The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-12-11
CHARTER OF THE CRESCENT CON.
TRACING CO, INC.

CHARTER OF THE CRESCENT con
TRACING CO, INC.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans
City of New Orleans. Be il known. tina
on this thirty first day of October. nine
Teen hundred and nineteen, before me
CharIes Schneidau, notary public fol
| the Parish of Orleans and CITY of Nau
| orleans, State of Louisiana, duly commits
stoned and qualified, and in the presenc,
| OF the witnesses hereinafter named anC
| underslgned personally came and appear
| ed the several persons whose names ar,
! hereunto subscribed, who severally de
! CARED that, availing themselves of the
| provisions Of the general laws of the Stat,
OF louisiana providing for the organiza
a ZION OF corporations, and especially Act
ZoI or the Acts of 1914, they have cove
| nanted an dagreed, and by these presents
| covenant, agree and bind themselves n.
wen as all such persons as may hereafter
| become associated with them, to form and
| constitute corporation and body polite
| IN law, and to that end they state the
| lolOwlng matters and things and execute
| these articles of Incorporation, as follows
| to-wit: -
| 1. The name of said corporation shall
De crescent Contracting Co., Inc"
| =. The objects and purposes for which
| this corporation is established and the
| nature of the business to be carried on bv
IL are declared to be to carry on a general
contracting and construction business,
covering buildings, street paving and
f osg, railways construction, the
tended to be exclusive il being intended
10 carry on the construction of all other
buildings, works or improvements of
every kind and description
g.. The amount of the capital stock of
said corporation shall be ten Thousand
CSl0,OOO.OO) dallars. all of which shall be
common stock and none of which shall
be preferred stock
4. The amount to which the capital
stock of said corporation may be increa sed
dollars. "O'O0''
The number of shares of which said
capital stock of ten thousand $50 OOO
dollars of said corporation shall consist
snail be one hundred (10O) shares of the
par value of one hundred (S1OO) dollars
y" per snare the shares of said corporation
TO remain at one hundred (S1OO) dollars in
the event of the increase of the capital
stock OF said corporation beyond ten
Thousand ($l0,000) dollars.
q. The location Of the domicile of said
corporation shall be in the City of New
State of Louisiana.
Z. The period of duration of said cor
poration shall be fifty 900 years.
.. The number of directors of said
officers
OF said corporation shall be those pro
Vlded by law, and such other officers as
may De provided for by the bylaws. The
names and postoffice addresses of the di-
r reSactS, OF said corporation who are
selected to serve for the first
year or until their successors are
elected and qualified shall be as follows
to-wft: Edward J. Ross, New Orleans
itai raphael Ross, New Orleans, La /;
John +. brennan, New Orleans, La. with
reward j. Ross as president, Raphael
ROSS as vice-president and J. f. Brennan
as secretary and treasurer
~ Ihe names and postofice addresses
or the subscribers to these articles Of
incorporation and a statement of tho
number of shares of stock which each
subscriber is to take in said cOrnoratioT
m are as follows: Edward J. Ross, New
5000; Raphael Ross, New Orleans Ia
n ~ shares, par value $500: and John
f.. Brennan, New Orleans. La. fifteen
SHARES, par value S1,5OO
All of the above subscrjntoins IN h
paid in cash u oe
10. Each share of stock shall he on
titled to one vote. There shall be no
cumulative voting. nv
II. The Board of Directors of said
vorpoIatlon snail be, and are hereby
vested with all the corporate mowers ~
sadl corporation, including among other
powers the following, viz: The mower IN
MAKE; after and amend suitable bylaws
t tSr tne government of said corporation;
the power to borrow money. execnte
mortgages, issue notes or bonds to soil
OF piedSe the same, and generally to do
an Things pertinent to or necessary for tho
oDJects and purposes of said corporation.
or which are or many be permittad ~
the laws applicable to corporations ,bss
ABOVE recital of powers granted to the
Doard or directors not being exclusive
the intention being to vest the hoard of
u n, Win all such other and further
no
ton. "a '"iu corpora-
Stockholders meetings for the election
pl airetcorS or said corporation shall he
tober. 1''nuay vi oc-
IL The President and the yice-presi-
dent and the Secretary and Treasnrar
snail s1, De authorized to receive service of
Thus done and signed in my office in tho
Cly OF New Orleans, in the presence of
Snariotte Il. Thice and Roy Raymond
competent witnesses, both of this CITY who
nav Hase hereunto signed their names with
the SAID appearers to these articles Of in
corporation, and me, notary, on the date
ana DAY first above written, and the said
suDscriDers do hereby subscribe for and
aenes, " pay Ior the NUMBER Oh shares set
shares. Nio'
. tsignedD Edward ]. Ross, twenty feM
shares. "i'een tio'
- witnesses: Charlotte l.. Thice. Row
Raymond. IVY
,, CHARLES SCHNEIDAU.
'e"p Notary Public. |
1, the undersigned, Recorder of Mort. |
cages in and for the Parish of Orleans |
state OF Louisiana, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing act Of incorpora-
ton OF the Crescent Contracting Co. Inc
was this day duly recorded in nv Office
In Book 1921. Folio =.
New Orleans, La, November 5, 1919.
(Signed) EMILE IEONAPD
(SeaD nv |
1, Charles Schneidau, a notary pubIic
In and for the Parish of Orleans and Civ
OF New Orleans, State of Louisiana. do |
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct COPY from the |
original act Of Incorporation Of the Cres-
cent Contracting Co., Inc, as we'll as OF |
the certificate of the Recorder of Mort |
cages thereto appended, the whole on file |
and OF record in my Office.
In faith whereof, 1 have hereunto set |
my hand and official seal at New Orleans. |
La, this 5th day Of November. 1919.
CHARLES SCHNEIDAU,