St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-06-06
CHARTER
of the
LAKE NAVIGATION COMPANY
United States of America, State O
Louisiana, City of New Or
leas, Parish of st.
Tammany.

Be it known, that on this twenty
third day of the month of April, in
the year one thousand nine hundred
and fourteen, before me, Theodore
A. Beck, a Notary Public. duly COM
missioned and qualified in and for
the parish Of Orleans, State of Lou
isiana, aforesaid. therein residing,
and in the presence Of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared the
persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed, who declared that, avail
Ing themselves of the provisions of
the laws of this State, they do here
by covenant and agree. bind. form
and constitute themselves, as we'll
as such other persons as may here
after join or become associated with
them, into a corporation and body
polite In law, and under the fol-
lowing agreements, to-wit:
The name of this corporation shall
be tie Lake Navigation Company,
and under that name it shall exist
for nlnety-nine years from this d3,.
It, shall have power to contract, sus
and be sued in it's corporate name
and to use corporate seal; t, holj,
receive, purchase, convey, ant mort
gage property. real personal ard
mixed, and to establish regulations
for the management of the corpora
ton. it domscile' shall he in the
parish Of St. TammaAy. atats Of
Louisiana, and all citations shall be
served on the president, and il his
absence on the secretary.
The objects of this corporation
shall be the operation of one or
more boats for the carrying Of pas
sengers and freight in an bodies
Of water within the State Of louis1-
ana.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is fixed at the sum Of Twenty
Five Thousand Dollars, divided into
two hundred and fifty shares of the
par value of One Hundred Dollars
each, which shall be paid for in
cash. All shares shall be full paid
and worcestershire, and no transfers
of stock shall be made binding on
the corporation unless made on its
books.
All corporate powers of this COM
pany shall be vested in a Board of
Directors composed of ten stock
holders who shall be elected annual
ly on the first Monday of April of
each year by the stockholders. A
majority of votes cast shall elect.
Stockholders shall vote in person or
by proxy and shall be entitled to
one vote for each share of stock
owned by him. All elections shall
be held after ten days notice by
mail to each stakeholder. The .di-
rectors elected shall hold Office for
one year or until successors are elect
ed. No failure to elect shall be re-
garded as forfeiture of this charter:
All vacancies on board shall be filled
by remaining directors. The board at
its first meeting shall elect from
among its number, President, Vice
President, Secretary and Treasurer.
1t may combine two last mentioned
offices and may elect secretary who
is not stakeholder.
No stakeholder shall ever be held
liable Or responsible for contracts,
faults or debts of corporation, nor
shall any mere informality in Or
ganiZati0n have effect of rendering
this charter null or of exposing stock
holder to any liability beyond un-
paid balance due on shares owned by
him.
Upon the DISSOLUTION Of this COR
otherwise, three 1iquldators elected
from among stockholders shall have
full power and authority to settle
ell business and affairs of corpora
tioA.. This corporation may be dis
solved with assent of majority of
stockholders.
Thus done and passed in duplicate
at my Office in the city of New Or
leans, on the day, month and year
above written, in the presence OF
JOS. ]. Ritayik and John P. Cazale,
competent witnesses, who hereunto
signed their names with said appear
ers, and me, Notary, after due read
Original signed)
G. A. Macdiearmid, 20 shares.
Geo. G. McHardy, shares.
VIM. F. McGinty, 5 shares.
Jno. Legier, 10 shares.
Robert Legier, 20 shares.
Joseph Brig, 10 shares.
Jas. J. Legeai, 20 shares.
Tom Sweeney, 20 shares.
Witnesses:
JOS. J. RitaYik.
Jale g: F. Cazale:
Notary Public.
!, the undersigned Clerk of Court
and Ex-Qficio Recorder Of Mort
cages IN aAd for the parish of st.
4ammany. state of Louisiana, do
hereby certify that the above and
foregoing act of Incorporation of the