The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-03-18
CHARTER
OF THE NATIONAL RUBBER WORKS,
INC


United States of America. State of Louisiana
Parish OF Orleans, City of New Orleans.
BE it Known, that on this the fifteenth
| QSth) day of February, in the year nineteen
| hundred and fifteen and Of the independence
| of the United States the one hundred and
| thirty-ninth: Before me, Francis Daisies
Charboi-net, Jr., notary public in and for
this city and parish, therein residing and in
the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared: The several persons hereinafter
| named and undersigned, who declared that
availing themselves of the laws of this state,
especially Act No. 267 of 1914 of this state,
| they have covenanted and agreed to form a
corporation, under the limitations prescribed
by said act, and by these presents do cove
| nant and agree to form themselves, together
with the subsequent associates, into a corpor-
alton, under the agreements and stipulations,
following, to-wit:
Article This name and title of this cor
poration shall be "The National Rubber
Works, Inc"
Article 1.-THE purposes for which this cor
poration is organized are hereby declared 20
be: 10 conduct a general yulcanizing bust
ness and tire repair station, stations, il.
this state or elsewhere; to deal in, manufac-
ture, buy or sell automobiles automobile tires,
accessories and appliances, to act as sales
men or agents, or individuality, in the manu-
facture dealing in of toolsf machinery, ac-
cessories and appliances for the vulcai.izing
of rubber and its products, and generally to
do all things that may be incidental to such
purposes.
Article III-The capital stock of this cor
Poration IS hereby fixed at ten thousand dol
lars (Sl0OO.OO.
Article IV-The amount of the capital stock
OF this corporation may be increased to
twenty thousand dollars (S20.0o000).
Article N-The capital stock of this cor
poration shall be divided into and consist
of one hundred shares (lOO) of the par value
of one hundred $4,000 dollars each, which
shall be issued only on complying with the
Article VI-The domicile of this corpora.
ton shall be in the City of New Orleans,
Orleans Parish, Louisiana, where all cita.
ton shall be served in accordance with Act
267 of 1914.
Article VII-This corporation shall exist
aid enjoy corporate succession for ninety-nine
years from this date.
Article VIII-The corporate powers of this
corporation shall be vested in three directors,
two of whom shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of all business. Said board
OF directors shall be elected by the stock
holders, annually. on December 3lst, or the
first legal day thereafter. Until their sue
cessors are elected in December 1915, the
following persons shall constitute the board
Of directors Of this corporation, to-wit:
John ID. Sellers, lois Arabella street, New
Chapelle street. New Orleans; James Kicker,
1858 Lapage street, New Orleans, with John
ID. Sellers as president; Allen II. Johness, as
vice-president. and James Kicker. as secre-
lot and majority of the votes cast shall be
necessary to elect officers and directors; all
elections shall be held after such notices
and under such rules, regulations and pro-
VISIONS as shall be prescribed by the board of
directors.
Article IX-The names and addresses of the
subscribers to the capital stock of this cor
poratIon, together with the. amount of stock
subscribed by them and the method Of its
payment, are as follows, to-wit:
John ID. Sellers, lois Arabella street, New |
Orleans, two shares (2); Allen ii. Johness, |
2l2 Archbishop Chapelle street, New Orleans,
two shares 20; James Kicker, 1858 Lepage
street, New Orleans, forty-seven shares (47); |
all of said stock being payable in the mar ner |
set forth in the attached statement, which is
to be read in connection herewith, and which |
is made part hereof.
Article Kali powers vested in corpora |
tons by section of said Act No 267 of 1914 |
approved July 9th, 1914, are hereby recog-
nized and taken as the powers to be exercised |
by this corporation, the said provisions of |
said section, ard of said act, being read into |
this charter, the same If set forth at |
length herein.
Thus done. passed and incorporated in nv |
office at the City of New Orleans, on the day.
month and year herein first above written, |
in the presence of Messieurs Edward b. |
Peyronnin, Jr., aid Louis F. Sauve, compe-
tent witnesses, of age and domiciled in this
,ity, who sign with said appearers and me,
notary, after reading of the whole. Original
Signed) J. ID. Sellers, two shares; A. H. |
lohness, two shares; Jas. Kicker, forty seven
shares. E. B. Peyronnin, Jr., L. F. Sauve.
f. d. Carboi. net, Jr, notary public.
/, the undersigned recorder of mortgages.
n and for the Parish of Orleans, State of
louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
md foregoing act of incorporation of the
National Rubber Works, Inc, was this day
luly recorded in my Office, in book lIS,
olio 81. New Orleans, March 9th, 1915.
lSigned) Emile J. Leonard, by. K.
A true copy. F. ID. Charbontet, Jr., Notary
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