The herald., 1914-07-23
CHARTER
OF NATIONAL FURNITURE COMPANY,
LIMITED

United STATES Of AMfahltt, . IL a., I
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF OK
LEANS. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be il known. that on this the thirteenth
day of the month of July, in the year oi
our Lord nineteen hundred ana t3urteen,
and of the Independence of the United States
lof America the one hundred and thirty
ninth, before me, Edward Paul Foley, a no.
tary public, duly commissioned and quallned,
lin and for the parish of Orleans, state OF
Louisiana, therein residing. and in the pres
lencc of the witnesses hereinafter named ana
undersigned, personally came and appeared,
the several persons whose names are here
IuntO subscribed, who Severally declared that
Iavailing themselves of the laws of the state
Of Louisiana, in such cases made and pro-
vided, they have contracted and agreed, and
do by these presents, contract and agree and
bind themselves as well as such other per-
sons as may hereinafter become associated
with them, to form corporation, for thc
objects and purposes, and under the articles
and stipulations as follows, tO-wit:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name of this corpora
| tiOn shall be the NATIONAL FURNITURE
COMPANY, LIMITED, and under its corpO-
rate name it shall have and enjoy corporate
existence for ninety-nine years from and
after this date. The dOmicile Of this corpO-
ration shall be In the city of New Orleans,
La, and all legal process shall be served
upon the president Of this corporation or In
his absence upon the vice-prcSdent. II shall
have the power to sue and be sued 10 bor
row money, hold. purchase. SELL mortgage
and hypothecate real and personal property
~ man anu u.s. corporate seal, the same
10 break and alter at pleasure, and to make
Such bylaws, rules and regulations for the
management Of the business and affairs 81
the SAID corporation may lee necessary
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
or thls corporation are to engage in the
wholesale and retail sale Of furniture, house
hOId goods, crOckery, and glassware for cash
or on the installmcnt plan and to do every
lhinS proper and needful for carrying on
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock OF this
corporation shall be the sum Of sevcnty-iiv !
hundred lSI.5OO.OOl dollars, divided Into
three hundred shares of the par value Of
twenty-five tS2JOOD dollars. each, which /
shall be paid for in money, property, or labor !
when issued. This corporation shall he a !
going concern and authorized TO do business I
under TINS charter as soon as the sum Of /
three thousand (S3,OOO00D dollars is sub 1
Scribcd for.
ARTICLE IV.-All corporate powers of /
this corporation shall b. vested in and exer- |
riSed by a board Of directors, who shall have |
power 70 aHenate, mortgage. sell. or lease /
the property of this corporation: there shall |
be three directors to compose the said board. ,
the said directors to be elected from among
the stockholders in said corporation. The .
meeting Of stockholders TO elect directors
shall be held on the second Monday of July
IN each year, commencing with the wear Of
1915 Such election shall be bv ballot and
each share Of stock shall be entitled to one
vote After the election Of said board OF I
directors the said board shall from its own
number elect a president, a vice-prcsident,
ana a secretary-treaSurer. The following di- !
rctors shall constitute the first board Of di- !
-ectors of this cOrpOratio and shall serve
lhtl their successors are duly and legally
,lected George \. GOmperts president. Ise-
1ore DeVitan, yice-president Herman Per
on, secretary-treasurer.