The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-10-28
CHARTER
OF AUTOMATIC Bon COMPANY. INC.

United States Of America, State of Louisiana,
| Parish OF Orleans, City oi New Orleans
| Re It known that on this eighth dav Of the
! month OF September, IN the year OF our Lord
| ono thousand nine hundred fifteen, before me
! Joseph kenton Bailey, y notary public, duly
! commissioned and qualified in and Tor the
parish Of Orleans, State Of Louisiana. and in
the presence OF the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned personally came and
appeared the several persons, whose names
are hereinafter subscribed all Of full age
who declared that, availIng themselves Of
the provisions OF the laws OF this state rela.
tive 10 corporations, they do by these pres.
cutS, unite 10 form and constitute a corpora.
ton and body polite IN law, under the slip.
uIatons and agreements, hereinafter set forth,
to-wit:
Article Tile name of this CORPORATION
shall be the Automatic Box Company Inc
Article 1.-THE objects and purpose, for
which this corporation Is organized and the
business TO be carried on by II are declared
TO be to manufacture, buy and sell paper, pa
per board and paper boxes of all kinds and to
make, manufacture and to buy and sell all
raw and manufactured material or machinery,
patents and processes appertaInIng to the bus
mess OF manufacturing paper, paper boards
and paper boxes and to purchase, lease, sell
or otherwise dispose OF patents, machinery or
processes tor manufacturing paper boards or
paper boxes that may relate to said business.
Article IIl.-Ihe capital stock OF this cor
thousand tSlU,UO.OO dollars.
Article IN.-Ihe capital stock may be in
creased to the sum Of fifty thousand $4,000
dollars.
Article V-The capital stock shall be di
yidcd into and represented by one thousand
shares OF par value of ten $1,000 dollars
per share, which may be paid for in cash, or
may be issued full paid for property actually
received by the corporation, and in accord
anCe with law.
Ihr hoard Of sbaII baya he rou-ar
to issue stock on such terms and under such
conditions not prohibited by law, as it may
see tit
Article VI-The corporations domiciIe shall
be IN the parish of Orleans, and service Of
all legal process shall be on any officer of the
corporation.
Article VII.-The corporate existence of this
corporation shall be for a period Of ninety
nine years from date, with all the corporate
powers granted by Act 267 of the General As
sembly State Of Louisiana, session 1914
Article Nlll.-All the corporate powers of
this corporation shall be vested in and ex-
ercised by board of five directors, three of
whom shall constitute quorum for the trans
action OF business.
Meetings for the election of directors and
other purposes shall be held on the first Tues
day in the second week in January of each
year.
At the first meeting of the directors after
their election they shall elect a president
icepresident and a secreetary-treasurer.
All elections shall be under the supervision
of the board OF directors and shall be held in
accordance with the laws in such cases made
and provided.
Until the first Tuesday in the second week
in January, 1916, the following persons shall
serve as the first board of directors: Edwin
W. Rodd, 1903 Octavia street; Alexander w.
Beers, 1923 Perrier street; Albert s. White,
1851 Esplanade Ave; George II. Conrad, 5O0S
Dauphine street, and William F. Truax,
Arab p. O., La, with the said Edwin w
Rodd as president, the said Alexander w
Beers as vice-president, and the said Albert
$ White, as secretary treasurer.
I Article 1X.-Any and all alterations, amend
ments and changes in this charter, inclu ding
increase and decrease of the capital stock
shall be made in accordance with law.
The liquidation of the affairs of the cor.
poration shall be made by two liqudators
elected according TO law.
The corporation shall be a going concern
as soon as authorized in accordance with law
In all matters not herein above provided for
the provisions of Act 267 of 1914 shall govern
Thus done and passed in the city of New
Orleans, on the day and date first herein.
above written in the presence of Edward
I Hare and Philip r. Livaudas, competent wit.
nesses, who have signed together with ap.
bearers and me, notary, after reading of the
whole.
/ Original signed: Names of sgners omitted
Witnesses Edward Hare, Philip K. Livaudais.
J. KENYON BAILEY, Notary Public.
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/ I. the undersigned recorder of mortgages
in and for the parish of Orleans, State oi
: Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of Incorporation of the
/ Automatic Box Co., Inc. was this day re-
corded in my office in book lls7, folio S43.
New Orleans, Sept. g. 1915
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, D. R.
A true copy.
J. KENTON BAILEY, Notary Public
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