The herald., 1913-01-16
CHARTER.

OF RHODES UNDERTAKING COMPANY.
! [ NITBD STATES OF AMERICA. STATE
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF ORLEANS.
BE II known. that on this the eleventh
! day of the month of January, in the year
| nineteen hundred and thirteen tl9l3l. be
| fore me. Frederic c. Marx, notary public
| duly commissioned and qualified in and for
! the city of New Orleans, parish and state
| aforesaid. and in the presence Of witnesses
J hereinafter named and undersigned. person
/ ally came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereuntO subscribed who
| declared that, aVailing themselves of the
| laws Of the state of Louisiana. in such cases
made and provided, and more particularly OF
Act No. as of 1904. they have cOvcnanted
! and agreed. and do hereby agree and mutu-
| ally covenant for themselves. their success
sors and those who may hereinafter become
| associated with them, 10 form Il corpora
! ton for the objects and purposes and under
| in the following charter viz:
ARTICLE l.
The name and style Of this corporation
| shall be Rhodes Undertaking Company
| and under that name il shall have and en-
| joy all the rights. advantages and privi-
| lcges granted by law to corporations: II
| shall exist for a period of ninety nine years
| from the date hereof. II shall nave the
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 10
| max" and establish such bylaws. rules and
| regulations for the corporate mana cement
! and control of the affairs Of the said cor
pOratiOn as may be deemed necessary and
eXpedient. Said corporation shall also have
| power to hold. receive, purchase. hypothc-
| 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.
Ia
| 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 III.
The object and purposes for which this
corporation Is organized and the nature of
/ the business to BE- carried on by Ii are here
| by declared to he: To carry on general
| undertaking business for the burial Of the
dead to conduct a general livery business
| for the purchase and sale of live stock of
all kinds: it shall also be- empowered 10
| lease and hire carriages, automobiles and
| other mechanically propelled vehicles to eS-
| tabliSh branch undertaking establishments
and 10 receive and handle all kinds of goods
and merchandise connected with the said
undertaking business or any enterprise con
nectcd with growing out Of. or germanc or
incidental to any IF the purposes herein
above set out or contemplated 10y this char
ter.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this cSfporation is
hereby declared To he the sum Of ten thou
sand lSlO.OOOl dollars. divided into one
hundred shares (10O) Of one hundred lSlO0D
dollars each. Said stock may be paid for
in cash or in property, merchandise. labor
or services made or rendered 10 this cor
pOra ton the capital stock of this company
may I've 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 (S3. OOOl dollars Of its capital stock
shall have been subscribed for.
ARTICLE V.
All the corporate powers of this corpora
tiOn and the management and control of
its affairs shall he vested in and exercised
by board of directors. composed of three
stockholders. majority of whom shall con
Stitute a quorum for the transaction Of
business. These directors shall he elected
annually by the stockholders at a meeting
to be held at the dOmicile Of the corpora
ton on the second Tuesday of January Of
each year. Each stakeholder shall be emit