The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-29
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STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS.
CIR or NKw ORLEANS;
Be Known That the siIth day OF January in tia
year Of our Lord one thousand eight hu9dIed and
nnetysecond before me- Edward Ivy; notary public ia
missoned qualified and in presence Witnesses
hereinafter named and unssrsnSS personally came and
who declared that avang themselves of the provisions OF
oraons they do ~ these form themselves into and
constitute for The following specified objects and
ARrrcLEI.
srI VI ne o.
SOUTH AND WEST, and IL shall have q corporate seal,
with the name Of the Company thereon.
ARTICLE II.
The business and legal domei Of the Company Corpora
only by vote Of threeiourths Of the Stockholders
ARrIcLx ILL.,
The object Of this Company construct otherwise to
@ 70 run on navigate the Mississippi River or is rSa
tss tor the purpose Of carrying sO mails and sn, s@
privileges are hereby may hereafter be conferred on them
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The Of the Company thus formed hereby con-
ARTICLE v.
The capital stock OF this Corporation Is hereby nxed at
Five Hundred Thouant Dollars represented by five thousand
81 & Ss PIT 81 ffh
and remainder shall be paid the time the
than per Of aid subscription shall DO called for
any Sps S ana nSs SseS m ~ SSSe N oe as sna
any Of Directors may deem advisable do
One siop q Dollars: vote tvOtAfd.
ARTICLE VI.
Three ourhs OF the stockholders IN capital sha have the
power 70 wind M and ss the business and ahar Of the
@od atoms sdaons or change to ;h, Sc. on ryns
sixty days previous notice I'm two Of the newspapers pub
ARTICLE w.
The Of Directors early day shall proceed elect
dent Vice President Treasurer Secretary superintendent
arc arc ,Sss sS S.ss a be- s own u Ssb tao Two
ARTICLE VII.
The term for which this corporation is formed shA be
ARTICLE II.
sHcrIos regular meetings the stoekhOdna fthe
Of Ss s Al ms .o 90 the sS
shah chooe twenty their number directors
for the sssunE year who shall fern and constitute Board Of
the following year. until their And
named persons shall constitute Board Directors % ma
se The affairs Of said Company any three q HON shall Goa
Charles B5iggs william !. Pise william creevy, Alfred
SIC failure to eect Directors regular meeting Of
the siOehhosers shall mot dsoys the Company but the
tions until new Board be elected
quorum TO do business ard the Board Of Directors ,hAu
have to make and adopt all Necessary Jules and bylaws
no, conflict With the true interest and meaning Of this Act
Of Incorporation and the laws this The Board Of
Directors declare dividends from time to time they
SIC II any Director sh. cease to be stOckhOlder du
ring his term OF Office shah be declared vacated in the
Drse,or the Bead shall have the ssthOfy a6s vacancy
occasOnsd thereby.
No Stakeholder shall ever be held liable or responsible
for the contracts faults OF said Company beyond the
shall any mere nfomality in ths organic alton Of said
Company have the effect Of rendering the present char
billy than the amount Of his her, their stock therein
ARTICLE u
Should subscriber refuse neglect pay punctuay
his her their nstsment nstAneOts same falls
added matur until aal pymsnt AID any
subscriber negects refuses 10 his her thsir nt
Board Directors shall the right causing any
share shares which i0stslment be due
by suit the payment Of such nstaeEt instament as
The Board may deem advisable.
ARTICLE XII
No subscription to be binding until the Of hundred
thousand subscribed when the FIRST payment ten
per cent shall be due and payable
ARTICLE KIN.
The following Stockholders In said Com
pany and such entitled % The number OF shares Of
William Crew George A Fosdck Thomas A Adams, VIM
Whsnn Alfred MOuton. Charles Briggs Jr, William 5.
Pike, ID DeHsven-
And I'm conclusion the stockholders hereinbeore named
conformation q the aforesaid stpusons covenants sad
agreements ordained and established BY the act foe
herein above subscribed their names respectively.
done and passed at the city Of New oesn Aforesaid
The day asnh and yea, e' se We written IN me psessses
domcsted this city who hereunto signed their
VIM '''s p~'''' NV GEORGE CLARK,
y. Nee. SWAIN.
H EDWARD IVY, Notary Pubiic.