The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-25
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER TOWING COMPANY.
LIMITED.
United States OF AmericaS State Of Louisiana
parish of Ascension.

p Sc IT KNOWN, That on this the fourteenth
i AD day OF February in the year eng Thousand
nins hundred and bsIors a,sar
sworn and qualified in and for the stase and
parish aforesaid, and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named, personally came
and appeared the several parties w hose names
are hereunto subscribed. who declared that,
ayai1ing themselves Of the laWsof the state OF
Louisiana relative to the organization Of eorpo-
Irations, they do by these presents organize and
constitute themselves a corporation and body
| polite for the purposes hereinafter expressed
aud do adopt this act as their charter binding
themselves. their associates and successors
| thereto.
The name and title Of this corporation shall be
| the MISSISSIPPI RIVER TOWING COMPANY.
Of Ascension. state Of Louisiana All citation
or other legal process shall be served upon the
president, and in his absence upon the vice
president.
| ARTICLE II.
The purposes for which this corporation is es-
I tablished and the nature of the business TO be
carried on by It are hereby declared to be- to CON
struct. own, purchase, lease, hire and maintain
steamboats,, toWboats, steamships, barges and
other Watercrafts for the transportation OF
freight and passengers on the Mississippi river
and other rivers and streams tributary thereto,
and in connection with said business. to own,
purchase. lease, hire and maintain Wharyes.
landings. docks. sheds, warehouses wharf boats.
eievat ors, etc. and to do and perform any and
arising therefrom.
ARTICLE Ill.
The capital stock of this corporation is hereby
| fixed at the sum of fifteen Thousand dollars,
divided into one hundred and fifty shares of one
hundred dollars each. The said stock shall pc
as may be determined by the board of directors
This corporation shall become going concern
| and shall be authorized to do business as soon
as three thousand dollars OF its capital stock
shall have been subscribed and paid for.
ARTICLE ".
| The business Of this corporation shall be con-
Quoted by a board of four directors who shall be
elected annually on the last SATURDAY. IN Febru-
airy in each year Said board OF directors shall
elect from among themselves a president, a vice
president and q secretary-treasurer. A majority
of the board OF directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction OF all business The
first board of directors OF this corporation is
hereby declared to be as follows: President, Ar
thur s. Rusk vice president CecIlIen Esneauit:
secretary treasurer, Louis N. Boston, and David
- a - ARTICLE "
Upon the dissolution of this corporation by
limitation or otherwise its affairs shall be lid
Undated by two commissioners to be appointed
| Thus done and passed in the parish Of Ascen-
sion, state of Louisiana, onSthe day, month and
year first above written IN the presence OF Y.
who hereunto sign their names together with
appearers. And said appeaTers hereby subscribe
to the amount Of shares set opposite their re-
spective names.
Original signed:
ARTHUR 81 RUSK --4------M Shares
LOUIS II. BOSTON ------------z---17s shares
13SS Rusk % Shares
CECILIEN ESNEAULT- ------------17 Shares
IN; Is, aaaaa "a. CIRE.
| v fl ie l1'sss'sss 1 Il. j. EsNEAULT.
WAITER LEMANN, i. s..
Notary Public. III
hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is true and correct COPY OF the charter Of the
Mississippi River Towing Co, Ltd, and re
corded in this Office in Miscellaneous Book No.
Seven folio-4-. In witness whereof have
this day set my hand and seal of this Office this
18th day of February, Is11. 4#s