The herald., 1914-07-09
CHAR TER


OF + l.. MEEK X CO.
United State, Of America. State Of LOUIS ara,
Parish Of Orleans. City OF New Orleans.
Be II known. tha, on This sixteenth day Of
the month Of June IN the year one thousand
nine hundred and fourteen, and oi the ,ndc-
pcnicncc OF the United States Of America,
the one hundred and thirty ghth, before me.
I Theodore \. SChubcr, a notary public, ~ and
ior the parish OF Orleans. state Of Louisiana,
duly commissioned. sworn and qualified. and
therein residing. and IN the presence ot the
witnesses hereinafter named and uuirTsl gned
personally came and appeared.
The several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed who NeveTaily declared that
dyalIlng themselves OF the laws Of the state
yIded. ;hry have contracted and agreed. and
DO by these presents, contract and agree and
bind themselves as well all such other per
sons as may hereafter become associated with
| them, 70 form corporation, for the objects
and purposes, and under the articles and siIp-
ulauOES as follows, tO-wIt.
Article The name OF the corporation
shall be the #. l.. Meek 4 Co." and under
corporate existence for the term Of ninety
nine years from and after this date. The
domIcilc of the corporation shall be IN the
city OF New Orleans. La. and all legal pro-
cess shall be served upon the president OF
this corporation, or IN has absence upon the
vice president. Il shall have all legal power
including the right to contract, sue and be
sued. and 10 hold. receive. lease, purchase.
SELL mortgage and hypothecate real and per
| sonal property.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes Of
this corporation are TO engage IN the retail
grocery and liquor and salon business in the
city OF New Orleans, La, and III the state of
Louisiana, TO deal III all kinds Of groceries,
liquors, wines, etc, and to do everything
needtul or proper to carry out said purposes.
Article III.-The capital stock Of this cor
poTatIon shall he the sum Of tIve thousand dol
lars $4,000. divided into nifty shares OF
the par value Of one hundred dollars (SlOO)
each, which shall be paid Tor in money, prop
crty, or labor, when issued. This corporation
shall be going concern. and authorized to
DO business under this charter as soon Il, the
sum Of $4,000 IS subscribed for.
Article IN.-All corporate powers of this
corporation shall be vested in and exercised
| by board OF directors who shall have power
TO ALLEVIATE, mortgage, sell or lease the prop
erty OF this company; there shall be three
directors 70 compose said board, the same TO
be elected from among the stockholders in
SAID CorporatIon; each director shall own al
| least one share of stock IN his own name.
The meeting OF stockholders to elect direC-
tors Shal be held the Irst Monday in June OF
| each year, commencing with the year 1915.
Such election shall be by ballot, and each
share OF stock Is to count Tor one vote After
the election OF said board OF directors the
said board shall, from its own number, elect
a president, vice president and a secretary
treasurer, with the right to name one, or two
persons, to NIL all three positions.
Article N.-IhiS charter may be amended,
or changed, or the corporation dissolved or
| liqudated at a stockholders meeting called
| for that purpose by a two-thirdS vote of the
stock issued, after FIVE days prior notice in
writing TO each Stockholder, and after publi-
| cation twice in a daily newspaper during said
! five days The liquidation is to be by three
| llqudatorS to be named by the stockholders.
Thus done and signed and passed in my
office, in New Orleans. in the presence OF VIM.
| Conkerton and 5 Robertson. competent wit.
nesSes, who hereuuto sign their names with
| the said appearerS, and me. notary. after a
due reading Of the whole, the said subscribers
attaching opposite their respective names
| their subscriptions 10 the capital stock of
| this corporation, winch said list Is 10 act as
the original subscription list.
Original signed: Subscribers names and
their subscriptions.
Witnesses: Vim Conkerton. s Robertson.
THEODORE a. SCHUBER,
| (SeaN Notary Public
|, the undersigned, recorder Of mortgages,
in and for the parish OF Orleans, state Of Lou
lsiana, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing act OF Incorporation of the F. L.
Meek 4 Co. was this day duly recorded in my
office, in book No. ll27, folio -.
New Orleans. La, June 10th. 1914
tSigned) EMILE J. LEONARD, Dy. R.
THEODORE A. SCHUBER,
!SeaIl Notary Public.