The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-01
CHAR TER
Robinson, Masquelette & Co.
Certified Public Accountants,

day of the month OF December, in the year
of our Lord nineteen hundred and twelve.
before me. HENRY G. BLOCH, a Notary
Public, duly commissioned and qualified,
in and for the Parish and State aforesaid.
| therein residing, and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and un
| dersigned, personally came and appeared
| the several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, all practicing as certified
public accountants, duly authorized and
appointed under and ia pursuance of the
laws of the State Of Louisiana, and who
severally declared that, availlng them
selves of the provisions Of the laws of the
| State of Louisiana relative to the forma.
ton of corporations, and more particularly
Of Act Is Of 1874, they have covenanted
and agreed, and do by these presents
| covenant and agree and bind themselves.
as well as such other persons as may here
| after become associated with them, to
constitute and form body polite in law,
| for the objects and purposes and under
| the terms, articles and stipulations follow
| ing, tO-Wit:
| ARTICLE l..
The name and title of this corporation
| shall be the ROBINSON, MASQUELE TIE
Il COMPANY, CERTIFIED PUBLIC AC.
| COUNTANTS, and by that corporate
| name it shall have and enjoy succession
| for period of ninety-nlne years, and
shall have all of the authorities generally
vested in corporations under the law, and
| more particularly authorized to contract,
sue and be sued; to make and use cor
porate seal; to make and issue bonds aud
notes; to borrow and lend money; to sell,
mortgage, lease and transfer property in
any of its forms; to employ managers
directors. officers, agents, clerks or SUPER
intendents, as the interests of the company
may require, to make by laws, rules and
regulations for the management of its af>
fair, and to possess all of the powers
granted TO corporations in general, and iu
order to carry out the objects aud pur-
poses OF its organization.
ARTICLE IL.
The domicie Of this corporation shall be
in the Town OF Franklin, Parish of st,
Mary, State OF Louisiana, and all citations
or other legal process shall be served upon
the president, or, IN his absence, upon the
The vice president, or III the absence of
both. upon the secretary treasurer, at the
domicile of the company.
ARTICLE iii.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is formed is to examine &C.
counts. finances, debts. assets and proper.
ty, to make audlts and appraisas, to de-
sign and Introduce systems of accounting
and generally to do all things within the
scope of the business of professional &C.
countants, OF, for and in connection with |
corporations, firms, individuals. states,
institutions and concerns, and to make !
reports upon ard in connection with the
same with such expert investigation and |
examination as may be desired, including |
therein The employment Of all engineering,
mechanical and other experts as may 10 |
necessary or convenient. l
70 take over, assume and carry on the |
accounting business of the firm of |
ROBINSON. MASQUELErTE Il CO.,
Certified Public Accountants, III the City
Of New Orleans, including the acquisition |
of all their assets, property, business and |
good will.
10 engage generally in the business of |
Public accountants, and as such to incur |
indebtedness and acquire such prOpert, |
real anu personal, as may be found |
necessary or convenient in the prosecution |
thereof.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this corporation is |
hereby fixed at the sum Of FIFTY THOU |
SAND DOLLARS tS5U,OOU OO), represented |
by Five Hundred (5OO shares of One
hundred lSlOO) each, to be paid for In |
cash or its equivalent. Egh cen Thou,
sand Dollars ,$loUOO.O0) OF this capital |
stock is To be held in the treasury as treas>
ury stock, and same is not to be sold or |
disposed Of except by the unanimous con,
special meeting of the st, ckholders ex-
pressly held tor that purpose after five Is |
day s. written notice shall have been mail |
ed to each stakeholder, to his last known |
residence as it appears Oh the books OF the
company.
This corporation shall be going con.
Germ, and fully organized as such, as soon |
as Three Thousand Dollars (S3JO0. UO) of its |
capital stock shall have been subscribed |
for. A II stock shall be fully paid and non,
assessable,
No stakeholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible for the contracts, faults or
defaults OF this corporation, nor shall anv
mere lnformality in the organization OF
the corporation have the effect of render.
ing the charter null or of exposing the
stockholders to any liability beyond this
stock subscriptions
No stakeholder Shall have the right to
sell or transfer his stock unless be mas
first offered same for sale 10 the remains
ing stockholders Of this corporation for
bona tide offered by any third person.
There shall be printed across the face of
each certificate of stock the following
''These shares can only be transferred
subject to the condition named in Article
Nv Of the charter and the by-laws."
ARTICLE v.
All the corporate powers of this corpo-
ration not reserved by law to the stock
holders shall be vested in and exercised
by a Board Of Directors to be composed of
three stockholders, two of whom shall
quorum TO transact business. l
1 he sand Board of Directors shall elect
from their humber a president, vice.
president and secretary treasurer. The
directors shall he elected annually on the
irst Jonday OF January in eacn year 9
ANY vacancies occurring in said board T
shall be filed from other stock holders by :
he remaining directors for the uneXpired
,erm. q
Until the election On the first Monday t
II January, in the year 1915 the follow
ng shall serve as the first Board of Direc. @
,ors Of this corporation, to-wit: CECIL G. =
FRANK g. MASQUELETTEI :,
AND PAUL HAVENER, with Cecil g. II
Robinson as president, Frank Il. Masaue>