The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-12-21
CHARTER
OF NEW ORLEANS AND LOWER COAS
RAILROAD COMPANY.

November g, 1916.
United States of America, State of Louisi
ana, City OF. New Orleans, Parish of
Orleans.
Be it known, that on this 10Th day of the
month of November, in the year of our Lord,
thousand, ming hundred and sixteen and
of the independence of the United States of
America, the one hundred and forty first,
before me, Alfred c. Hammer, a notary pub
lie, duly commissioned and qualified in and
for the State and parish aforesaid, and in
the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared: The several persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed, who severally de-
clared that, availing themselves of the pro-
visions of the laws of the State of Louisi-
ana, in such case made and provided, they
have covenanted and agreed and do by these
presents, covenant and agree and bind them
selves well such persons may here
after become associated with them. 10 form a
corporation for the objects and purposes and
under the articles and stpulations follow
ing, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be New Orleans and Lower Coast Rail-
road Company, and under its said corporate
name it shall have power and authority to
have and ENJOY corporate existence and sue
cession for the full term and period of
ninety-nine years from and after the date
hereof; to contract, and be sued; TO make
and use a corporate seal and the same to
alter and break at pleasure; to hold, receive,
lease, purchase and convey as well as mort
gage and hypothecate property, real, personal
corporeal; to own and hold the stocks
and bonds of other corporations; to
name and appoint such managers, agents,
directors and officers its business, inter
and establish, well as alter and amend
from time TO time, such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the proper government of the
affairs of the said corporation as may be
necessary and proper.
Article 1.-THE domie,ie of said CORPORA
tIon shall be in the city of New Orleans
State of Louisiana, and all citations and
other legal process shall be served on the
president of said corporation or, in his abb
senee upon one OF the vice-presidents, or, in
the absence of said officers, upon the sec.
rotary of said corporation.
Article llI-The objects and purposes for
which the corporation is organized and es-
tablished, and the nature of the business to
be carried on by 1t are hereby declared to
be: To acquire, maintain and operate for
the carriage of freight, passengers, mail and
express matters the line of railroad former
ly owned and operated by New Orleans,
Fort Jackson and Grand Isle Railroad Com.
pany, beginning in the Fifth District of the
City OF New Orleans (Algiers), louisiana, at
ming in a general southerly direction through
the said Fifth District of New Orleans, (par-
ish OF Orleans) and the Parishes of Jeffer.
son and Plaquemines TO Buras, Louisiana;
es, turnouts, watertanks, sand and gravel
pits, stations and station houses, Yards and
aepots, roundhouses, sheds, coal shutes ware
houses; platforms. ferries and bridges and
an other accessories, adjuncts and appur-
tenanees, necessary, proper and Convenient
Tor the operation of the said line of rail
road; to locate, construct or otherwise &C.
qulie ana operate, with all necessary acces-
sores, adJuncts and appurtenanees, connect.
ing lines OF railroad from such points on
SAID main line as said corporation NAV Sc
lect to other points in the State of Louisi.
ana or IN any other State or Territory of
the United States or in the Republic of Mex.
ico or IN the Dominion of Canada: to lease
or sell ats lines of railroad in whole or in
part or any OF its facilities or appurtenances
70 other companies; TO lease other RAILWAYS
either within or without the State of Lou.
isiana, IN whole or in part; to purcase or
consolidate with other railway corporations
organized under the laws of the State of
LOUISIANA or of any other state or of the
stocks, bonds or other securities of such rail.
way or other corporations as this corpora
ton may be interested in; to construct and
maintain passenger depots, freight yards and
warehouses, and to permit the use of such
depots as Union Depots; to construct. own.
purchase, charter or otherwise acquire and
operate steamships and other vessels for the
carriage of freight and passengers for hire
n connection with the said lines of rail-
way or as an incident to its said business:
construct, own, acquire or lease, and oper.
tie docks and wharves for the landing of YES. |
els and for the receiving, storing and for. |
larding OF freight and for the accommoda-
ion OF passengers; to construct, acquire. |
wn, acquire or lease and operate ware.
ouses. grain elevators and congresses: to
'tablish, maintain and operate as we'll as
) lease or otherwise acquire telegraph and
iePhone lines; If its said line of railroad
in whole or in part operated by electric
y, to establish and operate electric plants
r its own use and to vend electricity and
ectrical energy for light, heating, po,-er
otherwise acquire, maintain and operate
nails or channels for navigation in connec-
n with its said lines of railroad or as an ] ,