The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-08-12
CHARTER
OF CRESCENT CITY COAL CO.. INC"
State of Louisiana, Parish OF Orleans, City
Of New Orleans

CHARTER
OF CRESCENT CITY COAL CO., INC"
State of Louisiana, Parish OF Orleans, City
of New Orleans.
BE it known, that on this twelfth day of
July, nineteen hundred and fifteen, before me-
Charles Seine Idau, a notary public for the
parish OF Orleans and city OF New Orleans
State OF Louisiana, duly commissioned and
qualified, and in the presence OF the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared the several persons
whose names hereunto subscribed, who
severally declared that availing themselves
Of the provisions of the general laws Of the
State OF Louisiana providing for the organi-
cation of rporations, and especially Act 2o7
of the Acts Of 1914, they have covenanted and
agreed, and do by these presents covenant,
agree and bind themselves, as we'll as all
such persons as may hereafter become asso-
ciated with them, to form and constitute
corporation and body polite in law, and TO
that end they state the following matters and
things, and execute and adopt these articles
OF Incorporation, as follows, to-wit:-
/. The name OF said corporation shall be
CRESCENT CITY COAL Co, INC"
3 The purposes for which said corporation
is formed are: to engage IN a general bunker
coal business; 10 engage IN the business OF
buying and selling coal, coke, oil and other
kinds of fuel for water delivery, principal
or as agent, or on commission; to engage in
a general import and export business in coal,
coke, oil and other kinds of fuel; TO carry on
| the business of selling and delivering coal
| coke, oil and other kinds of fuel to vessels
| of all kinds: to acquire or construct and to
| maintain and operate, but solely for the use
| and benefit, however, of said Company, ships,
| barges, tugs, other vessels and to do any
act or thing that may be necessary or proper
/ to promote and further the interests and to
| accomplish the objects and to carry the
| business of said corporation. The business of
| said corporation may be carried in the
ate Of
| or States Of the United states, and in any
I foreign state states.
3. The amount of the capital stock of said
corporation shall be Forty Thousand Dollare
! $4,000, all of which shall be common stock
and none OF which shall be preferred stock.
! I. The amount to which the capital stock
of said corporation may be increased shall
be Two Hundred and tuty Thousand Dol
| lars (S250,0OO).
! 5 The number of shares of which the said
| capital stock of $4,000 of said corporation
J shall consist shall be four hundred 400
shares of the par value OF One Hundred Dol
! lars (SlOOD per share. the shares of said cor
! poration to remain at One Hundred Dollars
| (Sl00 in the event of the increase of the
capital stock of said corporation beyond
| Forty Thousand Dollars (S40,0OOD.
| 6. The location of the domicile of said
corporation shall be in the City of New Or
leans, in the Parish of Orleans, in the State
of Louisiana.
Z. The period of duration of said corpora
( ton shall be fifty (5O years.
! 8. The number of directors of said cor
poration shall be five (5). The directors
| shall Immediately after the organization of
' said corporation is completed elect the Off
GERS of said corporation, which officers shall
be those provided for by law and such other
officers as may be provided for by the by
laws. The names and post office addresses
of the directors of said corporation who are
selected to serve for the first year or until
their successors are elected and qualified
shall be as follows, to-wit:-
Names of Directors: Post Office addresses
of Directors
Robert p. Hyams, New Orleans, louisiana.
IT, w. Moore, New Orleans, louisiana.
James Z. cunts, New Orleans, louisiana
w. d. Rollins, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana.
Thomas A. Cochran, New orleans, Louisiana.
g. The names and post office addresses OF
the subscribers to these articles of incorpora-
ton and statement of the number of shares
of stock which each subscriber is to take in
said corporation are as follows, to-wit:-
Names of sub Post Office ad- Number
scribers to dresses of subscrib- of shares
stock ers to stock: subscribed:
Robert P. Hyams, New Orleans, La, 200
James E. cunts, New Orleans, La.
w. d. Rollins, Jr, New Orleans, La.
Thomas A. Cochran, New Orleans, La.
| 10. Each share of stock shall be entitled
to one vote The stockholders of said corpor-
alton shall have the right of cumulative vot'
ing in the elections of Directors, but not on
any other question.
ii. The Board of Directors of said corpor'
alton shall be, and hsrepy, invested with
all the corporate powers or said corporation
including among other powers the following
viz; the power to make, alter and amend
suitable bylaws for the government of said
corporations; the power to borrow money, ex
ecute mortgages; issue notes or bonds, to sell
or pledge the same, and generally to do al
things pertinent to, or necessary TOR the OBJ
jects and purposes of said corporation, OF
which are or may be permitted by the laws
= | m above
of powers granted to the Board OF Directors
not being exclusive, the Board of Director:
being invested with all such other and fur
Their powers as may be proper to accomplish
the objects and purposes of said corporation.
! Stockholders meetings for the election Of
Directors of said corporation shall be held
annually on the second Monday of July.
II The President and the Vice President
the Secretary and the Treasurer shall be au
! thorized TO receive service OF all legal pro
cess.
THUS DONE AND S1uNED in my offic,
in the City of New Orleans in the presence
of Anna Naumann and Karl Schneidau, com
petent witnesses, both of this City, who have
hereunto signed their lanes with the saiC
r appearers to these articles OF incorporation
and me, Notary, the day and date tirs
! above written, and the said subscribers d.
hereby subscribe for and agree to pay for thu
) number of shares set opposite their severa
names.
hundred shares; J. w. Moore, one share; Jane
E. cunts, one share; w. D. Rollins, Jr., on
| shore; Thos A. Cochran, one share.
{ CHARLES SCHNE1DAU, Notary Publ
6 (Seal
. Witnesses: Anna Naumann, Karl Schnei
dau.
/, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgage
| in and for the Parish of Orleans, in the Stat
of Louisiana, do hereby certify that the ar
. ticles of incorporation of the "CRESCEN,
. CITY COAL CO., INC" Of which the abov
y and foregoing is a copy, -as been duly re
' corded in the office of the Recorder of Mort
. cages in and for the Parish of Orleans, Stat
e of Louisiana, in Book lln, page -----
!, New Orleans, July 18th, 1915.
= (Sipned) Emile Leonard,
by. r. (Seal
e 1, Charles Schneidau, Notary Public, /
i and for the Parish OF Orleans and City Q
a New Orleans, state of Louisiana, do hereb