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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-05-07
CHARTER
OF LONDON DEVELOPMENT co.


United States of America, State of Louisiana,
City of New Orleans.
BE il known. That on this third day of the
month Of April, in the year one thousand,
nine hundred and fourteen, before me, Felix
J. Dreyfous, a notary public, duly commis.
stoned and sworn in and for the parish OF
Orleans and city of New Orleans, therein
residing, personally appeared, the persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed, who
declared that, availing themselves of the pro
visions of the laws of this State, in such
cases made and provided, relating to the or
ganlzatlOn OF corporations, they have cove
nanted and agreed. and do, by. these pres;
ents, covenant and agree, bind, form and
constitute themselves, well such other
persons may hereafter join, or become as.
ISOLATED with them, into a corporation and
body polite in law, for the objects and pur-
poses, and under the agreements and stipu-
lations following, to-wit:
Article l. The name and style of this cor
poration shall be the London Development
Co." and under that name IT shall have
and enjoy all the rights, advantages and
privileges granted by law to corporations; 1t
shall exist for the period OF ninety nine
years from this day; 1t shall have power to
contract, sue and be sued in its corporate
name; to make and use 4 corporate seal, and
the same to break alter at pleasure; to
hold, receive, purchase, convey, mortgage, hy-
pothecate pledge property, both real and
personals; to issue bonds, notes and other
obligations or negotiable instruments; to have
and employ such managers, directors, off,
GERS, agents and other employees as the IN
terest and convenience of said corporation
may require or demand; to make and estab-
lish such bylaws, rules and regulations for
the corporate management ard control of the
affairs of the corporation may be deemed
necessary or eXpedient.
Article II. The domicile of said corpor-
alton shall be in the city of New Orleans,
in this state, but it may establish offices
and agencies throughout the United States
foreign countries All citations and other
legal process shall be served on the prcsi-
dent, and, in his absence, on the vice presi-
dent of the corporation.
Article III. The objects and purposes for
nature of the business TO be carried on bv il
are hereby declared to be: To deal in, buy
and sell, for its own account or for account
Of others, real estate, lands, tenements,
mortgages, mortgage notes, bonds, shares of
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need be neither director nor stakeholder. Said
board shall have the right to appoint and
DISMISS such clerks, managers and other en-
ployes OF the corporation, including the sec
rotary, who may or may not be a stakeholder
or director, as conditions may justify or the
business of the corporation may require The
tenure OF office of all the employees of the
corporation shall be during the pleasure of
the board of directors. Any OF fie directors
shall have the right to appoint, by written
instrument, another director or stakeholder
TO act as his proxy and in his stead at any
and all meetings of the board of directors
Article vi. No stakeholder shall ever be
held liable or responsible for the contracts,
faults or debts of said corporation, nor shall
any mere informality in its organization have
the effect of rendering this charter null. or
OF exposing a stakeholder TO any liability
beyond the unpaid balance due on the shares
owned by him.
Article VII. This act of Incorporation NAV
be changed, modified or altered, or this cor
poration may be dissolved with the assent
OF the stockholders owning majority of all
the stock OF the corporation, at a general
meeting convened for that purpose and after
at least ten days written notice of this meet
ing has been given through mail addressed
to each shareholder at his last known place
OF residence. In case of dissolution by the
expiration of this charter or otherwise the
stockholders shall elect three liduidators.
from among their number, to liquidate and
settle the business and affairs Of the COM
pany. In case of death or disability of any
one OF said commissioners or lquidators the
Survivors, or the remaining Hquidators, shall
appoint successor to him.
Article VIII. The stockholders shall i'm
mediately after the execution Of the present
act meet and elect the first board of direc-
tors, who will serve until the election to be
held in February, 1920
This corporation shall be a going concern
as soon as thirty shares shall be subscribed
to its capital stock.
Thus done and passed in my office, on the
day, month and year first above written. in
the presence OF Frank b. Twomey and Jo-
seph l. Weiss, competent witnesses, who have
signed with the appearers and me- the no.
tary, after reading the whole.
Original Signed: Names of subscribers and
numbers OF shares subscribed by them omit
ted +. Il. Twomey, J. L. Weiss.
FELIX J. DREYFOUS, Not. Pub.
/, the undersigned, Recorder of Mortgages.
for the parish of Orleans, do hereby Certify
that the above and foregoing act Of incof-
poration Of the London Development Co"
Was this day duly recorded in my Office in
Book lll9, Folio 1872
