The herald., 1917-08-09
CHARTERS.

organization of this corporation heinz e.
| a'4uHe ny purchase from Meriwether Lewis
| barge or vessel called the ''Merlwether )
| tosether with the engine and other eouin
| HIehl now under process OF installation q "a
| Inc parties annex hereto and make a %,
oL tlls GnaTter detailed list of the barge
Vi vessel equipment, engine and appurten-
| dnces thereto belonging which barge sna;na
! dPPuFtehances and equipment are to be sold
| ana delivered to said corporation in mayhem
u ni'een thousand dollars (Sls,OOOOOJ of the
| capital stock OF said corporation. ten tboI,.
sdhu nine hundred and fifty dollars $50 :
| 'SO.oD thereof has been subscribed nv Mel
we5ner Lewis, four thousand dollars ga
$500 tneIeoi' by w. Mcnamara, and fifty
uGnars SS'o.Oo) thereof by Ernest j. Coulon.
"hlcn detailed list together with the an,
praised value of said barge, engine and
equipment as hereinabove set out, as made
Sy me board OF directors hereinabove named,
HaS Oeeh signed by the board of directors
ana paraphed Ne Varietur" by me. notary,
i9I .ldentlhcatlon with this charter Said
MeTlWether Lewis hereby consents 10 the
saif ana delivery OF said vessel, its engine
anu aPpur'enahces IN payment OF stock sub
scFlOed by him and the said Ernest ! Cou.
ton, and W. J. Mcnamara, as herein set
forth. "
Another purpose Of the organization of this
EoIpordton Oeing to acquire by purchase
from Aaron ). Cox, the several Contracts
involving the sale, carriage and transport
tatlon OF cordwOod, lumber and other mo.
ducts, and the parties annex hereto and make
part OF this charter, detailed list Of said
contracts winch are TO be sold and delivered
TO SAID corporation in payment of twenty
hNe hundred dollars (S25OOOO of the capital
| stock OF said corporation; twenty-five hun.
lred collars (S2oOOOO) has been subscribed
Oy Aaron ). Cox, which detailed list to-
sether with the appraised value of said con-
tract as made by the board of directors
nerelnaDove named, has been signed by the
BOARD OF directors and paraphed NE Varie-
tur, by me, notary, for identification with
ms Charter. Said Aaron S. Cox hereby con.
sents to the sale and delivery of said con-
tracts IN payment of the stock subscribed
oy MIN as herein set forth.
Article VII-This charter NAV be changed
modihed or amended, or the corporation may
De dissolved at a general meeting Of the
stockholders convened for the purpose, with
the assent of two-thirds (2-O of the entire
capital stock, whether present or represented
at such meeting, all as provided by Act 267
OF the Legislature Of the State OF Louisiana
| for the year 1914.
len days QO) prior notice of such meeting
snail be gwen IN any daily English news
paper published IN the city of New Orleans
In case OF the dissolution or termination
OF this corporation either by limitation of
rs charter or from any other cause the
liquidation OF its affairs shall be conducted
Oy three comm SSioners elected from the
stockholders at meeting called for that
purpose as above set forth.
Said commissioners shall remain in Office
until the affairs of said corporation shall
have been fully liqudated. In case of the
death of one more of said commissioners,
the survivor or survivors shall continue TO
act
Article Nll1-No stakeholder of this cor
poration shall ever be held liable or respon-
sIble for the contracts or faults thereof in
any further sum than the unpaid balance due
the company the shares of stock sub
scrlbed for or owned by him, nor shall any
mere intormality in organization have the
effect OF rendering this charter null or of
exposing a stakeholder TO any liability be-
yond the unpaid balance due on the shares
owned by him.
Thus done and passed in my notarial Office
in the City of New Orleans, State of Louisi-
ana, on the day, month and year herein first
above written, in the presence of the COM
petent witnesses whose names are hereunto
subscribed together with said appearers and
me, notary, after due reading of the whole.
And the signers also declare that they have
affixed opposite their names the number OF
shares respectively subscribed by them and
that they declare this to be their stock
subscription list.
(Signed) W. ]. Mcnamara, 729 Gravier
Palmyra ST., 50 shares, 2,5OO0O; Meriwether
Lewis, j02 Hennen Bldg. PIG shares slO-
950O; F. ]. Coulon, 5O2 Hennen Bldg,
share. 5000; by Meriwether Lewis.
Witnesses: Wayne G. Borah, MAY Lorio
HENRY &. BLOCH, Notary Public.
!, 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 the
Southern Transportation Company, Inc, was
this day duly recorded in my Office in book
1872, folio PA.
New Orleans. Louisiana, July II, 1917
(Signed EMILE ]. LEONARD,
by. Recorder.
HENRY C. BLOCH, Notary Public.
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