Lower coast gazette., 1914-11-07
Charter of r. M. Murphy, lncor-
p0rated.

p0rated.
United States of America
State of Louisiana
Parish of Orleans
City of New Orleans
Be it known, That on this 10th day
of the month Of October. in the yea.
4. D., 1914
Before me, Eraste Vidr;ne, Notar!
Public, duly commissioned qualified
and sworn IN and for the above named
Parish and, State personally came and
appeared the several persons whose
! names are hereunto subscribed, who
each and all declared:
That ayailing themselves Of the
laws OF the State Of Louisiana on the
subject Of the Incorporation Of Cor
porations, and especially OF Act 267
| Of the Legislature Of the State Of
Louisiana for the year 1914, they
have, and do by these presents, or
gani.e end constitute themselves into
a corporation and body polite in law
under the following s%tipulations and
provisions, which they hereby adopt
as their articles of Incorporation or
charter, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name Of this corporation shall
he: r. NJ. MURPHY INCORPORATE
ED, and its domicile is hereby de-
ciared to be at Venice, in the Parish
o. plaquemines, State OF Louisiana.
This Corporation shall have and
enjoy corporate existence and sueces-
, SIGN for and during a period of nine
t~y-nine (99) years unless sooner dis
solved.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes OF this
! CORPORATION and the nature OF the
business to be conducted and carried
on by it are hereby declared to DC
the general contracting business In
elusive Of all businesses allied OK
growing out Of said general contract
ing business, except the business Of
banking and INSURANCE in all of tnei.
several forms, and homestead build
ing and loan associations, also except
any business or purpose which might
, characterize THIS Corporation az a
public service corporation. The cor
poration shall have power to own,
lease, buy, sell. mortgage land and
generally deal in and develop the
same; it shall have power and author
ity to operate, W or lease and run
! one or more cummissaries OF stores
and may do all that pertains to copn-
Try business: 1t shall have power TO
own. operate and conduct ell lines OF
transportation and means thereof in
it's contracting business including the
f; right to own. operate or TO charter
Of lease boats. tarses, dredges and
+, all equipment l.eyessary or Incidental
to any character of its contracting
business, together with the right to
do anything that may be necessary or
in.identa, to the accomplishment Of
! the objects and purposes h%ereinabove
racied, With the right to own stock
in other corporations,
ARTICLE III
TIE Capital stock of this Corpora
ion is hereby fised at the sum OF
| Tiftsy thousand Dollars ($50,000.0 0)
lo;le OF which shall be preferred, and
shieh Capital Stock shall consist OF
Five Hundred Shares of a par value
OF One Hundred Dollars ($10o.0O
each. TIE capital stock of this cor
poration may be subsequently in
creased to One Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars $3.50, OOO.0O)
ARTICLE Nv.
All the corporate powers Of this
Corporation shall be vested in and
exercised by q Board Of Directors
composed Of three 90 stockholders of
this Corporation, elected annually at
a meeting Of the stockholders held for
that purpose, which meeting shall be
held at the domlcile Of the company on
the first Monday of October of each
year, beginning with the first Monday
i'll October, 1915, notice Of which
meeting shall be given ia each stock
holder, either personally Or by de-
posting at least fifteen (15) days
before such meeting, a notice in the
pest office properly addressed to the
last known address Of each stDck.