The herald., 1919-12-18
CHARTER.
CHARTER OF MARINE IRON WORKS,
INCORPORATED"

United States of America, State of Louis
! lana, Parish of orleans, City of New Or
! leans. BE it ! own, that on this twenty
fourth (2'tLb ""y OF the month of No
ycmbcr III ,nc year Of our Lord one
! thousand, nine hundred and nineteen
! tl9l9), and OF the Independence of the
| nited States of America, the one hundred
ANA forty-fourth u44tD; before me
! Henry Leon Sarpy, Il notary public, duly
commissioned and qualified for the Par
lsh OF Orleans. State of Louisiana, and il
! the presence Of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned -
! Personally came and appeared the sew
| cral persons whose names are heTeuntO
subscribed who declare that, awaiting
| themselves of the provisions of the laws
| of the State OF Louisiana relative to the
| formation of corporations, and particularly
Act pa of 1914, they have conyrnantcd
| and agreed for them selves and such other
! persons as may hereafter become aSSOci-
Iatcd with them to form and organize them
/ selves into corporation and body polite
i'll law for the objects and purposes and
under the agreements and stipuIations
/ hereinafter set forth. to-Wit:-
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title Of this
! corporation is hereby declared TO be
Marine Iron Works Incorporated" and
! by that name il shall have and enjoy
| succession for period of ninc-nine $3.50
! years from this date. and shall possess
| the enjoyment of all the rights, privileges
! and advantages accorded To corporations
! by the corporation laws of the State OF
| Louisiana
! ARTICLE H.-Thc domicile of this cor
! pOratiOn shall be the City of New Or
! leans, State of Louisiana. All citations or
other legal process shall be served upon
| the President, and in his absence upon
any one of the other officers of the cor
pOratiOn.
ARTICLE U!.-The objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation il or
gained and the nature OF the business
to be carried on by it are declared to be
to do IL general marine and stationary re
pair work; to manufacture hydrolic pumps
and feathers; to conduct and operate Il
general machine and manufacturing works
for the manufacture and repair of ma
chinery of all kinds, engines, boilers east
lnES. patterns, agricultural appliances, We
hicleS, and apparatus of every kind and
description and any and all articles made
from iron; to manufacture, make, con
StruCt and erect all kinds of mechanical
devices, appliances, inventions or other
works and machinery, and to buy, sell
make and repair tools and instruments of
every description and kind that are or
can be made out of or from brass, copper
IRON, and other metals, or of wood; to
carry on a turning plant, and to rent, sell
and otherwise dispose of machinery and
all apparatus and articles that may be
made, handled, manufactured or repaired
In the aforesaid plant or machine shops
OF said corporation.
ARTICLE IE.-The capital stock of this
corporation shall be twenty five thousand
dollars tS2J000.0O), to be divided into and
represented by two hundred and fifty
Cow shares OF the par value of one hun
dred dollars (Sl00OO) each, all of which
shall be common stock, fully paid and
non aSSeSSable. The capital stock may
be increased to one hundred thousand dol
amount by complying with the requisites
of the Act 261 of 1914. No stakeholder
shall sell or otherwise dispose of his
stock i'll this company without first offer
ing it to the other stockholders through
the Board of Directors in writing, and the
stockholders shall have five days from
the receipt by them of said written notice
TO either accept or reject the offer.
ARTICLE VAN the corporate powers
of this corporation shall be vested in and
exercised by Board of Directors which
shall consist of three CD stockholders,
two of whom shall constitute a quorum to
do business. Each member of said board
shall own at least one % share of un-
encountered stock in his own name on
the books of the company. The Directors
shall be elected annually by ballot at a
meeting of the stockholders to be held in
compliance with Section 10 of Act 267 of
1911 The first Board of Directors TO
serve until the first Monday in November
1920, or until their successors shall have
been duly elected and qualified, shall con-
siSt of John e. Allen, of No. 634 Louisa
St, New Orleans, La, Gustaye X. Dubus,
of No. 2S4S Baronne ST., New Orleans, La,
and of John Walker of No. 914 North
solomon St, New Orleans, La of whom
J ohm e.. Allen shall be President Gustaye
X. Dubus shall be Vice President and
John Walker shall be Secretary Treasurer
All vacancies shall be filled by the re-
naming Directors for the unexpired term.
The Directors shall have the power and
authority to sell, mortgage and pledge
any kind of property owned by the cor
r0rati0n: to purchase, lease and otherwise
acquire any property for the corpora
ton; to make loans, borrow money issue
in
of the corporation, in fine shall have all
the powers and authority accorded said
corporation by Act 267 of 1914.
ARTICLE VI.-The appearers have SUBJ |
scribed to the number of shares set OPP
pOsite their respective names. and their
signatures hereto shall constitute the
original subscription list to the capital
stock of this corporation.
Thus done and passed at my Office in |
the city of New Orleans, the day. month |
and year first above written, in the pres
ence of Joseph NJ. Gore, Jr., and Louis A. |
Ducros. competent witnesses, residing in
this city, who have hereunto signed their |
names with appearers and me, Notary, |
after due reading of the whole.
Original signed:
JOHN c. ALLEN. 40 Shares
GUSTAVE r. DUBUS, 20 Shares.
JOHN WALKER, 20 Shares.
Witnesses:
l.. A. DucrOs
J. NJ. Gore, Jr,
HENRY l.. SARPY, |
Notary Public.
i. the undersigned, Recorder of Mort |
cages. for the Parish of Orleans, State of |
do hereby certify that the fore
going Act of Incorporation of Marine
Iron Works. incorporated" was recorded |
in book 1921, folio ...., of my office
New Orleans, La, December /, 1919.
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, ID. X.
\ true copy, New Orleans, La, Deem
Der !, 1919.
HENRY L. SARPY,
Notary Public.
Dec. Alan. S.