The herald., 1920-12-30

Dec. lG-Jau. 20
CHARTER OF THE CRESCENT SIGHT.
SEEING COMPANY, INCOR-
PORATED.
United States of America. State Of Lou
| i~iaua. Parish of Orleans. civ of New
Orleans. BE il known, That on this second
! day of December, in the year of our Lord
! one thousand nine hundred and twenty,
| and of the Independence of the United
| States OF America. the one hundred and
forthwith, before me. Felix Joseph Iui-
! "a Notary Public, in and for the Parish Of
! orleans. state of Louisiana. aforesaid. dul.
| commissioned and qualified. and ia the
! presence of the Witnesses hereinafter
| named and undersigned. personally came
! and appeared the several persons whose
! names are hcreuHtO subscribed. who sever
! ally declared that, awaiting themselves of
! the laws Of the State Of Louisiana. and
| particularly Act pa of the GENERAL As
! >cmhly of the State of Louisiana for the
| year 1914. they have cOyruintcd and agreed
| and do, by these presents, covenant. agree.
| bind. form and constitute themselves, as
| well as such other persons as may here
| after join or hccom" associated with them.
| into corporation ana body polite ia law.
/ for the objects aud purposes under the
| articles ana stipulationS following. tO-Wit:
| ARTICLE THE name and title of the
| corporation shall he the Crescent Sight
/ ANA
! enjoy succession by its corporate name
|. for a period of ninety nine years from
| the date hereof, with all the rights. pow
| crS aud privileges, now or hereafter con.
! frrred by law upon trading corporations.
| Its dOmiCil" shall be in the city of New
| Orlrup>, and all citations and legal scrv-
| ices SHALL b" made upon the President. and.
| in event OF his inability TO act. upon thr
| Vice President or Secretary i'll the order
| named.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE capital stock of this
| corporation is hereby fixed at the sum OF
| fifteen thousand dollars (SlJOOO.UOD, all OF
| which shall b" divided into and repre-
| scented by one hundred fifty shares Of
| the par value Of one hundred dollars
| tSlOUOOD each. Stock may be paid for in
| money, in services rendered the corpora
! ton or in property and good will rr-u-
| larry transferred TO the corporation all
| as shall be determined by the Board OF
| Directors.
ARTICLE III The objects and purposes
! of this corporation and for which it is or
| CaniZcd, are declared 10 be the owning
| and operation Of touring and sightseeing
automobiles, the leasing, hiring, operation
| and selling O+ automobiles and motor pro
| PEELED vehicles, and general motor livery
| business. and To own. lease and operate
| places of public amusement, concession.
and other pleasure devices. as are gpncr-
| ally used and operated in parks and other
| public places of amusementS. and in gen
pertaining to above set forth objects and
not contradictory thereto.
ARTICLE IN.-The corporate powers of
this corporation shall be vested in
Board Of Directors be composed of
three stockholders, a majority of whom
shall constitute quorum for the tranSaC-
ton Of business: absent directors may
vote at any meeting of the Directors by
proxy to any other Director for that par
ticular meeting. The first Board of hi
rcctOrs shall be Frank Schafer, Charles \.
Eel and Miles j. KehOe. with the said
Frank Schafer as President, Charles &
Bell as Vice President and Miles J. KehOe
as Secretary Treasurer. who shall serve
as such until the second Monday in Jan
uary, 1922 or until their successors are
duly elected and qualified. Meetings of tn,
stockholders for the election of Directors
shall be held yearly on the second Monday
of January, beginning with the year 1872
The Board of Directors shall have the
right to elect, without reference to stock
holders meeting, any stakeholder TO be Il
Director, whenever a vacancy shall exist
on the Board of Directors through death
or resignation.
ARTICLE V.-The corporate powers of
this corporation are expressed and set
forth by section seven "a of Act 267 of the
Louisiana Legislature of the year 1914 and
shall be duly employed by and through
the Board of Directors The duties of the
several officers shall be set forth in the
bylaws which shall be adopted by the
Board of Directors and amended or al
tered at their will, and they shall have a
right to employ, under contract or other
wise, a General Manager, who may or
may not be member of the Board of Di- |
rcctOrS. as shall be determined by said
Board of Directors, which said General
Manager shall have such duties as said
officers may delegate and whose cOmpenSa-
ton shall be fixed by the Board of hi
rectOrs
ARTICLE Vino stakeholder shall
ever he held liable or responsible for the
contracts, faults or debts of this corpora
ton, nor shall any mere iufOrmality in it,
organization have the effect Of rendering
this charter null or exposing a stakeholder
to any liability beyond the unpaid balance
due ON the shares of stock owned by him.
ARTICLE VII.-Amendment to this char
ter or liquidation of the corporation shall
be subject to the rules laid down in Act
26T of the Louisiana Legislature for the
year 1914. The capital stock of this cor
pOratiOn may be increased by amendment
to the charter to any sum not exceeding |
thirty thousand dollars (S30,OO0.OO). The |
subscribers setting opposite their flames |
the amount Of stock subscribed for max |
ing this original subscription list.
Thus done and passed at my Office, in |
the City of New Orleans, Parish and State |
aforesaid, on the day, month and year |
herein first above written, in the pres |
ence of Messieurs Walter -. Wedig and |
William J. Hennessey, competent wit |
nesses, residing in this city, who hereunto
signed their names as such with the SAID |
appearers and me- Notary, after due read
ing of the whOle.N
Original signed) John T. Holmes, III |
BarOnne street, New Orleans, La, 10
shares; Frank Schafer, 1896 Camp street |
Is shares; Chas. \. Bell, Columbus. Ohio,
by Frank Schafer, 20 shares; Miles j.
Kehoe. 1923 Peters Ave, New Orleans, La, |.
10 shares.
Witnesses: Walter C. Wedig, Vim. J.
Hennessey.
FELIX J. PUG, Not. Pub.
l. the undersigned, Recorder of Mort
cages, in and for the Parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that
the Act of Incorporation of the Crescent
Sightseeing Co., Inc, was this day duly
recorded in my Office, in Book 1916, Folio
GA. New Orleans. December q, 1920. /
ROBT. SCOTT, DR.. r. NJ.
\ true copy.
FELIX J. PUG, Not. Pub.
Dec. 16-Jan. 20.