New Orleans, April 3, 1914
(SIgned): EMILE J. LEONARD, D. R.
A true copy. from the original act
FELIX ]: DREYFOUS, Not. Pub.
Apr9-l6-25-50-May7l4
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stock and other securities; TO lend money on
property, real and personal, bonds, stocks and
other securities; to lease, rent or hire prop
crty, make leases; TO act as broker, agent or
trustee for individuals, firms corporations;
to reclaim and improve landed property; to
lay out town lots suburbs, pave streets,
sidewalks and alleys; to put down sewer,
drainage, water and gas pipes to connect
with the municipal plants, or for the sole
use of such subdivisions; to erect poles and
lay conduits to support or receive wires for
electrical TRANSMIT ssions; to construct or erect
or TO contract for the construction or erection
OF buildings, and generally to do and engage
in any other business, undertaking or enter
prise connected with, growing out of, ger
name or incidental to, any OF the purposes
hescinabOve set forth or contemplated by this
charter.
Article ". The capital stock of this cor.
poraton is fixed at the sum of FIVE hundred
thousand dollars, divided into FIVE thousand
shares of one hundred dollars each, which
shall be paid for in cash, in instalments on
the call of the board of directors, or given
in payment OF property or services rendered:
All shares of stock shall be full paid and
non assessable. No transfer of stock shall be
binding upon the corporation unless made
upon its books, and all certificates of stock
shall be signed by such officers as NAV be
designated by the hoard of directors.
Article V. All the corporate powers of the
company shall be vested in, and the manage
ment and control of its affairs, shall be ex-
ercised by board of directors composed of
increased from time to time to no more than
nine at the discretion of the board of d.
rectors. A majority of the directors shall
constitute quorum for the transaction of all
business. The directors shall be elected an
nually, by ballot, by the stockholders, on the
second Tuesday of February in each year.
Each stakeholder shall be entitled in person
or by proxy, TO vote for every share owned
by him, and all elections shall be held under
such rules and regulations as may be deter
mined by the board of directors; after ten
days notice by mail of such election shall
have been sent TO each stakeholder at his
last known address. The directors thus
elected shall continue in office for one year,
or until their successors shall have been duly
elected and qualified, except the first board,
which shall continue in office until Febru-
airy, 1920 No failure to elect shall be re-
garded a forfeiture of this charter. Any
vacancy occurring on said board shall be
filled by the remaining directors for the un-
expired term; the said board shall likewise
elect the additional members in case they
should determine to increase the number Of
the board as above provided. Said board
of directors shall at its first meeting after
its election nominate out of its number a
president vice president, and a secretary
treasurer. 1t may elect secretary, who
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holders shall select three stockholders 10 lqui-
date and settle the business and affairs OF said
corporation. In the event OF the death OF any
Of the three llquIdatIng commIs sloners, the
survivor or survivors shall elect another
stakeholder 20 MI such vacancy.
Article ~. No stOCkhOldcT OF this corpora
shall ever be held liable or responsible for the
contracts or faults OF the corporation IN any
further sum than the unpaid balance due TO
the corporation on The shares owned by HIM;
nor shall any mere Intormallty IN orgsnIzs-
ti0u have the effect Of rendering this charter
null or # exposing a stockholder 70 any IL
ability beyond the amount of his stock.
Article y Dawson Watson, Gilbert EDGE,
G.. V ". Lyman, Jules NIsvant, and George
A I-calwcL shall constitute the rrst board
a. Directors of this corporation, with the night
pf sand Board OF Directors as constituted, 20
select members Of The Board 10 complete the
number up 90 twenty-five, as here IuabOvc
Pre- dent. u.heT, Edge Vice Pre- dent, Jules
N.avart, Secretary, and 6. y. y. Lyman,
Treasurer. these Officers . serve until the
r~-t Monday - June. 1918, after which the
sa-l H.a-d q Directors shall elect cat q rs
own r.warr- al. such gttrcrs 10 serve until
the ar-t N.aday IN jane, 1915 or until their
SUCCESSORS have been duly elected and quail
Article NJ The subscribers have here
unto respectively written opposite their res.
lr.'vc raU-,- the amount of stock III this cor
rurat..n subscribed for by each o: them. SO
rnar TINS aer q Incorporation may also serve
as r-. u-slEa. subscription list OF the corpora
Iaa- done and signed in my saice at the
CT. ~ New Orleans, on the day. month and
rra- herein ms. before written. IN the pres
crec OF Nc-seu.s Charles Leblanc and Leslie
Z. E,.rt, competent witnesses who have here
unto -.s'ci their names, together with sad
.pTra-r--. and me, Notary, after due reading
i me whole
Names az ~.gucr-.
.. y ". Lyman. 50 shares, Iule Vtavant, 5
shares, Geo. A. Ir-adwcll. % Shares, Dawson
k G..
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WalkinS on Your Hat.

