The herald., 1915-05-20
CHARTER
OF WHITE ROOFING AND CONTRACTING
COMPANY, INC.


COMPANY, INC.
~, c..,.s of America. State of Louisiana,
parish of Orleans, City of New orleans
Re il known, that on this fourth Gay oi
the month of May, IN the year o. oel "a
one thousand nine hundred ana hiteeh, any
80 he indenendence of the United States OF
a.-;.a the one hundred and thirty-nintn;
before me, Lyle Saxon, a notary puplle, uuIy
commissioned and qualified IN ana Ioi ene
ahove CITY. parish and state, therein reslul.s'
"a 10 he presence of the witnesses hereih-
e., named and undersigned, personally
rame and appeared: the several persons whosS
names are hereunto subscribed, VINO ueCIdieHt
that ayailing themselves of the provisions oi
the laws of the state OF LOusaSma in such
cases made and provided, they constitute
themselves, their associates, successors anu
assigns a corporation under the stipuid. .ti
herein set forth, which they ADOPT d. 1ie''
Art;cie THE name and style of this COR
no,ation shall be white Roofing * Con-
tracting CO., Inc" and it shall ENJOY suc
cess;on and corporate existence tor a periou
80 n;netv-nine wears from date hereof, and IL
shaU have for the purpose OF the business ~
be carried on by it all the powers conIel IIGt
NV law upon corporations, and shall geherdIy
exercise all the powers necessary u N"''' "
the said business. .:
Article 1.-THE domicile of this corporation
shall be in the city of New Orleans, state OF
Louisiana, and all citations and otheI nss
The comnany or in the event of his disaDlllty
10 act upon the secretary-treasurer.
Article III.-The objects and purposes LOT
which this corporation is organized ana 'n I
nature of the business to be carried on py u
are hereby declared to be that OF dealihg
in roofing and roofing material, OF all descrlp,
tons and kinds, of manufacturing roohng cru
roo6nR material, of contracting ana laying
az roofs repaiTing of roofs, and to deal gen,
srallv in all goods pertaining To roohng and
roofinR composition; as well as 70 buy ana
sell all kinds of asbestos and ruppeI soous
and To deal thereini to do general contracting
work of all kind aud description, repairing 3'
buiIdines laying OF foundations, cement Work
and 10 contract for the erection aud repairing
OF buildings OF all kinds aud description ane
generally TO do all work both IN e9nIael,hs
and dealing IN materials 70 DC usea W se''
A.,iSle V,-The capital stock OF this COT
paTation Is hereby hKed az the sun OF !e'
ihausand (sl09ll dollars, 70 he IepIeseh'e'
nv ene hundred shares eI stock AZ par value
ana hundJsd dallaIs (fi0ol each, fitly re
eent "a pe,1 et the capital stock must W
suhseyihed hefare the hiins % the ati,eies
incorporation fiH{ pes esM ~ eh ses'
iks eegpagatjeN engages ~ business, aha w
remainder Within Twelve mehths thtteateh
The apsnNt 10 which the capital stock wa
be increased shall he hl,t Thousand de'lat
Az s,eet subscribed fot shalt he paid 70
4, Task, or ils equivalent or property te
esiy.d, or labor done, At such time and upoi
such TERMS aud conditions as the board
directors shall prescribe, No transfer Of stoe
shall be admitted OF held TO be valu .
binding so far as the company - concerned
unless made Upon the books Of the company
No sale or pledge Of stock shall he valid IN
less made Upon the books OF the company. M
sale or pledge of stock shall be valid unles
said sale or pledge. Is accompanied ~
written certificate, signed by the presiden
and secretary.treasur Of the company, to tn
effect that said stock was offered TO the re
manning stockholders through the board o
directors, at its book value, for period o
fifteen days, and they have failed or deciine'
10 purchase same.
Stock sold or pledged in contravention {
this provision shall become the property o
the stakeholder first rendering to the trans
fierce or pledge its book value.
Article V.--All powers of this corporation
shall be vested in, and the business and al
fairs shall be managed by board OF direc
tors, consisting of three directors, who shal
be elected annually at a meeting of the stock
holders on the first Monday in July OF eac
year.
shall consist of ]. Watkins White, s21
Apricot ST., New Orleans, La; Alexande
Campbell White, 700 Burthe St, New Or
leans, La; Edward Chassaniol, l208 Josephin
St, New Orleans, La.
The said J. Watkins White shall be pres
ident and general manager, Edward Chassa
Mol, vice-president, and Alexander Campbell
White, secretary-treasurer, of this corpora
ton; all Of whom shall hold Office until tn
first Monday in July, 1916, until their sue
cessors shall have been duly elected.
All elections shall be by ballot at the ofhc
commissioners to be appointed by the boar
of directors. Notice of such meeting shall b
given by the secretary treasurer in writing
delivered to each stakeholder in person, Q