The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-21
CHARTER.
RTATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH AND CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

ETATE Ot bpUlsIANA.
PARISH AND CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
nEIT KNOWN THAT ON THIS TWEEN
ID tieth day Of February. In tho year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred aud eighty,
| and Of the iadepenaene, OF the United Ntates OF
fore mo. Andrew Hero, Jr.. notary pub.
| lie In aul Tor the parah OF Orleans state OF
| louisiana, duly nommiHsioued aud auallhad
and In the presence OF the wtneaaes herein
after namad and underatgned, personally came
| aud appeared the several persona whoae names
are heraunto puhsnrihai who declared that,
availtna themselves of tho prnviairna Of the
| lava Of tha state relative 10 the organization
81 corporations for works Of public improve.
| mant and utility they have contracted ahi
aaread. and % ~ these ptasen'a COVENANT ahn
agree and bipd tham7alva-, ~ well ~ anoh
persona ~ may hereafter become associated
with them " form aud constitute corpora,
tton and body polite in law for the objects and
onrpoaea and under the stpnlations and arti-
| nleR following. viz.
| ARTICLE I.
The name md ~, of sail .ornnraion ah al
be THE AMERICAN UNION TELEGRAPH
| COMPANY OF LOUISIANA" and lte domteile
| shall be In tho city of Now Orleana in the state
Of Louisiana. said corporation shall exiet and
shall have and enjoy Rucct aHiop under tta
| aforesaid corporate name. Tor tho full term and
period Of twenty Ave years from and after the
frat day Of February Of tho .preaent year,
eighteen hundred and eighty, and shall
have power and authority TO contract. eue
and be aned under its corporate name, TO
/
and conway. az well aa mortgage and typ?thes-
cate, under its e'rp,ora'e name. property both
| real aud peraapal TO name and appoint aueh
managers directora and officers IA their con
| venie nee may require, and 70 make and eatah
liah aunh by Laws rules anbraR ulationa for the
proper management, and registration Of tho
Hfrairs Of said CORPORATION M may be necessary
and proper, and the came to change. alter and
| amend ut plnRanre.
ARTICLE III
vya..
| poration ia established and the nature of the
buaneae to he carried on hv II are hereby de-.
| cared to be the erection RDi maintenance Of
telegraph and disratch linaa. In md through
out tho State Of Louisiana. as we'll AZ the Htatea
OF Msaiseippi. Alabama, Georgia Tennesaee.
Arkansas aud Texas; with all neeeaaary attn, ,
the nee thereof In the rapid tranamtesion for
remuneration and profit. OF information mea-
eea and magnetic telegraph. to aud from
rioua places In the Aforesaid States and else
| where.
The capital stock OF aaid corporation Ia here,
by fixed at the sum OF fifty thousand dolars.
which shall be divided into one thousand
aharea of Nifty doara annh and tho tmaa and
manner .of payment for such atnok shall be
/ fixed and determined upon Ivy the fret Board Of
Directors ct ea'i oorpnration and ten dara'
public 10 tioa ~ each call for payment aha be
given In one Of the daily newspapers published
In the city Vt New Orleans. The auhacrbors
hereto ahall ca,laa books of aul@cription to 10
i, VII. ' VIII 81 a,.1, j, a,, !,
IA annn aa thirty thousand doll4ra " aata capt
-. 49, IN, IN ,,,''' 49,. ~
said anhscribara shall proceed tn tho elect ~ Of
the fret Board of Directors hereinafter rro-
apst Mon;,a W. Of 1,nnarv u ,ss ar nntti
their Successors ahal have boon elected.
| ARTIOLEIV
The buaineas and afrairs Of aald corporation
shall he under the eupervlaion aud manage
of five etoekholderp, each OF whom shall own
~ his own name zen ena,ee ~ ,ha 'ap1,al a.eek
~. ~ .i Io mo w. H. "a t Mi s
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"a'a n,' s , ena, AVE. s'ssh ny n"a
NJ n, W ~" y, ~ W., vu1 ~ ~ a. a., af w
tnn uhiah anal rennira ~ nnhliootinn All
nnh n, iora ahoI, ,n he hn,lt MA MA ~ a.
me nupsr,n.enmenaa 2, ,mree sto Es. 20
auch nurpoaa and each share Of stnck shall Ia
nroxy ri all alacriona III meetinns 81 atook
holders
Til. Board IT Directors ahall oact annually III
their frat ma ting one nf their number a. presi
dent and another IA vice president "a nlao a
aeeretary aud 4 treasurer: nnl al citatious or
other legal prcraaa ah, bn servad upen tho
aeoreary IT aa,d company. Three Of sa,d
hoard shall ronam'" quorum n fn h the rnna
have full newer tn appoint suoh Off nra elerks
or agents IA may be deemed necessary for tho
husineaa of aaid corpor ton and to make
and ea,ahliah, ma we'll ~ alter and amend. any
and all by Laws rules and regulations IA they
may deem necesaary for tho aupport. manage
ment and protect ion of the afrairs buainess and
ntaresta of aatd company ANY member of
aaid Board OF Directors ehal have the right 10
appoint any other stock holder to act for and
represent him at any and AL meetings of said
Board OF Directors during his ahsanee from
thia state. and which said appointment shall be
ia writing and entered on tho minutes of aaid
company. and which said PROXY. when 40 ap-
pointed. shall have and exarcisa ali thu powers
and immnni.iea Of such abaent director
AkTlGIEN
This not Of incorporation may ha changed
,nadin al ~ altnraa ~ aniJ CONFORMATION =, Il !,