The herald., 1914-10-15
CHARTER


CHARTER
OF CHAR LIS FFKRAN \ COMPANY TNt
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Ar-IrIc 1.-THE dom,r,fe Of -liI rn-,a-s
fr1r shall he, IN the ,f,, at \e.. Orleans 81 .fr
af louisiana. and all citations or otrcr frg.r
process shall he served uuou the president a.
said garpo~a'iou or IN tL. went, of ms .L-
,cncc. upon the yice-prc,ilcr!t thereof and
m the absence Of both OF sand ofisre.s. rpo.
the secretary y-treasllrrr of ~gid ,orpn-Ifior
Arfrrje iIi-IEc objects and pyrno,r, f.-
winch TN, corporation !, org7riJ,d' and r..
fablished and ihc nature Of the business l.,
hc carried on hy II are hereby declared TO be-:
To rursg, IN the. general machinery Iu-I1,,.
in ali of its branches in the state OF Lonrsr.
ana and elsewhere, and IN connection with
~,Id business and as part Of the conduct There
f,- the construction. erection and r,nair, AZ
and tn machinery. electrically. steam. hand
OF otherwise driven: 10 acquire hv pllr,has,
or otherwise machinery or parts Of ma .hirrry
pf rvcr,, kind and nature the .s,rr =, -.iI
,Ifhrr II, the forr, and sbsnr in ,,bi,h ~ ,,3.
sroIIircd or afrrr having been altered or aII-
ed TO: to acquire and dispose OF patents and
patent rights: To erect and construct uachir-
rrv or th, parts thereof lIuou a ROYALTY basis.
and generally Ia do and periorru rron q ,,--l
mission. retail and wholesale basis. any and
all things incidental uertircur or necessary
IN of
tior.
Article IN-The capital stock Of tins cor
nor.tion - hereby tNed ~ the sr,r, nj fffv
thousand dollars iS5OGNUOD. divided INFO and
rrprrsrnrcd bv fire hundred ,5DOb shares of
strrL of the mar value Of one hundrrd dol
lars ,SlOlOW each SAID stock shall be paid
for IL, cash or IN such iustallueuts and al
such time and after such notice TO subscribers
as tho hoard Of dircrforS may hx or same
. r,a, he issued AT NOT les Than mar for Labor
done or services performed Tor said corpora
tion or for property or rights actually re
- L,. Ia r,rnGr,t,or,
dollars of the capital stock has been sub.
scribcd 10 the corporation AT the time OF pass
inu this act OF incorporation and this corpnr-
ation will become a going concern and shall
! ne authorizrd to commence bushes, when
and as soon as TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars
tS,, OOG o., of lis capital stock shall have been
paid for.
All transfer, of the capltal stock of this
! corporation shall be made and entered on
the stock book OF the corporation and no
/ transfers shall be in any manner binding on
/ this corporation unless 80 entered
10 Sai, Of StocE of this cornoration shall he
vaIid unless FIRST offered for a perIod OF ten
| days To the stockholders. through the board
| of directors at 4 Drice NOT To exceed its hook
IN no., ~ ,bc ri1iTr of the so,tboIJeTs
] IN ayail ihemseIvc, of such purchase. nota-
/ ZION of such fact shall be made by the secre.
! tary.treasurer upon such certifcate or certih-
/ Gates having been previously rendered in ac-
u
may he sold without further restriction. Sue
| Ceedinp purchasers thereof shall however
! he reGuired TO offer the same to the stock
| hoIders for the term and AZ the value herein
| aboye designated before disposing of same
and all stock acouired in this CORPORATION shall
/ he suhiert to the Drovisions Of This charter.
| Articir N-The canitaI stock of this cor
marathon NAV he increased TO the sum of one
! hu.dred thousand dollars (S1OOOCOOOl by a
vote Of two.tbirds of ali of the stock, at !.
| meeting called for that purpose
| Article NI-Au the corrorate mowers of
this cornoration Shall be vested in and excr-
| cisrd nv a hoard OF directors. composed OF
! tbrer stocLboIders. a majority Of whom Shall
| constitutr a Gnor,m foT the transaction of
! bIsinrss Said directors shall be elected at
. :, general meeting of the Stockholders of thu
| coTnor,tior 10 he held ON the second Monday
! in January in each wear. unless said day
! shall he a LEGAL halliday. in which event, said
! eIprtion Shall he held on the next succeeding
! L,IsineSs Jav Notice of said election shall
| Le given 70 each stockholder in writing by
| irttfr addressed and mailed to his last known
rcsidenCe ar least fifteen days before such
| nIeeting
! The hoard of directors shall at its first
! meeting eIect from Among IT'S members a pres
| dent. q vice.nresident and a secretary-tre