The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1911-09-14
CHARTER
OF SONIA REALTY COMPANY"
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF OR
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

Be it known, that on this seventeenth
day of the month of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
eleven, before me- EdOuard +. Henriques, a
| notary public, duly commissioned and quail
| fed, in and for the parish of Orleans, state
of Louisiana, therein residing, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came and APP
peared the several persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, who scverally declared
| that. availing themselves of the provisions
of the statutes and laws of the state of
Louisiana relative to the formation of cor
pOratiOnS, and particularly OF Act No. as OF
the Session of the General Assembly of the
state of Louisiana, for the year 1904, they
have cOvenanted and agreed, and do by these
presents covenant and agree and bind and
Obligate themselves, as well as all such per
sons as may hereafter become associated
with them, to form and constitute a body
| corporate and polite in law, for the objects
and purposes and under the stipulatons fol
| lowing, to-Wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be the SONIA REALTY COMPANY
and under that name shall have and enjoy
all the rights, advantages and privileges
granted by law to corporations, and the
power and authority to enjoy succession and
| have corporate existence for and during the
period of ninety nine (99) years, from the
day and date hereof, unless sooner dissolved
| in the manner hereinafter provided.
| 1t shall have power and authority to con-
| tract. to sue and be sued; to make and use
corporate seal, and the same to break,
| alter or amend at pleasure; to hold, re-
ceive, purchase. convey, deliver mortgage;
| hyp0thecate and pledge property both real
and personal; to issue notes and other Obli-
cations. negotiable instruments, or evidence
| Of debt to have and employ such managers,
| agents, directors, officers and employees as
| the interests of the said corporation may
| require; and to make, and establish as well
| as to alter and amend from time to time
| such bylaws, rules and regulations. for the
| corporate management and control OF the
affairs Of the corporation, as may be deem
| ed necessary and proper.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation shall be
in the city of New Orleans, state of Louisi-
ana, and all citations and other legal pro
cesses shall be served upon the president,
and in the absence Of the president, upon
the vice-president, and in the absence of
both of these, upon the secretary of this
corporation.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature of
the business to be carried on by 1t are here
by declared to be:
| To buy, sell, exchange, lease and gener-
ally to deal in real estate, improved and I'M
improved; to build. construct, operate, main
tain, lease and sell dwelling and apartment
houses and stores of all kinds and descrip-
tions. To maintain general real estate
agency and brokers' business, including the
right to manage estates, to act as agent
broker or attorney in fact for any person OF
corporation to make and obtain loans upon
real estate, improved or unimproved, and to
supervise, manage and protect such pro
perty loans and all interests and claims ar
fecting the same and to have the same In
sured against fire and other casualties. To
improve manage, operate, sell, mortgage
or nfhprwiSp 6iSnOSp
real or personal, and take mortgages and
assignments Of mortgages upon the same.
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock of this corporation Is
hereby fixed at the sum of one hundred
divided into and represented by one thou
sand shares of the par value of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) each.
Said shares of stock shall be issued at PAL
only, and when issued shall be paid for IN
cash, or property, or the equivalent thereof
All shares Of stock shall be issued as full
paid and worcestershire, and no transfer OF
stock shall be binding on said corporation
unless recorded on its books.
This corporation shall be going con
Germ as soon as three thousand dollars (S3,
OO0.O O) Of its capital stock has been sub
scribed and paid for, In cash or Its equiva
lent.
vested In and the management and contro
Of its affairs shall be exercised by boarC
Of directors, to be composed or three STOCK
holders and two of said board Of directors
shall constitute a quorum for the transac
ton of the business and affairs of this cor
poration.
The board of directors shall be composed
of Walter C.. Dwyer, Ad0lph Henriques, VI
D.. and Joseph A. Wisong; oh Each Sha,, boar rnn
sist of a president, vice-president and
secretary-treasurer.
! The officers of the first board of Director
shall be: Walter c. Dwyer, president
Adolph ftenriGues NJ. D., vice-president, an,
: Joseph A wisong, secretary treasurer; AM
the said board of directors shall serve AM
remain in Office until the first Monday II
: October, 1912, on which said date, and an
nually thereafter, the board of director
shall be elected by the stockholders at
meeting called for that purpose:
All directors and officers shall hold ofic
until their successors are elected and quail
fed, and any failure to elect directors shal
: not be regarded as forfeiture OF Uni
charter.
All such elections shall be by ballot, con
! Quoted at the Office of the corporation, IN
: der the supervision Of three commissioner
7 to be appointed by the board of directors
| each stakeholder shall be entitled to on
! vote for each share OF stock owned Dy MIN
i to be cast in person or by proxy and ma
! jority of votes cast shall elect. Any va
. cancy occurring in the board Of director
3 shall be filed by the remaining director
. for the unexpired term.
: The board of directors may, from II
e members, appoint such committees as
NAV deem proper for the management G
the affairs and business Of the corporation
and shall be vested with full power and al
thority to make all contracts, purchase
/ and sales, and adopt all bylaws, rules an
! regulations for the government OF the bus
5 ness and affairs Of the corporation, and a
i ter, amend and change the same at pleasur
Il ARTICLE VI.
G All meetings Of stockholders shall be cal
+ ed by notice mailed to the last known a.
b dress of each stakeholder, not less tina
4 thirty days before the date fixed for sue
ARTICLE VII.
n This act of Incorporation may be amen
II ed. modified or changed, or this corporate
le dissolved with the assent OF three-fourtl
of the capital stock, present or represente
at a general meeting Of the stockholde
convened for that purpose. :,
Whenever this corporation shali De o.
le solved. either by limitation or from al
A. other cause its affairs shall be liquidat
Ia nv three commissioners to be appointed
% that purpose from among the stockholde
% at q meeting of the stockholders conven