The herald., 1917-04-26
CHARTER
OF WEST NEW ORLEANS LIGHT An
TRACTION COMPANY

MAJ llpN NoMfNN1
United States Of America, State OF louisiana
Parish of Orleans City of New Orleans
BE it known, that on this 25rd day of
the month OF March, IN the year Of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and seventeen
Q9l7D, and Of the independence Of the United
States of America. the one hundred and forty
first, before ne, Arthur B. Leopold. notary
public, duly commissioned and qualified, in
and for the city of New Orleans, Parish Of
Orleans, therein residing, and in the pres
ence Of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appeared:
The several persons whose names here
unto subscribed, who severally declared that
availing themselves of the laws OF the State
Of Louisiana, in such cases made and pro-
vided, by these presents, they constitute
themselves their successors and assigns, and
all others who may hereafter become asso-
Ciated with them, into a corporation under
the following stipuations:
Article 1.-The name Of this corporation
snail be West New Orleans Light and Trac-
ton Company, by which name said corpo-
ration shall have and enjoy corporate exist
ence and succession for the term of ninety
nine .C99) years, from and after the date
hereof unless sooner dissolved according to
of New Orleans. 1t shall have power to
contract, sue and be sued. TO make and use
corporate seal, and the same 10 break and
alter at pleasure; to hold, receive, lease,
gage, pledge and hypothecate, under its cor.
porate name, property, both real, personal
and mixed; to borrow money and lend money,
to give and receive securities therefor; to
name and appoint such managers, directors
and officers as the interest and convenience
Of said corporation may require; TO make
and establish such bylaws, rules and regu-
lations as may be necessary and proper, and
the same to alter and amend at pleasure.
Article II.-All citations and other legal
process shall be served on the president of
said corporation, and in case of his absence
upon the vice president, or the secretary
treasurer thereof
Article III.-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized and es-
tabliShed, and the nature of the business to
be carried on by it are declared TO be as
follows:
To locate, construct, maintain, own, lease.
operate and manage, railroad or railroads OF
the character known as street, urban, inter
urban, suburban, railroads, street railways
and tramways, with necessary side tracks,
switches, turn-outs, stations, docks, wharves,
bridges, elevators, warehouses, terminals,
| track connections, poles, wires, etc, and e
| that end, to acquire, purchase, lease, hold
| and own, street railways, urban, interurbar
and suburban, railways, and tramways, rights
| of way, privileges and franchises, etc, street
| railway and tramways, whether urban, inter
urban, or suburban, and whether completed
| or incompleted, in this state or elsewhere
| to construct, maintain, and operate the samt
| and to use all and any appliances, contriv
| ances, motor power, electricity, gasoline, gat
| or any other motive power, the use of which
| is or may hereafter be recognized and adapt
| ed for such railroad or railroads, street rail
ways or tramways, and which is necessary
! and suitable to operate the same also e
1 acquire, construct own hire lease rent anC
| operate and use ferries and vessels in con
| nection with or auxiliary or that may bc
| necessary to said railway and tramway sys
| TEN, and the business thereof, and to con
| struct, and establish, purchase, lease, own
| manage, maintain and operate electrical
plants and works for the purpose of supplying
motive power to said railroads, and electric
| ity for light, power and heat and all pur
poses to railways and railroads, and the
general public, and to towns and cities and
| the inhabitants thereof; and to any and all
persons and corporations; TO lease, or sell
| its lines Of railroad in whole or in part OF
any of its facilities, or appurtenances rights
| of way, franchises and privileges, to other
companies; to lease other street railways and
tramways, whether urban, interurban OF
suburban, in whole or in part, either within
chase, merge or consolidate with other rail.
way companies corporations, chartered
under the laws of the State of Louisiana,
or any other State; to acquire by lease OF
purchase, rights of way, and privileges and
franchises, for electric wires, poles and cleo.
the same to build complete manage operate
| maintain, lease, sell, ALLEVIATE, or dispose Of
In furtherance of the above objects and
purposes to purchase, acquire, hold, pledge
and hypothecate and dispose of stocks and
| bonds and other evidence Of Indebtedness OF
street railways and trsmways, electric ligh,
power, heat and light companies, of the char
acter hereinabove described, and in respect
| of any and all of such stocks and bonds, e
possess and exercise all the powers of in.
dividusl holders thereto, including the right
to vote thereon, and generally to hold and
exercise all such incidental powers and
privileges as relate to the business and pur.