The herald., 1913-02-20

and under that name it shall have and en-
Joy all the rights, advantages and prlvl-
leges granted by law TO corporations; IL
shall exist for a period of ninety-nine years
from the date hereof. 1t shall have the
power to sue, and be sued under It's sald
corporate name; to make and use cor
pOrate seal and the same to break or after
at pleasure; to have and employ such man
ayers, directors, officers, agents and other
employees as the interest and convenience
Of said corporation may require; and 10
make and establish such bylaws, rules ana
regulations for the corporate management
and control of the affairs of the said cor,
poration as may be deemed necessary ana
expedient. Said corporation shall also have
power to hold, receive, purchase, hypothe-
cate, convey, sell, lease or pledge such real
estate or personal property as pertains TO
the objects and purposes for which this cor
poration is organized.
ARTICLE II.
The dOmicile OF said corporation shall be
in the City of New Orleans, State or Lou
isiana, and all citations and other legal pro
corporation as the law directs.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature or
the business to be carried on by 1t are here
by declared to be: To carry on general
undertaking business for the burial or the
dead to conduct general livery business
for the purchase and sale of live stock OF
all kinds it shall also be empowered TO
lease and hire carriages, automobiles and
other mechanically propelled vehicles TO es-
tablish branch undertaking establishments
and to receive and handle all kinds of goods
and merchandise connected with the said
undertaking business or any enterprise con-
nected with, growing out of, or germane or
incidental TO any OF the purposes herein
above set out or contemplated by this char
ter.
The capital stock Of this corporation Is
hereby declared to be the sum Of ten thou
sand (S1O,OOO) dollars, divided into one
hundred shares (IOO) OF one hundred (S100)
dollars each. Said stock may be paid for
in cash or in property, merchandise, labor,
or services made or rendered to this cor
poration; the capital stock Of this company
NAV be increased or decreased by a vote
of the stockholders In accordance with the
laws governing the increasing or decreasing
of the capital stock of corporations. This
corporation shall begin Its business and be
come a going concern as soon as three thou
sand (S3,000) dollars of its capital stock
shall have been subscribed for.
ARTICLE V.
tion and the management and control OF
its affairs shall be vested In and exercised
by a board OF directors, composed OF three
stockholders, a majority Of whom shall con
stitute quorum for the transaction or O
business. These directors shall be elected
annually by the stockholders at meeting
to be held at the domicile of the corpora
tion on the second Tuesday OF January OF
each year. Each stockholder shall be enti
tied. in person or by proxy, to a vote fol
each share Of stock owned by him and al
elections shall be held under such rules ant
regulations as may be determined by the
board of directors. The directors thus elect
ed shall continue In office for one year OIL
until their successors shall have been elected
and have qualified. No failure TO elect shall
be regarded as a forfeiture of this charter
Any vacancy occurring In the board shall bt
hv directors
expired term. The board OF directors shal
at their first meeting after their election
elect from among Its number a president
vice-presldent and secretary-treasurer. Tit
to make and from time to time amend by
laws rules and regulations for the conduc
of the affairs of the corporation and to EN-
ploy and dismiss managers, clerks, ant
other employees of the corporation as tn,
interests and business OF same may require
The corporation shall have full power ant
authority to borrow money, issue notes ant
other obligations, and generally to do al
things necessary for the proper carrying OF
of the business of the corporation. Any o.
the directors shall have the right to appoin
| by a written instrument another director o.
| stockholder to act as his proxy and In hi
stead, at any and all meetings OF the boar'
of directors.
The first board of directors of this cor
poration shall consist Of Duplin w. Rhodes
A. L. Johnson and Flavia o. Rhodes, with
the said Duplin W. Rhodes as president, A
l. Johnson as vice-president and the SAT-
Flavia o. Rhodes as secretary treasurer
| Said directors to remain In office until tn
election to be held in January 1914, or unit
their successors are elected and qualified
said officers, however, holding their ONCE
only at the pleasure OF the board.
ARTICLE vi.
No stockholder shall ever be held liabl
| for the contracts, faults or debts OF thi
corporation, nor shall any mere informalit.
| in organization have the effect OF rendering
this charter void or of exposing stock
holder to any liability beyond the unpai'
balance due on shares subscribed for o
owned by him.
ARTICLE VII.
This act OF Incorporation may be changed
modified or altered, or this corporation ma.
be dissolved with the assent of Its stock
holders owning three-fourths of the capita
stock of the corporation present or repre-
sented by written proxy at a general meet
ing convened for that purpose after lega
notice In writing shall have been give
through mail TO each stockholder at his las
known residence. In case of dissolution b.
| the expiration Of this charter, or otherwise
| the stockholders shall elect one Nquidato
| from among their number to settle and win
| up the affairs and business of this corpora
tion.
ARTICLE VIII.
In order that this charter may act a
the original subscription list made for tn
purpose of organizing this corporation, tn
incorporators have signed their names here
to and placed opposite to their names tn