New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-08
CORPORATIONS,
t1IrRD srAr4s OF AMRRIcA-sfArB on loa,.
1NAN@CfTy OF ukW ORLKANS

Be- 10 known that ON this nth dsy Of %he unoues
Of November in the year Of our Lord one thooses1
eight hundred and seventy tour, and OF tho indss
ninety ninth. before me. Charles G Annry' = 10.
tary public. Auly commissioned and sworn, in and
residing ana 10 the presence Of The xisnesst
hereinafter named and undersigned. personally
sppsnreA Nessrs- John B. t.aHtte. James F. Dos
VOL. SsDns' simpson. john q. Gain. o. Carl Kohc
and Jamee Madison Selxss. all resitkn&s OF thia
ci,y. Who declared that av.ing themselves of the
laws OF the =, ate Of L,uisiana they hsve fcrmsS
jects. and under the stpulations sns s.gussioss
n1s S12o.asion Shall he named ana stsied tn
PANf. and its domicile shall be and 10 her By neA
in the city Of New Orleans parish Of Orleans.
s stare 2, aon'slana The officers of the corpors
who shall be elected by the Board ~ Directors
citations notices snd her legal process shall b
should the president be absent. Th4 eorporation
shal! commences business soon AZ the rsa uisiteo
shall exist end continue for 1wenty .ave ve.ra.
during which time it shall have and sj " snccee.
sor; 1t shall contraer. sue and be- suea hold re-.
cs've, purchase, sell and otherwise convey under
sonal it shsll establish such rules, by laws and
regulations. fhr the management Of the com pany
a. may be necessary provided such rules, by laws
and regulations shall not be contrary to- the stipu.
ls'aons OF this charter or The laws Of this State,
ana IL snail possess In general all suOh powers
ana prlvi ges as are given BY Law to corporate iona
,h ns SAID corporation shall use corporate seal
name o. shS company around it
ARTICLE H.
The purposes Sor which the said Southern nns
Atlantic Telegraph Company IL est sblished. and
the nature of the business to be carried on bv H.
are hereby declared 10 be- To oonstt net ,,se and
Operate magnetic telegraph lines. aud to trsnsmiS
publi;: on ana along al high ways rat wuys can6la
riv. 70 and other pubic @ays in this State, and in
NH nj AR nf hn vJp,SfA
shall or NAV permit. and the said COMPANY NAV
desire. and also to connect and CONT act with any
other line or lines Of telegraph for the trims niS
sOn Of messages to any part Of the world.
ARTICLE ILL.,
The capital stock Of the company is fined 1t Eve
thousand dollars. which is divided into Oh ares Of
twenty hve dollars each, making two hundred
shares all paid In. but the cApItoI stock may, by
resolution o! the Board Of Directors bs In O. oasod
dollars, to be divided into . corresponding umbpf
OF shares OF twenty five dollars esch 10 b. psik
eash ~ the time Of subscription.
ARTICLE Nv.
4rAnsfeps Of stock shall ba maAe on tho nooA.os
the company. and no stOck holder she'll ever b,
held liable pOasble for the or faulta
unpaid balance due to the company On the sl,,roe
owned by him.
The Board Of p,reet ar.c sSs, b. com.o..
members. elected an ally by ballot by stock holders
representing majority Of the shares on the firsS
purpose BY the secrstsrsths said nesine 10 0t ~
place after ten days notice in two NO sns DerS
published IN the city OF New O,l-ans The d,rrs-
tors shall elect from among themselves tho presi
don't and secretary Of lhs corporation: and tho
said directors and ofcnrs shall their fno-
shall have qualified All vacancies shall b. 6ils1
IN the board BY the remain ng mem6erA
ARTICLR W.
The nrat aun ual election hall tax place IN thn.
hrst Monday Of November 1875 aud until an eiec-
ton shall have been held. and Board Of Directors
shall have en- elected. aud shall have DUAL. 6ed.
in ct Il
with the regulations and laws to be adopt cd tho
following med persons shall constitute ,bs trs4
named are respectively designated ~ prusiden1
s , SECRETARY ts vii: John B. LATTE. presidsn
veil. John O. 0ain-s aud samuel ) mpson.
1RtlCLk VII
TIE president OF III his absence ona Of the dire~4
tors elected for that purpose shall! preside At alp
meetings Of the board perform all the dnties % IN
executive officer. and shall conduct a the busi-
ahsll perform ali the duties usually sppsr' s so
10 suca en- officer Three directors shah constr
este o quorum for che transaction Of busnesa
ARTICLE WILL
This charter may he amended, altered Of en-
nulled. and the company dissolved Ut any time 81
for that purpOat. after thirty DAYS NOTICE. pub
lished In two n- vspapers in tn. cts OF New Or
Iesne. PROVIDED that three -fourths Of tht, stock
sam&
ARTICLE IL,
At the >XprotiOn this oh Arref o. in saao fq,a,
said company shall BIZ sooner dissO we'd the fYAirs
Of the comp shall bs liquid.ted and settled by
hree commssio .ers TO- BIZ CHOSEN by ti,r.e tbs
OF she stock rep esented st any meeting NJ the
stockholders called tor that purp ,s.. and in tho
overt that no such comm ssiOners are 10 Oh osen
then the affairs OF the said com .Iy shah b.. loui
dated and settled by the president and diEo ciOro
last elected.
ARTICLE K
The following named persons arc stock holders Of
he corpora on created under This sct and - ouch
are entitled to the number Of shares placed ep-
poslt1 their names respectively. Vie:
lOWoS DOBWoI.
soWuvi niupSOu I
chH uoHoo. .s...'... 1
J. W. Sei1as .... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. !
BID the southern end Atlantic Telegraph Con-
pany. Of which Charles w. BlussOn &so il
vice presidest.. ..............lao
And IN conclusion, the stOck holders and oOrp or
tors hereinab"ve named in conhrnatin II tho
'0ressid stipulatiOns covenants and ayr~e ments