The herald., 1914-10-15
OF NEW ORLEANS ROOFING AND NET
AL CDMPASN, INC.

Of NEW ORLEANS ROOFING AND NET
AL COMPANY, INC.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Orleans, City
OF New Orleans.
BE it Laown. that on this eleventh dav of
he month % September, IN the year OF our
ord one thousand r'uc hundred and four
cen, and OF the independence of the United
states Of America the one hundred and thirty
public, duly commissioned and qualified ~
and IHr the parish OF Orleans, therein residing
and IN the presence Of the Witnesses herein
-i'er named and uLdersIgurd d, personally came
and appeared the several prisons whose names
are LcrruutO subscribed who seyerallv de-
-ldTcd that they all II full age yt ma
lority and, avaIlIng themselves Of The proyI-
slons Of act No POI Of tnc General Assembly
# tins state approved July OH, yl+ and II
he provisions OF other laws OF this state,
they having contracted and agreed and do by
these presents covenant aud agree and bIrd
and ob.gste themselves, well as such other
persons as may hereafter become associated
with them or their successors, to form and
constitute a corporation. a body corporate IN
law for the object and purposes and under
he agreement and stipGlatIons following, to-
wit:
Article The name and style OF this cor.
p0ratIDr shall be New orleans Roofing and
Metal Company, Inc, and 10y that name SAID
corporation shall have the power and author
lty 10 have and To enjoy succession for the
full term OF IT'S existence; 10 contract, sue
and be sued; TO make and use a corporate seal
ana l!t same 10 bltdk OF dlltE Al pressure 10
purchase, receive, lease, hold, sell or convey,
as well as mortgage and hyp"thccatc property
real, personal and mixed, to name md ap-
point such managers, directors. officers and
agents the interest and convenience Of said
corporation may require; and 10 make and
establish such bylaws. rules and rcgu atoms
Tor the prOp,r management, conduct and Tegu-
latIous OF the affairs of the said corporation
may be deemed necessary and proper, and the
same to change and alter n pleasure; all SUB
J'ct to such limitations as may be prescribed
by law.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes for
which this corporation - established and the
nature OF its business are declared and spe-
CIhcd 20 be to manufacture and sell all KINDS
OF metal and sheet metal work, including
tanks, CUlvertS, containers and aCctyleue gas
machines; to deal in all and every dcscrip.
ton Of metal and roofing material; TO buy and
sell metal, structural iron, rooEng material
and building supplies generally; 10 work and
put IN place sheet iron metal work and 10
deal generally III all metals, metal work, root
ing material, tiles, building supplies and the
like, and to place the same IN or upon build
ingS.
Article ITI.-The capital stock of this cor
poratIon is hereby fixed at the OF ten
thousand dollars (Sl0.OOOO).
No sale Of stock shall be valid or binding
until the transfer Is made on the books OF the
company.
Any stockholder desiring to sell or dispose
of all or part OF his stock, shall FIRST offer
same to the board of directors, which may
purchase same at its book value, in default
Of which, said shares shall be offered to the
remaining stockholders at their book value,
provided said purchase shall be made within
ten days from date OF offer.
Article IN.--Thc capital stock of this cor
Poration may be increased to fifty thousand
dollars.
Article V-The capital stock shall now CON
sst OF one hundred shares OF the par value
Of one hundred dollars per share.
Article NI.-Ihe domicile Of said corpora
tion shall bc in the city Of New Orleans, IN
Il. all .1sa.
other legal process shall be served upon the
president of said corporation and, in case Of
his absence, upon the Icc-president, and IN
case Of both Of these officers, upor. the sec
rctary.
Article VII.-This corporation shall exist
for ninety nine years from the date hereof,
unless sooner dissolved provided by law.
Article NlIl.-All the corporate powers and
authority of this corporation shall be vested
in and exercised by a board OF directors, to
be composed of five stockholders, three OF
whom shall constitute quorum, which
board shall be elected on the first Monday in
October of each year, beginning with the year
| 1918. All such elections shall be held by bal
| lot in the Office of the corporation, under the
superintendent, OF two commissioners to oe
| appointed for that purpose by the board OF
directors, and ten days prior notice OF each
election shall be given by publication. in a
| daily newspaper published in the city OF New
| Orleans. Each share of stock shall be entl-
| tied to one vote TO be cast by its owner,
either in person or by written proxy and q
| majority of the votes cast shall elect.
Ii in any one year no election shall be held,
| as above provided, the president with the APP
| proval of the board of directors, shall cause
| an election to be held within fifteen days
| after the date when the election should have
| been held the notice shall be published three
several times in one of the daily newspapers
published in the city of New Orleans.
The failure TO elect board Of dlrectors
shall not forfeit this charter, but the board
OF directors in Office shall continue in the ex-
ercise of their duties until their successors
| shall have been elected and taken their
places.
! Vacancies occurring in said board of direc-
tors shall be filled by the remaining directors,
| and three directors shall constitute a quorum
| for the transaction OF business. At the hrst
meeting following each election, the SAID
board of directors shall elect OF their number
! a president, a vIce-pTesident and a secretary
| and treasurer.
Tobin II. Underwood, of sos Roosevelt Place,
| Ferd Reppel, Of 3<05 Carondelet street, Fred
erck c. Schramm, of 36l2 Palmyra street,
William Twicklcr, OF 4S30 Magazine street,
| and Jacob Yoerger, Of 26O5 Burgundy street,
all OF New Orleans. Louisiana, shall consti-
| tute the first board of directors, OF whom
| Tobn II. Underwood shall be president Fred.
crck C. Schramm shall be vice president and
| Ferd Reppel shall be secretary and treasurer,
| first Monday in October 1915 until their
| successors shall have been elected and quail
| ihed.
Thus done and passed at my Office at the
city of New Orleans, OH the day, month and
| year herein first above written, IN the pres,
| ence Of Messieurs. Edward Blust, yr., and
| David Seibert competent witnesses, who have
| hereunto signed their names with the said
| appearers and NE, notary, after reading OF the
whole.
Total number of subscribers, ten Q0). To-
| tai number of shares subscribed, o. Total
| ALI, nf SharR Sf1hSCTIhRd