The herald., 1920-12-23

Not. Pub.
Dec. lG-Jau. 20.
CHARTER OF THE CRESCENT SIGHT
SEEING COMPANY, INCOR-
PORhTED.
United States of America. state of Lou.
i>iana. Parish of Orleans. CITY of New
! Orleans. lie il known. That on this second
day Of December, in the year OF our Lord
one Thousand nine hundred and twenty
| ANA Of the Independence of the United
states OF America. the one hundred and
f"rty-iith. before me. Felix Joseph Pui-
a Notary Public, in and for the Parish uf
orleans state of Louisiana. aforesaid, duly
! commissioned and qualified. and in the
| presence Of the witnesses hereinafter
! named and undersigned. personally came
| and appeared the several persons whose
! names are hrrcuntO subscribed, who sever
/ ally declared that. aVailinG themselves of
| the laws Of the State of Louisiana and
! particularly Act 20 of the General A..
! srmbly of the State Of Louisiana for the
| year 1914, they have "ovenanted and agreed
| ana DO. by these presents. covenant. agree.
| blnd. form and constitute them>c as
| Well ~ such other persons as may here
| dIIer JOIN or become associated with them.
| INTO a corporation and body polite in law.
| for the objects ana purposes under the
| articles and StipulatiOnS following tO-wit :
| ARTICLE THE name and it'll, of the
! corporation shall bc the Crescent Sight
| seeing Company, Inc. and shall exist and
| ENJOY succession by its corporate name
| Tor period Of ninety nine years from
| the date hereof, with all the rights DOW
| cr> ana privileges. now or hereafter con
| t"rred 10y law upon trading corporations
It, dOmlcile shall be in the City of New
! Orleans. and all citations and legal S"rv-
ices shall br 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 thi,
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum OF
fifteen thousand dollars (Sl5.UCOOOD. all of
which shall be divided into and repre-
scented by one hundred fifty shares of
the par value of one hundred dollars
tsloO.VJD each. Stock may be paid for in
money, in services rendered the corpora
tion or In property and good will regu-
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 il is or
ganiZed, 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 70 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
Eoard of Directors, to be composed of
three stockholders. a majority of whom
shall constitute a quorum for the transar-
ton of business: absent directors may
vote at any meeting of the Directors bv
proxy 10 any other Director for that par
HfsaN rllr Inc
rectOTs shall be Frank Schafer Charles A.
Bell and Miles ]. Kehoe. with the said
Frank Schafer as President. Charles y
Bell as Vice President. and Miles J. kehoe
a SeCretary-Tr who shall serve
as such until the second Monday in Jan
uary, 1872, 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 stock |
holders meeting. any stakeholder to be a |
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
bylaws whi.h shall be adopted by the |
Board of Directors and amende! 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 a member of the Board of Di- |
rectOrs. 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 Di- |
rectOrS.
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 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 YII.-Amendment to this char
ter or liquidation of the corporation shall |
be subject to the rules laid down in Act |
26I 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.OO0OO). 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
the City of New Orleans. Parish and State
on the day. month and year
herein first above written, in the pres
ence of MeSsieurs Walter g. 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, Ill
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.
hehOe. 1923 Peters Ave, New Orleans. La,
10 shares.
Witnesses: Walter G. Wedig, VIM. ].
HennesSey.
FELIX ]. PUG, Not. Pub.
/, the undersigned. Recorder of Mort
cages. in and for the Parish of Orleans
state of Louisiana. do hereby certify that
he Act of Incorporation of the Crescent
sightseeing Co, Inc, was this day duly
accorded in my office, in Book 1916. Folio
n. New Orleans, December q. 1920
ROBT. SCOTT, DIR. Il. VI.
a true copy.
FELIX J. PUG, Not. Pub.
Dec 1B-Jan 20