The herald., 1922-03-09


minutes of said corporation, being cop,
of a resolution adopted by the Board o
| Directors of said corporation on thu
above stated date.
l further certify that George w. White
man is President and Henry {. White
man is Vice President of said Whitemar
Contracting Co, Inc.
In testimony whereof. 1 have hereto
affixed the name and seal of said cor
pOration by myself as its Secretary, this
the 2Sth day of January, 1922.
JOHN c. FOSTER,
WHITMAN CONTRACTING
CO, INC.
Mch. april H.
CHARTER OF CONSOLIDATED FUEL
co, INC.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans
/ City Of New Orleans. BE it known, that
| on the 9th day of February, nineteen hun
/ dred and twenty-five 1922), before me
| George Montgomery, a notary public in
| and for the Parish of Orleans, State OF
! Louisiana, duly commissioned and quail
| fed, acting under authority of the Cover
nor, for and in the place of James f.
cunts, another notary public in and for
said Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana,
now absent from the State on leave as
will be shown by certificate of leave of
absence granted said James E. cunts, no.
tary public, attached hereto and made part
hereof; and in the presence Of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and under
signed, personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed, who severally declared that.
availing themselves of the provisions of
the general laws of the State of Louisiana
providing for the organization of corpora
tons, and especially Act 267 of the Acts
of 1914, they have covenanted and agreed,
and do by these presents, covenant, agree,
and bind themselves. as well as all such
persons as may hereafter become assOci-
ated with them, TO form and constitute a
corporation and body polite in law, and
to that end they do state the following
matters and things, and execute and adopt
these articles of incorporation as follows,
to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of said corpora
ton shall be Consolidated Fuel Co.,
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which said corporation is formed are
as follows:
To carry on a general fuel business
both retail and wholesale; to buy, sell
store, deal in, export and import coal,
coke, wood, and other fuel;
To build, equip, purchase, or otherwise
acquire, own, sell, lease, mortgage or
otherwise hypothecate barges, scows.
boats and vessels and all other watercraft
Of any kind and description, and to main
tain, operate and navigate the same. sole
ly, however, for the use and benefit Of said
corporation and not for hire;
To build, equip, purchase, or otherwise
acquire, and own buildings, piers. docks,
wharves, warehouses, and all other things
necessary or proper to carry on the bust
ness of said corporation and to sell. lease
mortgage, or otherwise hypothecate the
same;
To conduct general brokerage bust
ness, including the business of marine
or vessel brokerage and agency;
To do general agency business. in
Guiding the agency of marine insurance;
To charter, purchase. or otherwise &C.
property, and to deal in, handle and man
age. and dispose of the same, solely,
however. for the use and benefit of said
corporation and not for hire;
To purchase and otherwise acquire.
hold, rent, lease, improve, mortgage, sell.
and convey, and deal in generally real
and personal property of all kinds, and in
particular lands, lands under water and
riparian, buildings, vessels, barges,
scows, and all other watercraft of any
docks, warehouses, and equipment there
of;
And further to do and perform any act
or thing necessary or proper for the ac-
complishment of, or pertinent to the OBJ
jects and purposes of said corporation.
ARTICLE III-The amount of capital
stock of said corporation shall be fifty
thousand dollars $3.50 O00.O0), all of which
shall be common stock and none Of which
shall be preferred stock.
ARTICLE IV-The amount to which the
capital stock of said corporation may be
increased shall be two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. ($25O, OOO0O).
ARTICLE V-The number Of shares of
which the said capital stock Of fifty thous-
and dollars 50O0O.O0) Of said corpora
ton shall consist, shall be five hundred
5000 shares of the par value of one hun
dred dollars ($10O00) per share, the shares
Of said corporation to remain at one hun.
dred dollars (S100.00) in the event Of the
increase of the capital stock Of said cor
poration beyond fifty thousand dollars.
ARTICLE vI-The location of the
domicile of said corporation shall be in
the City Of New Orleans, in the Parish of
Orleans, in the State Of Louisiana.
ARTICLE VII-The period of duration
of said corporation shall be fifty (50)
ARTICLE yIII-The number Of direc-
tors Of said corporation shall be five.
The officers of said corporation shall be
those provided for by law, and such other
officers as may be provided for by the by
laws. The names and post office addresses
OF the directors of said corporation who
are selected to serve for the first year or
until their successors are elected and
qualified shall be as follows, to-wit:
Hardy. e. Mccormack, birmingham,
Ala; Robert P: Hyams. New Orleans, La.
Frederick Gilmore. Pensacola, Fla;
Henry c. whiteman, New Orleans, La
Robert J. Milling, Mobile, Ala; with:
Hardy e. Mccormack as president; Robert
p. Hyams as LIST vice-president and
treasurer; Frederick Gilmore as End vice.
president; Henry c. Whiteman as 3rd
vice president, and Robert J. Milling as
secretary.
ARTICLE IX-The names and post Of
flee addresses of the subscribers to these
articles of incorporation and a statement
Of the number of shares Of stock which
each subscriber is to take in said corpora
ton are as follows. to-wit: Hardy e. Nc
Cormack, Birmingham, Ala, fifty (50)
shares; Robert P. Hyams, New Orleans,
La, fifty (50) shares; Frederick Gilmore,
Pensacola, Fla, fifty (50) shares; Henry
c. Whiteman, New Orleans, La, fifty
900 shares; Robert J. Milling, Mobile,
Ala, fifty (5O) shares.
ARTICLE X-Each share Of stock shall
be entitled ta one xate Thera shall he M