The herald., 1919-08-21
CHARTER.
CHARTER OF NEW ORLEANS TOWAGE
& LIGHTERAGE COMPANY, INC.

United States OF America, State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans, City OF New Or
leans. BE it known, that on this 5Oth da,
of the month of June, in the year of GU
Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred ant
Nineteen, before me, William ]. Guste,
Notary Public, duly commissioned and quail
fled, in and for the Parish of Orleans, Stat,
of Louisiana, and City of New Orleans, there
in residing, and in the presence OF the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared, the severa
persons whose names are hereunto sub
Scribed, who severally declared that avail
ing themselves of the laws of the State o.
louisiana, in such cases made and provided
and more particularly of Act 267 of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana Of
i9l4, relating TO the creation, organization
and formation OF corporations, they have
covenanted and agreed, and by these presents
covenant and agree, and bind themselves
well all such other persons as nav
hereafter become associated with them, e
form corporation for the objects and pur-
poses, under the articles and stipulatoins fol
lowing, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style of thi $
corporation shall be, New Orleans Towage
q Lighterage Company, Inc, and under its
corporate name it shall have power and au-
thority to have and TO enjoy corporate exist.
ence for period Of ninety mine years from
date hereof, unless sooner dissolved by Ii
quldation or otherwise; it shall have power to
contract, to and be sued to make and
use corporate SEAL and to alter and break
same at pleasure: to hold, receive, lease, pur-
chase, transfer assign, convey, mortgage, hy-
pothecate, pledge or otherwise receive or
dispose OF property real, personal and mixed,
corporeai and incorporeal; to issue bonds,
ana II desired secure same by mortgage, ny.
pothecatlon or pledge; 10 buy and hold stock
IN other companies incident to the objects
ana purposes or to the expension of the in.
80 Gsos OIL ,he corporations; to name and elect
SPPoiu' sueh managers, agents, directors,
officers as its business interests NAV
require, and TO make and establish alter
ana amend Its bylaws, rules and regulations
for ITS proper government as NAV be deemed
necessary and proper, and generally TO do
any and all things incident 10 or nsc.ss,I,y
and proper for the expansion of the hrsi,ass
IN winch the corporation is engaged
ARTICLE u.-This corporation shall h.
domiciled at the City OF New Orleans. in the
State of Louisiana, and all citation or othrr
iegal process shall be served upon the Presi.
dent OF the corporation, and in the event Of
ms absence on the Secretary, as provided
by law.
ARTICLE 1II.-The objects and purposes
tor which this corporation is organized and
be carried on by it, are declared to be as
follows:
To tow, transport, lighter, move, and
otherwise handle, vessels of all kinds; TO
engage in the general business of towing.
transportation, Tightening, and movement by
water of all vessels, all canals. inland
waterways, lakes, and other bodies of water
natural or artificial, or should occasion arise
to move and transport vessels overland.
To buy, sell, repair, build. operate, char
ter and rent, vessels, boats, launches and
ships of all kinds and descriptions and ma
terials together with all articles, appliances,
apparatus. tools and materials, in any way
relating to the business of constructing op-
Grating, selling, charterins, renting, repair
ing, buying and building of vessels of all
kinds: and generally to carry on anything
relating to the buying, selling, constructing
repairing, operating, renting, chartering
towing. and lightering of boats
and vessels of all kinds.
To hold, lease, own, operate, shops, ship
Yards, repair plants, docks, wharves, ways,
factories, offices, in connection Herewith;
o issue bonds and secure same by mortgage
II otherwise for the carrying on of its bust
less or incidental to its general purpose; to !
mortgage, pledge, exchange, or otherwise dis |
lose OF stocks, bonds, or other evidences of