The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-08-05
CHAR TER

OF LINCOLN TRANSPORTATION s
/ PLEASURE CAR COMPANY, INC"
State of Louisiana, Parish OF Orleans
lie IT known, that on this, the ninth day o.
{ July, IN the year 1915, before me- Thomas f
FuTlow, a duly qualified and COMM ssioneC
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
svaIllng themselves of the general laws of the
! State OF Louisiana il sucn cases made and
| provided, they have formed and organized
and do by these presents form themselves and
hereafter become associated with them into
and constitute corporation and body polite
/ IN law, for the objects and purposes set forth
and expressed, which they adopt as their
Article 1.-The name and title of this cor.
poratlon is and shall be the Lincoln Trans
portatlon < Pleasure Car Company, Inc" and
II shall exist and enjoy succession by its
| corporate name for period OF ninety
(9S) 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-president or secretary, in the
order named
Article 1.-THE capital stock of this cor
poratlon IS hereby fixed at the sum of fifty
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 five
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 shall be decided
by the board of directors.
Article III.-The purposes of this corpor-
alton are declared to be, the operation of
automobile busses, cars, etc, for hire, rent
and profit, for the particular use of the COL
ored race; the operation of both taxicabs
and regular trip cars; the buying, selling
leasing and repairing of automobiles and
automobile accessories and in general to do
all things needful, requisite or apparently
profitable that may arise incidental 10 or not
contradictory with the especially expressed
objects and purposes.
Article IV.-The corporate powers of this
corporation shall be vested in a board of
directors, three in number, a majority of
whom shall be and constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business; this board shall
have the right to delegate such duties as it
may see proper to officers of the corporation,
agents or employees. Annual stockholders
meetings for the election of directors shall
be held the second Monday in January
commencing with the year 1917. Until such
meeting is held the following persons shall
serve as directors of the corporation: u. c.
kaler, Of New Orleans, La, c. |. Harris, Of
New Orleans, La, with u. c. Kaler as pres
dent, c. /. Harris as vice president and ].
X. Tallant Jr.. as secretary treasurer.
Article N.-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 any
express stpulations of this charter. They
may also make a set of bylaws for the stock
holders meetings but such bylaws after once
made and accepted by the board of directors
shall only be changed by the stockholders
at duly convened meeting.
Thus done and signed in the presence of
d. X. Roberts and Warren V. Miller, COM
petent witnesses, who have signed their names
hereto, together with said subscribers and
me, notary, the day and date above writ
ten, after due reading of the whole
Original signed: u. c. Kaler, n. o., La,
one share; c. l. Harris, N. o., La, one share;
J. X. Tallant. Jr, N. o., La. one share.
Witnesses: D. X. Roberts, Warren V. Miller.
THOS. E. FURLOW, Notary Public.
/, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
in and for the parish of Orleans, state of Lou
sana, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing act of Incorporation of tie Lincoln
and Pleasure Car Co., Inc,
was this day duly recorded in my Office, in
book ll57, folio 3SS
New Orleans, July 9th, 1915.
(Signed EMILE J. LEONARD, by. r.
A true copy.
THos. E. FURLow, Notary Public.
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