The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-08-12
CHARTER
OF LINCOLN TRANSFORMATION
PLEASURE CAR COMPANY, INC"


PLEASURE CAR COMPANY, INC"
State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans.
Be it known, that this, the ninth Gay OF
July, in the year 1915, before me, Thomas Z.
Furlow, a duly qualified and commissioned
notary public in and for the parish of Or
leans, State of Louisiana, and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appeared
the several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed. and severally declared that,
availing themselves of the general laws of the
State of Louisiana in suen cases made and
provided, they have formed and organized,
and do by these presents form themselves and
those they represent and such others as may
hereafter become associated with them into
and constitute a corporation and body polite
in law, for the objects and purposes set forth
| and expressed, which they adopt as their
charter.
poration is and shall be the Lincoln Trans.
portation & Pleasure Car Company, Inc" and
il shall exist and enjoy succession by its
corporate name for a period of ninety nine
| (9o) years from the date hereof. Its domicile
| shall be in the city of New Orleans, State of
Louisiana, and all citations or other legal
services shall be served upon the president,
and in event of his absence or inability to act,
| upon the vice-presdent or secretary, IN the
order named.
Article 1.-THE capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at the of fifty
| thousand dollars, divided into and represented
| by fifty thousand shares at the par value OF
one dollar each, which capital stock may be
increased upon amendment of this charter
according to law until the total sum of hve
hundred thousand dollars is reached. Stock
| may be paid for in money, services duly rem
| dered to the corporation or IN property regu-
larly transferred to the corporation, or for
| ANYTHING of good value as shall be decided
/ by the board of directors.
| Article III.-The purposes of this corpor-
| alton are declared to be, the operation OF
i h,YSSe rent
| and profit, for the particular use OF the col
| ored race; the operation OF both taxlcabs
| and regular trip cars; the buying, selling
leasing and repairing of automobiles and
all things needful, requisite. or apparently
/ profitable that may arise incidental to or moi
/ contradictory with the especially expressed
objects and purposes.
corporation shall be vested in board OF
/ directors, three in number, a majority oi
whom shall be and constitute quorum tol
the transaction of business; this board shall
have the right to delegate such duties as Il
may see proper to officers of the corporation
agents or employees. Annual stockholders
meetings for the election of directors shall
be held on the second Monday in January
meeting is held the following persons shall
| serve as directors of the corporation: U.
Kaler, of New Orleans, La, c. !: Harris, o
New Orleans, La, and J. r. Tallant, Jr., o
New Orleans, La, with Y. I. haler as pres
ident, c. l. Harris as vice-president, and }
K. Tallant, Jr, as secretary reasurer.
Article V-The board of directors shall
have the power to make and alter at will
set of bylaws for their guidance, said by
laws to contain any matter relative to cor
porate affairs not contradictory with an.
express stipulations of this charter. The!
NAV also make a set Of bylaws for the stock
holders meetings but such bylaws after ono
made and accepted by the board of directors
shall only be changed by the stockholder
at duly convened meeting.
Thus done and signed in the presence o
III. K Roberts and Warren V. Miller, com
petent witnesses, who have signed their name