Nothing is wasted in this house"
is the proud remark which you may
often hear from the lips Of an expert
hOusekeeper 1t is a boast. however.
that few people could really justify.
Take the case o. a wornout derby hat.
In the majority of instances this dis
carded article of headgear finds its
way to the rubbish heap or perhaps
into the hands of a passing tramp.
If only people were aware of the fact,
the most excellent felt soes for the
inside of their boots and slippers are
thus being discarded. These sOles can
be cut from the sides of an old hat
and are much more comfortable than
the ordinary CORK ones.
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|
I may be combined IN one person. Inc presi-
dent and vlce-president shall be Stockholders
1 IN the corporations; these othCe.s shall De
/ elected by the board OF directors.
! The following snail be the hTSt board Of
/ directors, Hugh +. Hunter, John - Hunter
and liipPo!yie babozles, with Hugh + Hun
J ter as president, John j. Hunter IS wee
president and HIppuIyte D1ncz:cs as seCre-
I The iTNt MONDAY OF June, ms. II "hlyh time
. The INST election under tins enaTicr IS TO be
held or until their SUCCESSORS snail nave been
+ duly elected and qualified
The n'ard Of directors may, from time 10
ht1c name and appoint all sugh managers,
agents employees servants ana clerks as
. u may deem necessary ~ me purposes o.
the corporation and s2a. nave the power %
iN and ieIne the iai'o 81 every oinccr
agent manager and 'AP.'E,e, servant or
b clerk, and they shall hold office and employ
ne board "i directors may maze ana es'
'anH~A a~ well as alter and amend all by
Laws, rules and teg".ai" deemed proper
I'D IFS judgment Tor the ''.h3tl ana man
a-r'.rri 90 i.e business and aN-'fs q SAID
t'.I"ft'o,a
Ar,l"e " @tr'.,T tA.N corporation may
be dissolved either 10y limitation or u'N'I-
wise. as "hA.Ts snail De L4HGAi'l by iNiet
HHa'lalis ea'H''..~>l.n'r-r Cd" Ice appointed
. i.i i"ai purpose from among me olp' EHptdcT-
~ ir CgI ration. al general meeting ~
the So. N"".a''S convened i"T mar purpose
. ~ ".i,. meeting notice s"a'1 De gwen 10y
l""l,ai"i' T.. NOT less man zen dhE' Fii'T
tt,it ."' I'D newspaper raH.!r..el lA we EHs'
l:sl language ~ the city Of New orleans.
and written nnN," gwen ana rturd 10 the
. last run"H address ~ tatH S''1Nh"litT ten
days iN"l &. r.Hd meeting ana d MtJ"'IiF Ill
amount u lHe capital siolh 81 satd corpora
ZION represented AZ -u,h meeting shaL Zoe re-
CURED g. '.1''' SAID ll4EldHii4E comm ssion-
, ar, -HaA remain IN ONCE u"ih me ahaii' o.
.Aid corporation snail have been NIuIdaira
In case 81 The death ut one or more 81 Salq
comm. ss'"nciN the vacancy sh"i. uc HISl
by e.'DN"n from among the stockholders ~
In. -urvIynrE go"1nlssloneTs
Article \li-lhls asst OF Incorporation may
be modified. changed or altered; or this cor
porAiInn may Hc dissolved win the assent
Of thrcc-tourths OF the capital stock repre-
scented - a general meeting OF the stock
holders, convened for such purpose, and after
notice shall have been gwen IN one or more
ne" >pal crS published IN the EnghNh Ian
quake lu the city OF Ne" 'rlcahs' once
week i'r -FOUR weeks preceding me meeting,
and by written notices gwen and mailed 10
cIIh NtocAho.deT ~ ms last known address,
inrty days PRIOR 10 the date OF meeting.
Any changes proposed or made IN refer
enGe 10 the capital stock shall be made IN
accordance WIN the laws OF l.t state OF
LOUISIANA on the subject OF Altering the
'aP'ldI stoSN OF S,1oIttohS' ,
No s'o'Nh"Idtr Sh5l ever De heid llabIe Tor
the contracts or faults OF SAID corporation IN
any iuTiheT sum ihdn the unpaid balance due
ihe ,Sotpoiduon on the shdits OF STOCK owned
by MN, nor SAalI any inioTEiaIlty N oTgahl-
alton nave ihe eHeSt q TenHcIlns this ch@I-
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Quick Switch.

