The herald., 1913-10-30
CHARTER

OF GOOD YEAR RAINCOAT COMPANY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS,
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be it known, that Oh this fourteenth DAY
OF the month Of October, In the year 1913,
before me- Herman Michel, notary puD-
lie duly commissioned and quallfied IN ana
for the parish of Orleans, state OF Loulsl.
ana. therein residing, and in the presence Of
the witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed, personally came and appeared, the
several persons whose names are here9ho1 IN ,
subscribed, who severally declared. that
ayailing themselves Of the privileges OF
the statutes and laws of the state OF
Louisiana, relative TO the formation OF cor
norations they have cOvenanted and agreed,
and do by these presents covenant and agree,
and bind and obligate themselves, as wei
as all such persons who may herelnaller
constitute a body corporate and polite In
law for the objects and purposes, ana
under the stipuations and provisions FOL
lowing, to-wit:
ARTICLE The name and title Of this
corporation shall be the Goodyear Raincoat
COMPANY and under that name shall have
and enjoy all the rights, privileges ana
advantages granted by law to corporations,
and shall have the power and authority 10
enjoy succession and corporate existence Ter
and during the period of ninty-nine years
from the date hereof, unless sooner as,
solved in the manner hereinafter provided
said corporation shall have the power
and authority to contract, TO sue and De
sued, to make and use corporate seal, ana
pleasure. to hold, receive, purchase, convey,
deliver. mortgage, hypothecate and pledge
any property real or pefs0na sgof,aSle and IN.
struments or other evidences or deot' 10
have and employ such managers, agents ana
other employees as the interest and conven-
fence of said corporation may require or
demand and TO make and establish sucn
bylaws, rules and regulations for the cor
porate management ana control OF Its
affairs as may be deemed necessary and
expedient.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile OF this cor
poration shall be In the city OF New Or
leans parish of Orleans, state or LOUISIANA,
and all citations and other iegat proeessS pS Il
his absence upon the vice-president, ana 10
the absence Of both, upon the secretary
ARTICLE III-The objects for which
this Corporation Is created, and the business
70 be carried on by 1t, are hereby declared
to be. TO buy, sell and generally deal In
either wholesale or retail, all forms or mer;
chandize. clothing, and particularly all
forms of rubber, rubberized and craVenet
ted goods, clothes and clothing; 10 manu-
facture such articles and buy ard sell the
same, either for Its own account or on com,
mission, and generally TO do any ana an
other things necessary. useful or connected
with the carrying on OF such business, ;, +b,.
thousand (s3O0O.OOl dollars, divided into;
and represented by, thirty 1907 shares OF
the par value Of one hundred CS1OO.OO)
dollars each: said shares OF stock shall be
issued at par only. and when issued, snail
be paid for in cash or property or the equiv
aent thereof. All shares of stock shall bt
issued as full paid and worcestershire, and
no transfer of said stock shall be binding on
said corporation unless recorded on Its
books
No stockholder OF said corporation shall
sell his stock TO any person, until he has
offered II to the then stockholders OF the
corporation at its book value and any
transfer Of stock made in violation of this
provision. shall not be recognized by the
corporation.
This corporation shall be going con
Germ as soon as three thousand( 50, ,OO0Oo)