New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-11-23

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City of New Orleans.
Be it known that on this seventeenth day
OF November, A. D. eighteen hundred and
sixty eight, before me, Henry Q. Dibble, a
Notary Public, duly commissioned aud
| 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'deelared that
availing 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.
selves and those whom they represent, to
establish an Incorporated Company for the
objects and purposes and under the obliga-
lions, stipulations and regulations herein
after set forth, to wit:
ARTICLE FIRST.
This corporation shall be domiciled and
have its principal office in the city OF New
orleans, in the parish of Orlean :, State of
Louisiana, and the name and title of the
same shall be "THR New ORLEANS REPUBLI.
CAN PRINTING COMPANY Said corporation
shall have and enjov corporate powers and
privileges for the full term of twenty-five
years from the date hereof, and the same
shall commence business as soon as the sum
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.
fishing of newspapers and the carrying on
OF general book and Job printing business
in the State of Louisiana and all things
properly appertaining thereto.
ApnIrr YJtpO
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
De 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 |
same published for said time in any 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 |
AHIOJSo 10 bhC1 may bppOluLs Inc
Of Directors shall consist Of five members of
The Company who, after the expira.
ion 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
II 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
Ulcers, 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
cid within thirty days thereafter and give
Office OF the same as aforesaid.
ARTICLE FIFTH.
The Board Of Directors thus elected shall
ssume their duties on the Tuesday follow
q their election, and shall hold their
Ihces until their successors are duly elected. |
hose stockholders, receiving a majority
ote OF the stock represented at an election,
hall be considered and declared duly elect
d. The Board of Directors shall elect from |
mong themselves and fix the compensa
on OF President, who shall be the general
lanager and business agent of the Corpora
on. The Board of Directors shall have
Ill authority to fill all vacacies in their
umoer from among the stockholders of the
ompany. And the said Board is hereby
vested with full power to frame and
topt such bylaws, rules and regulations .
! they may deem requisite and necessary
II the company and the transaction of its
1siness; 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
1mpany, to sell the same, to make con.
acts, leases, mortgages and compromises,
nd to borrow money, and to do ali and sin.
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,
I'D each and every stockholder shall be en- /
tied to vote, either In person or by proxy,
II each and every share which he she OF
ley, respectively, may hold, and no person !
persons shall be entitled to vote on any
lare or shares transferred to him or them
AtnlH Jen uays prior 10 sucn election. r
ARTICLE SEVENTH.
No stakeholder shall be held responsible 7
r the contracts, acts, faults, debts or obi /
ltions of the said Company beyond the u
mount Of their unpaid capital stock, and
mere informality in organizing shall i
ave the effect of rendering this Charter a
III, or OF exposing the stockholders to 9
~ liability beyond the extent of their d
ock. O
ARTICLE EIGHTH. n s'-a. Il
The following named persons: A. L. Lee,
,hn NJ. G. Parker, Michael Hahn, Jacob | :
awkins, Thomas G. Tracy, shall be and
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 IT.
all have taken their seats.
This board shall assume control on and
ter the first Monday in January next, il
ling understood and agreed that the pres r.
1t management of New Orleans RkPUB. =
CAN shall continue until that time; and the :
i'd Directors are hereby invested with all q
70 rights, powers and privileges appertain.
g to their office.
ARTICLE NINTH.
This Actof Incorporation may be modified
tered or amended. and additions made to 81
e same, or the said Company dissolved at :.
general meeting to be convened for the y
lrpose, after thirty DAYS notice in one OF
e neWspapers published in the citv of Naxv | pl