The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-02-29
CHARTER
OF ST. BERNARD Hay AND GRAIN
COMPANY, LTD.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF OR
LEANS

Be it known, that on this sixth day Of
| the month Of December, in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and eleven, before
me, Thomas Donovan Flynn, notary pub
| lie, duly commissioned and qualified in and
for the parish Of Orleans, therein residing,
and in the presence Of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the persons whose
names are hercuntO subscribed, who sever
ally declared that they have covenanted and
agreed to form body corporate in law, for
the objects following. towit:
| The name of the corporation shall be the
| ST. BERNARD Hay AND GRAIN COM
PANY, LIMITED" Ii shall exist for nine
ty-nine years, with Its dOmicile in New Or
on its president: in his absence on Its vice
president. Its objects shall be 10 engage
| in the retail and wholesale business Of grain,
hay, animal feed and other farm products.
| Ii shall have power TO sue and be sued,
| buy, sell and receive, mortgage, pledge,
lease and suitcase real and personal proper
| ~, borrow and lend money contract; make
and Use a corporate seal I; appoint managers
and possess all the rights powers and priv
| ileges To which such corporations are en-
titled by the laws OF this State.
The capital stock of this corporation shall
| he three thousand (3,OO0D dollars, divided
into sixty 900 shares Of fifty $4,000 dol
lars each, the corporation not TO begin bust
ness until fifteen hundred (S1JOO. O0) dol
lars of said stock shall be subscribed The
profits shall be distributed in such manner
os the Board of Directors shall determine
Shares or stock shall be transferable on the
DOCKS or the company, in such manner as
the bylaws may provide. The powers Of
this corporation be vested in a board Of
three 90 members, each OF whom shall be
a stakeholder herein. Said board shall be
elected every two years on the fourth Mon
day in March, after previous notice of said
election in one daily newspaper of New Or
leans, ten days prior thereto. Each stock
holder shall be entitled TO one vote Until
been
board shall consist OF Wallace f. ellis, as
president: Thomas ID. Flynn, vice-preSident !:
and Robert T. Bell, secty-treas. The board
may provide for such other officers as il may
see mt and till vacancies occurring on the
board between elections. No share holder
shall be liable for the obligations of this
company in any further sum than the
amount of his Indebtedness TO the company
nor shall any mere informality in organiza-
tion have the effect of rendering this Act
null This Act Of incorpora lion NAV no
amended or this corporation dissolved by a
vote OF three fourthS of the permanent
stock subscribed and paid up to the date OF
the meeting called for that purpose after
ten days notice in any daily newspaper pub
llshed in this city. Whenever this corpora
ton Is dissolved its affairs shall he iduidat-
Ell by three commissioners elected at the
aforesaid general meeting.
THUS DONE AND PASSED. in nv no.
tarlal ONCE. ut New Orleans, the day and
date first above written. In the presence OF
W. W. Thompson and Robert +. McEyoy
presents, together with said appearcrs. and
me, notary, after due reading Of the whole
(Original >gnedD : W. +. ellis, Thomas
-. Flynn. Nellie Biggio, 6. T.. ellis, Robert
r. Bel. WITNESSES W. W. Thompson,
THOMAS u. FLYNN. Notu.y PuJiic.
!, the undersigned. recorder of mortgages
IN ana Tor the parish of Orleans state OF
Louis lana. do hereby certify that the above
ana foregoing act of incorpora ton of The
~. Bernard Hay and Grain Company. It'd
was inns day duly recorded in my Office, in
book 1851. folio 61J
New Orleans. February 9th, 1912.
tSignedJ EMILE LEONARD. H. r.
hereby certify the above and foregoing
10 he true and correct copy OF the act of
Incorporation of the st. Bernard Hay and
TRAIN company. Ltd, together with The
certificate of the recorder Of mortgages on
ME in my notarial Office
THOMAS ID. FLYNN. Notary Public.
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