New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-10
r0MBOAT COMPANY.

cFATE OF LOUEsIASA-P4RIsH OF OR
- LEAKs-Be it known that ibis day bei1re ne Theodore
dug quaaed personally appeared
stoeEhode Bo seveFsy declared t6at they hersy form
among themselves and such Others may hereafter become
after dned and have and hereby agree TO the following
8RTcIE The name title the CORPORATION shall be
The Eclipse Towboat Company aud its domc y hereby
in the of Agiers in the said parish OF Orleans
ARTICLE II The purpose which the Company is formed
and estabshed and tae be carried the tow
ing vessels between the city of New Orleans and the passes
above on the Mississippi river which vessels may require to
De sGwfp he OF Mezeo and the Lake 6o Mobile
Alabama and lighter otherwise assist vessels in distress
on whom citations to all suits may be served
at one hundred and thirty dollars, divided into
thirteen shares of hundred dollars each which
SOCK o tS two Ru hp a'f thousand dollars
ARTICLE " The said Corporation shall possess all the pow
incident corporations and authorized BY law the term
Of its duration hereby hxed at fye years to commence rom
Managers Of whom the President 9r the time being shall
ali the powers Of the Corporation.
" An @ election Of @fbags h o1dd take
December of each and until election 20 take
Sty tSe following named persons shall comprise the
BOARD Of Managers to until supercedsd BY the new
Board viz Peter Marcy LUsk and Joseph Leach
ARTcLE VII The Board Of Managers shalt at their first
meeting their number to be President Of the Cor
operation Who shall preside all meetings Of the Board have
casting vote ali its deliberations and by whom al evil
dences debt Of the Company and certificates Of
stock shall be signed shal subject T. the approval Of the
the Company tha subject to the like approval direct and
control the Of the boats Of the Company ha
and viii 3s h Boa On 81 SsnaEe have
power to. make by laws; shall confirm the appoint
meH Of all officers and employees q a ne UoPP R
Estate be necessary for the convenience Of tn
steambcat for The use Of Che Companyray fiji al vacance
their board vacancy shall accrue absence from thu
be stockholder from Insolvency OF inability to serve
ART. TX Dividends Of the profits shall be made and &c
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Stockholders herein contemplated for the election Of Mana
Art x said Managers shall furnish, seniannuaIly On tn
first Of September and first of March to each Stockhoder
statement Of the affairs Of the Company Whenever require
do by Stockholders representing twotAlrds OF u
at the time named by said stockhoder Provided Ten day
previous R9tce De gyeR OF sace ennGu ti s stoct
holders Stakeholder shall be entitled to as many vote
ART. XlT On the Dissolution of the Company, either b
e. q "a ter lie &aase9 6e s sha
to settle up the business of the Company and to
and property Of every description public private sale an
shall collect all accounts debts and claims due to the Cor
pany Said liquidation shall continue beyond six month
rom the date Of the dissolution Of the Company After pa}
shall be declared and distrbuedto the stockhoders
charter twahrds Of The stockho de should desire
further term or If during It's eHiStenG9 any m9ueAql
eres then and in such case the act oil SAID woto9 sh
ARTICLE XIV This Cooperation is formed under the &c!
heegatnre of this State entitled an act l9r me
of Corporations fer works Of public %hq 4 M
approved March 3 1872 eaa re- an 3f b. 20
acts and necessary proper for the purposes of its form
ton aud no stakeholder snail ever be laoe responsible
ortrough said Corporation for its contracts u faults ~ az
further sum than the unpaid balance due to the Compar
should any such be due on the shares owned by him
The Stockholders hereby the purchase OF the steae
treol' 'swtzerland and Jeenie Rogers and the tu
Slew m ~ Gladiator" and Perry aud the operato
ofsad voats since theirpurchase by Mr. Leach;
Thus Hnd passed in my office, at the city Of Nc
Orleans in the presence Of Felix Grima Jr, and Thom,
Henderson, Witnesses OF lawful age, ana dOnicaed IN u
cg wha hereuno sign their names with said appeares
notary this wenytoprt day OF april IN the year
our Lord thousand eight hundred ana slNty-slN
tSigned) PETER MARCY, and others
FELIX GRIMA, .-..... r. IA. ..5-.-
| ETHoS 5. HENDERSON, So.
---llI0 il I o. STARK, Notary Public
true copy of the original Act of Incorporation exit
among my pticial records 80 ~ - ,,,
New Orleans, April %, 1866