The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-03-25
CHARTER
OF "UNITED CLEANING COMPANY, INC"

CHARTER
! OF "UNITED CLEANING COMPANY, INC
! United States of America, State Of Louisiana
Parish OF Orleans, City OF New Orleans
| BE it known, that on this twenty third day
| OF the month OF March, in the year of Oul
Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen
and OF the independence OF the United State
OF America, the one hundred and thirty h
| before me, William Mcclellan Fayssoux, a
notary public, duly commissioned and quail
! fed and in and for this city and the Parish
of Orleans, therein residing, and in the pres.
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appeared
! the persons whose names are hereto sub.
sCrIbed, who declared, that availing them.
selves of all and singular the laws of the
State OF louisiana and especially OF the laws
relative to the organization of corporations
and of all of the provisions of Act Dol of the
General Assembly of 1914, they may have COW
enanted and agreed and do by these presents
covenant and agree and bind themselves as
well as all such other persons, who may here
matter become associated with Them to form
a corporation for the objects and purposes and
under the articles, agreements and stipula-
tions following to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and style of this cor
poration shall be the United Cleaning Com
pany, Incorporated" and by that name it
shall have power and authority to exist and
enjoy succession for the full term and period
be computed from and after the date and day
hereof
Article 1.-THE domicile of this corporation
shall be in the city of New Orleans, State
OF Louisiana. All citations and other legal
process shall be served upon the president Of
said corporation, or in case of his absence
or inability to act, upon the vice president,
or in case of the absence or inability of both
the president and vice-president to act, then
upon the secretary OF this corporation.
The president shall be the executive officer
of the corporations; he shall preside at all
meetings of the board of directors and stock
holders.
Article III-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is established and the
nature of the business to be carried on by il,
are declared and specified 10 be; to clean,
dye, press, repair, renOvate, alter and store
clothing, garments, draperies, rugs carpets
curtains, window shades, wearing apparel,
furniture, upholstered goods and other ar
ticles; to build, construct, purchase, maintain
and operate warehouses, plants, factories,
mills, workshops, laboratories and dwelling
houses for workingmen and otherwise,
to manufacture, buy sell, import, and
export all necessary machinery, engines
and other appliances and conveniences for
the use in connection with cleaning, dyeng,
pressing, repairing, renovating altering and
storing of clothing, garments, draperies, rugs,
carpets, curtains, wearing apparel, furniture
and other articles and generally to do all
things incidental to and everything necessary
to carry out the objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized.
Article lV-This corporation may sue and
be sued in its corporate name; hold, have,
receive, purchase, convey, sell, mortgage
hypothecate, pledge, lease and suitcase, and
enjoy real, personal and mixed property; also
borrow and lend money and make contracts /:
receive grants OF land, or personal property
and make and use corporate seal, the same
to alter and break at pleasure; name and APP
point such managers, directors, officers, clerks
of said corporation may require make and
establish such bylaws, rules and regulations
for the proper management and regulation OF
the affairs of said corporation may be
necessary, and the same to alter and change
at pleasure, and shall possess all the rights,
powers and privileges to which corporations
are, may be by any general law or laws
of this state authorized and entitled to pos
sess. Said corporation may exercise its cor
porate powers within any other state or ter
ritory in the United States foreign coun-
try that shall permit the same.
Article V-The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at the sum of thirty
thousand & 00-lOO (S50,0O000) dollars, repre-
scented by three hundred 600 shares of one
hundred dollars each. All stock subscribed
for shall be payable in cash at the time the
may be issued at not less than par for prop
erty actually received by said corporation.
The said corporation shall commence bust
ness when thirty thousand dollars worth of
stock shall have been subscribed for and paid.
All transfers of stock shall be made on the
books of said corporation by surrender of the
certificate thereof to the presiding officer,
who shall write the word cancelled" promptly
across the face thereof and erase the presi-
dents signature therefrom before issuing
new certificate.
Said capital stock may be increased in the
manner provided for by the laws of this
state. Whenever an increase of said capital
stock shall have been authorized fifteen days
written notice shall be given to each stock
holder within which time persons holding
stock in this corporation shall have the right
to subscribe for said increase of stock in
proportion to the number of shares of stock
held by them, and which additional shares
shall be paid for at such times and in such
manner, as the board of directors may direct
After the expiration of the said time for
subscription and payment the board of direc-
tors may dispose of the shares not taken, for
the benefit of the company in such manner
as they may think proper at not less than
par value.
Article Wat all elections by or meetings
of the stockholders each share of stock shall
be entitled to one vote to be cast either by
the person in whose name the stock appears
on the books of this corporation at the time
of the voting or by his agent or proxy duly
authorized in writing to that effect.
Article VII-The business and affairs and
corporate powers of this corporation shall be
transacted by a board of not more than five
directors nor less than three directors to be
composed of stockholders thereof and they and
each of them shall be elected at meeting to
be held for that purpose. The stockholders
may, however, elect less than FIVE directors
at any annual meeting and the stockholders
may prior to the next annual meeting elect
additional directors up to the maximum num-
Der herein provided for, to-wit: five directors,
but, the directors cannot increase their own
number though they may fill vacancies as
hereinafter provided:
w. A. Kennedy, 273l Louisiana avenue,
New Orleans, La; Herbert d. Matthews,
4427 Carrollton avenue, New Orleans, La.
George H. Matthews, 1927 Cleveland avenue,
New Orleans, La; Adam Kerber, us State
street. New Orleans, La; Neil II. Murphy,
Jr., 1926 Camp street, New Orleans, La, shall
constitute the first board of directors and
shall hold Office until the third Tuesday in
elected and qualified, each subsequent board
shall take their seats Immediately following
their election, or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable and shall hold their Office until their
successors shall have been elected and quail
fed The directors hereinabove named shall
select their own officers.
The officers elected and designated to serve
until the third Tuesday in January, 1916, or
until their successors shall be elected are
as follows, to-wit: w. A. Kennedy president.
Herbert d. Matthews, vice-president and
George. ii. Matthews, secretary and treas
urer.
On the third Tuesday in January, 1916, and
annually thereafter an election for directors
by the stockholders shall be held at the
1ffice of the corporation, after fifteen QS)
days notice thereof shall have been given in
ofice, properly addressed to the last known
address Of the stakeholder of said meeting.
Every board of directors shall at its first meet
ing after its election, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, elect from their own number a
president, and first vice-president.