Two men who went % hunting
camp together soon found that neither
possessed any Skill in cooking. After
two days Of continuous complaining
about the food they made FL agree
Inent that the first man WHO -,llt.cd
should pay $40 to his con.au'rL. At
breakfast the following NOTING oLt
Of the campers began upon some flap
jacks made toy the other member or
the party. These are about the
toughest limitations OF the real thing
| ever ran against" he observed sour
", but as he saw his comraE.on's face
light up at the prospect OF obtaining
the forfeit he quickly added. "Hut
that's the way like 'em."-New York
Tribune.
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TEMPTATION.

Cultivate the moral strength to
resist temptation. You can do it if
you will. In itself temptation is
neither strong nor weak. An OPP
potunity to steal a million would
not affect some men and women in
the least. To others It would be
irresistible. because their hearts are
aching with desire for weshh. We
cannot blame our temptations tor
our Sins. That is neither far nor
Just We must look deeper and
own that we alone are accountable
for the wTongdoing.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-05-07
Malta Fever.

There is no connection between Mai
"a fever and yellow fever. Malta fever
is peculiar 10 the island of Malta.
where it has been endemic for an in
definite period. II also is known as
crock" Mediterranean" and 'Undu-
liant" fever, and in the vcrnacuIar Of
the natives as SLOW" dust" or goat"
fever 1t is believed TO come from the
milk of gOats.-St. Louis Times.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-05-07
Strenath Of an tiephant.

is strong enough To carry three tons
ON lis hnrk
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THE MODERN HOME IS THE HOME WITH A TELEPHONE

In these modern days, with dis
is Gguratively cut off and isolated.
Household duties. social requiem,
or less dependent upon the teiepEoH
Lonesome moments may be. turned
in the next block or the adjoining ;
Marketing and shopping may be
The family physician, the nurse
notice II a telephone IS AZ hand.
In cases Of emergency, :athc-, L'
Fire. burglars ard other danger
telephone at her command.
Consul. with Us about residence
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,sk %: 'i.- corporation NAY
decreased. according {. the
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r.Er copy.
MARTIN Il. MANlDN. Not. Pub
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
Globe Sights

II you can loaf naturally you are not
much OF a worker.
A very bright man is often easily enter
tanned by medicrity.
There is an advantage In striking the
first blow. II it must be struck.
You are expected to pay for most of
the articles bearing the free label.
You can, IL lucky, collect some money
on bluff, but you can't keep 1t up.
One young lady woke up September
Morn, and didn't add much to her apparel
all day.
Not much can be said for whiskers, but
the six days growth Is possibly their
worst offense.
1t would probably be difficult for the
most careful housekeeper to keep roller
top desk clean.
ut will soon be time to dress fat" said
a small boy this morning, as he felt fall
weather coming on.
If there were only two people in Link
Preston's town one of them would be
mobilzing on his trail.
Here's a question for the Lancaster
Literary society: Does 1t hurt q fat man
as much to fall as it does q lean one?
A woman believes she is handing friend
husband a large, pear-shaped package
when she says. That's Just like man. =
So far as we know, no one has the
nerve to print Gentlemen's Home Jour-
nal. Is it that the men are so seldom at
home?
Mrs. Short jerks is quite sure that
Europe is engaging in q war merely to
attract American tourists to the battle
fields later on.
Alb Adkins boasts that he is master Of
dentally. that Abs family Is away for
the summer. i-~-a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
QUAKER MEDrrATIONs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Life Is a grind, but it doesn't always
make things smooth.
A man doesn't have to be q composer
OF music to steal march.
rolling stone gathers no moss, but a
joke that goes the rounds does.
Some people hate to let go Of anything.
They even try to keep the Sabbath.
1t isn't only the rounder who experiences
difficulty in squaring his accounts.
When n man never wastes any words,
1t isn't altogether due to his economy.
No, Maude dear; the seamy side of life
Is not entirely restricted to the seamstress.
The fellow who calls himself man of
mettle may merely be trying to get
through the world on brass.
Speaking OF extremities. the engaged
young man Will tell you that to win q
girls hand II quite q feat.
Wigg-"T don't suppose your friend the
telephone girl claims to be in society
Wagg@Well. she has . great many Of
the fashionable people on her calling list 8
Blobbs-'T believe it il no longer con-
sidered good form for fellow to be on
his knees when he prpp9ses to q girl. .
Siobbs-"No. guess TIA better for the
fellow to have the girl ON his knees.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
Hun,or Of the Day

