The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-09-25
CHARTER
OLE Z. MURPHY CONSTRUCTION CONT

CHARTER
OF {. MURPHY CONSTRUCTION COM
pANI. INC.
United States of America. state OF LOUIS
ana Parish Of Orleans, City Of Ne"
Orleans.
September. 1918. before me, the under
signed authority, personally came and ap'
peGred the persons whose names are mere
unto subscribed, who did declare that, avail,
ing themselves Of the laws OF the state OF
Louisiana. they have agreed and do by
these presents hereby agree and form them
selves into "A corporation under the name
OF G. Murphy Construction Company, Inc,
for the purpose Of conducting general con
tracing anu construction business IN Ine
city OF New Orleans, OF elsewhere In TINS
state AMI to that end TO do every act and
thing necessary or incidental or in any
way connected with the erection and con
struction of buildings. Its dOmicile snail
be In the city of New Orleans, and il shall
exist for a period of ninety-nine years from
the date hereof
The capital stock of this corporation shall
be ten thousand dollars (SlO,OOO.OO), di-
yided into one hundred (l00D shares of the
par value of one hundred dollars tSlOU.OOD
each, payable in cash, or labor actually rem
dered or property actually received.
All powers of this corporation shall be
vested in a board Of directors, composed Of
three stockholders. The first board OF di-
rectors shall be composed OF Cornelius Muir
ply, Thomas Hamel and X A. Hanton, with
Cornelius Murphy as president, Thomas Ha-
~ a
secretary-treasurer. Any two Of which di-
rectors shall constitute quorum 10 trans
act business. They shall hold office until
the first Monday In September, 1914, OF
until their successors shall have been elected
and qualified. Thereafter an election of
officers and directors shall be held annually
on said date; notice of such election shall
be given each stockhOlder by written com
municatlOn, signed by the secretary-treas
urer or president, and mailed to each stock
holder ten days prior thereto, and shall b'
held under the direction and In such man
ner as the board of directors may provide
each stakeholder shall be entitled to ont
vote for each share Of stock standing II
his name on the books Of said corporation
to be cast by him In person or by his writ
ten proxy, and majority Of such votes
cast shall elect. Any vacancies occurrin!
among the directors Of this corporation, 70
any cause, shall be filled for the unexpireC
term by the remaining directors.
This corporation shall begin business al
soon as three thousand dollars ($3,OO0.00)
of its capital stock is subscribed to.
The board Of directors shall have full
ness of this corporation; to elect officers
agents and employees, and to make such
bylaws for the management of its business
as AZ may deem fit.
Citations shall be served upon the presi
dent, or In his absence on the secretary
treasurer.
At the termination of this charter, or II
sooner dissolved, the affairs of this corpor.
alton shall be liquidated by two commission
ers selected by the stockholders at a special
meeting called for that purpose after five
days notice In writing mailed to each stock
holder at his last known address.
Thus done and passed at my notarial
ONCE, In the city OF New Orleans, on the
day, month and year herein first above
written In the presence Of Joseph A. Casey
and Benjamin Hocke, Jr., competent wit
nesses, who hereunto sign these presents,
together with appearers and me, notary, af-
ter due reading OF the whole
ORIGINAL ~ char
Thos. Hamel, 1 share; K. A. Hanton, /
share. Jos. A. Casey. Ben Hocke, Jr
JNO. j. REILLEY, Not. Pub.
l, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
In AID for the parish Of Orleans, state of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of Incorporation of c.
Murphy Construction Company, Inc, was
this day duly recorded in my office in book
1119, folio =.
New Orleans. Ia, September "a, 1913.
EMILE J. LEONARD, by. II.
A true copy.
JNO. J. REILLEY, Not. Pub.
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