The herald., 1919-06-26
CHARTER OF PLANT LINE STEvEDoR
ING CO., INC.

State of louisiana Parish of Orleans, City
OF New Orleans. Be it known, that on thi
seventeenth day of June, in the year One
Thousand, Nine Hundred and Nineteen, be-
fore me, William Waller Young, Notary
Public, in and for the parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana, duly commissioned and
qualified and IN the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned; person
ally came and appeared the several persons
whose names are herunto subscribed, all
above the full age of majority, who severally
declared that, availing themselves of the
laws of the State of Louisiana, and especially
the laws relative to the organization of cor
poratlons, they have covenanted and agreed
to bind, form and constitute themselves as
we'll as all such other persons as may here
after join or become associated with them
into corporation and body polite in law,
for the objects and purposes and under the
articles, agreements and stipulations follow
ing, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-THE names, style and title
OF this corporation shall be Plant Line Steve
doring Co., Inc, and, under that name, it
snail have and enjoy all the rights, advan-
tages and privileges granted by law to cor
porations and shall exist for the full term
ana period OF ninety nine years from this
day. 1t shall have power to contract, sue
and be sued; to make and use a corporate
seal, and the same to alter and break at
pleasure; to hold, receive, lease, purchase,
sell and convey as well as mortgage hypothe.
cate and pledge property real. personal and
mixed, corporeal and incorporeal; to name
and appoint such managers, directors, officers,
agents and other employees as its interest
and convenience may require and to make
and establish, as well as alter and amend,
from time to time. such bylaws, rules and
regulations as may be necessary and exped-
ent tor the proper management and govern
ment OF the affairs of said corporation.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
PoIatiOn is hereby fixed in the City of New
orleans State OF Louisiana, and all citations
or other legal process shall be served upon
the president of said corporation, or, in
MS absence, upon its Secretary.Treasurer
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
OF this corporation and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are hereby
declared to be: To carry on business as
sievedores IN the City of New Orleans, and
elsewhere; to buy and sell all kinds of ap-
piiances necessary, useful or convenient TO
the proper operation of said business and
generally to do any and all things compli
imentary or incidental to the steyedoring
business.
ARTICLE IV-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
Five Thousand (S5OOOOO Dollars. to he III.
vided into and represented by fifty (5O
shares, IN the sum of One Hundred islO0O0
Dollars each; said stock shall be paid for
when, and IN such installments, as directed
by the Board of Directors. The canitaI
stock of this corporation NAV be Increased 70
the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars,
ARTICLE Vail the corporate oowers os
SAID corporation shall be exercised by a Board
OF Directors consisting of three stockholders
majority of whom shall constitute a Quorum
l3r me transaction of business. The Board
., directors shall elect annually from their
number President, a Vice-President. and
a Secretary-Treasu The first board Of
directors shall consist of Three StockboId.
AZ ana snail be composed of George Plant,
Z; t'oeIt X Lafonta, and Harold Lejeune, and
snail elect from its number a President
Vice-President. and a Secretary-Treasurer'
January 1890 'uHS III
Inc Post Office addresses of said Directors
are as follows: George Plant, lllo Whitney
oe",rai buliding, New Orleans, La; Albert
orleans La; Harold LeJeune, $50 Hurst
Street, New Orleans, La These directors
snail serve until the second Tuesday in
January, 1870, or until their successors have
been duly. elected and qualified. The an.
nial meeting of stockholders for the election
OF directors shall be held on the second
tuesday IN January. of each year. unless
said day be legal holiday, and then ON
the next bank day thereafter. Any vacancy
occurring among the directors by death,
resignation or otherwise, shall be filled BY
election for the unexpired term by the re-
naming directors. Each subscriber hereto
sets after his name his postoffice address and
ststeheht OF tne NUMBER OF shares of stock
which he agrees TO take in the corporation
AT all elections, every stakeholder shall be
entitled TO one vote for each share of stock
standing in his name on the books of the
corporation, to be cast in person or by his
written proxy. A majority of the votes cast
shall elect.
ARTICLE Win the event of the liquids.
hon or dissolution of this corporation, the
stockholders shall elect three liquidators
from among their number at a meeting con
'ened for that purpose, after fifteen Q0