New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-04-23
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s0UTHERN SHOE COMPANY.
CEIARTEItS.........,.. '.''Ck4AhTEAS
AND ACT OF INCORPORATION
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Southern Shoe Manufacturing Company
OF NEW ORLEANS,
STATE OF UTSIANA.


CRY OF New ORLEANS:
Re IT KNOWN That on ,g this & h %%y Of ng2ry
one S bstoC SS me EbW ARD BARNETf Notary P4e and
aforesatd dny Commissioned and sworn, personally and
Declared that avang mseves Of the provisions Of the stat
Of the State Of iousan and more acu9ry OF an act OF
of corporations ov works OF public improvement ard utility be
ing No said approved the fourteenth day of March,
S they hNvo and agreed and do by these presents
covenant and agree ad md YES apd oSe whom mex
for the objects aud and under the stpn"ons regu
rF AEfITHu s6E RjPS G6M
sue and be sued lis domicil is New Orleans, and
% bar m sT1 rS sSa With sG the
may orda with power break and alter the same
at pleasure.
ARTICLE ILEhe objects and purposes Of this Company
ees SO man1actred The Pesidn, the Company is the
person upon whom all citation Of whatever kind and nature
sid cGmsnSy dzs1 bnoar5 0ns 1n9a5sd Sss
Of one hundred dollars each and said capital NAV be increased
to rs any M s" comy
CONNIE II b ness as soon as me sum OF seventy thousand
CE If@Payments on the capital stock of said Com
Twen per cent. in cash on subscribing
Twenty wen'y per- per- cent on the st Of theTeae
Twenty per cent on the Isl lst Of Angs PeEe@tter in
the stockhor the order Of the COMPANY and on the are
of m PAY the s5 n5Sn " 6eeon @ S5 be- BE-
dosaTs4 !2Fteed Vote q The Board Of ptsstos r
the So6q 6q0fss o re @q becs s Fc said becos & at
stS sok Of @ he Company ali ha hold Office nn their success
ss5 semo2 pRf s f1 Ss S" al vc"c s
powered hereby expressly directed purchase from
Geo sc H. Ro2e Paul Qneyr9ule and Henry neFe4ve their
cern letters for making Bo9s and Shoes by n,aehery
Moleu o. lyons in France ana transferred said
uoae Qucyrou and Deveuve will appear by certain
ne Paont oec Of said United States also ali their sh
m%ehns nma @ on tn the @ and to orfcd ON the
principles Of said nvenon which said machines are now
and run The business Of making Boots and Shoes Dy
e aS err 3@t % were gape and aso ali the tools
fxnres materials manufactured goods etc, at present on
Third o s sity the said Drsst9s ,! sfay to
1--WE thousand hundred dollars 90 5oo as by them prop sed
and DeVeuve Of the moneys and nGes eceTed by h
o}ye6 fpi 6y fhs sad Gompany
ARTICLE Won the second NondHy I & IN December ls6
holders shsl be held at the Office Of the ompany of which
newpapers published city. The said Directors shall
their m meeting elect of their number President of said
4RTTGE v1A plurality 9f 5qtss Counting vote for
SnHGe AT Ra be bed by ballot ner the uper
of the ee % the the 0m on
share stock shall be entitled to one vote all elections
The person firm claiming to vote thereon within Blk months
RRTI liz villa majority the Board of Directors shall
apnont ali officers employees of said Company, and may
clerks employees of the co22 regulate Their duties
and the of sfGu P n4 Snd aso r 0 said 9
M transaction ordinary business Of the Company their
DoHt gsn wth and wtou the such Conditions
"S ARFIGLE S IxIBe foowng named sockholders viz
Whemns Bogart, Antoine Cnrrdre, John Thonl, Andrew
W2a spa h Ff rt B6r Of DecoT and s % and
until superseded by their successors as provided in ar
HhTfGLE xThe Board of Directors is hereby invested
atons they deem requisite and necessary for the Com
po p anu m With the rue intent and meaning Of this net Of
incorporation, with the laws of this State They shall baye
ery movable mmovabe make contracts leases,
gnge hypohecaons pledges and compromises and borrow
AEi1CLE xT-A failure from any cause to elect Directors
porao the DIRECTORS then in office shall hold until
shall be 9t M % OF o %hsh % Gq6 notice shall be
ARTICLE &II-Books for the registry and transfer of
made on books and signed by the shareholder his
&RT1CLE XI11-Nqne but citizens and residents Of South.
States shall he in this CowPmHn{ pan @ and d no tS
they members shall be slgi at the s,me time Directors
AKCLE X sh" hal oor be the S qgy ec of the I5 RrSs5eu de-
sence or inability the Board shall elect Of their
ese ssFs f'S FIJI @ nee ngs
Stockholders Of The COMPANY tae President shall make report
sary tor Tie interests Of The Stockholders;
XVIMinutes of all the proceedings Ofthe Board
recors all proper books and for the business
of the Company shall be kept by the Secretary and verified by
the Pl resident the President and Secretary shall all
notes drafts checks certificates of stock contracts, and all
| Other evidences of debt of this corporation.
ARTICLE XEIl-None of the present Stockholders, nor
their associates uch shall be responsible a
HE for any crater damage the capital
| stock helm or owned by them respectively.
ARTICLE XVII[.-Yearly dividends shall be SO
much profits of the Company shall appear advisable.
ARTICLE NIXShould Stockholder desire 10 transfer
his previous full of the having been
made shall permitted do by substitute of the obi
CATIONS purchasing provided the substituted obga
| tions are satisfactory to the Beard Of Directors.
| ARTICLE XX-The names, residences and respective in
terests of parties this Act declared follows
to-wit: ~
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