The herald., 1915-08-05
CHARTER
OF &c. B. FON COMPANY UNC1"

OF &C. b. FOX COMPANY ONC)"
! United States of America. State of Louisiana
Parish OF Orleans, City of New Orleans
BE it known, that Oh this twenty-nintf
| day OF July, in the year OF our Lord one
| thousand nine hundred and fifteen, before
me. Purnell Mitchell Miner, a notary pub
| lie, in and for the State of Louisiana, parish
| of Orleans, aforesaid. duly commissioned and
qualified. and in the presence of the wit.
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned
| personally came and appeared the several
| persons whose names are hereuntO subscribed
| who declared to me, notary, in the presence
| of the undersigned witnesses that. awaiting
! themselves OF the provisions Of the laws OF
| the State of Louisiana, and particularly Act
| 267 Of the General Assembly of the State OF
| Louisiana for the year 1914. they have mu-
| tually agreed and contracted, and by these
| presents do agree and contract and bind and
| obligate themselves, their heirs and assigns,
and all persons who may hereafter become
associated with them herein. TO form a cor
poration under the and for the objects
and purposes, and under the terms and stip-
ulatiOns and provisions contained in the fol-
lowing articles, to-wit:
(a) The name of this corporation shall be
&C b. Fox Company Gnc)"
CD The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is established, and the nature
OF the business TO he carried on by il are
declared TO be, as follows: To carry on a
general exporting and importing business in
grain and all OF its products; to buy and sell
said products, also cotton seed products and
all other kinds of merchandise whatsoever.
either for its own account, or commits ion
to act agent in the handling of said pro-
ducts and for the consignment of vessels; to
operate a public warehouse or elevator and
generally to do and perform all acts incl
dental or germane to the objects and pur-
poses herein declared.
(c) The capital stock of this corporation
| shall be one hundred thousand dollars $780,
OOOOO.
Id The capital stock of this corporation
may be increased to two hundred thousand
dollars (S200,O0OO0).
(e) The capital stock. as presently consti-
tuted shall consist of thousand q 1000
shares. of the par value of one hundred dol
lars $4,000 a share.
% The domicile of this corporation shall
be IN the city of New Orleans, State of Lou
isiana, where all meetings of stockholders
and directors must be held provided that with
the written consent of all directors valid
| meetings of directors may be held outside of
the State or within the State elsewhere than
at its domicile.
Service of all legal process shall be made
upon the president of this corporation or, in
his absence, on the ecretary-treasurer
(g) This corporation shall exist and enjoy
succession for the full term and period Of
ninety-nine years from the date hereof
(h) The business and affairs and corporate
powers Of this corporation shall be conducted
by three 81 directors elected bv and from
the stockholders annually, on the first Monday
OF July OF each year, unless such day be a
holiday, in which event said election shall
take place on the next succeeding day which
is not a holiday.
The board of directors shall be composed of
the following named persons, who shall serve
until the first Monday of July, 1916, or until
their successors are elected: c. B. Fox, 1902
State street; c. w. Anderson, $50 Broadway
Harry L. Daunoy, 1928 Laurel street; with
c. Il. Fox, 1902 State, as president and G. w.
Anderson, $50 Broadway, as secretary treas
urer.
D This article of incorporation bears the
! name and post Office addresses of the subscrb-
ers to same, and a statement of the number
of shares which each agrees to take
% This corporation shall have all the
powers enumerated in section of act 267
of the General Assembly of the State of
louisiana for the year 1914.
Q) This act of incorporation may be
amended, and the corporation dissolved, and
IT'S affairs lqudated provided for in act
267 of the General Assembly of the State
OF Louisiana for the year 1914
Thus done and passed, in my Office in New
orleans, Louisiana, on the date and in the
| month and year herein first above written, in
the presence of Chas II. Black and R. F.
Schneider, competent witnesses, residing ir
this city, who have hereunto signed their
names with appearers and me- notary after
reading of the whole.
Original Signed: c. B. Fox, 1902 State ST.,
9S shares; G. w. Anderson. $50 Broadway,
y,
share. Witnesses: Chas. II. Black, r. F.
Schneider
Purnell NJ Miner Not Pub
/, the undersigned deputy recorder of mort.
cages, in and for the parish of Orleans, State
of Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of Incorporation of &C. B.
Fox Company Qnc)" was this day duly re-
corded in my Office in book ll57, folio :.
New Orleans, Louisiana, July %, 1915
(Signed) EMILE ]. LEONARD,
Deputy Recorder of Mortgages
State of Louisiana, Parish OF Orleans.
/, Purnell Mitchell Miner, a notary public,
duly commissioned and qualified, in and for
the parish of Orleans. State of Louisiana,
therein residing, certify that the foregoing
is true and correct copy of the act of in
corporation of &C. B. Fox Company Qnc. )"
and also of the certificate of the recorder
of mortgages for the parish of Orleans, there
to appended. on file and of record in my
notarial Office.
In faith whereof, 1 have hereunto set my
hand and affirmed my seal at New Orleans, |
Louisiana, this 9th day of July A. D., 1915. |
PURNELL NJ. MILNER, Not Pub.
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