The herald., 1915-08-26
August 7. 1915
CHARTER
OF THE AMERICAN FISH COMPANY,
United States OF America. tate Of Louisiana
Rarish of Orleans. CITY of New Nrleans


Be il known, that this seventh day Of
the month of August. in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and
of the independence OF the United States of
America. the one hundred and fortieth, before
me, Gustave A. LlambiaS, a notary public,
duly commissioned, sworn and qualified in
and for the parish OF Orleans, and in the pres
enoe of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appeared:
Mr. Dominick c. O'Malley, Mr. Samuel f.
Redfern. Mr.. Adam Estopinal, DR.. Charles J.
Landfried and Mr.. Charles E. Wermuth, all
Of them Of full age and OF this city with the
exception Of Adam Estopinal. a resident of
the parish Of St Bernard. in this state. And
the said appearers declared that, availing
themselves Of the laws of this State, partic-
ularly Act No. POI OF 1914, relative to the
ganization of corporations, they do, by these
presents, agree and bind themselves, as well
as such other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, to form and con-
stitute a corporation for the object and pur-
poses and under the articles and stipulations
following, to-wit:
l. The name and title of this corporation
shall be The American Fish Company, Inc"
In IT'S said name and corporate capacity, it
shall have and enjoy succession for the term
of ninety-nine years from the date hereof, and
, shall possess each and every power, capacity
privilege or immunity, now or hereafter grant
ed by law TO trading or commercial corpora
tions.
II. This corporation shall be domiciled in
the city OF New Orleans, Louisiana; and the
! president, and, in his absence, the vice
; president, designated the officers upon
/ whom, citation, or other legal process, can be
] served.
! Ill. The objects and purposes of this cor
! poratIon and the nature of the business to be
| carried on by il hereby declared to be:
! /. To acquire all the property, assets and
! goodwill Of the American Fish, Game and
! Oyster Company, and to continue the whole
/ sale and retail FISH, game. oyster and gem
/ eral merchandise business heretofore con-
/ Quoted by said company.
| ,. To buy and sell, at wholesale retail,
/ and to deal generally in, hsh, oysters and all
| sea food, and meat game, fruit, vegetables,
! poultry and all dairy products; and TO con-
duct said business for its own account or
! on commission.
/ ). To acquire, lease. maintain and operate
canning factory and icing plant for the
! canning, Jarrlng or preserving Of any and all
/ Of the commodities above referred to, and TO
! dispose. at wholesale or retail, Of such canned
/ or preserved goods;
! J. To conduct and operate a general cater
! ing business, and, TO that end, to sell, fur
I nIsh and distribute selected asSortments and
| menus for home or family Consumption;
/ And generally, for the purpose Of attaining
/ OF turtherIng any of the objects and purposes
| above enumerated and all other objects and
! purposes Herewith connected or incidental
! thereto, to do any and all other acts and
! things which a copartnership or natural per
! son could do and exercise. and which now
/ or hereafter may be authorized by law.
/
J Is fixed at seventy five thousand dollars
/ tS75,OOOO), divided into seven hundred and
I nifty NSOl shares OF common stock, OF the par
value of one hundred dollars (SlOOOO each.
| The capital stock, in shares of the same
value, may be increased. according TO law, up
/ to the of one hundred thousand dollars
! l>lOO,U0O0l. Subscriptions TO stock shall be
paid for IN cash, at such times and in such
amounts and with such notices to the sub
scribers as may be fixed by the board of d-
rectors, subject to the limitation in this re-
gard now imposed by law. No stock certh-
cate shall issue to any person until the pay
! ment in full of the shares subscribed for by
him. Before any stakeholder shall make a
sale of his stock, he shall offer same to the
! board OF directors, which shall act as agent
for the sale of the stock TO another stock
| holder; provided that If the board of direc-
tors is unable to sell said stock, within thirty
days thereafter, at the price fixed by its own
| er, the stockholders right to dispose of his
stock shall become unrestricted.
! " The appearers here declared that they
have subscribed, respectively, to the following
number of shares of the capital stock of this
corporation, to-wit: d. c. O'Malley, 1894
Canal street, New Orleans, 800 shares; s. E.
90 shares; Adam Estopinal, St. Bernard P.
o., La, shares; DR.. c. J. Landfred, 6O6
Louisiana Abstract Bldg, New Orleans, 10
shares; Charles F. Wermuth. 7lS Hennen
building New Orleans, shares.
The said subscription of D. C. OMalley
shall be fully paid for and settled by the
transfer by him 10 this corporation of all the
assets, property, business and goodwill of the
American Fish, Game and Oyster Company,
of New Orleans; a detailed and itemized
statement and description of such property
being hereto annexed, and the said property
and goodwill having been appraised by the
directors of the present corporation at the
values set forth in the said annexed memo
randum
The shares of stock subscribed for by s E
Redeem have been fully paid for by, and will
be delivered to him in consideration for, his
services in promoting, organizing and estab
fishing the present corporation.
Il VI. All the powers of this corporation shall
be vested in, and be exercised by, a board Of
directors TO be composed at the present time
of FIVE stockholders, who shall be elected al
a stockholders meeting to be held for thai
purpose, annually, on the first Saturday OF
August, at the domicile of the corporation
At its first meeting, following election, the
directors shall elect from their number
for the term of one year, a president, vice
president and treasurer, who shall remain il
office until their successors have been duly
elected and qualified, and who shall perform
such duties as assigned to them, respect
lively, by the directors and provided
by the bylaws, rules and regulations to b.
adopted for the operation of this corporation
The directors shall also designate and appoin
secretary for said corporation, who shall hole
Office at the pleasure of said board, and whC
need not be a stakeholder.
| At any time, the stockholders of this cor
| pOratIOn, at special meeting called tor tina
, purpose, may increase the number of direc
tors, but the total number of the director.
shall never be more than nine; and the add
tional directors thus elected shall hold offc,
! for the unexpireG term, and their successor:
shall be elected as provided herein.
VII. The first board Of directors of thi:
corporation shall be composed of Messrs. ID
c. O'Malley, 1884 Canal street, New Orleans
s E. Redfern, 4702 Perrier Street, New Or
leans. Adam Estopinal, ST. Bernard P. o.
La, DR.. c. J. Landfried, 600 Louisiana Alb
stract Building, New Orleans, and Charles E
Wermuth, 718 Hennen Building, New Orleans
with Mr.. d. c. OMaley as president, Mr.
s. f. Redfern as vice president, and Mr.. c.
! Wermuth as treasurer; and these directors
and officers shall serve until the first Satur
day of August, 1917 (when the first election
! of directors, under this charter, shall b.
held, or until their successors have beef
duly elected and have qualified.
Done and passed in my office, at New Or
leans, the day, month and year first aboy
written, in presence of Messrs. Delvaille
Theard and Frederick Leland, competent wit
; nesses, who have signed with the appearer
and me, notary, after due reading
. Original signed: d. c. OMalley, 50
: shares; s. Z. Redfern, 60 shares; Adam rs
topinal, shares; Chas. Z. Wermuth, shares
C l. Landfried, NJ. D., 10 shares.
Witnesses: Delvaille II. Theard, Frederic
Leland