The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-04
CHARTER.
QUARTER. .............''.''''.ChAhr 1n
OR The
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NAVIGATION co.
The West and South.
CHARTER.

The West and South.

THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH ORLEANS, Orr OF NEW oRLEASs.}
BE IT KNOWN, that on this Seventh day Of December
IN the s o. our The IGS cDs Of the q
America the ninety before me- Edgard lyy Notary
duly quased and in the presence Of the
witnesses hereinafter named andundersgned personally came
The parties hereinafter named and undersgned who
statutes Of LSusana relative the organization Of
rstons they do by these presents torn into aud
an under the following sipulatiOns, to wit;
ARTICLE I.
q S s H' OF Ms THS
WEST AND SOUTH.
The business and legal dO%ie Of the corporation shah be
Of hree-fourths Of the bona hde stockholders.
ARTICLE III.
The object this to construct and mslntsn
sippi its tributaries, for the of carrying
sgs mails spe ss sne b mag Sess
ter be conferred on them for the pHrPasss aforesaid
ARucLEU.
The president Of The company thus formed Is hereby consti
tuted the ofbcer on whom citations may be served
The capital stock Of this corporation hereby hxed at Five
Hundred Dollar Represented BY Five Thousand
subscription shall be PAYABLE at the time Of signing and the
BY Boar provided that than
ten cent Of said subscription shall be called for at any
1881
ARIIcLEv1
TINS corporation shall commence operations soon as Fifty
Thousand Dollars of the capital stock subscribed and IN
Board Of Directors directors must be stockholders each
share Of stock subscribed shall be entitled to vote stock
holders may vote IA person or by proxy.
ARTICLE VII.
in should become TO place this corpora
ton in liquidation. there shall be appointed by the Board Of
them and whose signature shall be binding the company
ARTICLE VIM.
The Board OF Directors early day shall proceed to
Pres dent Vice President Treasurer Secretary, Supsrn
speI and ,S Ts ss S % as o s deem ISsS
5sT Two n''' 0' winch 'n' Dc ITO" 'n'f own num-
This corporation shall have Official seal the baHoury Of
which hail be magnificent sea nbOat and the of the
company shall be traced theron
ARTICLE K.
The term for which this corporation is formed shall be
ARTICLE xI.
Should subscriber refuse neglect to pqnctusv,
his or be nttament instalments the fall due in
thereto from maturity until payment and IL subscriber
thirty days after the specified time of payment Board Of
upon Which any instameS may be due T. be sold at auc
tion or otherwise, as the Board may deem advisable
ARTICLE XII.
This corporation shall adopt hereafter such bylaws a. may
&C, or to the laws o. the n
This done and passed in Office at New orssns aforesaid
George CLARK F. Nee Swain witnesses lawful age dom
icted IN this city who hereuntO sign their with the
parties and me, the said notary alter the reading Of these
presents
ISiPIed1
THOMAS A. ADAMS WIN CREEVY,
GEO. W. HYNsON, CHAS. BRIGGS,
GEO. FOSDICK, WIN & PIKE.
ALF. MOULVON, DAVID DE HAVEN
o. 4. ALL, W. l. JEWELL.
WIN. WHANN. SAMUEL JONES,
s. J. N. SMYTH.
EDWARD IVY, Notary Public.
Witnesses rsiened:l
GEO. CLARK. p. Nice. SWAIN.
Icerty the foregoing TO be true copy from the original
extant in my current register.
New Orleans, Dec 9 1867.