The herald., 1916-01-27
CHAR TER
OF CAHABA COAL AND COKE COMPANY
OF LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND
TENAS INC

TENAS, INC.
| nlted States OF America. State Of Louisiana
Parish OF Orleans, City OF New Orleans
| BE 1t known, that on this fifteenth day O
| tne month OF January, III the year of on
| Lord one thousand, nine hundred and sixteen
| and OF the independence Of the United State
| OF America, the one hundred and fortieth
| before me, John Marshall Ouintero, notar,
| public, duly commissioned and qualified II
] ana tor this parish and state, and in III,
| presence OF the witnesses hereinafter named
| and undersigned, personally came and ap
peared the persons whose names are hereuntC
subscribed who severally declared that
| avalling themselves of the provisions of the
laws OF the State Of Louisiana, relative tr
| the formation Of corporations, and particu.
| larly Act No. 2o7 Of the session OF the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana OF
lSll, they have covenanted and agreed, and
do, by these presents, covenant and agree
| and bind and obligate themselves. as well as
such other persons may hereafter become
associated with them, TO form and constitute
body corporate and polite in law, for the
obJects and purposes, and under the stipula-
tons and provisions following, to-wt:
Article 1.-The name and style of this cor
poration shall be the "Cahaba Coal G. Coke
Company OF Louisiana, Mississippi and Tex.
as. Inc.," and under such name il shall have
and ENJOY succession for a period Of ninety
nine years from this date.
Article 1.-The domicile of this corporation
shall be in the city of New Orleans and all
citation and other legal process shall be
served on the president, or, in his absence,
on the vice president, or, in the absence of
both, upon the secretary-treasurer.
Article III-The objects for which this cor.
poration is organized and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are declared
to be the following: to do general whole
sale and retail coal. coke and pig-irUn bust
ness in the city of New Orleans or elsewhere;
to buy and sell and deal in coal, oil, feed
coke and pIg-iron and all and every kind of
commodity generally handled by wholesale
and retail coal and coke dealers and to carry
on such other businesses generally incident
TO or connected with said wholesale or retail
coal business.
Article IV.-The capital stock of this cor.
poration is hereby fixed at the sum of FIVE
thousand dollars CS5O0OOO, divided into and
represented by fifty shares of the par value
stock shall be paid for when called for by
the board of directors of the corporation, and
may be issued for cash, or in payment of
property received by the corporation, or ser
vices rendered it. No stakeholder shall dis
pose of his stock without first offering same
to the corporation at its book value and the
shall have ten days within which
to accept or decline said offer. All stock
transfers to be valid must be made on the
books of the company.
Article V.-All corporate powers shall be
vested in a board of directors composed of
three stockholders, two of whom shall con-
stitute quorum for the transaction of bust
ness and until otherwise provided by amend
ment to this charter, the board of directors
shall consist Of Benjamin Claassen, Sr, 400
North Lopez street, New Orleans, La, Ben
jamin Claassen, Jr., 400 North Lopez street,
and Charles n. Chavigny, 1882 Maison
Blanche building, New Orleans, La, with
Benjamin Claassen, Jr., president; Benjamin
Claassen. ST., vice president, and Charles n.
Chavigny, secretary-treasurer. In the event
Of death resignation of or more of
said board or officers, the remaining member
Or members of the board shall supply the
vacancy or vacancies. There shall be a pres
dent, a vice-president and a secretary and
treasurer, which latter office may be held by
1ne and the same person.
Article VI-The corporation may buy, /
ease, mortgage or sell real estate as occa- !
sion may require during the course of the !
business hereinabove provided in Article III, !
md all such transactions may be effected by |
he board Of directors then in office. The cor
,oration may be dissolved by two-third |
,ote Of its stockholders, or by limitation of
IS charter, and such liquidation shall be !
by the board then in office.
Article VII-No stakeholder shall be held |
liable or responsible for the contracts or
aults of the corporation in any further sum |
han the unpaid balance due the corporation |
n the shares of stock subscribed for by him; |
Tor shall any mere informality in organiza-
ion have the effect Of rendering this charter |
null, or eXposingsa stakeholder to any liza |
,ihty beyond the unpaid balance, if any, of |
lis stock. This act of Incorporation may be |
amended in the manner provided by law, or /
Is capital stock changed as provided by law. /
Thus done and passed, in my Office, at the !
ity of New Orlaens, on the day, month and |
ear herein first above written, in the pres 4
nee of Messieurs August II. Ritter and |
Benjamin Morasca, competent witnesses, who |
ave hereunto signed their names, together |
With the said appearers and me, notary, after |
eading of the whole.
Original signed Charles n. Chavigny, |
232 Maison Blanche. II shares; Benz. Claas- |
en-. Sr., 400 N Lopez, l share; Benz. Claas- |
en-, Jr., 400 n. Lopez, II shares.
Witnesses: A. II. Ritter, Benz. Morasca.
J. NJ. QUINTERO, Notary Public.
I, the undersigned recorder of mortgages, |
n and for the parish of Orleans, State OF |
louisiana, do hereby certify that the above |
nd foregoing act of Incorporation Of the |
Cahaba Coal & Coke Company of Louisiana, |
Mississippi and Texas, Inc.," was this day |
uy recorded in my office, in book ll95, |
olio -. New Orleans, January 81, 1910.
(signedD EMILE J. LEONARD, D. R. |
a true copy 7
I'M OUINTERO, Notary Public |