The herald., 1917-01-04
CHARTER
OF NEW ORLEANS AND LOWER COAST
RAILROAD COMPANY.
November o. 1916.

OF NEW ORLEANS AND LOWER COAST
RAILROAD COMPANY.
November %, 1916
United States OF America, State OF Louisi.
ana, City of New Orleans, Parish OF
Orleans.
Re il known. that on this 10Th day of the
month OF November, in the year OF our Lore,
one thousand, nine hundred and sixteen ana
of the independence of the United states oil
America the one hundred and torty-hrst,
before me- Alfred c. Hammer, a notary pup,
lie duly commissioned and quallhed IN ana
for the State and parish aforesaid, ana IN
the presence OF the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came ana
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 Loulsi-
ana in such case made and provided, they
have covenanted and agreed and do by these
presents. covenant and agree and bind them
selves as well as such persons as may here
after become associated with them. 10 torn a
corporation for the objects and purposes and
under the articles and stipulatlonS Hollow
ing, tO-wit: .
Article 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be New Orleans and Lower Coast Kali
road Company, and under its said corporate
name it Shall have power and authority 10
have and enjoy corporate existence ana sue
cession for the full term and period OF
ninety uine years from and after the date
hereof; to contract, sue and be sued; 10 MAKE
and use a corporate seal ana the same. ~
alter and break at pleasure; to hold, receive
lease purchase and convey as well as mort,
gage and hypothecate property, real, personal
and mixed well as corporeai ana IN
eoIorea; to own and hold rne :'O's =
name and appoint such managers, agents
directors and officers as its business, inter
est or convenience may require, ana 10 makt
and establish, as well as alter and amend
from time to time, such bylaws, rules anC
regulations for the proper government OF INT
affairs of the said corporation as may o.
necessary and proper.
tiun shall be in the city of New Orleans
State of Louisiana, and all citations anc
other legal process shall be served on thu
president Of said corporation, or, IN his alb
sence upon one of the vice-presidents, or, il
the absence of said officers, upon the sec
rotary OF said corporation.
Article III-The objects and purposes 10
which the corporation is organized and es
tablished. and the nature of the business &
be carried on by it are hereby declared L
be: To acquire, maintain and operate 10
the carriage of freight passengers, mani am
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 tn
Civ of New Orleans (Algiers), louisiana, 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
with all necessary spurs, side tracks, switch
es turnouts, watertanks, sand and grave
pits, stations and station houses, yards an
depots, roundhouses, sheds, coal shutes, ware
houses, platforms, ferries and bridges an
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
quire and operate, with all necessary acces
series, adjunCtS and appurtenances, connect
ing lines Of railroad from such points o.
said main line as said corporation may sc
lect to other points IN the State OF DouiSl
ana, or in any other State or Territory q
the United States or in the Republic OF Mex
leo or in the Dominion OF Canada; 10 leas
or sell its lines of railroad in whole or i
part or any NJ its facilities or appurtenance
10 other companies; to lease other railway:
either within or 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 c
Louisiana of any other state or of IN
United States, and 20 acquire and hold tn
stocks, bonds or other securities of such rail
way other corporations as 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 Mon Depots; 10 construct, owl
purchase, charter or otherwise acquire an
operate steamships and other vessels for III
carriage OF freight and passengers for hir
in connection with the said lines of raj
way or as an incident to its said business
to construct own, acquire or lease, and opel
ate docks and wharves for the landing of We:
sells and for the receiving, storing and fol
warding Of freight and for the accommoda
ton Of passengers; to construct, acquire
own, acquire or lease and operate ware
houses. grain elevators and congresses; I
establish, maintain and operate as we'll a
20 lease or otherwise acquire telegraph an
telephone lines; II its said line of railroa
be in whole or in part operated by electric
lty, 20 establish and operate electric plant
for its own and to vend electricity an
electrical energy for light, heating, powe
and other purposes; 20 construct, own, leas
or otherwise acquire, maintain and operat
canals or Shannels for navigation in eonnec
ton with IN said lines of railroad or as Al