The herald., 1914-12-17

NSpOtneCdtc real ana personal property IN tIlc
State OF Louisiana or elsewhere; TO make aud
use corporate seal; to name and appoint
directors, managers for the management OF the
business and affairs Of the said corporation
as may be necessary the same to alter al
pleasure; also to make and issue bonds and
other evidences OF debt and 10 secure the
same by mortgage or otherwise
All citations and other legal process shall be
served upon the President, and IN the event
OF his absence or inability TO act from any
cause, the same shall be served upon the Wee
President or the SeCretary-trcasurer.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes Tor
which this corporation - organized, ana the
nature Of the business 10 be carried on by II
are hereby declared 10 be: To buy, sell, raise,
import, export and generally deal IN ostrichcs,
ostrich eggs, and ostrich feathers; to raise
buy, sell import, export and generally deal IN
all poultry, eggs and feathers; 10 manuiac-
ture, buy, sell, import, export and generally
deal IN lnCubatoTs, food, feathers or any mar
ketIng ustriChes, poultry and alilgators; to
hatch, breed and raise, by natural or artificial
means. UstuChcs or any form OF poultry; 10
raise, match, buy, sell, import export and gen.
orally deal in alIgatOrs, alligator hides ana
skins, and articles made from such hides and
skins; 10 print publish, and distribute maya
zues and literature OF every class and de
sCrpuuni to exhibit or show IN any manner
whatever any ostriChcS, birds, poultry or ain
gators; To manufacture, Tcn0yate, Tcpalr buy,
sell. import, export and generally deal IN
ostrich feathers. and 70 carry on any aCtlEl-
ties which have to do with the spectre puT-
poses herein set forth, and especially TO buy:
sell, lease, hold and acquire real estate, ana
any other property necessary or incidental 10
the proper conduct Of said business and 10
mortgage and pledge the same.
Article lll.-Thc capital stock oi TINS cor
pOratiOn is hereby fixed at the sum OF twenty .
hve thousand dollars CS2S,OOOl, divided into and
repre- scented by twenty-five hundred shares OF
the par value OF ten dollars $1,000 each.
The limit To- which the capital stock OF tins
corporation NAV Ice Increased - hereby named
as aftv thousand dollars $4,000.
Article lN.-All the corporate powers OF thiS
corporation shall be vested in and exercised
by board OF three directors, TO be composed
OF stockholders, two Of whom shall constitute
4 quorum for trausaCtIug all business. Inc
Board Of Directors shall be vested with iull
power and authority To make all contracts,
purchases and sales. and adopt all bylaws.
rules and regulations Tor the government oi
the business and affairs OF the company, ana
alter, amend and change the same al pleas
ure; appoint, hire and discharge an oihccrS :;
agents and employees, Tx all salaries, ana
generally do and perform all things necessary
IN the transaction OF the business and attall 5
OF the Company. Any vacancy occurring IN
said board shall be allied by the stockholders
in the manner provided III the election OF dI-
rrCtorS
The first Board OF Directors Of this corpora
tion shall consist Of Lafayette VI. Hughes,
John +. Gerlicher, and Edward ". Rogers
President; Edward ". Rogers. as vice
president, and John +. GCrlcher, as Sec
retary -trea Surer, who shall hold their offices
until the second Thursday IN November;
1915, or until their successors are duly elected
and qualified.
On the second Thursday in November 1915,
and annually thereafter, election Tor d.
rectorS shall be held at the office Of the COM
pany, under the supervision OF three Commis.
siouers to be appointed by the President, and
the dreCtoSs then elected shall take theli
seats Immediately and shall hold office until
their successors are duly elected and quail
tied. Each board shall elect its own officers
which shall consist OF a president, vice
president and secretary treasurer.
All corporate elections shall be by ballot
and a majority OF the votes cast shall elect
and each share OF stock shall be entitled e
one vote either in person or by proxy
! Written notices OF elections shall be glver
| to each Stockholder by the SecretaTy-treasure
! 1t least ten days PRIOR TO elections.
| Article N.-ThiS act Of Incorporation may bt
changed. altered or modified, or this corpora
| ton dissolved. with the assent OF two-thlrd
| of the. stock present or represented al any
general meeting OF the stockholders convene,
! for that purpose after prior notice OF suci
meeting shall have been given IN writing t
| each stockhOlder mailed to him at his las
| known poStoffIce address, all IN accordance
with the terms of Act No. 267 of 1914.
| Article NI.-Nhenever this corporation d
| dissolved. either by limitation OF its chartc
| or from any cause, its affairs shall be liqul
I dated by three commits ssiOners to be appointed
| from among the stockholders at a meeting o
| the stockholders convened for that purpos
after prior notice shall have been given b,
| the Secretary to each stOCkhOlder. Said com
| miSsiouers shall remain IN othce until IN
| affairs OF said corporation shall have bee
| fully liquidated. In case of the death OF eIthe
commissioner. the survivor shall continue I
act, all provided under the terms OF sec
| tion 20 of Act 267 of 1914.
| Article VU-No stockholder Of this col
poration shall ever be held liable or respor
sible for the contracts or faults Thereon l
any further sum than the unpaid balance du
i. Gha
him, nor shall any mere infOrmality IN organ
zation have the effect OF rendering this shal
ter null, nor of exposing a stockholder 20 an
liability beyond the amount OF hls stock.
The following have subscribed the numOe
OF shares placed opposite their names an
this act may also serve as the original SUI
|. NJ, Hughes. New Orleans. La, 200 shares
f W. Rogers, New Orleans, La, share:
i! l. +. Gerlicher, New Orleans, La, 50 share
The subscription of L. NJ. Hughes IS par
Fifty ostriches, i'll sound condition.. said {
be of value of more than $4,000, and hereb
accepted by the other subscribers at III;
value of Sl5,OOO; goodwill, experience, an
services and labor thus far given to the
ganization of the company, 5000, and this
hereby accepted by the Directors ana SUI
scribers at the value of 5000
The other subscriptions shall be pald
cash. .-, N;
presence of Francis P. Burns and Anthor
Schiro competent witnesses OF lawful age al
| residing in this city, who hereunto subscrll
| their names, together with said parties al
me. notary, on the day and date set forth
the caption hereof, all after due reading OF Il
whole. O..
The following ten words on page one "a
> sociated with them" and "in the State
Louisiana or elsewhere" added and interllne
approved before signing. =, III,
Original signed: Lafayette M Hugnt
1000 shares; +. W. Rogers, shares J. f. Gt
: licher, 50 shares. ,
JOHN r. UPTON, Not; Pub
Witnesses: Francis j. Burns, A. Schlro
! / the undersigned, recorder OF mortgaS
d IN and for the Parish of Orleans, state
a Louisiana, do hereby certify that the apo
= and foregoing act of Incorporation OF the Nc
d Orleans Ostrich Farm, Incorporated, was tf
: day duly recorded III my office, IN book H.
!, folio -. o,
5 New Orleans, December ), 1914.
u true copy. ,o,,
v New Orleans, La. December, s, 1914
= JOHN X. UPTON, Not. fuh
o Revenue stamp cancelled.
e dec 10 II a 81 Jan II
n Natural Question.