True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-05-23

QTATE OF LOU1sIANA.-Ciity Of New Or.
" ionna-Bc 1t known that this day before mo,
Joseph Benzakin Marks, notary public, in and
for tho city and parish of New Orleans, Statc of
Lo1!s,an' Aforesaid du,y commissioned and sworn.
Personally came and appeared Messrs John Ste-
venson Walton-John Hall and Archibald Brown
Ben Carpenters, trnnsacting business under the
style aud firm Of Hall g. A 3 Bein-Beniamin
Harrod and John Hughes, Carpenters. transactinp
business under the style and firm Of Harrod &
nughes-John Thomas Osborne, Mark Thomas
Freeman Annuble, Joseph Wilder Davis, Samuel
Morrison, and Daniel Babcock Clarke, all residents
Of this cs,y, who declared,
That in conformity with an act of tho Lcpjsla
ture Of this State, approved on tho thirteenth Of
March, eighteen hundred and thirty seven, euti,lcd
" An act to authorize limited or anonymous mart.
nershps, and TO regulate the sa,ne, tncy the said
appearers, have agreed, and do by these presents
agree to enter the following limited or anon ymous
partnership, under the clause and conditions fol.
lowing 10 wit:
Art. l. That tho name, and style, under which,
said partnership is to be conducted, shall be- The
Phoenix Tow Boat Company" and that tho place
where said company is to 10 locate ed shall be in Tho
city Of Now Orleans.
Art.2 That tho description Or kind of business
or industry. 10 DO carried under said style, by
tho dir ctors shall be to establish and continue to
run ono or more tow bouts, for Tn, towing Of yes.
'es' rendering assistance, corrying freight and pas.
sengors. and my other business which may DO
lawful for tow boats 10 perform.
Art. ,. That tho amount Of tho capital Of said
company, shall 90 ono hundred thousand dollars
each, and payable in cash.
Art. 4. That the names Of tho partners, and
tho amount each partner has contributed is as fol
lows:
Sau John Stephenson Walton, eighteen hundred
and thirty hvc sharos; said J Hall md A 3 Bciu,
sixty ono shares said Harrod T. Hughes, forty ono
shuros said John TIomu. Osborne, thi,tsen share,
said Mark Thomas, ton shares said Freeman An.
nabe. ten shares; said John Wilder DAVIS, ten
shares i; said Samuel Morrison, ten shares and
Daniel Babcock Clarke, ten shares.
Art. 5. That this partnership shall commence
from the date her Of and the same shall terminate
its operations and wind up its concerns on the
thr,ccA,h Of juno, eighteen hundred and forty.
three.
Art. 6. That there shall DO three directors ia
transact the business of said company and admin
| sttr It's concerns.
Art 7. That the powers with which said directors
shall be vested, shall be TO elect fom un,onys
u emsclvcs, tn ir own president and fill Il | vacan
clcs, and majority of whom shall have and arr
hereby invested with fall power to receive and pa,
all monies, and to do and cause to be dono all thai
is requisite to the conducting Of the business OF
sad company-and the president by and with the
consent of a majority tho directors, is empower
cd to issue the note or notes Of said company, fo
all demands, purchases or contracts OH behalf O.
SAID company, counttrsigncd by at loas. of III,
! directors.
Art. 8. That tho time of duration of tho scrvc,
OF said directors shall lie for one ycur and that a,
election for the Same shall be held on the first Mon
day of July, ofcach and every year during the OK
istcnce of this partnership.
Art. 9. Tha, when said company shall have ar
nj thn r..l .,S,~ ali q,
Germs and affairs OF the sa,no shall DO wound M
and liqu dated by such directors may be in otsic
at tho time.
Art. TO- That the powers to DO OK oroiscd by tn
Directors in,rus,cd with said liquidaion shall uc
follows, TO wit To receive su h sum or sums a
may bo due 10 the company. and give acquiltanc
or aequntanccs therefor, and to sell tho propcrt
Of said company, either at private salo or public
auction on such terms and conditions as to then
may SEQ fit and advisable, and pay the debt U
said company.
Art. II. That the dividends Of tho clear profits
after paying al charges and expenditures of ll
company, shall be declared and paid l., the stock
holders, on the first Monday in July of each al,
every year during the existence of this partnership
first rcserving ten per cent. Of lhc profits for con
tingcnces.
Art. IL. That at a general meeting oftlc stock
| holders, all rules and regulations regards tn
number of notes each Stockholders shall give, an
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pany, not contrary to the foregoing compact sha
be entered nto and the rules and regulations aiore
| said, shall be drnominatcd tho - BY Laws Of tn
Phoenix Tow Boat Company" aud they shall b
binding on tho said Stockholders and Their respcc
tive heirs
Done and passed, in my office, in the city of Ne,
Orleans, aforesaid, in presence Of Daniel Ricald
! aud w ill.sard, w,tn".Sos of lawful age and dom
ciliaied in this city who hcrcuno sign their name.
together with such appcarcrs and me, the sal
notary, this LIST day OF April 1899.
Original signed, John S Walton, Joseph V
Davis, b Harrod, d d Clarke, S Morrison, i. Az
nabr, Briu, john Hughes, John r Osborn
Mark Thomas, John Hall, w Iinssarl, d X
card", b Marks, not pub.
certify the foregoing to be true copy Of til
original act extant in my cnrrcnt register in fait
whereof, grant these presents under my signi
turc and seal of office, at Now Orleans, this 22d {
April, 1889. JOS. B. MARKS, not. pub.
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