The herald., 1919-07-31
CHARTERS
CHARTER OF THE MARINE FORWARD
ING AND SHIPPING COM
PANY, INC.

United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans. Be it known, that
on this 2jrd day of the month OF July, in the
year of our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hun
bred and Nineteen; Before me, Pierre D.
Olivier, Notary Public duly commi ssioned
and qualified in and for the Parish of Or
leans, State of Louisiana, and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned; personally came and appeared,
the several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who declared to me, No
tary, in the presence of the undersigned wit
nesses, that, availing themselves of the pro-
visions of the laws of the State of Louisiana,
they have mutually agreed and contracted,
and by these presents do agree and contract,
and bind and obligate themselves, their
heirs and assigns, and all persons who may
hereinafter become associated with them here
in, to form a corporation under the name
and for the objects and purposes, a1d under
the terms, stipulations and provisions con-
tanned in the following articles, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be Marine Forwarding and Shipping
Company, Inc.
ARTICLE 1.-THE purposes for which the
corporation is formed are hereby declared to
be follows:
(a) To engage in general freight for
warding business, foreign freight broker
and forwarding agent, with power for any
money, and to issue from time to time, TO
any extent necessary and convenient in the
opinion of the Board of Directors of this cor
poration, negotiable notes, coupons, register
ed or other bonds or obligations of this cor
poration, and to secure the payment of the
principal and interest on the same by mort
gage or pledge of all or any part of the prop
erty, rights, franchises and privileges of the
corporation, then owned or which may be
thereafter acquired by the corporation, and
al full IN do al
necessary, convenient or incidental to the
powers and purposes above expressed.
(b) To acquire by purchase, subscription
or otherwise, and to hold, sell, assign, trans
fer, exchange, mortgage, pledge or otherwise
dispose of any shares of the capital stock
bonds other evidences of Indebtedness of
any other corporation or corporations, asso-
citation associations, domestic foreign,
engaged in any business in which this cor
poration may be authorized to engage, the
ownership of whose securities would be ad-
vantageous or convenient to the protection
or promotion of any of the purposes in
terests of this corporation, but only to the
extent authorized by the laws of the State
of Louisiana.
(c) To carry out all or any of the forego-
ing objects as factor, agent, broker. contrac-
tor, or otherwise, either alone or in conjunc-
tion with any person, firms, association or
corporation, and in any part of the world;
and in carrying on its business and for the
purpose of attaining or furthering any of it's
objects to lease, charter or hire, vessels; to
make and enter into contracts of affreight-
ment by land or water, and to make or per-
form all kinds of contracts necessary, conven-
lent or incidental to its business, and to
do such acts and things, and to exercise any
or all powers as natural person might do
make. perform or exercise, provided the same
be not inconsistent with the laws under
which this corporation is organized.
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
Five Thousand Dollars (sS.00O0, to be
value of One Hundred Dollars ($l0o) each
All of the stock shall be common stock.
Stock shall be issued only for cash, property
or good will, and shall be paid for at such
times and in such installments as the Board
of Directors may direct.
ARTICLE Iv.-The capital stock of this
corporation may be increased, in accordance
with law, to the sum of Fifty Thousand Dol
lars ($50,000.0O.
ARTICLE v.-The location of the domi-
cile of this corporation shall be the City of
New Orleans, State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE VI.-The period of duration of
this corporation shall be ninety-nine (9o)
years.
ARTICLE VII.-All the corporate powers
of the corporation shall be vested in Board
of Directors to consist of three 90 persons,
to be elected annually on the first day of
August of each year; the directors so elected
to serve until their successors shall be elect
ed and qualified Two ~ or more members
of the Board of Directors shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business.
The names and post-office addresses of the
Directors for the first year, who shall serve
until their successors are elected and qualify.
ST., New Orleans, La; Henry E. Bory. 1908
Third St, New Orleans, La; Sylvester P.
Walmsley, Jr., 2sU Prytania ST.. New Or
leans, La.
The following shall be the officers of the
corporation, to hold and exercise their or
ficers for the first year, to-wit: Stuart w.
Niche, President; Henry E. Bory, Vice
President; Sylvester P. Walmsley, Jr., Sec
retary-Treasurer.
ARTICLE vIII.-The names and post-of-
flee addresses of the subscribers to these
Articles of Incorporation, and a statement
of the number of shares to which each has
subscribed, are as follows: Stuart w.
Niche. post-office address, 1908 Third ST.,
New Orleans. La, 20 shares; Henry E. Bory,
post-office address, 1905 Third ST.. New Or
leans. La, is shares; Sylvester P. Walmsley,
Jr, 2SW Prytania ST., New Orleans, La, IS
shares. Total 50 shares.
Thus done and passed. at the City of New
Orleans, State of Louisiana, on the day and
date hereinabove written, and in the pres
ence of Messrs. Philip S. Gidiere and ]. o.
Walker, competent witnesses, who have sign
ed these presents with the said appearers
and me, Notary, after due reading of the
whole.
Witnesse: Philip S. Gidiere. J. o. Walker
Original SigneD S. w. Niche, twenty
shares; H. E. Bory. fifteen shares; S. P.
Walmsley, Jr., fifteen shares
PIERRE D. OLIVIER,
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
Marine Forwarding and Shipping Co.. Inc,
was this day duly recorded in my office, in
Book 1zs, Folio 75a.
New Orleans, July 24th, 1919.
(Seals