The herald., 1913-01-23
CHART Err.

OF RHODES UNDERTAKING COMPANY.
United STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS.
BE IL known, that on this the eleventh
Cay of the month of January, in the year
nineteen hundred and thirteen tl9l3l, De
fore me- Frederic c. Marx, notary public
duly commissioned and qualified in and Tor
the city of New Orleans, parish and state
aforesaid. and in the presence or witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared the several persons
N hose names are hereunto subscribed VINO
declared that availing themselves of the
laws OF the state OF Louisiana, in Such cases
made and provided, and more particularly OF
Act No. IS of 1904, they have covenanted
and agreed and do hereby agree and mutu-
alIy covenant for themselves their success
sors and those who may hereinafter become
associated with them, TO form corpora
ton for the objects and purposes and under
the conditions and st!pulatiOns contained
In the following charter. viz
ARTICLE |.
The name and style OF this corporation
shall be Rhodes Undertaking Company
and under that name 1t shall have and en-
joy all the rights, advantages ana prlVl
leges granted by law to corporations; IL
shall exist for a period OF ninety nlne years
from the date hereof. 1t shall have the
mower 10 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
make and establish such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the corporate management
and control OF the affairs OF the said cor.
nora ton 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 10
| 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 Ill.
| The object and purposes for which this
corporation Is organized and the nature oil
| the business to be carried on by 1t are here.
| by declared to be: 10 carry on general
undertaking business for the burial or the
| dead to conduct general livery business
| forst purchase and sale OF live stock oil
| all kinds it shall also be empowered To
| lease and hire carriages automobiles and
other mechanically propelled vehicles 10 es
| tablish branch undertaking establishments
| and to receive and handle all kinds or goods
and merchandise connected with the said
| undertaking business or any enterprise con
nected with. growing out or or germane oi
incidental 10 any Of the purposes herein
above set out or contemplated by this char
ter.
| The capital stock of this corporation Il
hereby declared to be the sum Of ten thou
sand (S1O.O00) dollars, divided into on,
hundred shares (100) Of one hundred CSlOOI
dollars each. Said stock may be paid To-
in cash or in property, merchandise, aDor
or services made or rendered TO this cor
pOratiOn the capital stock Of this compan!
may be increased or decreased by vot
Of the stockholders in accordance with IN
laws governing the increasing or decreasih
of the capital stock of corporations. TIL
corporation shall begin its business and be
| come a going concern as soon as three thou
sand (S3,OOO) dollars of its capital stoc
shall have been , sgPseTi9sd Tor
All the corporate powers of this corpora
ton and the management and controi o
its affairs shall be vested In and exercise
by a board of directors, composed or thre
stockholders. a majority Of whom shall con
stitute a quorum for the transaction OF
business. These directors shall be electe
annually by the stockholders at a meetln
to be held at the domicie Of the corpora
ton on the second Tuesday Of January o
each year. Each stakeholder shall be ent
tied in person or by proxy, 10 a Vote 10
each share of stock owned by him ana a
elections shall be held under such rules an
regulations as may be determined by IN
= board of directors. The directors thus elec'
ed shall continue In Office for one year o
. until their successors shall nave oeen eieea t
be regarded as forfeiture of this chartel
, ANY vacancy occurring In the board shall 0
! lfilled by the remaining directors Tor the vi
expired term The board of directors sha
at their first meeting after their electio
elect from among its number a presiden
vice-preSident and secretary-treasurer III
said board of directors shall have the pOwe
to make and from time to time amend by
lays, rules and regulations for the conduC
: of the affairs of the corporation and TO en-
) ploy and dismiss managers, clerks, an
: other employees of the corporation as IN
, interests and business of same may requir
, The corporation shall have full power an
authority to borrow money, issue notes an
? other obligations and generally to do a
: things necessary for the proper carrying o