The herald., 1915-01-14
CHARTER

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CHARTER
UNITED PROGRAM FILM SsiiN l'i
OF LDi I~IA\A lNt.
T., 10 known, That on this 1t. da} %.
the month of January. i'm the year one
thousand nine hundred and nit'"u, l''-
fore uI-. John i. t'lllctr Notary run
lie u and for the Parish "t orleans.
state uI Louisiana. duly CnnWl~~."h''
and qualified. ana in the presence or tu'
hereinafter named and uud,rSl gnrd Per
SoualIy came and appeared. The several
persons whose names are h'TyunJo SUD
-criHcI. Vino declare that, awaiting them
selves OF the laws of this stat" !h Surh
cases made ana provided they up by
! these presents form themselves ana
their associates into corporation Tor
| the objects and purposes and under the
StipulaJiuUS hereinafter set forth, Nhlch
! they adopt a. their charter, town..
| United Program Film Service OF
corporation - hereby declared I" ne
"Uunitei Program Film service OF
| Louisiana. Inc, II shall have corporate
succession for period of uluety-nihe
! years from this date, unless sooner
dissolved. II shall have authority TO sue
and be sued and To make and use cor
poraiiDu seal. To- hold. purchase, lease,
/ sell and hyPothccaic real and personal
property and To- name and appoint SUch
directors, managers and agents, ana I"
make and establish such bylaws as the
nature of the business may warrant ana
! 10 do everything necessary or incidental
J To the conduct of its business.
Article 1.-THE domiCIlc of this cor
poratiou shall bc in the city of New or
leans, State of Louisiana, and all legal
process shall be served on the President,
| or in case of his absence on the Treas
Article IH.-The objects and purposes
| of this corporation are hereby declared
| to be. To manufacture, assemble ana
| construct. To- buy, rent or otherwise ac-
! license. and to sell, mortgage, lease or
otherwise dispose Of machines ana me-
ChaniCal devices or COntrivanCCS COM
monty known as Moving Picture ma
chimes, Talking Picture machines and
Talking machines and all other de-
vices and machines or contrlvanceS Tor
| the purpose OF producing theatrical
plays. operas, ballots or other dramatic
and musical productions, or the Simula-
| ton thereof by mechanical or other
means.
| BILE, buy, rent or otherwise acquire and
to own, operate and use and to sell,
mortgage, lease. license or otherwise
| dispose OF ana generally 10 deal ana
| merchandise in all and any parts, ap-
| purtenances or materials of every nature
| whatsoever which may be used in and
! in connection with the said machines
and mechanical devices, particularly re
cords" or films" or other articles Of
similar nature incidental to the use of
| the said machines.
| To acquire by grant, gift purchase or
| otherwise, and to hold, own, use, oper-
| ate, introduce and present and to sell,
| license, mortgage, assign, lease and gen
orally to deal in stage plays, opera,
drama, halletS, scenarios and all dra-
matte and musical productions of every
! kind, both copyrighted and un-copyriEht-
| ed, To employ actors, artists, dancers,
| singers and other persons for the pur-
| pose of preparing. devising and compos-
ing said dramatic plays, scenarios and
| productions and the records and
| Inns .p l.r rs Il
| media for the preservation of impress
| SiOnS thereof.
TO carry on the business of theatre
1 prOprietOrS, managers and directors and
| in particular to provide for the produc-
| tions, representation and performance Of
! opera, stage plays, balletS and other
! forms OF dramatic and musical produc-c
! tons and entertainments, by means Of
! machines, mechanical devices or con
! trivances commonly known as moving
! picture. talking picture or talking
| machines.
| To install, equip, rent and license
! others to use the said machines and me-
! chanical devices and the said records
! and films in connection Herewith for
! productions owned or controlled 10y this
| corporation or otherwise.
| To work, construct provide, own,
| maintain, sell, lease, mortgage. convey.
| improve and in all ways use and Oper-
! ate factories, buildings, machinery,
equipments, works and facilities gener-
| ally Tor It's lndnu1dCtuIlnS, selling, work
! ing, trading, handling and dealing in said
1 machines and mechanical devices known
| as moving picture machines, talking
| picture machines and talking ma
chimes and other mechanical devices OF
/ d similar nature and the records and
! films or other articles of a similar
nature to be used in connection there
| with.
To erect, construct, provide, own,
! maintain, sell, lease. mortgage, convey,
| improve, convert and in all ways use,
| operate and manage theatres, opera
! houses and similar places of amusement.
! To acquire by grant, gift, purchase,
| device or bequest, and to hold and oper.
ate and to mortgage and dispose Of such
rights or privileges therein, as the pur-
poses of this corporation shall require
| or such as may be to its interest, bene-
| Mt or advantage, subject always to such
| limitations as may be prescribed by law
| in relation thereto.
! To apply for, obtain, register, pur-
chase, lease or otherwise acquire. and to
hold, own, use, operate and Introduce
and to sell, assign or otherwise dispose
of or license any trademark, trade
names, copyrights, patents, inventions
improvements, formulas and processes
used in connection with or secured under
Letters Patents of the United States or
elsewhere.
And in connection with and supple
| mentary to the purposes and objects
Ihereinabove specified this CORPORATION
| shall have power:
! To acquire the good will. rights, prop
| erty and assets of all kinds and To nm
! dertake the whole or any part of the
| Liabilities of any partnership, firm, as
soclation or corporation engaged in a
| business the same as, or similar to-
| that for the conduct of which this cor
poration is formed; and to pay for the
same in cash, stock or bonds of this cor.
| poration or otherwise.
TO subscribe for, purchase, acquire
hold, mortgage, pledge, exchange and
otherwise dispose of the stock, bonds
ana other evidences of Indebtedness of
any other corporation or corporations
nestle or foreign, or both, engaged in a
business the same as, or similar to
that Tor the conduct of which this cor.
| poratlon is formed and to issue in ex.
change therefor its own stocks, bonds