The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-10-21
CHAR TER
OF BLUM 4 MCNAMARA. INC

Cuitcd States Of America. State Of Lon siaua,
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 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 heuuto SubSCrlbd, and
who declared that, ayaIliug themselves Of the
laws Of tins state III such cases made and
provided. they do by these presents form
themselves and their associates into COrpOr-
alton for the objects and purposes and under
the stipulatiors hereinafter set forth, which
they adopt their charter. to-wlt:
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 niucty-uIne years from this date,
unless sooner dissolved; II shall have au-
thority to sue and be sued and 10 make and
use a corporate seal; to hold. purchase, lease,
sell and hypothcCatc 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
ment Of the business may warrant and to do
everything necessary or 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
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 private purposes in or out
side the city of New Orleans; to construct or
erect, to contract for the construction o.
erection of buildings, workshops or mechanical
plants: to construct canals and levoes, To
contract for same, tramwayS and navigation
canals, and any other work connected with
land reclamation, and generally to do and en-
gage in auy other business, undertaking or
enterprise, connected with. growing out of,
germane or incidental to, any of the purposes
hereinabove set forth or contemplated by the
charter.
Article IV-The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed al the sum of twenty
five thousand dollars. common stock, divided
into two hundred and fifty shares, at the par
value of 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 or property actually
received at 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
ton to increase the amount OF its capital
stock up to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, all transfers of stock shall be made
OF 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 two of whom shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction Of bust
ness) elected by the stockholders at a regular
annual meeting held at the Office OF the COM
pany on the first Monday of January, 1916,
cl,a1l
constitute the board Of directors and officers
Of said company: Herman Blum, president,
p. o. Add, $40 Union St; Lawrence Blum,
vice-president, p. o. Add, $40 Union St.
Walter J. Mcnamara, secretary-treasurer, P.
I O. Add, $50 Union St.
All elections shall be by ballot and each
share of stock shall be entitled to one vote,
whether cast in person or by proxy. The
directors herein named shall continue in Of.
| fee 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 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 cor
| vened for such purpose after ten days notice
| in writing shall have been given by the sec
| retary-treasurer to each stakeholder in person
or by mail, said liquidators to be elected by
| a majority vote of 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 OF
| 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
! the effect of rendering this charter null OF
| exposing any stakeholder to any liability be-
yond the amount of his unpaid stock
Thus done and passed in my office in the
city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, IT
| the presence of Messrs. Joseph A. Casey and
! Ben Hocke, competent witnesses, residing IN
| this city, who hereunto sign their names with
| said appearers and me, notary, after due
/ reading of the whole, on the day, month and
scar first above written.
Signed: Herman Blum. 80 shares; Law.
renee Blum, so shares; w. J. Mcnamara, 6
shares Witnesses: Jos. A. Casey, Ben. Hocke
JNO. J. REILLEY, Not. Pub.
I, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
| for the parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana
do hereby certify that the above and fore
going charter of Blum & Mcnamara, Inc
was this day duly recorded in my office in
book l1s7, folio -.
New Orleans, La, September D. 1915
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
A true copy.
JNo. J. RETLLEY, Not Pub.
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