The herald., 1913-11-20
RENECKY SELLS THE FAMOUS
ELK SKIN SHOES.


OF THOMAS /. HARDIN COMPANY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF ORLEANS:
Re IL known. that on this Nrh day Of No
yrmbrr in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and thirteen. before me. Martin ii.
Manion. notary public duly commissioner
and qualified in and for the parish and
state aforesaid. personally came and appear
Cd Thomas L. Hardin. Sr.. Of full age and
4 resident Of the city Of New orleans, pr"Si-
dent. and Thomas l.. Hardin. Jr.. also ~
fun age and a resident Of tn" city of New
orleans. secretary II Thomas l.. Hardin
company. duly organized corporation Of
This state. domiCiled in the city of New or
leans. and created by an act before Robert
L"gier. notary public in this city. under date
Of December |. 1912. recorded in the mort
gage office Of this parish in book 1879. folio
I1b. who declared that At meeting of tn"
Stockholders Of the aforesaid cOrporatio
mrnt 10 the said charter or act Of incOrpO-
ration Of the said Thomas l.. Hardin Com
pany WAS unanimously adopted by the stock
holders Of said corporation present nj the
aforesaid meeting. as will appear by the
minutes thereof, an extract from which
said minutes Of said meeting certified by
tho secretary and approved hy the president
Of the said Thomas l.. Hardin Company. i
now produced and annexed 10 IN" present
act as part hereof after having been par
aphed Ne Narictur" by the undersigned no
tary. which amendments are in words and
figures. tu-wit
ARTICLE IV.-.Tha capital stock IT this
corporation i hereby fixed at the sum Of
twenty-five thousand tS2j nu00ob dollars
divided into two hundred and ffty $500
shares Of the par value of one hundred
tSluO.oOl dollars each. which shall be paid
for in cash. or may hr issued by the board
of directors Of said company. AT not less
than par for services rendered 10 or pro-
perty purchased by said corporation
All shares Of stock shall be full paid and
worcestershire. No transfer Of stock shall
BE- binding unless transferred upon its books
~ a tFa.sF i. 4
by such officers a. may b. designated by the
board Of directors"
ARTICLE N.-"AlI the corporate powers
Of this company shall be vested in and the
management and control Of its affairs shall
he exercised by a board of directors com
posed Of not more than seven 90 stock
holders. majority Of those elected shall
constitute quorum for the transaction OF
all business. The directors shall be elected
annually on the second Thursday Of pecem
her of each year by ballot of the Stockhold.
erS Each stakeholder shall b. entitled in
person or by written proxy 10 one vote for
on the books of the company and a major
ity OF the votes cast shall elect. All cleo
lions shall be held under such rules and
regulations as may he determined by the
board Of directors. but after at least ter
days notice shall have been given To racf
StockhOlder by mail addressed to his last
known address or by publication in one %
| the daily newspapers for at least ten dav,
preceding said election. The directors thu.
| elected shall continue in Office for one veal
! or until their successors shall hsve beef
duly elected and qualified No failure I,
elect shall he regarded as forfeiture al
| this charter. Any vacancy occurring oil
| said board of directors shall he filled by tn,
| remaining directors for the uneHpircd term
Said board OF directors shall AT its frs
| meeting, after its election, elect from anon!
| its number. a president. a vice-preSidcnt,
| secretary and treasurer. 1t may combine
| the two last mentioned offices and may ever
elect secretary who need not be a stock
holder. Said board Of directors shall hav,
! the right 10 appoint and dismiss Sucl
! clerks. managers and other employees of tn,
| corporation. including the secretary. who 4
1 not stakeholder, as conditions NAV JUS
| tify or the business Of the corporation may
| require The tenure of office Of all en-
ployees shall be during the pleasure of tn,
| board Of directors"
| And. said appearerS moreover declare,
| that In consideration of the premises anC
pursuant TO the authority in them veste,
| Dy the stockholders of the said Thomas I.
| Hardin Company. at the Stockholders meet
| ing held on November 8 1913 they do here
py formally declare. publish and max,
| known, that in the manner prescribed h,
| law. and agreeably to the provisions Of tn,
| charter Of said corporate the Articles II
and ' of the charter Of the said Thomas l.
| hardin company, passed before Robert La
ger. notary public. AS aforesaid. have beer
| altered and amended as hereinabove SCI
| forth. and that they hereby direct and re
| quire that the above stated amendments I,
| Article " and V Of its charter shall hence
| forth and at all times he as II is herein SCI
| Iorth and binding on all present and futur,
| stockholders of said Thomas l.. Hardin
Company.
| Thus done and passed in my Office in New
orleans, in the presence of John Wentworth
ana herbert W. Kaiser, competent witnesses
| or lawful age, both residing In this CITY
VINO hereuntO set their names with the par
| ties and me, notary, on the day and dat,
| aforesaid '
iSlgnedl Thomas l.. Hardin. president
/. l.. Hardin. Jr., secretary. witnesses
John Wentworth. ii. W. Kaiser.
tSigned) MARTIN H. MANION.
Not. Pub
!. the undersigned. recorder of mortga ge.
| In and for the parish Of Orleans state o-
| LouiS lana. do hereby certify that the aboy,
ana foregoing act Of incorporation OF TN,
| Thomas l.. Hardin Company as amende,
| was this day duly recorded in NV office n
| book 11l9. folio 30.
/ New Orleans. November Is. 1918.
tSigncdD EMILE J. LEONARD, ID. r
true copy:
MAETIH II. MANION, Not. Pub.
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