The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-05-17
CHAR TER
OF GULF BARGE AND TOWING c.
INC"

| OF GULF BARGE AND TOWING Co,
State OF Louisiana, Parish Of Orleans, City
OF New Orleans.
BE it known. that on this third (3rd) day
| u April, nineteen hundred and seventeen,
before me, Charles SchneIdau, a notary pub
| public Tor the Parish of Orleans and City OF
New Orleans, State OF Louisiana, duly com
MI stoned and qualified and in the presence
OF the witnesses hereinafter named and un.
der>Igned, personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are hercua;0
subscribed, who Severally declared that
tNai!lug themselves OF the provisions OF the
general laws OF the state OF Louisiana pro-
vldlng tor the organization of corporations,
and especially Act POI Of the Acts of 1914
hey have cOvcnanted and agreed, and do by
these presents, covenant, agree, and bind
themselves, as well as all such persons as
may hereafter become associated with them.
10 form and constitute a corporation and
body polite in law, and to that end they
state the following matters and things. and
execute AID adopt these articles Of Incorpo-
ration, as follows, to-wi,:
Article 1.-The name OF said corporation
shall be Gulf Barge and Towing Co, Inc 50
Article 1.-The purposes for which said
corporation IS formed are: to engage in a
general transportation and towing business
to construct, build, equip, nj out, furnish
purchase sell, use, own, charter from ether
persons or 70 other persons, maintain, operate
and navigate, tugboats, barges, and other
sCrIpuon, whether propelled oby sails, steam
electricity, or other power, and to use and
operate same, or charter them TO other per
sons, IN connection with any business, trade
enterprise, commerce, or navigation, upon
the Cult Of Mexico OF any of the rivers
axes or waterways tributary thereto, Or upon
the ocean, or upon any seas, cstuaries
sounds, CULTS, harbors, bays, lakes, rivers
canal, creeks, or other waterways, and TO
furnish facilities for towing lightcrinV o.
transportation upon any such waters; 10 con-
Struct, buy, maintain and operate, any works
structures, other facilities that NAV be
necessary or proper to carry on the business
IT said corpOatlOn, and TO do any act or
thing that may be necessary or proper 10
promote and further the interests and TO &C.
compllSh the purposes and objects and to
carry on the business of said corporation.
Article llI.-The amount Of the capital
stock OF said corporation shall be forty thou.
sand dollars (S+O,0OOOO), all of which shall
be common stock and none of which shall be
preferred stock.
Article lN.-Ihe amount TO which the cap
ItaI stock OF said corporation may be in
creased shall be two hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollars C$25O,UOOOy
Article V.-The number of shares of which
the sad capital stock Of forty thousand dol
iaTS i>lhuuUUl of said corporation shall con-
sist shall be four hundred (4OO shares Of IN.
par value Of one hundred dollars (SlOOOOj
per share, the shares Of said corporation I.
remain at one hundred dollars (slOJOO) in
'-'N 49, u tlt increase OF the capital
stock OF said corporation beyond forty thou
sand dollars (4OOOOO
Article Nl-The location of the domicile
Of said corporation shall be in the City of
New Orleans in the Parish Of Orleans, in
the State Of Louisiana
Article .VII.--The PROD of duration of said
coerportaion shall be fifty $50 vars.
Article VIII.-The number Of directors
OF said corporation shall be three The
officers OF said corporation shall be those
provided for by law, and such other Off.
GERS as may be provided for by the by
laws. The names and post Office .ad-
dresses, Of the directors Of said cor,ora.
ton who are selected TO serve for the first
year or until their successors are elected
and n qualiid shall be as follows, to-wit:
Robert I. Hyams, New Orleans, La, w d
Rollins, Jr., New Orleans, La, lanes F
cunts, New Orleans, La, with Robert P.
hyams as president, James F. cunts as vice
president, and w. d. Rollins, Jr., as sec.
rotary and treasurer
Article IX-The names and post Office ad
dresses of the subscribers TO these articles
OF Incorporation and a statement of the nun.
Der OF shares of stock which each subscriber Is
TO take in said corporation are as fellows.
to-wit: Robert P. Hyams, New Orleans, La