The herald., 1914-07-16
CHARTER
IHARIER
OE LIMITED ELECTRIC SALES COMPA

OF UNITED ELECIRlC SALES COMPANH.
United States of America. State of Louisiana
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans
Re it known. that on this lst day of June
1914. and OF the independence OF the United
States Of America the one hundred and thirty
eighth, before me, Charles F. Fletchinger,
fed in and for the parish of Orleans, state
of Louisiana, and IN the presence OF the wit
nesSes hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared the several per
whose names are hereunto subscribed,
who sevcrslly declared that, availing them
selves of the laws of this state, in such cases
made and provided, they have covenanted.
and by these presents do covenant, agree and
bind themselves to form and constitute a
corporation and body polite in law for the OBJ
jects and purposes, and under the terms and
conditions following, to-wIt:
Article This corporation shall be known
as United Electric Sales CJmpany," and as
such shall have continuous succession for
ninety-ninc years, unless s)oner dissolved
and shall have power to contract; to sue and
to be sued; to make and use corporate seal
and the same to alter and bre ak at pleasure
TO acquire and hold by purchase, lease, or
otherwise, property, real and personal, nova
sell, lease, mortgage, pledge, h, pothecate, or
otherwise dispose OF in any and every way
whatsoever; to draw, make and Idorse bills
of exchange and promissory noles. and to
directors, and agents the interests of the
corporation shall require; and to make all
| necessary bylaws, rules and regulations for
the proper management of its affairs, and the
same to alter, amend, or repeal at pleasure,
and generally to exercise all powers that are
conferred on corporations organized for the
| purposes hereinafter stated.
Article 1.-THE domicile of this corporation
! shall be in New Orleans, parish of Orleans,
| state of Louisiana, and all citations or other
| legal process shall be served the president
| OF this corporation, or, in the event of his
| absence, on the vice-president, or in the
| event of his absence, on the secretary treas
| urer, in the order enumerated; and in the
event OF the absence of said respective off,
| GERS, at the Office of the company.
Article III.-The objects and purposes for
| which this corporation Is organized, and the
| nature OF the business to be carried on and
| conducted by it, hereby declared to be as
| follows
| To manufacture, construct, and deal in ma.
! chinery and mechanical appliances, whether
electric, gas or steam, or of any kind and
| description whatsoever, to oct as manufac
| turcr's agents and distributors therefor; tc
| acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, anC
TO manufacture and construct machines anC
| appliances OF any kind and character, and tC
| equip, erect, and install the same for use anC
| operation by electricity, compressed air, oil
gas, or by any other means of motive power
| and 10 operate, use, sell, lease and hire same
| 10 purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire
and TO grant licenses for the use of, to sell
! assign and otherwise deal in and use patents
patent rights, privileges, licenses, trademarks
trade names, devices and improved processes
of every sort and description, necessary o.
! incidental to these purposes or otherwise. T,
| carry on general manufacturing, wholesale
and retail business.
| To act as general supervisors and operator
| IN the establishing, financing, equipping, de
| veloping, managing, operating, and carrying
| on OF factories, steam, gas and electric plant
| and systems, or any mechanical, engineering
building, constructing, or manufacturing en-
terprises, undertakings, propositions, cOnces
Sions, or franchises in all OF their respective
branches
To purchase or otherwise acouire maintain
sell, pledge, mortgage, lease, hire and fulfil
any contracts, franchises, or concessions 70
or in relation to the construction, execution
equipment, Improvement management, opera
tion, or control OF such works, and to under
take, execute, carry out, and dispose Of O
otherwise to turn to account the same; to buy
lease, rent, erect, construct, maintain an
operate buildings necessary incident to tn
business herein contemplated, and to buy
sell, rent, lease real estate or persona
property in the course and conduct of sal
business, either in connection with said bus
ness or otherwise, and generally to do a
things proper and legal that may relate c
. appertain to the objects and purposes herei
set forth
The foregoing clauses shall be construe
both as objects and powers, but no recitation
: cial powers or purposes herein enumerate
shall be deemed to be exclusive, but it
hereby expressly declared that all other Law
0 iul powers not inconsistent Herewith, al
hereby included.
D Article IV-The capital stock of this co
o poration is hereby fixed at one hundred ar
fifty thousand dollars (slS0,OO00Ol, divide
into and represented by fifteen hundred shar'
(sl0O.OO each, to be paid at such times ar
in such manner as the board of directors ma
{ deem ht and proper, and to be payable
4 cash, property, or services rendered.
OF such authorized capital stock, FIVE hu
dred shares, amounting to fifty thousand dc