New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-01

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City Of New Orleans.
BE u known that on this seventeenth day
OF November, A. D. eighteen hundred and
slxty-eight,. before me, Henry G. Dibble, 8
Notary Public, duly commissioned and
sworn IN and for the parish of Orleans and
city OF New Orleans, personally came and
appeared the several parties whose names
are hereunto subscribed, who declared that,
awaiting themselves of the provisions of the
laws of the State of Louisiana in relation to
the organization of corporations, they have
covenanted and agreed and by these pres.
ents do covenant and agree, and bind them
serves and those whom they represent, to
establish an incorporated Company for the
objects and purposes and under the obliga-
tons, stipnlations and regulations herein
after set FORTH to wit: -Y3
lA9l 20 Fr ARTICLE FIRST. r rrta
This corporation shall be domiciled and
have its principal Office in the city of New
Orleans, in the parish of 0rlean /, State of
Louisiana, and the name and title of the
same shall be THE NEW ORLEANS REPUBLI-
CAN PRINTING COMPANY" Said corporation
shall have and enjoy corporate powers and
privileges for the full term of twenty-five
years from the date hereof, and the same
of one hundred thousand dollars shall have
been subscribed to its capital stock. The
President of said Corporation shall be the
proper officer upon whom to serve citation
and all ether notices in case of any suit or
suits for or against said corporation.
ARTICLE SECOND.
The objects and purposes of this Corpora
ton are declared to be the printing and pub.
1iahiDu he
of general book and job printing business
in the. State of Louisiana and all things
properly appertaining thereto.
. ARTICLE THIRD.
The capital stock of this corporation is
hereby fixed at one hundred and ten thou
sand dollars, divided into eleven hundred
shares of one hundred dollars each, to be
paid at the time of subscription, and which
capital stock once subscribed and paid may
be increased at any regular meeting of the
stockholders, called for that purpose, and by
a majority of all of the stock of said COM
pany, to any amount not exceeding two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Pro-
vided, That each and every stakeholder
shall have at least thirty days notice of such
intention either in person or by notice of the
newspapers published in the city of New
Orleans.
ARTICLE FOURTH.
All the corporate powers of the Corpora.
lion shall be vested in and exercised BY a
Board of Directors and such officers and
employees as they may appoint. The Board
of Directors shall consist of five members of
the Company who, after the expira.
lion of the term of Office of the |
present Board, hereinafter named, |
shall be elected, by ballot on the
second Tuesday of January of each year,
It the office of said Corporation, Of which
election the Board of Directors shall give at |
east ten days notice in one of the newspa.
,ers published in the city of New Orleans,
md the Board of Directors shall appoint
hree stockholders to preside as in
pectors at such election; and |
hould any of the inspectors decline
n fail to attend the President shall appoint |
'ther persons to fill the vacancies. And any |
allure from any cause whatever to elect |
directors on the day named for that pur.
,ose shall not dissolve this Corporation, but
he Directors then in Office, as well as the
resident and Secretary, and all other
'nicers, shall hold over until their success.
ors are elected. In the event of no cleo.
ion taking place on the date aforesaid, the
resident shall cause another election to be
eld within thirty days thereafter and give
otlce OF the same as aforesaid.
n' =, Sos ARTICLE FIFTH. -
The Board of Directors thus elected shall
ssume their duties on the Tuesday follow
ng their election. and shall hold their
lthces until their successors are duly elected.
those stockholders, receiving a majority
,ote OF the stock represented at an election, |
hall be considered and declared duly elect
ID. The Board of Directors shall elect from
mong themselves and fix the compensa
ion of President, who shall be the general
manager and business agent of the CORPORA.
ion. The Board of Directors shall have
all authority to fill all vacacies in their
lumber from among the stockholders of the
ompany. And the said Board is hereby
lvested with full power to frame and
dept such bylaws, rules and regulations
) they may deem requisite and necessary
'r the company and the transaction of its
usiness; provided, the same do not conflict
18th this act of incorporation or the laws
this State. The said Board shall have
over, and are. hereby authorized, to buy
eal estate for the use and purposes of the
ompany, to sell the same, to make con-
acts I leases, mortgages and compromises,
nd to borrow money, and to do all and sim
1lar such acts as may be necessary to carry
the business and further the objects of !
lis company.
ARTICLE SIXTH.
In all elections the vote shall be by ballot.
ad each and every stockholder shall be en-
tied to vote, either in person or by proxy,
u each ana every share which he, she or
ley, respectively, may hold, and no person
persons shall be entitled to vote on any !
lare or shares transferred to him or them
thin ten days prior to such election.
ARTICLE SEVENTH. :
No stakeholder shall be held responsjble
r the contracts, acts, faults, debts or obli-
Itions Of the said Company beyond the
mount OF their unpaid capital stock, and
mere informality in organizing shall =
I'VE the effect of rendering this Charter
Ill or OF exposing the stockholders to r
~ liability beyond the extent of their
ock. WV
ARTICLE EIGHTH.
The following named persons: A. L. Lee.
Inn d. G. Parker, Michael Hahn, Jacob
awkns, Thomas G.. Tracy, shall be asd
ey are hereby constituted the first Board
Directors, and they shall hold their office
It'll the first election under this charter, or
It'll their successors are duly elected and
all have taken their seats.
This board shall assume control on and
Ter the first Monday in January next, 1t
ing understood and agreed that the pres
I management Of New Orleans REPUB- Sc
CAN shall continue until that time; and the
ID Directors are hereby invested with All
3 to their office.
ARTICLE NINTH.
This Act of Incorporation may be modified,
cred or amended. and additions made to ..
Q same, OF the said Company dissolved at
General meeting to be convened for the