The herald., 1912-01-25
CHARTER
OF THE KILLER ABRAHAM LIQUOR
COMPANY, LIMITED.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF OR
| LEANS, CITl OF NEW ORLEANS.
| Be it known and remembered that on
this tenth day of January, 1872, before me,
Bernard Titche, "A notary public in and for
the parish of Orleans, duly commissioned
and sworn and in the presence of the under
signed competent resident witnesses, per-
Sonally came and appeared lsidOre Hitler,
Louis Abraham and Dominic j. TOrtorich,
all residents of the parish OF Orleans, state
OF Louisiana, personally known to me, and
whose genuine signatures are respectively
hereunto signed, who Jointly and severally
declared that awaiting themselves OF the
constitution and laws of the state of Louisi-
ana, and especially of the provisions of Act
No 81, of the General Assembly of Louisi-i
ana of 1888 and Act No. as of 1904, of said
General Assembly, they had mutually coven-
anted and agreed and bound themselves,
their heirs, executors and assigns to and
with each other and to and with such other
persons as may hereafter become assOcia les
| herein as stockholders, TO unite together and
to form corporation for the purposes and
| objects and with the corporate powers and
| under the corporate name as follows to-
| wit:
ARTICLE FIRST.
| This corporation shall be STYLED the HILL
i.i ES-ABliIAilAM LIQUOR COMPANY, LIN
| lied, ana IN said corporate name shall have
| power TO do business, to buy and sell mer-
| chandise, such as liquors, cigars and tobacco
| in Wholesale or in retail quantities, to make
| all necessary contracts in reference to said
! business or incidental thereto, to establish
stores, warehouses and depOts for offices i'm
the state of Louisiana or elsewhere for the
purpose OF conducting their business TO
| operate one or more saloons or bar-roOms i'm
their said business in the city OF New Or
leans Oh elsewhere in the stale of louisiana
10 contract IN the corporate name, to borrow
money, TO execute notes, drafts or cheques |
ana To execute acts of pledge or mort gage |
as may be needtul, to purchase, own or |
lease 10y the month their saloon or bar room
building, or 10 build, own or acquire such |
real estate or buildings thereon as NAV be |
needful or incidental to said business and
shai nave and enjoy corporate existence.
WIN the right TO sue and be sued in the |
corporate name for the full term OF ninety
nine l9JJ years from the date of this act
ARTICLE SECOND.
Citation and all other legal process shall
De served on the president of this CORPORA
tlOn or, IN his absence, on the secretary |
treasurer, and the domicile of said corpora-
non Is hereby declared and established to
he IN the city of New Orleans
ARTICLE THIRD.
This corporation shall have power TO buy
u dt SCH III wholesale or retail quantities.
liquors, wines, WHISTLES, brandies, cordials /,
Deer, aIe, stout, mineral waters, natural or
dItlHcldI, or Olner alcoholic or nOn-alcoholic
products or compounds, except drugs, TO
own, acquire by purchase or lease ali such
Deer, are, stout, mineral waters natural or
phernalla that may be incidental TO their
SAID business to own and operate all such
vine stores, warehouses, depOts or offices as
may be needful in their purposes or husi +
ness Incidental or necessary thereto TO own
operate, conduct or manage such saloons,
Daf-fOoms or mail order house or houses in |
the city Of New Orleans or elsewhere as
may be Deedful, to borrow money and To S
issue notes, cheques. drafts, bills of lading
vi Nv Warehouse receipts incidental to said bus
mess ana generally TO do a general whole | r
sale or retail liquor and tobacco business
or eIther at Will, to have a corporate seal
anu the same TO alter or break at will, to :,
dPPOInl all Olncers, agents, clerks, managers
OF statesmen that may be needed and to fix h
their compensation and the same TO dis
charge at pleasure.
ARTICLE FOURTH.
All of the powers of this corporation shall
directors who shall hold Office for one wear
ana who shall serve until their respective
s s,i are elected by ballot at the an V
lual stockholders meeting and indicted into |,
ofhce. Said board shall consist of three b.
stockholders, one OF whom shall be presi- n
lent, the other vice-presdent and the third
' gST1et ar "a ana treasurer The first board fl
president; Dominic J. Tortorich, yice-nresi
lent, and Louis Abrahm, secretary treasurer
s sn. board shall have power to adopt by
ne compensation OF each executive officer
ma OF all employees by the month. week |
Jay or year The president shall be the
General executive officer, and in his absence
ne Vice-presdent shall preside at hoard s
meetings or stockholders meetings The :,
oard snail meet at sucn times and places 8
ine city OF New Orleans as may be de-
ermlned by said board hereafter. The
tockholders shall hold an annual meeting
nee each year on the first Monday in Janu7
~: A quorum of said board shall consist
1 three members. In cas-. of sickness al | -
ence from the city of New Orleans or other +
inability TO be present, any member of the n
GARD can with the assent of the other two u
and Oh the board give his proxy to at tt
emo board meeting well as a stock
olders meeting, said proxy having full
atary. N W
ARTICLE FIFTH.
The capital stock of said corporation is G.
ereDy nXed at the sum of five thousand dol
irs with the power to increase the same TO dC
twenty-five thousand dollars upon the yote
three-1ourths OF the stock at a stockhold- | -
Is meeting to be called by the president
,ter zen days written published notice. The
xed at one hundred ($1OO. OO) dollars. nav.
pie IN cash at the time of subscription or
$ equivalent Any vacancy occurring in Il
&c opa d OIL directors shall be filled by vote -
majority in amount of the stock at a f.
,ockholders meeting to be called after ten -
iys notice published in one of the New OF
rIeans daily papers, three times in ten ii,
iys and written notice mailed to each U
ockholder of record on the books of the eli
operation.
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ARTICLE SIXTH. Ia
IniS charter may be amended or this cor. b
,ratlon dissolved upon the vote of three
urths OF the amount of the capital stock
STOCKHOLDERS meeting to be called for | .
at purpose after publication three times pa
ten days in one of the New Orleans daily mi