The herald., 1914-07-02
CHARTER

VT ONliED ELEO XII SFfl-ES OOMPAN1.
United States of America, State of Louisiana
Parish Of Orleans, City OF New Orleans.
Be it known, that on this LIST 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
notary public, duly commissioned and quail
ned 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
sons whose names are hereunto subscribed
who Severally 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 Company" and as
such shall have continuous succession for
ninety nine years, unless sJoner dissolved.
and shall have power to contract; to sue and
to be sued; to make and use q corporate seal
and the same to alter and brt ak at pleasure
to acquire and hold by purchase. lease, or
otherwise, property, real and personal, nova
bic, immOvable, and mixed. and the same 10
sell lease, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, or
otherwise dispose OF in any and every way
whatsoever; 10 draw, make and idorse bills
OF exchange and promSSory NOES, and to
issue bonds; TO elect and appoint such officers
directors, and agents as the interests of the
corporation shall require; and to make all
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 on the president
OF tins corporation, or, in the event of his
absence, 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
whlch inns corporation Is organized, and the
nature OF the business to be carried on and
conducted by 1t, are 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, or to act manufac-
turers agents and distributors therefor; TO
acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and
to manufacture and construct machines and
appliances of any kind and character, and TO
equip, erect, and install the same for use and
operation by electricity, compressed air, oil.
gas, or by any other means of motive power,
and to operate, use, sell, lease and hire same.
10 purchase, lease, 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 or
incidental to these purposes otherwise. To
carry on general manufacturing, wholesale
and retail business.
To act as general supervisors and operators
! in the establishing, financing, equipping, de-
veloping, managing, operating, and carrying
| on OF factories, steam, gas and electric plants
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 acquire maintain
sell, pledge, mortgage, lease, hire and fulfill
| any contracts. franchises, or concessions for
| or in relation to the construction, execution
| equipment, improvement, management, opera.
| ton, or control Of such works, and to under
| take, execute, carry out, and dispose of, OF
| lease, rent, erect, construct maintain and
| operate buildings necessary or incident to the
| business herein contemplated, and TO buy
| sell, rent, lease real estate or personal
| property in the course and conduct of said
| business, either in connection with said bust
| ness or otherwise, and generally to do al
| things proper and legal that may relate OF
| appertain to the objects and purposes hereir
| set forth.
The foregoing clauses shall be construed
| both as objects and powers, but no recitation
| expression, or declaration Of specific spe
| cial powers or purposes herein enumerated
hereby expressly declared that all other law
full powers not inconsistent herewith, arr
| hereby included.
Article IV.-fhe capital stock Of this cor
fifty thousand dollars (sl5O,OOOOO, divide,
into and represented by fifteen hundred share
| of the par value of one hundred dollar
| (SlO0OO) each, to be paid at such times an
in such manned as the board Of directors ma,
deem mt and proper, and to be payable ii
cash. property, or services rendered.
OF such authorized capital stock, FIVE hun
bred shares, amounting to fifty thousand dol