The herald., 1915-10-28
CHARTER
OF BLUM & MCNAMARA. INC

OF BLUM x MCNAMARA, INC.
United States of America, State of Louisiana
Parish Of Orleans, City of New Orleans
Be it known, that on this 10th day of the
month of September, in the year one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen, before me, John ]
Kelley, a notary public in and for the parish
Of Orleans, State of Louisiana, duly commits.
stoned and qualified, and in the presence OF
the hereinafter named and undersigned, per.
sonally came and appeared: the several per.
sons whose names are herunto SUBSCRIBE, and
who declared that, availing themselves of the
laws of this state in such cases made and
provided, they do by these presents form
themselves and their associates into a corpor.
alton for the objects and purposes and under
the stipuations hereinafter set forth, which
they adopt as their charter, to-wt:
Article 1.-The name and title of this cor.
poration is declared to be Blum & Mcnamara
Inc; II shall have corporate existence for a
period of ninety-nine years from this date
unless sooner dissolved; it shall have au.
thority to sue and be sued and to make and
use corporate seal; TO hold, purchase, lease
sell and hypothecate real and personal prop
erty; to make and issue bonds and to name
and appoint directors. managers and agents
and to establish such bylaws as the manage
mcnt of the business may warrant and 10 dc
everything necessary incidental for the
conduct of its business in its corporate name
Article 1.-THE domicile of this corporation
shall be in the city of New Orleans, State OF
Louisiana, and all process shall be served on
the president, or in case of his absence on
the secreteary-treasurer.
Article III.-The objects and purposes OF
this corporation are declared to be:
To do a general contracting business and
principally to build, lay out and construct
roadways, streets and sidewalks, or to take
contracts for the doing of any such work, to
pave streets, sidewalks, or the repairing OF
same, for public or private purposes in or out
side the city of New Orleans; to construct or
erect, or to contract for the construction or
erection of buildings. workshops or mechanical
plants; to construct canals and levees, or to
contract for same, tramways and navigation
canals, and any other work connected with
land reclamation, and generally to do and en-
gage in any other business, undertaking or
enterprise, connected with, growing out of,
germane or incidental TO, any of the purposes
hereinaboye set forth or contemplated by the
charter.
Article IV.-The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at the sum of twenty
FIVE thousand dollars. common stock, divided
into two hundred and fifty shares at the par
value of one hundred dollars each (no part
of which issue shall be preferred stock and
which shares Of stock shall be paid for in
case or for labor done property actually
received az the time and in such manner as
the board of directors shall deem proper, the
corporation being authorized to commence bus
mess when FIVE thousand dollars of its cap
ital stock shall have been subscribed and paid
for, the right being reserved to this corpora
ZION 10 increase the amount OF IT'S capital
stock up to the sum of one hundred thousan md
dollars, all transfers of stock shall be made
on the books of the company, on the surrender
of the outstanding certificates, in pursuant to
such rules as the board of directors may pre-
scribe.
Article V-The affairs of this corporation
shall be managed by board of directors of
three stockholders 1.-TWO of whom shall con-
stitute quorum for the transaction Of bust
ness elected by the stockholders at regular
annual meeting held at the Office of the COM
pany on the first Monday of January, 1916,
until which time the following persons shall
constitute the board of directors and officers
of said company: Herman Blum, president,
P. o. Add. S26 Union St: Lawrence Blum,
vice president, P. o. Add, S26 Union ST. /;
Walter ]. Mcnamara, secretary treasurer, p.
o. Add, S26 Union ST.
All elections shall be by ballot and each
share of stock shall be entitled to vote,
whether cast in person or by proxy. The
directors herein named shall continue in Of
nee until their successors are duly elected
and qualified, and the corporation shall not
be dissolved or affected by failure to hold the
regular annual meeting to elect officers and
directors.
Article VI.-At the termination of this char
ter by limitation or otherwise, the business
and affairs shall be liquidated by two liqui-
dators to be appointed from among the stock
holders at a meeting of the stockholders con-
vened for such purpose after ten days notice
IN writing snail nave been given 0y the sec
retary-treasurer o each stakeholder in person
or by mail, sal, liquidators TO be elected by
a majority vote q the shares of capital stock
present or represented at such meeting.
Article VII.-Ths charter may be changed,
altered or amended or the corporation may be
dissolved or ordered liquidated by a vote of
two-thirds Of the capital stock present or rep
resented at meeting Of the stockholders con-
vened for such purpose, after observing the
formality required in Article VI of this char
ter.
Article VIII.-No stakeholder shall ever be
held liable or responsible for the contracts or
faults of this corporation in any further sum
than the unpaid balance due TO the corpora
ton on the shares owned by him, nor shall
any mere informality in organization have
the effect of rendering this charter null OF
exposing any stakeholder to any liability be-
yond the amount of hi, unpaid stock.
Thus done and passed in my Office in the
city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, If
the presence of Messrs Joseph A Casey and
Ben Hocke, competent witnesses, residing II
this city, who hereunto sign their names witt
said appearers and me, notary, after du,
reading of the whole, on the day, month anc
year first above written.
Signed: Herman Blum, 80 shares; Law
renee Blum, so shares; w. J. Mcnamara, $
shares. Witnesses: Jos. A Casey, Ben. Hocke
JNO. J. REILLEY. Not. Pub.
/, the undersigned recorder of mortgage