The New Orleans crescent., 1868-09-06
IMPROVED Gas COMPANY
STATE OF LOUISIANA, I
'Arish and City Of New OrleAna

STATE OF LouIsrANAl
Parish and City Of New orissns- \
BE IT KNowr that this 7th day Of August In the year
car Lord one Thousand ssh naadrsd and sixty sight saa
:.s s y I. &c. s' 1.s s. IN
sns duly commissioned and qualified and In the presence
ally cane and appeared several pars nsnss are
70 T. % and who % ,ss sss that
in su cases made and provided hey bal esysaAnts and
hemseves and those whom they represent 70 them
selves into and CONSTITUTES for the parpo.. st
and town. in The state Of Loussr snd under the spaa
ions and regulations following, to wit;
ARTICLE l.
The name and title q his Corporation shall be THE
NEW oRLEANs; and Its domicfl Is hereby established in
The city Of New oses1s sss ace m business As
Citations suits against ths Corporation served
The or IN his on hs city on the seers-
The Corporation shan have power ard authority, Fir-ro
period otsssy Ave years cociras ssd 70
poSs,s seal FoStS-To hoa Tssss purcSsss sod co vsy
nnde IL corporste nsme property both real and personal
Officers as it's stees,s and convessncs may re iure Asd
sxi-rO make and tsesn such bysw. hs purpose Of
ss may be necessary and proper.
ARTICLE IL
The object snd purpose which his Corporation Is essb
shed is expenses he Of gss In the
stss Of Looissns and 90 bring MO general use certain i'm
prov ments in earbarettng gas.
ARTICLE i'll
Authe corporate powers o. the Ampany shall be
BY Board Of directors and as they may sp
The Board Of Directors shall eon,st of nine msmbss who
the PEI msnent number o. the Bosrq
The Directors sha be ee.sd tn the second Monday Of
ysnesry OF $50 and sann.y M TN the :, 'ek
n: d ss % sS
ton 70 be by ballot each sockhodW havig right ap
point proxy in Of hi absence his only
Sd the sosS % an M % s s
taking place the day liked the shell cause an
election - be helo within ten the failure elect
and sh ali give n-cs thereof b. adv isemen more
The Board Y 6iSscsoss shs @ %s ire ia sy.y
year elect President from is ufsr 1t shall also
Secretary aud Treasurer At the time shall hold
their Offices until cir arr duly elected.
The hrstB ard of Directors shall OF the following
Thomas S Barton. y NJ Zsgles Charles A, LAbussa,
William b. koontz Wfhsn Yalb, Alexis Asxsudsr,
Albert W. Merriam Jonn @. Femsy snd John McinSyre4
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock Of corporate hereby fixed Il one
By o s x sSu md n
shall be payable in cash At the sig kg Of these articles a.d
the remainder in three nst nents notes Of the
:h
pur rctually his notes psv que,
interest thereon At the rate OF eight cent per .nun ha
III
lies not paid within thirty dat AZ they aud
M due the board Of Dir ree TO themselves the right
Of causing share shares upo which alment
he due 20 be soo At public aufon otherwise after
days previous notice TO such deliI uent subscriber
ARTICLE I.
No Stockhoder this Corporation ever be liable or
responsible for the ntracts saof the
shall inf0rmay h gation have the eject OF
rendering this charter null or o. o,ng Stakeholder 60
any liability beyond the amount Ofht stock.
ARTICLE v.
This charter may be modified sterd or amenet or the
Company be dissolved at gene. meeting o. the Stock
holders With the
fourths Din smounp Of the stock such meet
ing.
ever dissolution Of the Cooperation shall become
by Of the action Of sockholders b. m
taton OF its charter or from any cana whatever s anrs
aud supernt ndence OF three apponted by The
Board Of Direc and Who shall Oice until the
nna liquidation Of the affairs OF the Smpany and the disr
button OF its surplus funds among the 5tockhodera
ARTICLE vi.
The the stockhoders their residences and the
number Of shares held by each declared be ch
subscribed 10 this act OF Incorporation and opposite
The Uni ed States internal Of Eve
sheet required by for this act haye besn duly
Thus passed my office lat New Orleans sfore
said in the Of George Cenas and Alfred Hsro
competent witnesses, boh Of tas cy hereonto sign
their names with the parties aad said Notary the dag
Original signed: Jules Brady A Alexander T. g Barton
= w Merriam John q. fleming, YIN. z-ixer, W. Frazier
Kelly W. b. kooDtz J. y. iiote @. Labuzan John
Mcintyre and others. &c rge Cenas. .5e rye Hero.
ANDREW HEko, ,JR., Notary Public.
1certiy that the aforesaid Is copy Of the original act
on hle and Of record in my office.
New Orleans, Aug. II 1865
ANDREW HERO JR.. Notary Public