The herald., 1914-05-28
CHARTER OF THE FOREST CAFE
COMPANY

State of Louisiana. City Of New Orleans, Par
r.. =, tnDgn That on this 18th day Of May,
:, the wear one thousand nine hundred and
fourteen Ogl4), before me, AK hJk u. Lev
pOID notary public. In and for the Farlsh
Of Orleans, State OF LOUISIANA; uu'y 'ol'''''
stoned and qualified, and in the presence OF
the witnesses hereinafter named ana under
signed personally came and appeared me pei
sons whose names are hcrcunto subscribed an
,bnyr the full age Of majority, VINO StNeFdlly
declared that availiug themselves OF the gen
oral laws of this State relative to the Organi-
zation Of corporations. they hcrepy lo'in
themselves into and constitute a corP2IH',GT ,a
for the objects and purposes ana uiue' u'e
stipulatiuns hereinafter set torih.
Article l. The name and title OF me sol,
marathon hereby formed IS declared to be lhE
FOREST CAFE COMPANY. Its domicile
shall be in the city Of New Orleans, state OF
Louisiana, and II shall have and ENJOY sue
crssiou BY its corporate name loT DeIlou
Of ninety-uiuc years from and after the date
hereof.
This corporation shall nave power and au-
fhority to contract, sue and be sued IN us
corporate name; to make and use corporate
seal; to hold, receive, hire ana purchase IedI
and personal property, and 10 sell, mortgage or
pledge the same, and to borrow money ana Is
sue bonds, notes and other obligations;
All citations or other legal process shall De
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, any other officer IN New UT
Article ii. The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized and the
nature of the business to be carried on Dy II
are declared to be: To engage IN ana carry
on the restaurant and liquor business IN all
its branches, and to sell At retail or whole-
sale all kinds Of liquors and refreshments;
and as an adjunct thereto, to provide ana
furnish amusements, entertainments and a.
versions for the public, and generally to do
and perform all things necessary and INCL
dental to aforesaid business.
Articl III. The capital stock OF this cor
poratio is hereby fixed at the sum of hvee
thousand dollars S(SOO.OO, divided into and
represented by hundred (lOOl shares OF
fifty dollars (S5OO) each. SAID stock shall
be paid for in inStallments OF such amounts
and at such times as the board Of directors
may determine, but any part or parcel OF SAID
stock may be issued by said board of direc-
tors at not less than par, IN payment OF labor
done or property actually received by said
Article IV. All the powers Of this corpora
ton are hereby vested in board OF directors
to consist of three stockholders, who shall
hold office for one wear, and until their sue
cessors shall have been indicted into Office
The first board of directors Of this corpora
ton shall consist of the following persons, to-
wit James s. Jabine, Il. F. Brennan and Ru-
fus {. Bush, with James s. Jabine as Presi-
dent, B. +. Brennan, vice president, and Ru-
fus c. Bush, secretary Two mem
bers shall constitute quorum. The present
board shall hold office until the second Mon
day of June, 1915
Article V. This charter may be amended or
this corporation may be dissolved by a vote
of two-thirds in amount of the capital stock,
represented in person or by proxy, at a gen.
eral stockholders meeting to be called by the
president, upon special request therefor,
wherein must he stated the purpose OF said
meeting. after ten UO) full days publication
in one of the daily newspapers in New Or
leans, Of the time and place of said meeting.
Upon the dissolution OF this corporation, the
stockholders shall elect vne more liquida-
tors, whose duty it shall be to collect the as
sets, convert the property, real and personal,
of the corporation into cash, pay the debts,
distribute the surplus among the stockhold-
ers, and wind up the affairs OF said corpora
ton.
Article vi. No stakeholder of this corpor-
alton shall ever be held nable or responsib bile
for the contracts or faults thereof in any fur
Their sum than the unpaiu balance due to the
corporation on the shares owned by him, nor
shall any mere informality in organization
have the effect of rendering this charter null,
nor Of exposing a stakeholder to any liability
beyond the amount Of his stock.
The subscribers hereto have each written
opposite their names, the number of shares
subscribed for, SO that this act may also
serve as the original subscription list
Thus done and passed my notarial office,
in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, in
the presence Of L. p. BRYANT, Jr., and C.:
a, Ill HEKKNANH' competent =, witnesses OF
hereunto subscribe their names, together
with said parties, and me, notary, on the
day and date set forth in the caption hereof.
Original SignedO
JAMES S. JABINE and OTHERS.
Witnesses:
J.. b. BRYANT, JR, {. A. HERMANN.
l, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages,
in and for the Parish of Orleans State of
louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act Of Incorporation of THE
FOREST CAFE COMPANY was this day
duly recorded in my office, in Book ll27, Folio
81.
New Orleans, La, May Il. 1914
tSigne6 EMILE J. LEONARD, by. Rec
true copy
ARTHUR b. LEOPOLD, Notary Public.
May p IS June II Is 3 1914.