The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-10-26
CHARTER
OF HYDRO CARBON GAS GENERATOR
COMPANY. INC.
United States of America, State OF Lousi-
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NOhIAN1, I'M
United States OF America, State OF Louisi-
ana, City of New Orleans.
BE it known. that on this eleventh Qlth)
day OF the month Of October, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
sixteen Ool6) and Of the independence of the
United States of America. the one hundred
and forty-frSt. before ne. Charles J. Rivet,
notary public. duly commissioned and
qualified in and for the parish OF Orleans.
State OF Louisiana, and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed, personally came and appeared: !.
James +. Higgins. OF full age OF majority and
a resident Of the city of New Orleans; 2.
j. Achille Landry. OF full age of majority
Dominic f: Ducos. of full age Of majority
and resident of Wsggaman, Parish OF JEFF
terson. State OF louisiana; 4. Adele b.
Rauch. femme sole OF the full age OF ma
jority and a resident OF the city OF New Or.
leans, who declared, that avaling themselves
of the provisions OF the laws OF this State
relative 10 the creation OF corporations, and
more particularly Of Act No. 267 of the Gen
the year 1914. they have covenanted and
agreed and do by these presents covenant,
agree bind, form and constitute themselves,
as well as such other persons may here
after join and become associated with them,
a body corporate and polite in law for the
objects and purposes. and under the agree
ments and stiPulations following, to-wit:
Article This corporation shall be known
under the name Of Hydro Carbon Gas Gen
orator Company, Inc, and under such name
It shall exist and have succession for Pc
| Rod Of ninety-nin years. unless sooner dis
solved in accordance with law; said corpo-
| ration shall have its domicile in the city of
New Orleans, State OF Louisiana.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized and the
| nature Of the business 10 be carried on by it
| are hereby declared to be- to buy, other
wise acquire, and sell, or otherwise dispose
} Of, patents for all kinds of mechanical de-
ufactured and sell and buy all sorts of me.
| chanical devices, more particularly fuel
burners of all kinds; to engage in a gen.
eral contracting and engineering business
TO buy and sell machinery, pipes, metals,
| oils, paints and other materials, and to de-
| sign, construct. erect and plan machines and
other engineering devices. And the said
| corporation shall have and enjoy all the
| by the laws OF Louisiana, and more espe-
cially all the powers and rights granted TO
corporations by Act 267 of the General AS.
senbly Of said State for the year 1914. and
| Article 1I.-The authorized capital stock
| of this corporation is hereby fixed at the
sum of six thousand dollars $4,000, which
| shall consist Of sixty 900 shares of the
par value of one hundred dollars Csl0O)
| each The said capital stock may be here.
| after increased to fifty thousand dollars
| $4,000.
Article Iv-All the corporate powers of this
| corporation are hereby vested in its board
! of directors, which shall be elected annually
! by the stockholders on the third Tuesday OF
The first board Of directors shall consis,
| of James F. Higgins, whose post office ad.
dress is New Orleans, La, J. Achille Lam
| dry, whose post Office address is New Or
! office address is New Orleans, La. This
| board shall serve until the next annual
meeting of the stockholders to be held on
Tuesday. October II. 1916. at the domiciliary
| nf NJ Al, ,ho
building in the city of New Orleans, at which
time; and yearly thereafter, FIVE directors
shall be elected.
| The subscribers hereto have hereunto signed
| addresses and the number of shares to
which each have subscribed.
I Thus done and passed, at my Office in this
city. the. day. month and year first above
! and Mary F. Rawlins, competent witnesses
| residing in this city, who have hereuntC
signed their names together with appearers
| and me, notary, after due reading of the
whole.
Name of subscriber, p. o. Addresses, No
of shares: Omitted for publication.
| Witnesses: Richard Manning, Mary F,
| Rawlins.
| CHAS. J. RIvET, Not. Pub
| |, the undersigned notary, do hereby Ger.
| tify that the above and foregoing is true
and correct copy Of the original act now
| being recorded in the mortgage Office of this
parish. with the exception of the names and
post Office addresses of the subscribers and
| the number of shares subscribed to which
have been omitted from this copy at the re-
quest of the parties in interest.
In faith whereof, / have hereunto set my
| hand and seal this 18th day of October, A. d.
| 1916
CHAS J. RIVET, Not Pub
l, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
| in and for the Parish of Orleans, State OF
Louisiana. do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of incorporation of Hydro
rl<1r
this day duly recorded in my Office in book
| l30l, folio =.
(Sisned) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
| oct 10 % nov 2 9 Is q