The herald., 1915-02-18
CHARTER
OF GILBERT REALTY COMPANY, INC.

United States of America, State of Louis
lana, City of New Orleans.
Re il known, that on this fifteenth day OF
January, in the year of our Lord, one thou
sand nine hundred and fifteen: Before me-
Albert Guilbault, notary public, duly com,
mis- sioned and sworn IN, tor the farlsh oi
Orleans and City of New Orleans, therein re-
siding, and in the presence Of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, personally
appeared:
!, Mr.. Frank X; DufOur; whose, RostCsf1fiee
Orleans. La; 2, Mr.. Paul J; Dufour, whose
postoffice address is No. 1915 Carondelet
Walk, New Orleans, La.j }, Miss Emile Du'
rand, femme sole, whose postoffce address IS
Miss Jeanne Durand, femme sole, whose post
Office address is No. ll2l Short Street, New
Orleans, La; S, Mr.. Gilbert Durand, whose
postofice address is P. o. Box SIC, New Or
postoifice address is P. o. Box $40, New Or
leans, La, all of the full age Of majority, who
severally declared that availing themselves
of the provisions of Act No. 267 of the Legis.
lature of this State, for the year, 1914, and
of the general laws of this State, they have
covenanted and agreed, and do by these pres
ents covenant, agree, bind, form and consti-
tute themselves, with those who may here
after join with them, into corporation and
body polite in law, under the following agree
ments to-wit:
Article l. The name title of this corpora.
ton shall be the Gilbert Realty Company,
Inc" and under said name, it shall have au-
thority:
/. TO contract, sue and be sued; in any
competent court;
2 To have succession by its corporate name
for ninety-nine years from the date hereof;
g. To make and use a common seal and
alter the same at pleasure;
4. To acquire property by grant, gift, pur.
| chase, and to devise or bequest; to lease, hold
and dispose of, and to mortgage and pledge
the same, all subject to the limitations pre-
Scribed by law;
5. To appoint such officers and agents as
the business of the corporation may require,
and to FIX their compensation;
g. To make bylaws, not inconsistent with
any existing law, fixing or altering the man
agement of its property, the regulation of the
government of its affairs and the manner OF
T. To conduct business in this state, other
states, the Federal districts, the territories
and possessions Of the United States, and in
foreign countries;
dissolve this corporation with the assent OF
vote OF two-thirds in interest of all the stock
holders expressed at a meeting called by the
Board Of Directors for said purposes, after
address of each stakeholder at least ten days
before said meeting, copy of the resolution,
of the Board of Directors looking to said
amendments or dissolution, and a notice OF
the said meeting;
9. To issue certificates of stock to the
stockholders signed by the president. and by
the secretary-treasurer; said certificates OF
stock when transferred by the owner thereof
must be recorded on the corporations books
and no transfer shall be valid with out such
recordation.
10. Service Of citation and other legal pro-
cess shall be made on the president in his
absence, on the vice president, in the absence
OF these two, then on the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
and IN absence of these officers then in the
manner provided by law.
IL. Stockholders desiring to dispose OF
their stock shall first offer the same to the
corporation, through its Board of Directors
who shall have the right to purchase the same
ITS then book value, and should the corpora.
ton not avail itself of the right to purchase