The herald., 1916-02-03
CHAR TER

! or HOLMES GROCERY COMPANY, INC
state 81 louisiana, Parish Of Orleans, Git,
OF New Orleans
! BE It known. that on this twenty-uin,h ia,
! 81 Deccwhc-, IN the year one thousand rint
hundred and fifteen, before me. Harry /.
/ Looms, j., notary public, duly commits
stoned and qualihed. in and Tor the parish OF
/ orleans, State OF Louisiana, and in the pres
'Ncc OF the Witnesses hereinafter named the
I Undersigned personally CaIe and appeared
Inc several persons whose names are here.
unto subscribed, who declared that avaiIinq
1 themselves of the laws OF the State Of Lon.
I>ldua, and particularly Of the Act No l67
OF the year 1914 OF the General Assembly of
said state, they have coveaantcd and agreed,
and do. by these presents, covenant and
agree, bind and form themselves. and those
who may hereafter become associated with
them, into a corporation and BODY polite in
law, Tor the objects and purposes, and under
the agreements and stipulatiOns following.
to-wit:
Article The name OF this corporation
shall be the Holmes Grocery Company, Inc, q"
and under that name 1t shall enjoy all rights
and privileges granted by law to corp0ra-
tons. 1t shall exist for period OF fifty
years from this day, and shall have power to
contract, sue and be sued in its corporate
name, to make and use a corporate seal to
mold, receive, purchase, cease, convey, sell,
mortgage, hypOthecate or pledge property,
both real and personal; to issue notes, bonds
and other obligations, to have and employ
such managers, directors, officers, agents AMI
other employees as the interests and conye-
uierCe of said corporation may require; to
make and establish such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the proper management and
control Of the affairs OF said corporation,
through its board OF directors, as may be nee.
esSary and eXpedlent
Article 1.-THE domicile of said corpora
ton shall be in the city of New Orleans, La,
and all citations and other legal processes
shall be served on the president, in his alb
SenCe on the vice president, and in the alb
Sence Of the two, then on the secretary-tTeas.
lrer of said corporation.
Article III.-The object and purpose OF this
is hereby declared to be the car
-ying on, in the city of New Orleans, of the
grocery and liquor business, wholesale, retail,
u both.
Article IV-The capital stock Of this cor
)oration is fixed at twenty thousand dollars
S2O,OOOO0), divided into two hundred shares,
If the par value OF one hundred dollars each, |
which shall be issued for labor done or money
IT property actually received, and shall be
,aid for at such times and in such INSTALL |
nents as the board OF directors may direct. |
said capital stock may be increased to an
mount not exceeding one hundred thousand |
dollars (SlOO0O0.oOJ.
Article V.-Al the corporate powers of this |
orporation shall be vested in a board OF |
directors composed OF not less than three, nor |
more than five stockholders, a majority OF
'hom shall constitute quorum Tor the trans
lected annually and Immediately after their
lection shall select from their number a
resident, vice president, secretary and treas
rer, and the offices of secretary and treasurer
lay be consolidated into one at the dIscre.
ION OF the board. Said election shall be held
I the domcile Of the corporation after fifteen
avs written notice to each stakeholder, de-
vered TO him personally or deposltIng the
anne in the post office, addressed TO him at
is last known address. Each share OF stock
he tlpH IN
wner, in person, by proxy, and a ma
,ritv of the votes shall elect Failure to
ect at any annual meeting shall not result
a forfeiture of this charter, but the direc-
rs then in office shall continue TO serve
ntil their successors have been duly elected
nd qualified Any vacancies occurring on
lie board of directors may be hlled by the
directors. The board shall have
e right at any time to increase its number,
i'd increase, however, not to exceed five
rectors The first election for directors
lder this charter shall be held in 1917, on
e first Monday in January, until which
me, until their successors are elected and
,alified, the first board of directors under !
is charter are hereby declared to be: p. ].
dimes, post office address 1854 Joseph Street, I
ew Orleans, La; John T. Holmes, post Office
dress 29OS St. Charles Avenue, New Or
ans, La; F. J. Hartmann, post Office ad- !
ess 222O Marengo Street, New Orleans, La. I
]. Holmes shall be the president, John T. !
dimes, the vice-president, and F. J. Hart
ann, the secretary treasurer of the corpora a
IN.
The directors above named are the sub h
ribers TO this act of Incorporation, and the +
mber of shares of stock which each agrees a
take is as follows: p. J. Holmes, IS 4
ares; John T. Holmes, IS shares; F. J. q
lrtmann, 20 shares, which shares will be h
id for in cash. Io
Article VI.-This charter may be amended
the capital stock increased or decreased b
a vote of two-thrds of the stock at p
citing called for the purpose, after fifteen Il
VS. written notice served on each stock 81
lder in person or by depositing the same c.
the post Office addressed to him at his last t.
own address. The dissolution and liquda- b
n of this corporation shall be provoked and 81
-ried out as provided by law. d.
Article VII.-No stakeholder shall be held ii
bic or responsible for the contracts or h
Its of the corporation in any further sum al
IN an amount equal to the unpaid balance II
the stock for which he has subscribed, nor CT
Ill any mere informally in organization &C
5e the effect of rendering this charter null OF
of exposing a stakeholder to any liability a
n as above provided h;