The herald., 1913-02-13

and under that name it shall have and en-
| JOY all the rights, advantages and privi
| iegeS granted by law to corporations; II
shall exist for period OF ninety nine year:
| from the date hereof. 1t shall have tn.
| power TO sue and be sued under its said
| corporate name; TO make and use cor.
| pOrate seal and the same to break or alter
| 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 TO
make and establish such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the corporate management
and control OF the affairs Of the said cor
pOratiOn as may be deemed necessary and
expedent. 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 III.
The dOmicile OF said corporation shall be
IN the City of New Orleans, State of Lou
isiana, and all citations and other legal pro-
cess shall be served on the officers of said
corporation as the law directs.
ARTICLE I'LL
The object and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature OF
the business to be carried on by 1t are here
by declared to be: To carry on a general
undertaking business for the burial of the
dead: to conduct general livery business
for the purchase and sale of live stock of
all kinds: 1t 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
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this corporation Is
hereby declare n hp no ~ tan bnt
sand CSlOOOO) dollars, divided into one
hundred shares (100) OF one hundred $500,
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
may he 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 going concern as soon as three thou |
sand $4,000 dollars of its capital stock
shall have been subscribed for
ARTICLE V.
All the corporate powers OF this corpora
ton and the management and control Of |
It's affairs shall be vested in and exercised
by board of directors, composed of three
a majority of whom shall con-
Stitute a quorum for the transaction OF a
business. These directors shall be elected
by the stockholders at a meeting
to be held at the dOmicile OF the CORPORA
ton on the second Tuesday of January OF
zach year. Each stockholder shall be enti-
lied, in person or by proxy, to a vote for
zach share OF stock owned by him and all
elections shall be held under such rules and
equations as may be determined by the
BOARD OF directors. The directors thus elect
ID shall continue in Office for one year or
lntil their successors shall have been elected
md have qualified No failure to elect shall
,e regarded as a forfeiture of this charter
my vacancy occurring in the board shall be
llled by the remaining directors for the un-
Thn ri Of
I their first meeting after their election
lect from among its number a president
ice-preSident and secretary-treasurer. The
aid board'of directors shall have the power
o make and from time to time amend by
avs, rules and regulations for the conduct
I the affairs Of the corporation and to en-
10y and dismiss managers, clerks and
ther employees of the corporation as the
lterests and business OF same may require
he corporation shall have full power and ,
uthority to borrow money, issue notes and
ther obligations, and generally to do all
lngs necessary for the proper carving on ,
the business OF the corporation. Any of :
ne directors shall have the right to appoint
Y a written instrument another director or
ockholder to act as his proxy and in hi. ,
cad, at any and all meetings Of the board
directors.
The first board of directors Of this cor. ,
)ration shall consist of Duplin w. Rhodes
L. Johnson and Flavia o. Rhodes, with {
lie said Duplin W. Rhodes as president A | 9
ayia o. Rhodes as secretary treasurer.
lid directors to remain In office until the
ecti0n to be held in January 1914, or until
cir successors are elected and qualified |
Id officers, however, holding their Offices
ly at the pleasure OF the board.
ARTICLE VI.
No stockholder shall ever be held liable
r the contracts, faults or debts of this -
rporatiOn, nor shall any mere informality
organization have the effect Of rendering b
Is charter void or Of exposing a stock 4
lder TO any liability beyond the unpaid -
lance due on shares subscribed for or
med by him. O
ARTICLE VII
This act OF Incorporation may be changed. -
'ditied or altered, or this corporation may ca
dissolved with the assent of its stock.
lders owning three-fourths of the capital ci
)ck OF the corporation present or repre- ~
lted by written proxy at a general meet 70
, convened for that purpose after legal N
tice in writing shall have been given NC
rough mall to each stockhOlder at his last IN
own residence. In case of dissolution by m
, expiration of this charter, or otherwise | =,
! stockholders shall elect one lquidator nv
IN among their number to settle and wind p
the affairs and business of this CORPORA
n. SO
ARTICLE VIII.
In order that this charter NAV act as -
original subscription list made for the 81
pose of organizing this corporation, the
orporatbrs have signed their names here in
and placed opposite to their names the II
nber OF shares Of the capital stock Of an