The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-09-25
CHARTER

OF JOSEPH NJ. FORNARIs & COMPANY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA; CITY OF NEW OR
LEANS, PARISH OF ORLEANS
Be II known. that ON this the twelfth day
OF september, In the year nineteen hundred
and thirteen. before me, Charles G. GIL,
notary pubic, duly commissioned and uuali-
hed In and for said parish and state, per
sonally came and appeared the undersigned
persons, who declared:
ARTICLE THAT they hereby form
corporation, for term Of ninety-nine 1901
years from date, under the name of JOSEPH
NJ; FORNARIs 4 COMPANY, with its doml-
Gle In this City. 1t shall have all legal
powers, including that to contract, sue and
be sued In Its name to hold. receive, lease
purchase, sell, mortgage and hypothecate
real and personal property.
ARTICLE 1.-THE purposes are TO buv
and sell as owner or broker or agent
throughout the United States and in foreign
countries, cotton-seed and all cotton-seed
oils. and other products: also animal lard
oils, fats and tailow rosin and all oils and
other ingredients used or that may be here
after used In the manufacture OF soap also
70 own or lease and operate and conduct
cotton-seed mills and cotton-seed oil refiner-
les 10 own, lease, use and operate tank
cars, and to do any and all things germane
70, connected with or necessary to carry out
ana TO put into eject or make more profit
able any OF the above enumerated purposes
and enterprises Including the appointment Of
al necessary officers and agents necessary
ated, allowed by law to such Corporations.
ARTICLE IIL-The capital stock shall be
nye thousand dollars ($5, 100000, divided
into nifty (50) shares Of one hundred dollars
lSlOo00l each, which shall be paid for
when issued In money, property, or labor.
rms corporation may begin business when
three Thousand dollars (s3.00O.OO) of stock
snail nave been subscribed to,
ARTICLE IV.--All corporate powers In
Guiding the right to ALLEVIATE, mortgage, or
lease all or Its property, personal and real
are vested In board OF three directors, all
Stockholders 70 he A.
second Tuesday In May for one year and at
all stockholders meetings each share OF
stock shall be entitled to one vote by ballot
which may be cast by proxy
From Its number the board shall elect a
president and secretary treasurer, and all
citations and other process shall be served
on the president and In his absence or ina
6ility to act. on the secretary treasurer, and
In his absence or inability to act on the third
member OF the board.
ARTICLE V-This charter NAV be amend.
ca or changed or the corporation liquidated
at stockholders meeting called for that
purpose by two-third vote of stock issued
atter nfteen days prior notice In writing to
each stockholder. ana after publication twice
IN daily newspaper during said fifteen
days. Stockholders meetings for all other
purposes may be held after ten DAYS prior
notice In writing to each stakeholder The
LIQUIDATION is TO be by three stockholders,
elected as provided for above
Thus done and passed In my office In New
orleans, In the presence of George p. Kauf-
mann and Alfred F. Page, witnesses, both OF
lawful age and domiclled In this city, who
sign these presents together with the parties
and me, notary. on the day and date first
(orlginsl signed) Names of subscribers
omitted Witnesses: Geo. p. Kaufman
c. q. GILL, Notary Public.
j, the undersigned recorder Of mortgages,
In and for the parish Of Orleans, state Of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above