The herald., 1917-04-12

OF SOUTH NEW ORLEANS LIGHT AN
TRACTION COMPANY.

OF Sbl III NEW okLtANS LlGul AMI
TRACTION COMPANY.
United States Ot America, State OF LoulsI-
ana, Parish OF Orleans, City o; Ne" Or-
leans.
Be II known, that on this 23rd day of
March, ii The year Of our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen u9LD and OF
The Independence Of the United States OF
America, the one hundred and forty-arst,
before me. Arthur B. Leopold, a notary pub
lie. duly commissioned and qualified, III and
Tor the city 0i New Orleans, Parish OF Or
leans, therein residing, and IN the presence
II the witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
iers, Eaed: Personally came and appeared:
The several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who seve-aly declared that
avaIlIng themselves Of the laws OF the State
If Louisiana, IN such cases made and pro-
vided, they do, by these presents. form
themselves, their successors and assigns, into
a corporation under the following stIpula-
tons:
Article The name Of this corporation
shall be South New Orleans Light and Trac-
ton Company, by which name SAID corpora
ton shall have and enjoy corporate exist
e1cc and succession for the term OF ninety
nine go years, from and alter the date
hereof; unless sooner dissolved according to
law: and its d3mIcile shall be in the City
II New Orleans. Il shall have power TO
contract, sue and be sued, 20 make and use
a corporate seal, and the same TO break and
purchase. sell and convey, well as mort
4e. pIede and hypotheCate, under its cor
pgrate name, property, both real, personal
and mixed; to borrow money and lend
money, to give and receive securities theIe-
for; to name and appoint such manaers, di-
-eCtors and officers as the interest and con
veuleuce of said corporation may require;
70 make and establish such bylaws, rules
and ROTATIONS as may be necessary ana
proper. and the same 10 alter and amend az
Article II-Al citations and other legal
process shall be served on the president OF
said corporation, and in case OF his absence
upon the vlce-presldent, 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,
elevators, warehouses, terminals, track con
utctionS, poles, wires, etc, and to that end
% acquire, purchase, lease, hold and own,
street railways, urban, interurJan and sub
urban, railways, and tramways, rights OF
ways, privileges, and franchises, etc, tor
street railway and tramways, whether urban,
irterurban or suburban, and whether com
pleted or uncompleted, in this State or else
where; 20 construct, maintain and operate
the sane and to use all and any appliances
c01trIvances, motor power, electricity, gaso-
line. gas OF any OLNGI IlgLiFt pDNtAr tLlC use
Il which IS or may hereafter cd recognized
and adapted for such railroad or railroads,
street railways or tramways, and which IS
necessary and suitable to operate the same
also 70 acquire, construct, own, hire, lease
rent and operate and use ferries and vessels
in connection with, or as auxiliary, or that
may be necessary 70 said railway and tram
way system and the business thereof, and
20 construct and establish, purchase, lease,
own, manage, maintain, and operate cleo
t-ical plants and works for the purpose OF
supplying motive power 10 said railroads, and
electricity Tor light power and heat and all
purposes TO railways and railroads, and the
general public, and 70 towns and cities, and
the inhabitants thereof, and 70 any and all
persons and corporations; 70 lease, or sell
It's lines Of railroad, in whole or IN part or
any Of its facilities, rights OF way, fran
chises. privileges, or appurtena noes, 10 other
companies; TO lease other street railways and
t-amways, whether urban, interurban, or
suburban, in whole OF n part, either within
or without the State Of Louisiana; to pur-
chase, merge or consolidate with other rail-
way companies or corporations, chartered I'M
der the laws OF the State of Louisiana, or
any other State; 70 acquire by lease or
purchase, rights OF way, privileges, and
franchises, for electric wires, wires, poles and
electrical plants, complete and incomplete,
and 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,
hypothecate and dispose Of stocks and bonds,
and other evidence of Indebtedness, Of street