The herald., 1912-08-08
CHARTER
OF HAUSER PRINTING COMPAN

OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF ORLEANS,
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be it known, that on this fifteenth day
OF July, in the year nineteen hundred and
twelve, before me, Robert +. O'ConnOr, a
notary public. duly commissioned and quail
flied, in and for the parish of Orleans, state
of Louisiana, and domiciled in said parish,
personally came and appeared the under
signed persons, all residents of the state Of
Louisiana, and in the presence of the wit
neSSes hereinafter named and undersigned,
severally declared, that availing themselves
of the general and special laws of the state
of Louisiana relative to the formation Of
corporations they have formed and organ
lied and by these presents, do hereby form
and organize themselves and all the per-
sons who may hereafter become associated
jects and purposes hereinafter set forth,
which they hereby adopt as their charter,
to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be Hauser Printing Company, and by
that name il shall enjoy succession for a
term of ninety-nine years from date hereof,
unless sooner dissolved. 1t shall have pow
TO sue and be sued to borrow money,
hold, purchase, lease, sell and hypothecate
real and personal property; TO make and
use corporate seal; TO name and appoint
directors, managers and agents and 10 es-
tablish such bylaws, rules and regulations
for the management of the business and
affairs of said corporation as may be nee
eSSary, the same to alter at pleasure; also
10 make and issue bonds and other evil
dences of debt. and to secure same by mort
gage or otherwise.
ARTICLE III.
The domicile of this corporation shall be
in the city of New Orleans and all citations
or other legal process shall be served on
the president or in his absence on the vice
president.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes of this corpor-
alton are to conduct and carry on the bust
ness of book, newspaper and magazine print.
erS, publishers and sellers; the business OF
JoO printing, photographers, electrOtypers
engravers and all other business usually con.
nected with these businesses, including the
sale OF blank paper. type and printing press
es and other machinery and supplies used
IN the business in which this corporation
shall engage.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation shall
be liked at sixty thousand dollars divided
into twenty-four hundred shares of twenty
nve dollars each, payable in cash or its
equivalent, provided, however, that this cor
poratlon shall be deemed a going concern
when fifty thousand dollars OF its capita
stock has been subscribed. No stockholdel
shall transfer or sell his stock without frs
giving the corporation the option to pur
chase at not exceeding its book value a,
shown by the books of the corporation a.
the last accounting had preceding the dat,
of the offer.
ARTICLE v.
All the powers of this corporation shall
be vested In a Board of Directors. COMPOSE,
OF three stockholders. two of whom shall
constitute quorum for the transaction O
business. They shall elect from their mum
| Der president, vice-president, and a sec
rotary treasurer, but the board shall hay,
the right to divide the said offices and elec
secretary, who need not be a director o
stockholder: Within thirty days after tn
| adoption of this charter, a meeting of tn
subscribers shall be called for the purpos
OF electing the first board Of directors, an,
the said directors and the officers, whicl
| they shall elect, shall hold Office until tn
! nrst wednesday in June, 1913 or until thei
| successors have been duly elected and Quail
! ned. ANY failure to hold an annual meet
| Ing shall not cause a forfeiture of thi
charter or act of Incorporation, and an
| vacancy occurring In the board Of directors
from any cause, shall be filled by the re
| naming directors
i. The board of directors is especially all
thorized to adopt such bylaws as IT ma
find necessary for the proper conduct of m
business OF this corporation, and to confe
said board by this charter as NAV be nece.
| sary for the transaction of the business q
the corporation upon such officers as II ma
from time to time elect and appoint.
| ARTICLE vi.
On the first Monday in June. 1913. an
annually thereafter. there shall be held
meeting OF stockholders to elect director
Tor the ensuing years, which meeting sha
Pc pe eailed after thirty days notice Said NJ
each stockholder at the address, which h
or sne may have given to the secretary A
said meeting, said directors shall be electe
by ballot, and majority of the votes cas-
snall be necessary to elect and each shar
OF stock shall be entitled to one vote. an
the shareholder shall vote in person or n
written proxy All other meetings of N
stockholders or directors shall be called \
the president In the same manner excel
that not more than ten DAYS notice shat
given stockholders and three DAYS to dire
tors W e
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder shall be held liable Z,
any contract or fault Of this corporation
! any further sum than the unpaid balan,
or MS respective shares.
Il ARTICLE VIII.
/ This act of Incorporation NAV he modif,e
changed or amended or said corporation ms
be dissolved by a vote of three-fourths ,
the stock represented at a general meetir
held for that purpose after due notice sha
nave been given by publication for thir-
days In one of the Newspapers published
New orleans, and In case Of dissolutio
two commissioners shall wind up and sett
the affairs Of this corporation, and in n
event OF disagreement between them, tn,
be final
At the termination of this act of inco
porat1on the business and affairs of I'll
corporation shall be likewise wound up al
settled by two commissioners elected by ii
stockholders at a meeting called for th
purpose, after thirty days notice as aboy
Thus done, passed and signed In my n
tarial office. in the city Of New Oriear
Aforesaid. on the day, month and year Or
above written, In the presence of 8. Wo
ana j. Lehmann, competent witnesses,
lawful age. residing In this city. who 81,
ers and me, notary, after due reading OF &
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