The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-02-12
CHARTER
OF TIE Z 4 AMlDCk SADDLER4

COMPANY.
| BE il known on this 5th day OF January,
nineteen hundred and fourteen, before me,
Fergus Herman, a notary public, IN ana i1r
1.-The parish Of Orleans, state % louisiana uuly
commissioned and qualified, and IN the pres,
leDcr of the witnesses hereinafter naTneu anu
undersigned personally came and appeared,
1.-The several persons, whose names are hertIo
Subscribed, who SCyCral.y declare that, aVat!-
ling themselves OF the laws OF LOUISIANA N
lsuch cases made and provided, and partlCu-
LARRY act IS OF the General Assembly 81 thls
state Of the session Of 1904, approved July :;
/ 1904, they have contracted and agreed, ana
do by these presents covenant and agree ana
bind themselves, as well as such persons a.
Imay hereinafter become connected with their'
I 10 form aud constitute a corporation ior thc
object and purposes, and under the aIhSieS
| Hr,icls THE name Of the said corporation
ishaIl be the +. G.. AwCUck SaddieTy Company
and under said corporate name II shall have
IpOwcr and authority 10 have and ENJOY sue
IccssiOn for the full term and period Of twenty
1--we years, f25) from and ate. the date here
lof. 70 contract To sue and be sued, 10 use and
make a corporate seal, and the same 70 break
/ or alter at pleasure, 10 hold receive, lease
purchase and convey, as well as 10 mortgage
| and hypothccate property, real, personal and
mixed 10 name and appoint such managers,
/ agents, directors and officers, as ITS business
or interest and convenience may require; 70
make as well 10 alter and amend from time
| to time, such bylaws, rules and regulations,
for the proper conduct, management and reg
| may be necessary and proper.
Article 2-The domicile Of this corporation
shall be in the city OF New Orleans, parish OF
Orleans, state II louisiana and all Cita-
tiors and other legal process shall be served
upon the president Of said corporation, or IN
the event Of his absence, upon the vice presI.
dent thereof, and in the absence Of both OF
said officers upon the secretary treasurer Of
Article 3LThe objects and purposes for
which this corporation is established, and the
nature Of the business to be carried on by it,
are declared 10 be: To conduct a general sad
ldlery and harness business, 10 buy and sell
any and all kinds OF goods and Chattels per
tanning TO such business, also to buy and sell
automobiles and other class OF vehicles and
the accessories pertaining thereto
Article 4.-Ihe capital stock Of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at ten thousand dollars
10000 divided into two hundred shares (1O
at fifty dollars each. Stock shall be paid for
in cash, merchandise, goodwill services &C
tually rendered. The capital stock aforesaid
may be increased by vote OF the stock hold.
ers owning majority Of the stock of said
corporation, at 4 meeting specially called
for that purpose, in the maner provided for
by law. Transfers OF stock shall be made
only on the books Of the company subject to
such regulations and formalities as the board
of directors may prescribe.
Article 5.-All the powers of the said cor
poratiOn shall be vested in and exercised by
a board of directors, to be. composed Of three
stockholders, to be elected annually on the
first Monday OF January of each year, begin.
ming in the year Of nineteen hundred and
fourteen Q9lI. The first board of directors
shall consist Of L. G. Awcock, as president,
F. G. Awcock, Jr., as vCe-president, and Miss
Agnes AwCock as secretary treasurer, who
shall serve and hold Office for one year from
the date OF this Incorporation, or until their
successors shall have been elected and quail
ihed.
No one not a stakeholder of this con-
Germ shall be eligible TO election on the
board of directors of this corporation. Said
board shall make and establish, as well as
alter and amend any and all bylaws, rules
and regulations necessary for the conduct and
management of the business and affairs IF
said corporation. Said board of directors
shall have power and authority to borrow
money, execute mortgages, issue notes, and
also TO issue and deliver full paid shares of
stock OF the corporation at not less than par
value, in payment of labor done or money
borrowed, or property rights actually re-
ceived by said corporation.
Article Ono stakeholder shall ever be held
liable, or responsible for the contracts or
faults of this company, nor shall any mere
informality in organization have the effect of
rendering this charter null, or of exposing
any stockholder to any liability.
Article This act of incorporation may be
modified, changed amended, or altered or
said corporation may be dissolved with the
assent of a majority of the stock voted by the
stockholders convened for such purpose, after
ten lO) days written notice to each stock
holder of record.
Article 8-This corporation is hereby au-
thorized to begin business at once, the requis.
lite amount of capital stock having been sub.
scribed by the present incorporators who
write opposite their names, respectively, the
number of shares subscribed by each, on sign.
ing these presents.
Thus done and passed, at my Office, on the
day and date first sbovc written, in the pres
ence of Messrs. ID. T. WE'LL and J. H. Staiger
competent witnesses who hereto sign their
names together with said appearers and me,
notary.
Original signed: E. G. Awcock, hfty
shares; Agnes Awcock, FIVE shares; F. G.
Awcock, IT,, five shares. d. T. WE'LL, J. H.
Staiger.
FERGUS HERMAN, Notary Public.
/. 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 E
g. Awcock Saddlery Company of Louisiana.
was this day duly recorded in my Office in
book lll9, folio =.
New Orleans, January 7, 1914
lSigned EMILE J. LEONARD, DIV. R
I, l hereby certify the above and foregoing to
be true and correct copy of the charter of
the +. G. Awcock Saddlery Company, and
the certificate of the recorder of mortgages
the original of which is on file in my notariai
records. New Orleans, January T. 1914
|. FERGUS HERMAN, Notary Public
jan Is p % feb II l9
CHARTER