The herald., 1911-08-24
CHARTER
ACT OF INCORPORATION CARTER
BLANKS CO, MAY so, 1911.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF OR
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.


Be 1t Known. That on this thlrtieth day
hundred and eleven, before me. Joseph
Francis Walton, notary public duly com
misSiOned 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 appeared the persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed, all above the full
age Of majority, who seyerally declared
that, availing themselves Of the provisions
of the laws of Louisiana relative to the
organization OF corporations and particu-
larly Of Act 7S Of 1904, Of the General
Assembly, they hereby form themselves
into and do constitute a corporation for
the objects and purposes and under the
stipulatiOns hereinafter set forth, which
shall constitute the charter of said cor
pOration.
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of the corporation
hereby formed is declared to be Carter
Blanks Company, and its domicile shall
be in the City OF New Orleans, State of
Louisiana, at which domicile all meetings
of 1910 of the General Assembly. II shall
have and enjoy succession by its corporate
name for period Of ninety-nin years from
and after the date hereof.
ARTICLE II.
InlS corporation snail have power and
authority TO contract, sue and be sued. in
its corporate name: to make and use q
corporate seal; to hold receive. purchase
and convey, under its corporate name,
property, both real and personal; to name
and appoint such managers, directors and
officers as its interests may require; TO
make and establish such bylaws for the
proper management and regulation Of the
affairs of the corporation as may be nee
essary and proper.
All citations or other legal process shall
be served upon the president, and in the
event Of his absence or inability TO serve
from any cause, upon the vice president
or secretary-treasurer.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature of
hereby declared to be the manufacture, re-
building, repairing, hiring or renting by or
from, buying. selling, importing, exporting,
dealing in, individually or as agent, all
kinds and makes Of typewriters, mimeo-
graphs, duplicating machines operated by
print. impression or Photographic plate, Of
flee. furniture, fixtures, supplies and aces
series, with all general and incidental pow
ers relative thereto, within or without this
State and subject to the laws and con-
stitution now in force in this State.
ARTICLE ".
The authorized capital stock OF this cor
poration is hereby fixed at the sum Of TWEEN
ty thousand dollars, divided into and rep
resented by two hundred shares of the par
value Of one hundred dollars each, when
shall be paid for in cash money or in per-
sonal or real property at a cash valuation
to be determined by the board OF directors
at a regular or called meeting, and no GER
tificate OF stock shall issue until fully paid
for as above stated. This corporation
shall begin business as soon as three thou
sand five hundred dollars of its stock is
subscribed for.
ARTICLE v.
All the corporate powers Of this corpora
tion shall be vested in and exercised by a
board Of directors consisting of three
stockholders, Of whom three shall consti-
tute quorum for transacting all business
the board Of directors to be vested with
the full powers enumerated in Article III
Of this charter, as well as full authority
and power to make such rules and regu-
lations for the government OF the corpora
ton, to appoint, hire, and discharge all Of
hcers, agents, employees fix all salaries
and generally to do all things necessary
poration.
The first board Of directors shall con-
sist of the following Officers of the cor
pOration Tull d. Carter, president: p. A.
Kearny, vice president, and II. ID. Blanks,
rtary-treasurer. who shall hold their of
fees until the fifteenth day of January
1912. or until their successors are duly
elected and qualified.
On the third Monday In January, 1912.
and annually thereafter, an election for
directors shall be held at the offices of the
corporation, under the supervision of two
commissioners appointed by the president.
and the directors then elected shall take
their seats Immediately and hold office un-
til their successors are duly elected and
qualified Each board shall elect its own
officers. who shall be a president. vice
president and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Vacan-
cies occurring on the board shall be filed
by vote Of the stockholders by special called
meeting. All elections shall be by ballot
a majority of votes shall elect. and each
share of stock shall be entitled to one vote
e eitner IN person or 6y written proxy. No