The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-12-16
Dec. l6- Jan. 20.

Dec. l6-Jan. 20.
CHARTER OF THE CRESCENT SIGHT
SEEING COMPANY, MOOR
PORATED.
| United States Of America, State of Lou
| isiaua. Puri>h of Orleans. City of New
| Orleans. BE IL known. That on this second
| day of December. in the year of our IOru
| one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
| and Of the Independence Of the United
! States of America. the one hundred and
| forty fifth. before me, Felix Joseph PuI-
! Notary Public. in and for the Parish OF
! Orleans, State of Louisiana, aforesaid. dul
| commissioned and qualified, and in the
| presence of the witnesses hereinafter
| named and undersigned. personally came
| and appeared the several persons whose
names are hcreuntO subscribed. who sever
| ally declared that, availing themselves of
! the laws of the State of Louisiana. and
| particularly Act 26I of the General As
| Scmbly Of the State of Louisiana for the
! year 1914, they have covcnanted 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 become associated with them.
| into corporation and body polite in law.
| for the objects and purposes under the
| articles and StipulatiOns following to-wit !:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of the
| corporation shall be the Crescent Sight
! seeing Company, Inc, and shall exist and
| enjoy succession by its corporate name
for period of ninety nine years from
| the date hereof, with all the rights. pow
erS and privileges. now or hereafter con
ferred by law upon trading corporations.
| Its dOmicile shall be in the City of New
| Orleans, and all citations and legal serv-
| ices shall be made upon the President. and.
| in event of his inability to act upon the
Vice President or Secretary in the order
| named.
ARTICLE 1.-THE capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
| fifteen thousand dollars (SlJ,0O0.O0). all of
| which shall be divided into and repre-
scented by one hundred fifty shares of
| the par value of one hundred dollars
| (S1O0OO) each. Stock may be paid for in
] money, in services rendered the corpora
tion or in property and good will recu-
| 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.
| ganised, are declared TO be the owning
and operation Of touring and sightseeing
| automobiles, the leasing, hiring, operation
| and selling Of 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 gener-
| ally used and operated in parks and other
| public places of amusementS and in gen
| eral to do any and all acts germane or
pertaining to above set forth objects and
not contradictory thereto.
| ARTICLE IV.-The corporate powers of
this corporation shall be vested in a
Board of Directors, to be composed of
| three stockholders. q majority of whom
! shall constitute a 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 Di-
| rectors shall be Frank Schafer. Charles 4.
| Bell and Miles J. Kehoe with the said
Frank Schafer as President. Charles 4.
| 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 the
stockholders for the election of Directors
| shall be held yearly on the second Monday
of January, beginning with the year 1922
The Board of Directors shall have the
right to elect. without reference to a stock
| holders meeting, any stakeholder to be a
| Director, whenever a vacancy shall exist
on the Board of Directors through death
| or resignation.
| 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, General Manager. who may or
may not be a member of the Board of Di-
| rectOrs, as shall be determined by said
| Board of Directors, which said General
| Manager shall have such duties as said
officers may delegate and whose compehsa-
ton shall be fixed by the Board of Di-
rectOrs.
l ARTICLE VINO stakeholder shall
ever be held liable or responsible for the
contracts, faults or debts of this corpora
ton, nor shall any mere infOrmality in its
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 10 any sum not exceeding
, thirty thousand dollars (S30OO0.00). The
subscribers setting opposite their names
the amount of stock subscribed for max
ing this original subscription list.
Thus done and passed at my Office. in
4 the City of New Orleans, Parish and State
aforesaid, on the day. month and yeal
herein first above written, in the pres
ence of Messieurs Walter G. Wedig and
nesses, residing in this city, who hereuntC
signed their names as such with the said
appearers and me, Notary, after due read
ing of the whole.
, Original signed.) John T. Holmes, III
7 BarOnne street, New Orleans, La, II
shares: Frank Schafer, 1895 Camp street
~ shares: Chas. A. Bell, Columbus. Ohio
by Frank Schafer, 20 shares; Miles J
Kehoe. 1923 Peters Ave, New Orleans, La.
10 shares.
Witnesses: Walter G. Wedig, VIM. ]
Hennessey.
| FELIX J. PUG, Not. Pub.
I, the undersigned, Recorder Of Mort
cages. in and for the Parish of Orleans
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify tina
the Act of Incorporation of the Crescen
Sightseeing Co., Inc, was this day dull!
, recorded in my Office, in Book 1915, Foli'
644. New Orleans. December q, 1920.
ROBT. SCOTT, DR.. X. NJ.
, A true copy.
FELIX ]. PUG, Not. Pub.
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