The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-11-23
CHARTER
OF BELL AND CLAIBORNE, INC.
United States of America, State of Louisi
ana, City of New Orleans

| Or BELL AND CLAIBORNE, INC,
United States of America. State of Louis
ana, City of New Orleans
Be it known, that on this seventeenth
| G7th) day of the month of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
| and sixteen Q9l6l, and of the independence
| of the United States of America the one
hundred and forty-6rst, before me, Meloncy
Charles SOniat' a notary public, duly com
| ish of Orleans, State of Louisiana. and in
the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned; personally came and
| Claiborne and Roger Arnauld, all residents
of the city of New Orleans, State of Lou
| isana, and of the full age of majority. who
! declared. that availing themselves of the
provisions of the laws of the State of Lou
! siana relative TO the organization of cor
| porations, and particularly of Act No. 267 of
| the general assembly of the State of Louisi.
| ana of the year 1914, they have formed, and
do by these presents form themselves into,
and constitute themselves, their associates,
| successors and assigns, corporation for
the objects and purposes and under the
l stpulations herein set forth, which they
adopt as their charter, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name of this corporation
| shall be BELL and Claiborne, Inc"
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes for
which this corporation is formed. and the
nature of the business TO be carried on by
/
general building and contracting business
to design, erect, repair demolish build
| ings, walls and other structures; to con-
struct. own, lease, purchase or otherwise
in said business and the same to dispose
of; 10 furnish all supplies and material which
shall or may be necessary for the eonduc-
ton of said business; to buy, own, improve
and build upon real estate, and the same to
sell, lease, mortgage or hypothecate at pleas
ure; and generally to do any and all things
connected with, germane or appertaining to
said building and contracting business IN
all its branches.
Article III.-The amount of the capital
stock of this corporation shall be five thou.
sand dollars (S5,000,0O), and the same shall
be paid for in cash at the time of signing
this act of Incorporation.
Article Iv.-The capital stock of this COR
poration may be increased to the sum OF ten
thousand dollars (slO,0Oo.0O).
Article V.-The capital stock as pres
emily constituted shall consist of fifty lso)
shares of the par value of one hundred dol
lars $4,000 each.
Article VI-The location of the domicile
New Orleans, State of Louisiana. Service
of citation or of all legal process shall be
made upon the president OF this corporation,
and in case of his absence or inability TO
act on the secretary-treasurer OF this cor
poration.
Article VII.-The period of duration of
this corporation shall be the full term and
period of twenty-five (2S years from the
date hereof
Article VIII-The business and affairs
of this corporation shall be conducted by,
and all the corporate powers of this corpo-
ration shall be vested in and exercised by
board of directors consisting OF three ~
stockholders to be elected annually by the
stockholders on the first Monday of Decem-
Der in each and every year, commencing with
the year 1917.
At the first meeting of the board following
each election, the board of directors then
elected shall elect one of their number 10
be the president, one to be the vice-presi-
dent, and one TO be the secretary treasurer
of this corporation.
The following named persons shall con-
stitute the first board of directors of this
corporation, to-wit: James ]. Bell, No. SOlS
Dunaine street, city; Martin Durable Clai-
borne, No. COS Esplanade avenue, city; Rog:
er Afnauld No. 1852 Second street, city, and
Mr.. James J. Bell shall be PRESIDENT Mr.;
Roger Arnauld shall be vice-president and
Mr.. Martin Durable Claiborne shall be sec
retary-treasurer of this corporation; and they
shall all serve until the first Monday in
December, 1917, or until their successors
shall have been duly elected and qualified.
Article IX.-The names and post-office. ad-
dresses of the subscribers of these articles
of incorporation and statement of the num-
Der of shares of stock which each agree to
James J. Bell, 500 Dumaine St, City, "A
shares; Martin Durable Claiborne, COS Es-
planade Ave, City, rs shares; Roger Ar
nauld, 1852 Second street, City, l share.
Article X.-This corporation shall have
all the rights and powers enumerated in
Act No. 267 of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1914 and