The herald., 1911-10-05
ARTICLE I.

The name and title of this corporation
shall be the Gasteam Heating Company,
and by that name IL shall have and enjoy
corporate existence and succession for
period Of twenty-five (25) years from date
hereof, with full power in the prosecution
of and for the purposes Of Its business as
hereinafter set forth; to sue and be sued !;
to acquire property both real and personal
by purchase, lease or otherwise and the
same to ALLEVIATE, mortgage, pledge, hypoth-
ecate or otherwise dispose OF to appoint or
elect directors, officers, managers, or other
agents or other employees as Its business
may require to make and use a corporate
seal and the same to alter at pleasure !:
and in general do all things necessary and
proper. permitted by law to corporations
Of this character.
in the parish Of Orleans, state OF Louis
lana, and all citations and other legal pro
cess shall be served upon the PRESIDENT
or in his absence upon the vice-president'
'e''i ARTICLE Ill
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation Is organized and the business
TO be carried on by 1t are declared to be :
the buying and selling by the wholesale
or retail machinery, hardware, rope, cord
age, burlaps, bags, mills, building supplies
and materials, waterworks and sewerage
materials, gas appliances, all articles OF
| earthenware stoneware, marble, stone, iron,
"copper" lead and other metals, ana 70 mdn-
ufacture and work any or all the said COM
To do plumbing, architectural, construc-
| tive. and general civil, mechanical, ny
draulic, mining and sanitary engineering
| work.
The capital stock of this corporation Is
fixed at fifty thousand ($5O,0OO) dollars,
| divided into and represented by five hun
| dred shares of the par value OF one nun,
| bred (s1OO.00) dollars each, which shall
| be paid for in cash, or may be issued IN
payment Of or for rights, property actuaiiy
| received by this corporation.
| This corporation shall be going con
| Germ as soon as three thousand (S3OOOOO)
| dollars of the capital stock has been SUD-
| scribed for.
ARTICLE v.
All the corporate powers of this corpora
tion shall be vested In and exercised Dy .,
! board of three directors, majority OF
whom shall constitute quorum ior tne
| transaction of business.
Said directors shall De elected at a gen
eral meeting of the stockholders to be held
on the second Tuesday Of January OF eacf
year.
Notice of such meetings and of all Other
meetings, not otherwise provided for by law
| shall be given in writing to each STOCK
holder by mailing same TO such stockhold
er's last known address, ten uays peloi'
each meeting.
At the first meeting of the board o.
directors after its election 1t shall cleo
from among its own number president
a vice-president. and secretary-treasurer
and ali vacancies occurring shall be nllet
by the remaining directors, for the unex
pired term. -
Until the second Tuesday In January
1912 the following shall constitute tn'
first board OF directors, namely: William
T. Mccormick, A. B. Booth, Jr., and Georg
NJ Carson, with the said William T. Nc
| Cormick as president, and the said A.
Booth as vice-president and the said Georg
NJ. Carson as secretary treasurer, and the;
shall serve until their successors are elected
At all meetings of the stockholders eaci
stakeholder shall be entitled 10 one vOt
for each share of stock owned by him an
such shares may be voted in person o
ARTICLE vi.
This act of Incorporation may be amende,
or this corporation dissolved by and wit
. the consent of two-thirds of the entire CAP
ital stock represented in person or by prox
, at a general meeting called for the pul
! pose after written notice as provided 70
by law. In case of the dissolution of TIL
corporation, its affairs shall be liquidate
by two commissioners, elected from anon
I.