The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-04-15
CH A R T E r
DoNALDsoNv1LLE HOTEL COMPANY.

United States of America-State of louisiana
Parish of Ascension.
q RE 1T KNOWN, That on this, the 7th day Q
- April. in the year one thousand, nine hun
dred and eleven, before me, WALTER LEM
ANN, notary public duly commissioned
sworn and qualified in and for the state and par
: ish aforesaid, and in the presence Of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned, per
sonally came and appeared the parties who's
names are subscribed hereto, who declared that
availing themselves of the provisions OF the laws
4 zation of corporations. they have covenanteo
and agreed and do by these presents convenant
and agree and bind themselves and those who
4 may be hereafter associated with them to form
themselves into corporation for the objects
and purposes. and under the agreements and
| stipulations following, to-wit:
(. ARTICLE I.
The name and style Of this corporation shall
/ be the DONALDSONVILLE HOTEL COM.
/ PAhY. and by that name it shall have and en-.
JOY all the rights and privileges granted by law
to CORPORATIONS it shall exist for the period OF
i ninety-nine years from this day; it shall have
power to contract, sue and be sued in its corpor.
| ate name; to make and use a corporate seal and
the same to alter at pleasure; to hold. receive.
pledge property, both real and personal; to is.
| sue bonds notes and other obligations; to make
| such bylaws and regulations for the proper
/ management and control of the affairs of said
| corporation may be necessary and expedient,
| and generally to have and exercise all powers
| conferred by law on corporations
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation shall be in
the parish of Ascension, and all citations and
other legal process shall be served On the presi-
dent, or in his absence on the first or second
| vice-president.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this cor
pOratlOn is established and the nature of the
| business to be carried on by it are declared to
be: to own, operate, manage and lease hotels; to
| own, purchase, sell and lease lands. and gener-
tot ttU tN Hc doll
sary to the carrying out of the above purposes
/ and objects, and generally to carry on any law
| ful business or enterprise not inconsistent with
i the constitutions Of Louisiana or of the United
/ States.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this corporation is hereby
| fixed attWenty five thousand dollars, represented
by two hundred and fifty shares Of the par value
of one hundred dollars each, to be paid for in
i money or property or services rendered in such
manner and in such amounts and at such times
4 shares of stock shall be full paid and non-asses-
i sable. No transfer of stock shall be binding
upon the corporation unless made upon its
books in person or by proxy. This corporation
4 shall begin business as soon five thousand
dollars OF its capital stock shall have been sub
scribed for.
ARTICLE ".
All the corporate powers of this corporation
| shall he vested in and exercised by board of
| directors composed of fifteen stockholders five
of whom shall constitute quorum for the
TRANSACTION OF business. The directors shall be
elected annually on the last Monday of January
| in each year. Such election shall be by ballot
4 and each stockholder shall be entitled to one
/ vote IN person or by proxy for every share of
/ stock held by him which has been standing in
i his name for q period of not less than ten days
! prior to the election. Ten days prior notice of
said election shall be given to each stockholder
/ by written notice mailed to him addressed to
his residence or place of business or by delivery
to him in Eerson. Any vacancy occurring in ii e
/ board of directors may be filled by the remain
1 TSu,1
date above specified shall not dissolve the cor
poration. but the directors then in Office shall
| remain in office until their successors are
| elected and qualified The directors at their
first meeting after election shall elect a presi-
dent, a first vice-presdent. second vice-presi-
| dent, a secretary, and a treasurer. The board
| OF directors shall employ and appoint such
other officers and agents as may be necessary
The board OF directors shall have power to en-
act all bylaws rules and regulations and alter
and amend the same A director Of this corpo-
ration may delegate in writing to any other di-
rector any right and power enjoyed by him.
The secretary need not be a director. Meyer
Lemann, F. B. Lemann, Adolphe. Meter, II. L.
feres. J. j. Lafargue. EMIL Snnbery, Solomon
Klotz, w. j. Harrison. Alex Bloomenstiel, John
s. Thibaut, Fred Rogge and v. Maurin shall
constitute the first board of directors, who shall
hold office until the last Monday in January,
1912, or until their successors have been elected
and qualified. Dyer Lemann shall be president.
Emil Snnbery shall be first vice president, Victor
Maurin shall be second vice president, j. e.
Blum shall be secretary, and Chas A. Maurin
shall be treasurer.
ARTICLE VI.
General meetings of stockholders shall be held
annually as provided in article FIVE, and the
president or any three stockholders may call
special meeting OF the stockholders for any law
fui purpose upon giving notice in the manner
prescribed by article five. No action of stock
holders at any meeting shall be valid or binding
unless stockholders representing a majority of
all the capital stock subscribed for shall be
present or represented by proxy.
ARTICLE VII.
: No stockholder shall be liable or in any man
responsible for the contracts or faults of the
corporation beyond any unpaid balance that
may be due by him, shall any infcrmality in
this act have the effect OF rendering this charter
void.
ARTICLE VIII.
This charter may be altered, amended or
modified or the corporation dissolved by a vote
of three-fourths in amount of the capital stock
represented at a meeting OF the stockholders
called for that purpose in accordance with the
notice provided in article FIVE OF this act. At
the termination Of this charter, or in the case of
dissolution Of the corporation the affairs of the
corporation shall be liquidated by three com
missioners elected by a vote OF three-fourths OF
the stockholders represented at a meeting called
for that purpose. Said stockholders shall estab- |
Elish the terms and manner in which said liquid
alton shall be made and define the powers and
duties and compensation Of said commissioners.
The subscribers to this act of incorporation !
have respectively written opposite their names
the amount of stock subscribed for by each of
them so that this act may also as the origi-
nal subscription list of this corporation.
Thus done and passed in the parish OF Ascen-
sion, state of Louisiana, on the day, month and
year first above written, in the presence of Fred
Landry and James Fertier. good and competent
witnesses. who have signed their names with the |
appearers and me, notary, after the reading of
the whole.
F. Sunbery, five 81 shares $500
Sol Klotz two ~ shares res-.--- Zoo |
7. j. Lafargue, two t2l shares Zoo
Marie Lafargue. per j. J. lafargue, two W
v. Maurin, tWot2l shares -------s---------- 200
w. D. Park, one u share loo
Fred Rogge, two w Zoo |
Jas. Won Lotten, one ID share loo
Tony Sobral one I'd share loo
Jacnita SobraI, per T. Sobral, one "a share loo
David Israel, Jr., one " share----- 100
J. A. Dalferes, five (5l shares---------=~-----5o 300
Ado1phe Meter, five Isl shares 400
Alex Bloomenstiel, two ~ shares 200
w j. Harrison. three (3i shares------------- 300
r. r. Marshall, three (3) shares ----~-------- BOO
Percy A. Lemann, two t2) shares ------------ 200
Blum & WE'LL five 10 shares ------------ 500
Myer Lefnann, five (5) shares----------------#5 300
n a. Ienann FIVE l5} shares -------- 500 |
Kessler Bros, per ]. E. Blum, one W share loo
P. Alex Poche. one ll) share----------------l loo
FRED. LANDRY.
witnesses: lJAMEs FoRTIER,
[L.Sl WALTER LEMANE,
Notary Public.
hereby certify that the above and FOREGOING
is a true and correct copy Of the charter OF the