The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-01
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..ru ORLEANS-CJBAN SlEHM-
of The sSEIP COMPANY, ny - o,;si,r,
IS Of America stay VI fIuy,s,si'''
uasdi Of orleans, C' his eighteenth dsth)
n, il known, Of March, IN the year OF our
a the mon,d nine bundled and htteen,
pa one inou3ssoasndence Of the United States
"a of the inu I pre hundred and thirty-ninth,
y Lneriea u I",nes Simeon. notary puDiic,
S,fore ne. y,;ored and qualHed' IN ana lor
ssly eofnnl ~ Orleans, State ot LoulSidn IA
be Psnss;ding, and in me pIese,,TIe ~ ttI
herein bereinafter named ana $3.50 -
snesses ne DC and appeared: ]. EdWlh L.
s.,sorally Gam nostofice address IS 1881 Expo
P.sell, wnese New Orleans, LOUISIANA 4;
';,on Bonisp, .,,sn whose postothce address is
a;lIiam > Pct New Orleans, louisiana
10 Wslnnt nj whose posto.hce address is
Villism n -, New Orleans, louisiana, be-
c6 Cara he full age Of majority VINO de-
is al .. thew have agreed to torn ana 90
asrse .,"i presents form co[p'iattion u'. ntsJ
By tnes 81 louisiana, ior inc oOJe0'' anu
hk EA' hereinafter set out.
surpOses Dc The name OF this corporation shall
Afiiee Orleans Cuban Steamship Co1hpd-
n "New ~ shaII exist for ~ cnty-uve years.
AZ, Inc - hall be in New Orleans, Parish
rs d0niele ouisiana. Citation or other proc
4 Orleans served on the president, or upon
IS sns .n..oresident, or upon the secretary
,rrssuref, The objects and purposes Of this
Aniee y .,s ~ acquire the steamship Mo
separation .. onerate the same IN trade and
MA anu % engage IN trade and navlga-
ssfisatoh' do all things necessary or
ion Sho .,,;nent or necessary, to the COM
rvpef, PC Of the functions herein con-
PEG ala corporation, and TO mortgage,
100 d;soose of such steamship
sL IIi-The capital stock oil ms GorPor-
Aftcie ~ he seyenty-tive thousand dollars
,iCn snan ,,;ded into seven hundred and fifty
srsm,, o. al one hundred dollars (Sl0O
90 sne, sve thousand dollars (S6S,00O of
1ch' s!..i stock shall be issued TO the said
SD sapnSJ Rowan. subscribers hereto, for the
Pvsen any o+;ce Of the 5. ). "Mobila";
Frasss, of the said capital stock, to-
s GU thousand dollars SlO,OOO, shall be
pid tor u . sbaIl be of equal dignity and en-
~ re same rights IN this corporation.
ti.d 20 ~. stock aforesaid may be in
dc - Eve hundred thousand dollars
HMMs "Mobila" referred to in the
Inc paragraph is an iron and steel
reeeo nas,g steamship OF 1903 tons net regis
st' y, t,et long and 35-foot beam, now lying
~ Mississippi River IN the port OF New
. INC :, The wharf of the American Sugar
hhneyi "a, and condition, and is appraised
pc od nv the subscribers hereto at the
sDo ~ sum of sixty-fiye thousand dollars
n.r;re IV-All the corporate powers herein
niss.sd a, conferred by law upon corpora
e ea.' ;neluding the power to sell any or all
Y. s,aoerty of the corporation, shall be exer-
~ ~ board of directors, composed of
~ s;oekholders, but the board of direc-
70 nv \
mp.,,r,;on adopted at any meeting held by
- hosrd A majority Of the board shall
..rstitute a quorum.
~. s,st hoard of directors shall be: Edwin
p.-sli whose pOstoffice address is 1881
t.,.s;,;ou Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisi-
-. william s. Bryan, whose postottce adj
80. Is 4lo Walnut street, New Orleans,
iSuisians; and William h. Dart, whose post
- ,ddress is sos Canal street, New Or
~. louisiana; who shall serve for one
- an until their successors are elected
ri maii6ed, the present board to serve
II he third Monday of January, 1916.
ss;rle VA meeting of the stockholders
All he held annually, on the third Monday
= January, for the election of the board Of
x,r,ors. and if for any reason said meeting
: ~ held on SAID day, then less than
~.uu Of the said stockholders may adjourn
M meeting TO any other day and until
sruu is present and a board elected.
Tlrt;tle Vl-The names and postoffice ad-
avss,s al the subscribers to these articles
4 pcorporation and the amount of shares
rhSh each agrees to take are:
Edwin L Powell, whose postofhce address
! lpl Exposition Boulevard, New Orleans,
Imissna, for FIVE hundred and sixty (S60)
s,r,s, 10 be paid by and through the trans
"a and sale to this corporation of the S.
4 aMobila" aforesaid, and eighty-seven
n shares to be paid in cash at the time of
nbrfiphon.
William s Bryan, whose postoffce address
4 d Walnut street, New Orleans, Louisi-
a.. for ninety COZ shares, to be paid by and
hsreh the sale of the s. S. "Mobila"
awessid, and ten Q0) shares, to be paid in
ash At the time of subscription.
william X Dart, whose postoffice address
~ Canal street, New Orleans, Louisiana,
m taree % shares, to be paid in cash at
IL line Of subscription.
Tus done and passed, in my Office, in the
CITY Of New Orleans, on the day, month and
Frr Inst above written, in the presence of
hsny P. Dart and Benjamin w. Dart. COM
Hitnt witnesses, who hereunto sign their
nnss with the said appearers, and me, no
rr after due reading of the whole.
Original signed) Henry p. Dart, Benjamin
Dsr, Edwin L. Powell, for 647 shares,
81 Exposition Bouvelard, New Orleans;
william S Bryan, for 100 shares, 4l9 Walnut
ars, New Orleans william Herman Dart,
b shares, 30s Canal street, New Orleans;
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ne undersigned, recorder of mortgages in
- Tor the Parish Of Orleans, State Of Lou
s1nz. DO hereby certify that the above and
hrsoing act Of Incorporation of the "New
ussns Cuban Steamship Company, Inc,"
H ms day duly recorded in my Office, in
bak llS, folio :.
New Orleans, March 18th, 1915.
tSigned) Emile ]. Leonard, by. r.
true copy lanes Simeon Not Pub