Lower coast gazette., 1914-12-19
CHARTER OF r. N. MURPHY CON-
PANY, INC.
United States Of America
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Orleans,
CITY of New Orleans.

PARISH VI
CITY of New Orleans.
10 - known, that on this 9th day OF ,
w. month of December, in he year
4. u. 1914, ~s.rr
BEFORE me, Eraste Vidrine' notary
prhlic. duly commissioned, quallheo
and sworn in and for the aboVe-n''heu
parish and State, personally came anu
anneared the several persons whose
spmas are hereunto subscribed, VINO
each and all declared: .,o
That, availing themselves OF inc ]
,ows If the State OF Louisiana on inc
subject of the incorporation OF co:por
atoms, and especially Of Act 2c1 OF tne
legislature of the State OF LOUISIANA
for the year 1914, they ave anu 40 w
tbasa presents organize and constitute
themselves into q corporation ana
tndv nolitic in law under the following
'f;nu,utiors and provisions, when they
herahy adopt as their articles OF moor
noration or charter, to-w1t:
The namo CT this corporation sllai
-, p n. MURPHY COMPANY, lNc"
ona tic. domicile is hereby declared to
sa ct Venice. in the Parish OF Plaque
mines. State Of Louisiana.
ah:s CORPORATION shall have and en-.
inv %cornorate existence and Succession
c. and during a period OF .nl1ety:n'ne
(ee, years, unless sooner olsso''eu'
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes OF thls CO..
ror,tion and the nature OF me Dusi'
re.c :. he conducted and carried ON
NV If arc hereby declared to DE- the
]penaral contracting business inclusive
of all busin ssses allied or growing Out
~ !" .a;d General contracting business
except the business OF banking anu ~
s,uaucc and al of their seEe.al loll!s'
homestead building and loan assccla-
ti,ns also except any business OF pu!'
nose which might characterize thls
cornoration as a public service corpot'
,j;rn The cooperation shali nave
rcve: to own. lease, buy, sen, NOR.
eare land and generally deal III anu
develop the same; it shall lave po".,
md authority to operate. W or ieas'
AVID nm one or more commissioners O.
!. stores and may do all that pertains u
:. country business: it shall have powc
IN own. operate and conduct all me
> of TRANSFORMATION and means the:co. l.
it's contracting business, including I'll
risht to owa, operate or TO chaltef y
lease boats, barges, dredses anu d
! enuipment necessary or 1ncldeh1al !
- orv character of it's contracting pus
s ness. together with the right 10 q
INVITING that may be necessary or y
cidaDtai to the accomplishment or II
n objects and purposes h~ere'napoFe 7
c:t.d viii; Inc right to own stock
other corporations.
y ARTICLE III.
IS The capital stock OF this corpolatle
:. ;s hereby fixed at the sum OF III
e Thousand dollars (s5o,0oo.0o), none
d which shall be preferred, and wh1
o.nital stock shall consist OF five NJ
dred shares Of a par value OF one nj
dred dollars (Sle0.0y each. The ca
tai stock Ct It's cn:No'at'oh may
subsequently increased to one hunar
and fifty thousand dollars (sloo,o'
00).
Full paid, stock of this corporate
nav I've Issued III settlement OF sc
ices or things Of value actilaAV
s1ui1cd hy the corporation when
'same shall! have first been appral'
by tho Eoard Of Directors OF inc {
3c"atiou as provided by law.
ARTICLE Nv.
All ti,e co:porate powers OF this {
roration shall lie vested In and e!
cised by a Board CT Directors c
posed Of three (3} stockholders OF
corporation, elected Annually at a IN
ing Of the stockholders held Tor !
purpose, which meeting shall be
at the domicile Of the company on
first Monday of October OF each !
beginning with the first Monday
October, 1915. notice Of which nee
shall ~ given. to each stocEAol
either personally or BY deposltln:
least fifteen u5) days before s
meeting, a notice in the posto
properly addressed, to the last kn
address of each stakeholder as sh
by the books of the company.
Within ten Q0): days from the
ance of the certificate, of inccrpors
Nv the Secretary of State, the s.
holders of this corporation shall
and elect a Board OF Directors.
The first Board Of Directors as
inabove constituted shall hold {
unit, the first Monday in October,
or until their successors shall
heen duly elected and qualified.
The Eoard of Directors of this
poration shall, Immediately alter
election and qualification for oflc'
lect from among their number a !
dent. a y;"c President and a Secre
Treasurer. and they shall contln'
office until their successors shall
been elected and qualified. At all
lions. under this charter each s
holder shall be entitled to cas-
N vote. either in rcrscH OR by
ten proxy. fc. each share OF
standing in his name OH the hoo
the COMPANY, and this right ct
as to membership on the Board
rectors shall he cumulative.
we'll Said Beard of Directors shall
CtOn, ~, III. cor,,o,. t,on and to reno,
graf same at pleasure. and they shall
ac rover to ill. any vacancies m
number ard shell make rsrch b,
cond from time to time, and maj
: same, as they may ;deem eSpsdie
ARTICLE V.
the This charter MAJ be amcndo
otter capitsl stock increased or dccr
80 OF the corporation dissolved a
leei- v'ded ny Act 2C7 Of the 1.ssislat
.ouis- the State of Louisiana for the
ufac- l9n1. :, s,orea 81 NV