The herald., 1915-04-08
CHARTER
OF RICHARD MCCARTHY, JR., INC.

| United States Of America, State of Louisiana
| Parish of Orleans City of New Orleans.
Be it known that this the 18th day Of
March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen, before me, Charles
F. Fletchinger, notary public, duly commits
stoned and qualified in and for the Parish OF
! Orleans, State of Louisiana, personally came
and appeared the parties whose names are
, undersigned, who declared that, availing
themselves of the provisions of the laws OF
this state relative to the organization OF cor
porations, especially Act 267, passed by the
legislature of this state during the year OF
1914 the laws amended thereby, and the laws
existing in this state other than the said act
POI of 1914, they have cOvenanted and agreed
and do by these presents covenant, agree and
bind themselves, their successors and as
signs, and form themselves into and consti-
tute a corporation for the objects and pur-
poses following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title of this cor
poration shall be RichardMcCarthy, Jr, Inc.
and under said corporate name, 1t shall have
all the powers and authority granted by the
laws of this state and not expressly withheld
from corporations.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes of this
corporation are generally to do a contracting
and construction business, and especially to
bid upon, accept and execute contracts for all
kinds of work, and, in so doing, they shall
have power to purchase real, personal or
mixed property of all kinds, the same to hold
at their convenience, and to do all necessary
things in connection with such contracting
and construction business.
Article III-The capital stock of this cor
poration shall be five thousand dollars S5,-
OOO divided into fifty (50) shares of the par
value of one hundred dollars $4,000 each,
the said stock to be common stock, and this
corporation shall commence business as pro-
vided by the law.
Article IV-The domicile of this corporation
shall be in the City of New Orleans, State of
Louisiana.
Article V-This corporation shall exist for
term of twenty-five years, unless liquidated
prior thereto as provided by law.
Article VI-All corporate powers of this
corporation shall be exercised by and through
Board of Directors to be composed of three
stockholders, the officers of such board be-
ing president vice president, secretary and
treasurer, and more than one of the said offi-
ces may be held by one member of the board.
The corporate powers of this corporation shall
also be exercised by the officers in accord
ance with the bylaws of this corporation.
The officers shall be elected on the day fol-
lowing the execution of this act of incor-
poratiOn, and annually thereafter upon the
first Monday of December.
Article VII-In cases of absence, inability,
or non-performance of duty, the majority of
the board of directors are empowered to ap.
point successor to fill the unexpired term of
such officer unable or refusing to perform such
duties.
Article VIII-No stock in this corporation
can be sold except and only after an offer of
sale through the board of directors to the
stockholders, and after the passage of thirty
days fro mthe date of such offer, it being
agreed that the actual value of such stock is
the book value as shown by the last annual
statement, that being the controlling price of
such sale.
Thus done and passed in my Office in the
City of New Orleans, on the day, month and
year aforesaid, in the presence of John c.
Hollingsworth and Frances Eisler, compe-
tent witnesses residing in this Parish, who
have signed their names with the said parties
and me, notary public, after a full reading
Of the whole.
The FIVE thousand dollars (s5,0O00O) capital
stock of this corporation is paid in by trans
ferring to the corporation the following de-
scribed bonds: (5) FIVE bonds, one thousand
dollars each, New Orleans Railway & Light
Company four and 1-2s. Names of subscrib-
ers ommtted) Witnesses: ]. c. Holdings
worth, F. Eisler. Chas. F. Fletchinger, Not
airy Public.
l, the undersigned, Deputy Recorder of
Mortgages, in and for the Parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing act of Incorporation
of Richard Mccarthy, Jr., Inc, was this day
duly recorded in my Office in book 1l57, folio
ia New Orleans, La, March 10Th, 1915.
(Signed Emile J. Leonard, Deputy R. of NJ.
A true copy. Chas. F. Fletchinger, Not. Pub.