The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-09-08
CHARTER OF BISSO FERRY Co. INC

United States OF America. State Of Louis
lana. Parish of Orleans city of New or.
leans, be- ii known, that on this 18th day
of the month of August, in the year Of
our Lord. one thousand. nine hundred and
twenty one and of the Independence of the
United States of America the one hundred
and fOrty-SiXth. before me. Arthur y. Mo
reno. notary public. duly commissioned
under authority of the State Of Louisiana.
in and for the Parish of Orleans, therein
residing. personally came and appeared
the parties whose names are hcreunto
subscribed who declared. that availing
themselves Of the provisions of the gen
eral laws of this State relative to the or
CaniZatiOn of corporations. they have co
Venanted and agreed. and do, by these
presents. covenant and agree, bind, form
and constitute themselves, as well as such
person or persons as may hereafter join
or become associated with them into a
corporation and body polite in law, for
the object and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulatiOns following, to-
wit:
ARTICLE THE name and style Of the
corporation shall be the BissO Ferry Com
pany, Incorporated, and by that cooperate
name said company shall have power and
authority to enjoy and have succession
for the period of ninety-nine years; TO
contract, sue and be sued in its corporate
name; TO make and use corporate seal ;
to hold receive, purchase, convey. mort
gage. hypOthecate or pledge property,
both real and personal; to have and en-
plOy such managers, directors, officers,
agents and other employees as the interest
and cOnveniences of this company may
from time to time require. and to make
and establish such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the proper management and
control of the affairs of the company, as
may be necessary and the same to alter,
amend and repeal at pleasure.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
poratiOn shall be in the City of New Or
leans. and all citations and other legal
process shall he served upon the president,
and in his absence. upon the vj"e-presi-
dent of this company.
ARTICLE III-The object and purpose
for which this corporation Is created and
established, and the nature of the business
to be carried on by it are declared to be:
To purchase, hold. maintain and operate
ferries on the Mississippi River, and other
inland waters and on the sea coast, and
to do all acts and things necessary and
useful in the premises; to acquire ferry
franchises, to lease, hire, charter, con
struct and purchase, and to man, equip,
maintain and operate for sea coast, and
inland navigation, ferry boats, steamships
sail vessels, steamboats,, tOwbOats, barges
and other water craft of whatever descrip
ton, for the transportation of freight and
passengers for hire, and in the performance
of towboat business and rendition Of
salvage services on water and to do, per-
form and carry on the operation of water
craft upon and between places on rivers
the high seas and to ports and places in
foreign countries; to construct charter
and maintain and operate dredges, scows
floating elevators and pile drivers; TO ac-
quire by purchase, lease or otherwise,
warehouses. landing places and wharfs as
the business of this company may require !;
to improve navigation on rivers, bayOus
and other waters, to construct wharyes,
landing places and facilities for ferries
and other vessels; to construct maintain
and operate dry docks and floating docks,
suitable for building and repairing YES
sells; and to build, rebuild and repair Yes-
sells of every description. Any one or
more Of the pursuits or objects above men
toned may be carried on without regard
to the other objects set forth. This cor
pOration is created, too, to take over and
acquire all the rights, titles and interests
of Messrs. Joseph A. Bisso, w. A. BissO.
Alexander l.. BissO and Joseph W. Tyler,
in and TO the ferry franchises by them ac-
quired in their own name or In the name
of any one or more of them, from the City
Of New Orleans, and the Parish of Jeffer-
son. in the State Of Louisiana; and still
further to acquire all the rights, titles and
interests of the said Joseph A. BissO, W.
\. Bisso, Alex. l.. Bisso, and ]. W. Ty-
Ter. as well also. as all the rights. titles
and interests of the Bisso Ferry Company,
composed of the said Joseph A. William
A, and Alex. l.. Bisso. and J. W. Tyler
to all Of the property and business Of said
company, and TO all the rights, titles and
interests Of the said Joseph A. William A..
and Alex. L. Bisso, and ]. W. Tyler. in the
ferry boats pontoons and other property
bought for and Tor used in the ferry bust
ness by them. belonging to them Jointly
and /or severally. Particularly with re-
spect to the Jackson Avenue Ferry and the
Walnut Street Ferry, and as a full con-
sideratiOn Of said property, franchises,
rights, titles and interests, this corporation
shall issue to said persons its full one
thousand five hundred shares of its capt.
tai stock, fully paid and non assessable.