The herald., 1918-07-18
CHARTER
NEW CAMILLA STEAMBOAT COMPANY
INC.
CHARTER,

| United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish OF Orleans, City of New
! Orleans:
Be it known. that on this Twenty Eighth
| day Of the month OF May, in the year One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighteen U9lS).
Before me- Bernard Titche, Notary Pub
| lie, duly commissioned and qualified, IN and
/ for the Parish OF Orleans, State of Louisiana,
and in the presence OF the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned, all residents
Of the city Of New Orleans, and all of the
/ full age and majority, who severaly de-
| clared. that availing themselves OF the laws
| Of the State of Louisiana, and particularly
Of the provisions of the Act No. 267 Of the
| General Assembly of 1914, relative to the
| formations of corporations, they have cove
mated and agreed and by these do covenant
| and agree for themselves, their successors
and assigns, to form themselves into cor
! poration and body polite for the objects
and purposes and under the stipulations fol-
| lowing:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
| Corporation shall be the New Camelia Steam
| boat Company, Inc.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE purposes and objects
| for which this corporation is organized and
| by it are stated and declared to be as fol-
| lows:
To operate boats, or buy, sell or charter
| boats. vessels, and water crafts; to engage
in ndand and ocean transfer generally,
both freight, passenger, mail and express.
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum
of Five Thousand (S5,N0O0 Dollars, di-
vided into Fifty $50 shares of the par value
! Of One Hundred $4,000 Dollars each, to
! be represented by property. This property
consists of what is known as the Steamboat
New Iamelia, which has been plying in Lake
PonchatIan and near navigable waters.
poration shall be in the City of New Or
| leans State of Louisiana, where all citations
or other legal process shall be served on
the President, or. in his absence, on the
Secretary, or Secretary Treasurer.
ARTICLE V.-This Corporation shall have
and enjoy succession and duration fer the
geriod OF Ninety nine 9e) years from the
| date hereof.
| ARTICLE VI-All corporate powers of this
corporation shall be vested in and exercised
| by Board of Directors, consisting of Three
| Directors, OF whom Two (2) shall constitute
| quorum for the transaction of business.
| Until the First Tuesday of February, 1919,
Board Of Directors of this corporation, to-
wit:
J, W, Gerry, 1907 Bordeaux Street.
| Alfred Clement, 2305 Milan Street
Victor K. Kan. 1907 St. Charles Avenue.
Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be
composed of stockholders, and shall be elect
| ed annually beginning on the first Tuesday
| of February, 1919. Any stakeholder shall
! the number Of shares owned by him. All
| elections shall be by ballot, and each stock
holder shall be entitled TO one % vote for
each share of stock standing in his name on
| the books of the corporation, the vote to be
| cast in person or by proxy; it shall require a
majority of the stock present or represented
to elect. Failure to elect Board of Di-
rectors on the first Monday of February,
1919, or thereafter, shall not work as a for
| fixture of this Charter, but the old Board
of Directors shall remain in office until
their successors are elected and qualified.
Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Di-
| 49, H. &C.,
ability to serve shall be filled by the Board
| of Directors at its next meeting, after such
vacancy shall have been brought to its
| knowledge.
The first Board of Directors under this
charter shall be required to draft a suitable
! set of Bylaws for the government of the
| corporation, which may be altered, amended
or changed as the exgencies Of the case
| may require.
ARTICLE VII.-The officers of this cor
poration shall consist of; a president, a
vice president and secretary and a treas
urer, each of whom with the exception of the
Secretary must be a stakeholder, and shall
be elected by the Board of Directors. The
offices of secretary and treasurer may be
held by one and the same person. Until
the election to be held in 1919, the following
named persons shall constitute the officers
OF this corporation:
President, ]. w. Cory.
cePresident, Alfred Clement
Secretary Treasurer Victor X. Kiam.
AKllOLE wilkins Oharter may be al
tered or amended in any manner including
the increase or decrease of its capital stock
and the affairs of this corporation wound III
and the corporation itself dissolved in thu
manner and on complying with the existing
laws.
The incorporators hereof have placed oppo
site their respective signatures the numbe
of shares of the capital stock for which eacl
has subscribed, which is to be taken and con
sdered as the original subscription list o
this corporation which is to be recorded a
such.
Thus Done and Passed at my office in tn,
City of New Orleans, on the day, montl
and year first above written, in the pres
ence of John L. Donohue and Wynne
Rogers competent witnesses, who togethe
have signed their names after due read
ing Of the whole.
(Signed) J. w. Cory, shares; Alfred II
Clement, 9 shares; Victor X. Kiam, l share
Witnesses: Jno. L. Donohue, Wynne
BERNARD TITcHE.
I, the undersigned, Recorder of Mortgages
/ in and for the parish of Orleans, State o
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the abov
and foregoing Act of Incorporation of tn
New Camelia Steamboat Co., was this da
recorded in my office, in Book 1872, Folio 8:
New Orleans, May 3lst, 1913.
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, D. R.
A true copy of the original on file in m
office.
BERNARD TITCHE,
June 1902 July 4-1l1S
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF