Lower coast gazette., 1914-12-26
CHARTER or r. N. MURPHY CON-
PAkY, INC.
United States Of America,
, State of Louisiana,
Parish of Orleans,

ne Il known, that on this 9Th DAY q ,
IN. month OF. December, In the year
A. %. 1914,
BEFORE me, Eraste Vidrins, Notary
Public. duly commissioned, qualified
and sworn In and for the above-named
parish and State, personally came and
.nnnared 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 corpor'
atoms. and especially of Act 267 OF the
LEGISLATURE OF the State OF Louisiana
for the year 1914, they have and do by
,hese presents organize and constitute
themselves into u corporation II
hody polite in law under the following
st,nulations and provisions, which they
hereby adopt as their articles OF incor- ,
~p0ration or charter, to-w1t:
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation snail
he r. Nj. MURPHY COMPANY. NC
and it's domicile is hereby declared to
be at tcLlCc, Ill IuS Va
mines. State of Louisiana.
This corporation shall have and en-
10y corporate existence and succession
10Y and during a period OF ninety-nine
1897 years, unless sooner dissolved.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes Of this cor
poration and the nature OF the busl-
ness to be conducted and carried on
by It are hereby declared to be the
general contracting business inclusive
of all businesses allied or growing out
Of said general contracting business,
except the business of banking and in
surance and all Of their several torIps,
homestead building and loan assocla-
tions, also except any business or pur'
pose which might characterize THIS
corporation as a public service corpor-
alton The corporation shall have
power to own, lease. buy, sell. mort.
gage land and generally deal In and
develop the same; it shall have power
and authority to operate, " or
and run one or more commissarles OF
stores and may do all that pertains Il
country business; 1t shall have powe'
to own. operate and conduct all lines
of transportation and means Thereon ~
It's contracting business, including tn
right 10 own, operate Or to charter O
lease boats, barges. dredges and a.
equipment necessary or incidental I
any character of its contracting bus
ness. together with the right to d
anything that may be necessary or II
cidental to the accomplishment OF tn
objects and purposes hereinabove r
c;t-d With the right to own stock
other corporations.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporate
Ia hereby fixed at the Sum Of. iii
thousand dollars $780, 0o.oo), none
which shall be preferred. and whic
capital stock stMll consist Of five hu
\ dred shares of a par value of n hu
, dred dollars ($lo0. 0o) each. The cal
tai stock of this corporation may
> subsequently increased to hundr'
! and fifty Thousand dollars H1So,O0
, 0O). 80.
Full paid stock of this corporate
: msy be issued In settlement OF SCI
+ ices or things Of value actually
quired by the corporation when t
8 same shall have first been apprais
by the Board OF Directors OF the e
~poration as provided by law.
ARTICLE ".
=. All the corporate powers OF this c
poration shall be vested in and ex
cised by a Board of Directors &C
posed Of three ca stockholders Of T.
corporation, elected annually at q me
ing Of the stockholders held for q
purpose, which meeting shall be h
at the dcmicile Of the company on
frst Monday Of October Of each ye
beginning with the first Monday
October. 1915. notice OF which meet
shall he given to each %stockhoie
either personally or by depositing
least fifteen (16 days before 81
meeting, a notice in the. postof
properly addressed to the last kne
ar address OF each stockholder as she
tv by the books of the company.
" Within ten (10) days from the II
10 ance Of the certificate OF incorpora'
an by The Secretary Of State. the ST
holders Of this corporation shall n
se and elect a Board OF Directors.
The first Board Of Directors as n
y, inahova constituted shall hold O
until the first Monday in October, !
h or until their successors shall b
m been duly elected and qualified.
Tho poard Of Directors Of this
les p~oration shall, Immediately after t
election and qualification for Office
lect from among their number a p
dent. q Vice President and a Secret
re Treasurer. and they shall continu
office until their successors shall |
been elected and qualified. At all
at tons under this charter each st
holder shall be entitled to cast
a. vote. either in person or by
ten proxy. for each share OF 8
standing In his name on the book
the company. end this right OF ve
as to membership on the Board o.
has rectors shall be cumulative.
~ Said Board of Directors shall
ie power to appoint agents and empio
of for this corporation and to remove
i'm. same at pleasure. and they shall
power to fill any vacancies In
IN number and. shall, make such by
If from time to time. and amend
same. as they may deem ezpadien
MS ARTICLE v
1. This charter may be amended
:. capital stock increased or deere
III or the corporation dissolved as
AL vided by Act 2G7 Of the la~gtslatu
the State of Louisiana for the
1914.
Thus done and signed at my
i, of at New Orleans, Louisiana, In the