The herald., 1915-04-01
CHARTER
OF CRESCENT BROOM COMPANY. INC.

United States of America, State of Louisiana,
Parish of Orleans City of New Orleans.
Be it known, that on this the twenty ninth
day of the month of March, in the year of
Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and ff-
teen, and of the Independence of the United
States OF America, the one hundred and thirty
NINTH before me, Alexis Brian, a Notary
Public duly commissioned and qualified with
in and for the Parish of Orleans, State of
Louisiana, and in the presence OF the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared the several
persons whose names hereunto subscribed,
who severally declared that, availing them
selves of the benefits and provisions of the
constitution of the State of Louisiana and of
the laws of said State relative to the organ
ization of corporations, and particularly of
the provisions of Act No. 267 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana for the year 1914, they have united to
form, and do by these presents form and or
ganize themselves, as well all such other
persons who may hereafter join or become as
ISOLATED with them their successors, into
stock corporation for the objects and pur-
poses and under the covenants, stipulations
and agreements following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title of this
poration shall be Crescent Broom Company,
Inc" and under and by said name, unless
sooner dissolved in accordance with law and
this charter, it shall exist and continue, and
stall have and enjoy corporate existence and
succession for period OF nlnety-nine (99)
years from and after the date of this act. 1t
change, acquire by grant, gift or purchase, de
wise or bequest, sell, ALLEVIATE, dispose OF,
convey, lease, pledge, pawn, hypothecate, en-
cumber or mortgage property of any kind,
whether real personal or mixed, corporeal or
incorporeal, movable or immovable, all sub
ject to such limitations as may be prescribed
by law. 1t may make, issue and endorse
bonds or notes and other evidence OF debt.
1t may accept mortgages, pledges or other
forms of security for money loaned or other
debts. 1t may contract, sue and be sued,
plead or be implicated by its corporate name
in any court of competent jurisdiction. 1t
may make, adopt and use common seal and
alter the same at pleasure. 1t may hold stock
in other corporations, and its capital stock
may be issued for capital stock in other cor
porations. 1t may name, appoint and employ
such managers, directors, officers, agents and
other employees As its interest, business and
convenience ma require, and may FIX their
compensation, having due regard to the ma
ture character and value of their services. 1t
may make and establish bylaws, rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with this charter
or any existing law, fixing or altering the
management of its property, the regulation and
government of its affairs, and the manner OF
the certihcation and registration OF ITS stock
1t may wind up and dissolve itself, or be
wound up and dissolved in the manner pre-
scribed by law. 1t may conduct business IN
this state, other states, the federal districts,
the territories and possessions of the United
States, and any foreign country. And 1t
generally shall possess all the powers, rights,
privileges and immunities which corporations
are and may hereafter be authorized 10 pos
sess under the constitution and laws of this
state, and particularly under Act No. 267 of
the acts of the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana for the year 1914. And it shall
have the power to invest its board OF direc-
tors with all of its corporate powers. subject
to such restrictions may be named in this
charter.
Article 1.-THE domicile of this corporation
shall be at the City of New Orleans, Parish
of Orleans, State of louisiana, and all cita-
tions or other legal process shall be served
upon its president, in the event of his
absence upon its vice-president, or in the
event of the absence of both OF said officers
upon its secretary-treasurer.
Aticle lIl-The purpose or purposes Tor
which this corporation is formed and the ma
ture of the business to be carried on by it
are hereby declared to be: To manufacture,
buy, sell, import, export and generally deal in
goods wares and merchandise of every kind
and description, and particularly brooms,
brushes, busters and mops of all classes and
description, broom corn, broom handles,
Irvine, wire, and all other articles incident
making, sale or disposition of said brooms,
brushes, busters and mops. To either pur-
chase, build or rent, acquire, hold and operate
and sell or otherwise dispose OF such lands,
buildings, warehouses, stores, factories and
equipment or other property az the business
of the corporation may require; and generally
TO perform all the acts incident to a manu-
featuring OF mercantile corporation, and to
deal in such other goods, wares and merchan-
disc as are usually manufactured or dealt in
by manufacturers and dealers in similar lines
of business to those engaged in by this cor
poration.
Article IV-The authorized capital stock of