The herald., 1916-01-27
CHAR TER
OF vOGEMANN SHIPPING Co. INC

United States Of America, State OF Louisiana,
Parish OF Orleans, City Of New Orleans.
Be it known. that on this 3lst day Of the
month OF December, II the year OF our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and
OF the independence Of the United States OF
America the one hundred and fortieth, before
me, Alfred Charles Hammer, a notary public
in and for the parish o. Orleans, state OF
Louisiana, aforesaid. therein residing, duly
commissioned, sworn and qualIned, and IN
the presence Of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared ii. NOgemann, ST., and Richard
Nogemann, residing at Hamburg. IN the I'm
pire Of Germany, and George Plant, Tesidlng
IN the city Of New Orleans, State OF Loulsl-
ana, all OF the full age Of majority. the SAID
II. Nogemann, ST., and Richard Nogemann
herein appearing through George Plant, their
duly authorized agent and attorney-In-tact
as per powers Of attorney hereto annexed and
made part hereof who TO me severally de
clared that, availing themselves OF the laws
OF the State OF louisiana IN such cases made
and provided, and particularly of the prov1.
sions OF Act 267 OF the Acts OF the General
Assembly Of the State of Louisiana for the
year 1914. they have covenanted and agreed
and do by these presents covenant and agree
and bind themselves, as well as all such
persons as may hereafter join or become asso-
Ciated with them, to constitute and form a
corporation and body polite in law, for the
objects and purposes and under the articles
and Stipulatons hereinafter set forth and
expressed, wh.ol they hereby adopt as the
charter OF this corporation, to-wit:
Article THE name and style Of this cor
poratiOn shall be "NOgemann Shipping Co,
Inc" and under its said corporate name II
shall have and enjoy corporate existence and
succession for the full term and period OF
rinety-nine years from and after the date
hereof; 1t shall have power and authority &c
, contract. sue and be sued, to make and use Z
corporate seal. and the same to alter and
break at pleasure; TO hold, receive, lease
| purchase and convey, as well as mortgage anc
hypotheCate, property, real, personal anC
mixed, corporal and ircorpOreal; to name anC
| appoint such managers, agents, directors anC
officers as its business, interest and conVe
! nieuce may require, and to make and estab
| lish as well as alter ard amend, from tim'
! to time, such bylaws, rules and regulation
| for the proper government of the affairs o
! said corporation as may be necessary an'
proper.
! Article 1.-THE domicile OF said corpora
| ton shall be in the city OF New Orleans
| State of Louisiana, but IT may establlsi
Offices and agencies throughout the UNITED
States of America and foreign countries; ah'
| all citations or other legal process shall b.
| served upon the president of said corporatlno
| or in the event of his absence upon the vice
| president thereof, and in the absence OF boil
| Of said officers upon the secretary thereof.
| Article III.-The objects and purposes 10
| which this corporation is organized and tn
| nature of the business to be carried on by |
| are hereby declared to be the carrying OF
of general steamship, stevedoring, comm is
sion and brokerage business; the hiring an
chartering of boats and the carrying o
freight and passengers and acting as agent
for ships or the owners charterers thereof
to build buy, sell, equip, operate, own, main
! tain. hire and charter steamships steam
! boats sailing boats barges and vessels OF al
classes and descriptions propelled by sal
steam, electricity or other power; to use an
operate the same in business, trade, commerc
or navigation upon the oceans OF upon an
seas, estuaries, sounds, CULTS, harbors, bay:
lakes rivers or other waterways and to tui
nish facilities for towing lighterage an
TRANSPORTATION upon such waters; and ger
erally to do and engage in any other bus
ness, undertaking or enterprise connecte
with. growing out of, incidental or germane I
any OF the objects and purposes hereInabov
set forth or contemplated in this charter.
Article IV.-The capital stock of this col
poration is hereby fixed at the sum OF twenty
1--WE thousand dollars (S2SOOO.O0), divided int
ard represented by two hundred and NIT
(25O) shares of stock, of the par value OF on
hundred dollars $4,000 each. Said stco
shall be paid for in cash, at such time, IN sue
! amounts and after such notice TO the SUI
scribers as may be fixed by the board
directors or the same may be issued at M
less than par for labor done or property act'
! ally received by the corporation.
This corporation shall become going col
! Germ and shall be authorized to do buslne'
| as soon as one.half of its capital stock sha
I have been subscribed and paid for:
/ The amount to which the capital stock
I. this corporation may be increased shall