The herald., 1911-05-04
CHARTER
OF INTERSTATE COOPERATIVE MAIL
ORDER COMPANY.
United STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF OK
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

UNITED STATES Ot AMEth1A' np
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF OK
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
BE II known. That on this thirteenth day
Of April in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand nine hundred and eleven, and Of the
Independence of the United states OF Am
erica the one hundred and thirty-ffth, before
me- William Mcclellan FayssOux, notary
Dublic in and for the parish OF Orleans,
State of Louisiana, duly commissioned and
qualified and In the presence OF the VIII
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared the parties
whose names are hereuntO subscribed, VINO
seyerally declared that, availing themselves
of the provisions of the laws OF this state
relative to the organization OF corporations
and especially OF act NO. lS OF tne leglsis. !.
five acts of the general assembly OF the state
of Louisiana for the year nineteen hundreu
and four, approved July 4th, 1903, ana OF
the other laws of this state relative 10 cor
porations and the organization an1 ior,a, ana
agreed and do by these presents covenant,
agree and bind themselves, as wei as sucn
other persons who may hereafter become
associated with them or their successors, 10
form and constitute a corporation or body
polite in law, for the objects ana purposes
and under the agreements and stipulatiohs
following, to-wit
The name and style Of this corporate
shall be INTERSTATE COOPERATIVE
MAIL ORDER COMPANY, and Dy tnae al
name X shall have power and authority to
erist and enjoy succession for the full term
and period of ninety nine years, commenc-
ing on and TO be computed from and after
the day and date hereof.
ARTICLE H.
The domicile of this corporation shall be
in the city Of New Orleans, state OF Louisi-
ana. All citations and other legal process
shall be served upon the president OF SAID
corporation; or, in case OF MS absence or
inability to act upon the vlce-preslueht OF
in the absence or inability OF both the presl-
dent and vice-president TO act, then upon the
secretary of this company.
The president shall be the executive ON
Ger of this corporation; he shall preside a,
meetings Of the board OF directors anu
''0'A"' ARTICLE III.
The capital stock Of this corporation Is
hereby fixed at the sum OF two million anG
90 100 (s2,0OO.000.00) dollars, represented
nv two hundred thousand shares OF ten anc
OO-1OO $4,000 dollars each. All STOCK SUP
The objects and purposes Tor which tnls
corporation is established, and the nature
of the business to be carried on by II are
hereby declared to be as follows. to-Wlt lc
establish and conduct mail order business
buying and selling OF merchandise OF ever,
known kind and description after the usua
manner of mail order houses; to buy, OWE
secure. manage and operate factories; e
buy and use copyrights and patents to pup
iisb manufacture and sell whatever salt
eopyrigSts cssp; n and patents may cover and pro
| tect; to establish and operate Tor its owl
use, for lighting or for power, an electrl
plant design, patent and use trade,marh
Copyright and publish magazine, catalogue
and such other printed matter as might ten'
| to enhance and increase the profits OF IN
company to do, own and transact any am
all things necessary to the successIui nan
agement of a mail order business, ana m pro
perly conduct the business Of this corpora
ton.
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