The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-12-07
CHARTER
OF NEW ORLEANS AND LOWER COAST
RAILROAD COMPANY.

November g. 1916.
United States of America, State of Louisi-
ana, City of New Orleans, Parish OF
Orleans.
Be i, known. that on this 29th day of the
month of November, in the year OF our LORD,
one thousand. nine hundred and sixteen and
of the independence of the United States OF
America, the one hundred and forty-hrst,
before me- Alfred C.. Hammer, a notary pub.
lie, duly commissioned and qualihed 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 as such persons as may here
after become associated with them 10 form
corporation for the objects and purposes and
under the articles and stipulations 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 il shall have power and authority to
have and enjoy corporate existence and sue
cession for the full term and period OF
ninety-nne years from and after the date
hereof; to contract, sue and be sued; TO make
and a corporate seal and the same TO
alter and break at pleasure; TO hold receive,
gage and hypothecate property, real, personal
and mixed as well as corporeal and IN
corporeal; to own and hold the stocks
and bonds of other corporations;' to
name and appoint such managers, agents,
directors and officers It's business, inter
est or convenience may require, and to make
and establish, as well alter and amend,
from time to time, such bylaws, rules and
affairs Of the said corporation as may be
Necessary and proper.
Article 1.-THE domic,e 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 alb,
sence upon one Of the yice-presidents, or, in
the absence of said officers, upon the sec
rotary Of said corporation.
Article Ill.-The objects and purposes FOL
which the corporation is organized and eS
tablished. and the nature OF the business e
he carried on by it are hereby declared Il
be: To acquire, maintain and operate foi
the carriage of freight, passengers, mail and
express matters the line of railroad former
IL owned and operated by New Orleans
Fort Jackson and Grand Isle Railroad Com
pany, beginning in the Fifth District of tn,
City Of New Orleans (Algiers), Louisiana, a
a point on the Mississippi river and run
ming in a general southerly direction through
the said Fifth District of New Orleans, (par
iSh OF Orleans) and the Parishes OF Jeffer
and Plaquemines to BuraS, Louisiana
with all necessary spurs, side tracks, switch
pits, stations and station houses, yards AM
depots, roundhouses. sheds, coal shutes, ware
houses, platforms, ferries and bridges ant
all other accessories, adjuncts and appur
tenances, necessary, proper and convenien
for the operation of the said line OF rail
road; to locate, construct or otherwise &C
qure and operate, with all necessary scces
sores, tdJunctS and appurtenances, connect
ing lines OF railroad from such points OF
said main line said corporation may sc
lect to other points in the State of Louisi
ana, in any other State or Territory o
the United States or in the Republic of Mex
leo or in the Dominion Of Canada; to leas
or sell its lines OF railroad in whole or il
part or any of its facilities or appurtenance
TO other companies; 20 lease other railways
either within without the State of Lou
Isiana, IN whole or in part; to purcase O
consolidate with other railway corporation
organized under the laws of the State o
Louisiana or of any other state or of tn
United States, and to acquire and hold tn
stocks, bonds or other securities of such rail
way or other corporations this corpora
ton may be interested in; to construct an
maintain passenger depots, freight yards an
warehouses, and to permit the use of sue
depots as Union Depots; to construct, owr
purchase, charter otherwise acquire an
operate steamships and other vessels for tn
carriage of freight and passengers for hir
in connection with the said lines of rail
way or as an incident to its said business
to construct, own, acquire or lease, and oper
ate docks and wharves for the landing of YES
sells and tor the receiving, storing ana Tor
warding Of freight and for the accommoda
tion of passengers; to construct, acquire
own, acquire or lease and operate ware
houses, grain elevators and congresses; 4
establish, maintain and operate as we'll a.
to lease or otherwise acquire telegraph anc
telephone lines; if its sand line of railroad
be in whole or in part operated by electric
ity, to establish and operate electric plant:
for its own use and to vend electricity and
electrical energy for light, heating, power
and other purposes; to construct, own, lease
or otherwise acquire, maintain and operate
canals or channels for navigation in connec-
ton with its said lines of railroad or as an