The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-25
IMfROyED GAS COMPANY.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish and City Of New Orleans
BET Ksowr thu. o. this 18th August IN the year
Of the Of the United States OF Amer ca hs
Before me. ASDkEw HERO. Jn;, nOt.ry public tn
rue parish and city q New Orleans state o. La
Of The nr.es hsreinnfe andersgnd person
ally came and appeared he several pss wso,s ss bss
svsps themselves Of hs o. the laws LIai..na
and 90 ~ these covenant, agree and s S1S
themselves. and those whom they represent 70 urn n,
:sTSurss sI "a. New
ions and regulations following to-wit:
ARTICLE L
The name SnS sts g, hi: cGrpSrscn 'hs e TIE az
the city Of New Orleans ball conmence its business s
Citations n suits against may served
the dent his absence from he city on the Score
The Corporation shall have power authority Firsrs
have sSs ss1 on S ID CO.. .s Be
i. rhS.To MAKE and .o use cor
Hss IL S SSs s,s .nr and
ocers a. it, ateesis and eonvensncs may And
sIsTO make and tahli.h such bylaws or ths rpo.s OF
as may bsDecsssary and proper.
ARTICLE IL
The object purpose hch this Corporation Is estsb
S q e.. s os.ns and sad ii other
state Of Ouissn and bring into general certain m
prov msnts in carbaTsttng gas.
ARTICLE III
Afhe corporate powers the Company shall be exercised
by Board Of Directors and such Office as they may sp
Tbe Board Of Directors shall consist msmbs who
shall have power increase he number not hs-sss, 20
sscesd and the M Rss 50 n rsAsed small e"n'a'
The DirsccIs shall be eetsd the second Monday Of
oldsrs BY ballot each nembsro the being entitled
many have shares suoscr bed and PAID
in he
10 by ballot each stockhoter nsvi the right TO aP
for he election Of ocsrs but in ali business De
bad ~ Board Of Ia Ss ssss q 10 e ssss an
election T. be hello within days after the failure elect
nj sSs IN y Of sew
The BOARD Z osc'%r shall at Is i; Ing s.s in ..e
Secretary aod ssuIs =. the sane time and 81 shall hold
Of Directors shall consist OF the following
"" TSonss Baton NJ zsiger Charles A. Labussn
William B. kOontz, william Kelly, Alexis Alexander
Albert w Merriam, John g. Fleming and joan Mcintyre.
ARTICLE ".
Thu capta stock Of this hereby fxed II
thus nd desrs BY md h
Of one hundred onsouth Of each subscrp ion
' 'Ss r, Ss in .bTss eSu nstaaeats oy
e. RsS, RsyS sn 70 a
after Should any crhsr reuss or neglect 10 pay
Stsa ss st he sh.
add thereto ron maturity AL % s and ,Ss
fa due tie posrd themselves the right
ss 70 be soo pubic suction or othrwiss after
ten days previous notice to such delinquent SUBSCRIBER
| ARTICLE v.
Ne Stakeholder this Corporation shah ever be liable or
faults OF the COrporain. nor
niOrmalyi organ tation have the esct o.
| any liability beyond the amount of his stock
ARTICLE VI
This charter may modified, amended the
Company dissolved general meeting the Stock
ouhs smount OF the stock represented II such meet
| ing. . -, d IN 49,.
necessary by action Of its Stockhldsr b. mi
its charter from cause whatever IT'S an rs
shall be i'm placed haud alton uad.r the charge
three commissioners appointed BY the
and Who sha In office until the
liquidation Of the affairs OF hs ComDany and the aist
button Of surplus funds am ng the Stocknoisers
| ARTICLE VII
The names Of the stoekhoder their residences and thu
number held each declared to be uch A.
this Of Incorporation. asd set opposite
!. es h o their respectively.
the nj ed Stses stamps OF i've cents
sheet required by this have besn heeunto duly
sfixed and csnceed.
Thus done and passed my Office at New Orleans aore
Of George Cenas and Geo. Alfred Hsro
comp.tent Of tss city hereanto stSn
their names the parties sad tbs said Notary the dag
Original signed: jules Brady, ALEXANDER T. Barton
a w. Merriam John G. eming. = NJ zeizier w. frszie
Kelly. w. B. kooptz J. r. lott c. =. Labussn, Johr
Mcintyre and others &c rye censs, &c rye Hero.
ANDREW HEsO, JR., Notary Public.
Iceriy thst the aforesaid copy Of the original
o file and Of record In my ahceL
| ANDREW HERO JR, Notary Public