New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-12
QUARTER
CHARTER,

! STATE OF LOUISIANA, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
he it known that ON this seventh. day of March,
in the year of our Lord Thousand eight hundred
| and seventy-one, before me, Robert Joseph Ker .
parish of Orleans, State Of Louisiana, duly COM
missioned and qualified, and in presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared the persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed, who declared that
availinx themselves of the provisions of the laws
ganization of corporations for worfsof public i'm.
provement and for other purposes" they have
corporation for the objects and purposes and
under the following articles and stipulatons, to
Wit:
The name and style Of this corporation shall be
The Alabama Hydro Carbon Gaslight COMPANY
and its domicie shall be established in the city of
New Orleans State OF Louisiana, with the right of
State OF Alabama. by resolution of the Board of
directors to be appointed and to continue Office
as Ii hereinafter provided for.
ARTICLE II.
The purpose for which this corporation is estab
Apparatus" patented twentieth July, 1869. NO
1872 and to employ and the said apparatus in
@ and al 5c5 sss
served on the president acting president of said
corporation; and the said corporation shall have
the right OF using corporate seal
ARTICLE I'LL
The capital stock Of this corporation shall he the
sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
divided into fifteen hundred shares of one hunire1
dollars l each which shall be assessed at twenty
shall be considered fully paid, and no further as
sessment shall ever be made.
ARTICLE w.
The business of said corporation shall
be confided to i've directors with the
seven by resolution Of the Board Of Director, f.1
the time being. The Board of Directors shall be
held under this charter, and to hold Office mil
their successors are duly elected and onal,Hed
Inc nrst election Of directors under this charter
shall take place ON the second Wednesday Of Janu
uary, 1877 and thereafter on the second Wednesday
OF each and every year. At the first monthly meet
to the election Of the officers of this cOrnpratior
and all the officers of the said corporation shall
con.inne IN 9ice until their successors have been
uUiy electea ana have qualified. The officers of
TINS corporation shall be president president prO
B sn 1l 81 and superintendent
an bylaws and regulations they NAV deem neces,
sAry LOT the general interest Of this CORPORATION
shall have ~n the PROVISIONS of this charter, and
occur nom any cause whatever
ARTICLE "
Pine Inc ioiowlns persons shall constitute the first
a.u VI directors, and shall hold Office for one
ssi.;n nom tne GATE Of this charter and until the
tO-wit: ~ ' '"0os''o'S'
MEYER STERN. ISAAC STERN
A~'AsA OAEnN, uEONU6 lNGkAM
HENRY SEIDENBACH.
ARTICLE vi.
This charter may be amended or modified. and
the capital stock may be increased with the con-
sent OF three fOurths of the stock represented at
general meeting of the st0ckhOlders convened for
the purpose at the place Of domicile OF said
ton, after thirty days public notice in one Is the
public papers published in the State Of Aiahan,"
but no amendment shall be made unless tie same
shall have been presented and read at two con.
secutive meetings, and adopted as Aforesaid; and
thirty days notice Of the same shail be nuh.
! !s II, IN - one e. Of the public papers Of
public papers Of the State Of Alabsms. witS M
whiea tine the ckholer. shall have the privil
tSe s y - ~ shares IN proportion 70
snares nes eekep Ct the exrlrafiSu 81 fhSf tin,s
1.Sy., Scss e ~ eeheR pexSons hut shall MT -