The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-03-07
CHARTER
OF ST. BERNARD HAY AND GRAIN
COMPANY, LTD.

United States of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of Orleans.
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 or the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the persons whose
names are herruntO subscribed, who sever
ally declared than they have cOyenanted and
agreed 10 form cody corporate in law, Tor
the objects following. to-wit:
The name Of the corporation shall be the
ST. BERNARD Hay AND GRAIN CON
PANY, LIMITED" II shall exist for nine
ty-nine years. with its dOmcile in New Or
leans, La. All legal process shall BE- served
on its president in his absence on its vice
president. lis objects shall Ia 10 engage
in the retail and wholesale business OF grain,
hay. animal feed and other farm products.
Ii shall have power 10 sue and be sued,
buy, sell and receive, mortgage, pledge,
lease and suitcase real and personal proper
II. borrow and lend money: contract: max"
and use a corporate seal appoint managers
and agents: make bylaws and regulations.
and possess all the rights. powers and priv
icgeS 10 which such corpora iOns are en-
titled by the laws of this state.
The capital stock of this corporation shall
be rhre" Thousand tSa,UOol dollars. divided
into sixty 900 shares Of fifty lSIo.Ool dol
lars each. the corporation not To begin bust
Ness until fifteen hundren Isl .Jou.OOD dol
lars of said stock shall be subscribed. tn"
profits shall bc distributed in such manner
aS the board of directors shall determine.
Shares Of stock shall be- transferable on the
books Of the company. in such manner aS
the bylaws may provide. The powers Of
this corporation he vested in board Of
three 90 members. each of whom shall b"
stakeholder herein. Said board shall h.
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 b. entitled 10 one vote. Until
their successors have been qualified. the
board shall consist of Wallace +. ellis. as
president; Thomas II. Flynn. yice-preSident !;
and Robert +. Bell, Secty-treaS The board
may provide for such other officers as it may
see tit and till vacancies occurring on the
board between elections. No share holder
shall bc liable for the obligations Of this
company in any further sum than the
amount Of his Indebtedness 10 the company
nor shall any mere informality in Organiza-
ton have the effect Of rendering this Act
null This Act of Incorporation may be
amended or this corporation dissolved by a
vote Of three fOurths of the permanent
stock subscribed and paid up 10 the date Of
ten days notice in any daily newspaper pub
lishei in this City. Whenever this corpora
tion is dissolved its affairs shall be liquidat-
ell by three commissioners elected at the
aforesaid general meeting.
THUS DONE AND PASSED in my no.
tarial Office, at New Orleans the day and
date first above written, in the presence OF
W. W. Thompson and Robert f. McEvoy
competent witnesses, who have signed these
presents. together with said appearers. and
me, notary, after due reading of the whole.
Original signed W. f.. ellis Thomas
u. Flynn, Nellie Biggio. q. f. ellis. Robert
+. Bell. witnesses W. W Thompson,
x. McEyOy.
THOMAS d. FLYNN. Notqry Pubic.
/. the undersigned. recorder Of mortgages
in and for the parish Of Orleans state OF
Louisiana. do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act Of Incorporation Of the
ST, Bernard Hay and Grain Company. It'd,
was this day duly recorded in my Office in
book 1851. folio 61J.
New Orleans, February 9th, 1912
lSignedb EMILE LEONARD, Il. r.
| hereby certify the above and foregoing
TO be a true and correct copy OF the act of
Incorporation of the ST. Bernard Hay and
Grain Company. Ltd. together with the
certificate of the recorder Of mortgages. on
file in my notarial office
THOMAS II. FLYNN. Notary Public
(SeaD feb - ~ mch IA II IS IL