The herald., 1914-01-15

! .,.L os ,b;s cornoration shall be entered on
| the stock book and transfer shall IN a.. 2 ,
manner be binding upon this corporation u''
| This CoTooration may become a going CON
| cern and commence business when M tnle
| thousand dollars tSS,OOOOO OF lts capi'a' e'o-'
| shall have been subscribed Tor. ,L:s
| Article N-The corporate powers ot thlS
! corporation shall be vested IN ana eNer.Lseu
| bv board Of directors composed OF t.t' :
| stockholders. two OF whom ShaIl @ bicb
ouorr,rn IN the transaction Of business "uCl,
| Sid directors shall be elected al genera
meeting Of the stockholders OF TINS coIPol@i,
/ tiou To he held on the hrst Tuesday IN APIiiii Pii
| Of each wear, and notice OF said eicclioh sH1l
| he given hv letter addressed to each STOCK
! holder at his last known place OF residence
and depoSitcd IN the mails ten tlU) days DC
| fore Said date. .;..,- hall
elect from its members a president ana NlCGT,,
president The said board Of directors ShaiI
! also elect secretary and a treasurer OF one one
! said board may ht, which Said person OF OF
| persons NAV or may not be a member oI
| members OF said board.
! The FIRST election for directors under this
charter shall take place on the hrst lues,
dav in April, 1918, until which time, or uhtlii
| their successors shall have been duly eleSteu
! and qualified. the following shall constitute
! th- FIRST board Of directors: A. Il. DemDTuii,
! Ioseph Bavlc and Jules J. Bayle, and SAID
/ A. H. Demhrun shall be president. sald %
| seph Ravle vice president and said jules J.
| Bayie Secretary-treasurcr.
| The failure from any cause 10 elecI u'iC
| tors on the day stipulated shall not dissolve
| this corporation. bot the officers and diIec-
] tors then in Office shall hold over until thelI
| successors shall have been duly elected and
! qualified. In the event OF any failure 10
| hold election on the day stipulated the pres
| ident shall call new election Immediately
| thereafter on ten UO) days notice o. herein
| above provided. At all elections and meet,
| ings OF stockholders, each stockholder snail
| be entitled to one vote for each share OF stock
| registered in his name and may vote IN
person or by proxy.
The board Of directors shall have the power
| 10 NIL all vacancies in its members from
among the stockholders OF this corporation
| Article NI.-ThiS act of Incorporation may
| be changed modified or amended, and tins
| corporation may be dissolved with the assent
OF three fourths OF the capital stock represS NJ,
ed at general meeting OF stockholders CARED
| for that purpose after a ten (lU) days nouCe
| bv mail as hereinabovc provided.
! Any change proposed OF made with refer
! enCe to the increase reduction OF the cap
ital stock shall be made in accordance with
| the laws OF the state of Louisiana with ret
| creuCe to the alteration OF the capitaI sloCH
! Notice OF all meetings of stockholders not
| herein OF by law otherwise provided fsr
| shall be given to each stockholder by letter
| addressed to his last known place OF resi-
dence and deposited in the mails at least ten
! U0) days prior to the date OF said tneeIlng.
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of this corporation either by limitation OF MS
charter or for any other cause, ITS AFFAIRS shali
| be liquidated by two commissioners SeIecteo
I by its stockholders at a general meeting
| held as above set forth; and the said COM
| missiouers shall remain in office until the
| affairs of this corporation shall have been
| fully liquidated; in case OF the death or m
capacity OF Of said commissioners, the
/ survivor shall continue to act.
! Article VII.-No stakeholder of this cor
poration shall, be held liable or responsible
| for the contracts OF this corporation OF ~
! faults in any further sum than the unpaid
balance due the company on the shares oi
| stock subscribed for or owned by him., nsr
shall any iuformality in organization have
! the effect OF rendering this charter null, OF
of exposing any stockhoder to any liability
beyond the unpaid balance, II any, due on
| his stock.
Article VIII-The subscribers hereto have
! set opposite their respective names the num-
Der OF shares subscribed for by each OF them
| and this act of Incorporation shall serve as
the original subscription list.
| Thus done and signed at New Orleans, Lou
| isiana. on the day, month and year herein
| hrst above written, in the presence of Henry
Mooney and Chester Heidmann, competent
witnesses, who have signed these presents,
together with the said appearers and me, no
tary after a reading of the whole.
Signed: A. b. Dembrun, forty-eight shares
Jos. Bayle, one share; Jules J. Bayle, enc
share. Witnesses: Henry Mooney, Chester
JOHN JANVIER, Notary Public.
|, the undersigned recorder of mortgages,
in and for the parish of Orleans, state of Lou.
isiana, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing act OF incorporation of the Garden
District Pottery Company this day duly
recorded in my Office, in book lll9, folio -.
New Orleans, December 20, 1918.
(Signed) EMILE ]. LEONARD, d. r.
I hereby certify the above and foregoing to
be a true and correct copy of the act of in
corporation of the Garden District Pottery
Company" together with the certificate Of
the recorder of mortgages, on file and of record
in my Office. In faith whereof. witness my
official seal and signature this 10th day OF
December, 1913.
JOHN JANVIER, Notary Public.
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