crawford-''aave you found new
apartment yetT' Crabshaw-"No: my
wife won't take place unless there's
room large enough to tango in."-Iife
He (meditativeIy feeling the lower por-
ton Of his face)-"The Jawbone Il a
funny thing isn't it," She-"Yes: and
to think Samson slew 10 many Philistines
with one Of them!"-Judge.
He-"And. Judge. shes lost lot Of my
money playing bridge" She-'Don't be-
lieve him, Judge. don't know q thing
about the game" He-."rhat's fight,
Judge."-C1eveland Plain Dealer
''What makes you sure your Congress-
man IL not speaking his mind frankly and
freely?'' THE weather." replied Farmer
Corntossel. III he spoke frankly and free
ly, he wouldn't offer any remarks oxcspt
motions to adjourn Warrington Star.
..I knowed how things 'ud turn out e.
he kept ON foolin' wild pclItics.'' said the
old darby, AN now I amt q bit SUP
prised. Dey done took an sont him ter
de Legislature, an he sho' hex rot ter
aarve his time out-''-Atlanta Constttu-
uOR
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|ance" might not b upset Any
threatened disturbance OF tlis balance
has always. had in It the seeds Of .
general conflict.
Tho balance-of-powerf fetish has been
one OF the four great moving causes OF
the present war. The other three may
be briefly set forth al unitarian. with
its attendant jealousy and the obstacles
it presents to many needed social and
economic reforms; the age-long world
rivalry between Teuton and slav: and
the struggle of Europe's swarming and
industrial and commercial nations for
the markets OF Asia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
Jayhawker Jots

The man who says there is no op-
portunity for the poor man, observes
the Yates Center News, is the poor
man.
There may be nothing n names, but
just the same Rev. Fly is one of the
sky-pilots at Cleveland. Kingman
county.
mist that every town ought to have a
gossip censor with six months train
ing as a war censor in europe.
There is something Of an epidemic
OF whooping-cOugh among the grown
ups in and about Kingman. according
to the Kingman Leader-Courier.
Once in while. remarks the Cher
ryvale Republican, you can hear a
man say. It's shame to take the
money. but he always takes it just
the same.
According to the Hartford Times,
the worlds greatest men grew up
ward from the lower classes. while the
worlds meanest men grew downward
from the upper classes.
In several Kansas localities prayers
are now going up for rain, not to help
the crops but to aid the Dlowmen. In
other words. II there is anything the
Kansas farmer ever needs more than
rain it is much more rain.
A. Story, the Route correspondent
OF the Lyons Republican tells this one:
A young couple from Lyons attended
the Saxman picnic last Thursday af-
ternoon and the young lady was
heard to remark. You can buy me a
watermelon IL you want to-but I
cantaloupe.'
Charlie Blakesley of the Kansas
| City Star has located at Great Bend
what he rightly characterizes as "a
real killjoy of a doctor who assures
the young women that dancing makes
their feet larger. ice cream produces
tfreckles and that hanging on the front
gate il a source of rheumatism.
| AS the Marquette correspondent OF
! the Mcpherson Democrat-Opinion SO
well puts it: He who beats q fellow
man out of one dollar Is as dishonor-
able as he who beats him out of hum
sdreds of dollars. The difference in
amounts is only the difference in OPP
portunity. The principle is the same.
| Tabloids from the Marysville Advo-
lcate-Democrat: Life may be a burden,
but most of US take pleasure in carry
| ing the load. Even II food goes
up we are pretty certain to do our part
in putting it down. Matrimony Is
one lottery which can be advertised
without violating the postal laws.
In this day and age. still tongue
| is of no value unless accompanied
with a paralyzed writing arm.