The herald., 1912-10-31
CHARTER
SDRY MOTOR CAR

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: STATE
of LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ohLEAN"'
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS; .ix,b
Re Il known that on this tWenty-slAtHt
aov Of the month of October, in the year oi
our Lord one thousand nine hunureu anu
twelve before me, Arthur a. Moreno ~ ~
tary public, in and Tor the PaLISn; VI Toned
leans state of Louisiana, duly commissioner
and qualified, and in the presence ol Lne
witnesses hereinafter named ana uhuJ I
signed personally came ana appealeu Wy
following persons whose nae1 mounts
unto subscribed, together with the amounts
of their respective subscriptions 10 lne cap
ital stock of the corporation 10 ne IoIhle 1,
who severally declare that awaiting lhen ll.
selves Of the provisions Oh Int 70 the or
%anization of corporations, they nave GOV
enanted and agreed, and DO py tnese ~
ents covenant and agree, ana Dlnd anu pu
nersons as nav hereafter become assOcIaleu
with them. or their successors, 10 Iorlh
and constitute themselves ipto corPo IRA
tion and body polite In law, ana ra lor ms
objects and purposes and unuer dsIeeeh'
and stipulations following, to-wt:
ARTICLE |.
Tho name and title of this corporation
shall be the ]. A. Landry Motor ,ar lin I'm,
many and by that name said corporation
Shall have power and authority to nave anu
enjoy succession for the full term OF ninety
nine wears from the date hereoi 10 con
tract, sue and be sued 10 MAKE anu race;ve
lease hold sell and convey, as wen as lnoie
gage and hypothecate. property real; Pelsonh
nj and mixed; to name ana appoint SUI SUI
officers and agents as the ia'e ~ maize and
corporation may require; ana 10 maxi a snn
establish such bylaws and regulations io
the proper management and regulaIioh Ui
its affairs as may be deemed necessary, anu
the same to change and alter at pieasuie
ARTICLE III. IN
The domicile of said corporation snail
be in the city Of New Orleans state OF Lou
isiana, and all citations and other legaI pr ~,
cess shall be served upon the presidein' VI
said corporation, and, in the case OF MS atr
sence. upon the vice-president, and, IN case
Of the absence of both of these ofncers, upon
the SECRETARY thereof.
Tho objects and purposes of this corpora
ton are. and are declared TO be, 10 ouy anu
sell automobiles, all parts or Things peIons
ing to or appertalning, OF useu io o. motor
or In automobiles, motor cars, OF ulot !.H
Trucks and to do all acts In cOnnection VII" Win
a general automobile business anu ~ ~
az agent for the sale and purchase OF au,o
mobiles and for everything that pertains 10
antomobiles. and to do and engage generally
in any business, or enterprise connected VIM !.
or growing out of, germane or inctdental 10
any of the purposes hereinaDoVe set io''"'
or contemplated by this charter.
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock of this corporation snall
be TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars. DIVIDED lntV
two hundred and fifty shares OF tne P par
when issued in cash, or other properly, o os
for services rendered, or actually perlorIne9
as decided by the board OF directors, anu
this corporation is to be going eoncern
When Ave thousand dollars of said stock
has been subscribed and paid Tor.
ARTICLE V.
No stakeholder shall ever be llaDle or
responsible for the Indebtedness 1auiis, ol
defaults of this corporation, nor snail any
mere informality in the organization OF the
corporation have any effect OF rendering tne
charter null or Of exposing the siocknolue en-
to any liability beyond the UNPAID oaianee'
IL any, on his stock subscription.
ARTICLE VI
This corporation shall have all the pow.
ers granted to such corporations by law anu
shall have the power TO contract, sue anu
be sued In its corporate name: and 10 own;
hold receive, loan, lease, purchase, sell ana
convey or mortgage any or all or It's eHects'
or TO hypothecate its property, and 10 90
any and all acts or things of any other kind,
nature or description, as may be necessary
to carry out the objects and purposes OF
said business as Its interests and convent
ences may require.
ARTICLE VII.
The business of said corporation shall De
directed by and vested In board OF dlrec-
tors composed of five stockholders, ma
for the transaction of all business and the
said directors as first constituted shall be
]. A. Landry, J. b. Avegno, Roger j. Mon
rose T.. Jorda Kahle and Adele b. Rauch,
and they shall hold Office until the second
Tuesday In December, 1912, and on that day
and from each and every day Thereafter
elections shall be held annually for direc'
tors at the principal office OF the corpora
ton. Failure to hold an election on the
day specified shall not dissolve the corpor
alton, but the directors In once shall holC
their respective Offices until an election snal
be held after ten days notice OF the time
and place thereof given to each stockholder
All vacancies on the board of directors fol
whatever cause shall be filled by the re
as first constituted shall elect Its principal
officers, and each succeeding board OF al
rectors thereafter shall elect Its principal
officers for the term of their election, anC
only stockholders shall be eligible Tor cleo
lion as a member of the board of directors
ARTICLE VIII.
Whenever this corporation Is dissolved
either by limitation or for any other cause
its affairs shall be liquidated by the board
of directors, who are HEREBY vested with
full power to sell any and all assets or the
corporation. either separately or In mass
and to convey full and complete title there
TO, and shall have full power to do and per
form all acts necessary and proper to fully
and completely liQuidate the affairs and
distribute the proceeds, IL any, among the
stockholders OF the said corporation to the
amount Of stock held by each.
ARTICLE TX.
This act of Incorporation may be amend
ed altered or modified, or this corporation
dissolved by a vote of threefourths or the
shares OF tue lOidl VI siVth At u
meeting convened for that purpose after ten
days notice in writing mailed to the address
of each stakeholder.
Thus done and passed in my notarial office
in the city OF New Orleans state of Louis
lana, on the day, month and year first above
written, in the presence of W. Catesby Jones
and william s. Edwards, competent wit
nesses, who have hereunto signed these
presents, together with the parties hereto
and me. notary, after reading of the whole.
Signed: j. A. Landry, "A shares Roger
J. Monrose, shares; ]. Bernard Avegno, 8
shares; A. B. Rauch, shares; r. Jorda
Kahle, / share.
Witnesses W. Catesby Jones, VIM. s.
Edwards.
A. A. MORENO, Notary Public.
l. the undersigned recorder of mortgages
In and for the parish of Orleans state of
Louisiana, do hereby certify the above and
foregoing act of Incorporation Of the j. A.