
Directors of this company may select,
beginning at Alexandria, in the Parish
of Rapides. Louisiana. thence in
western direction to the Sabine river,
and in an eastern direction TO the Mis-
sissippi river.
Section 2. To locate, lease, con-
strust, purchase, own, operate and
maintain, to use such branch railroads
and tracks, and such extentions of its
line or Lines as such corporations may,
from tim to time, deem proper, expe-
dent and for the best interests thereof.
Said corporation shall not be restricted
u the exercise of the privileges of to or
concerning any of its railroads, to the
State of Louisiana, but may connect its
railroad with any other line or lines Of
railroad, in such states as shall authO-
ize the exercise of said privileges with
in their limits, and the said corporation
shall have the right to establish and
maintain proper elevators, freight and
passenger depOts, and other buildings,
appurtenances and conveniences, at such
points and places along its line of road.
a. nav IN Ioo,nod convenient opI nrp
per, and shall have the right to &C
quire, by appropriation or otherwise,
such property as 1t may need or require
for main line tracks. switches, spurs,
side tracks, road beds, depot section
houses, water tanks, elevators, or any
necessary railway purposes.
Section 3. To lease, purchase. hold,
operate, maintain and use any such
connecting railroad or railroads, or to
consolidate, with the same. by sale or
otherwise, within or without this state,
and to make one company under the
nume of the corporations so CONSOLE
dated, or any other name.
Section T. To construct. establish or
purchase, and thereafter to own, MAIN
tain and use, such wharves. bridges,
piers, harbOrs, steam boats. warehouses,
elevators, depots, yards. stations and
other works as said corporation may
deem necessary or as will tend to aid it
in the transaction of the business, and
purpose for which it was formed and to
manage aud to operate the same in such
manner as may be deemed necessary,
and most likely to promote it's interests
and welfare.
Section s. To take, receive, transfer
and carry persons and property upon its
said railroad or railroads and branches,
aud other conveyances, and to receive
for safe keeping and Storage the prop
erty of persons or corporations, upon
such conditions and charges as may
from time to time be established by the
said corporation, or other lawfully au-
thOrized body, to make advances of
money or credit for charges made by