The herald., 1913-11-20
CHARTER

OF GOOD YEAR RAINCOAT COMPANY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS,
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be it known, that on this fourteenth, az gay
before me- Herman Michel, notary pub.
lie duly commissioned and qualified In and
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 hereunto
subscribed, who severally declared. that
availing themselves of the privileges OF
the statutes and laws of the state OF
Louisiana, relative to the formation OF cor
porations, they have covenanted and agreed,
and do bv these presents covenant and agree,
and bind and obligate themselves, as well
as all such persons who may herelna1teI
become associated with them 70 10TH, Iorn anu q
law, for the objects and purposes, anu
under the stipulations 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 ana authority 70
enjoy succession and corporate existence fer
and during the period of ninty-nine years
from the date hereof, unless sooner dis
solved In the manner hereinafter PROVIDED
said corporation shall have the power
and authority to contract, TO sue ana be
sued to make and use corporate and SeaLa aSf af
pleasure, to hold, receive, purchase convey,
deliver, mortgage, hypothecate and pledge
any property, real or PERSONA, ana 70 isSGe ,ne
struments or other evidences OF debt; TO
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 such
bylaws, rules and regulations for the cor
porate management and control OF lls
affairs as may be deemed necessary ana
expedient.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile Of this cor
poratlon shall be In the city OF New Or
leans, parish Of Orleans, state OF Louisiana,
and all citations and other Legal process pro- IS
his absence upon the vice-president, ana IN
the absence Of both, upon the secretary
treasurer. .A
this corporation Is created, and the business
10 be carried on by Ii, are hereby deciared
to be. to buy, sell and generally deal In
chandize. clothing, and particularly all
forms of rubber, rubberized and cravenet-
ted goods, clothes and clothing; to manu-
facture such articles and buy and sell the
same. either for its own account or on com:
mission, and generally TO do any and az
other things necessary, usefui or connecteu
with the faTrYlng YVgSe on OF capta sock Of this
thousand (s3OOO.OO) dollars, divided into;
and represented By thirty 40 ssdTes ss1oo oS S1
dollars each: said shares OF stock shall be
issued at par only, and when issued, shall
be paid for in cash or property, or the equiv
aent thereof. All shares OF stock shall be
issued as full paid and non-assessable, 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 1t 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-
cern as soon as three thousand IS, ,00o.0o)