The herald., 1916-12-21
CHARTER
OF BELL AND CLAIBORNE. INC.
utcd States Of America, State Of I.ou;s

OF BELL AND CLAIBORNE, INC.
United States Of America. State of Louisi
ana, City of New Orleans.
Re II known. that on this seventeen,
, 01th) day % the month Of November. in III
year 1t our Lord one thousand nine hundre,
and sixteen Oylbl. and Of the independenyt
Of the United States Of America the on,
|, hundred and f0r;y-frst, before me. Melorc,
Charles SonIat, notary public. duly com
mlNNtoned and qualified IN and for the par
ish u Orleans. State Of Louisiana. and II
the presence OF the witnesses hereinafte,
appeared LINES J. Bell, Martin Durable
Claiborne and Roger Arnauld all residents
OF the city Of New Orleans. State Of Lou.
iS'ana, and Of the full age of majority. who
declared. that availing themselves Of the
provisions Of the laws of the State OF Lou.
| is'ana relative to the organization Of cor.
poratlonS, and particularly Of Act No. 267 OF
me 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, a corporation for
| Stlpulat'ons herein set forth, which they
adopt as their charter, to-wit;
! Article 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
| carried
! II are hereby declared 10 be: To carry on a
| general building and contracting business :
| 70 design, erect, repair or demoish build
| ngs, walls and other structures; to con.
| StTuct, own, lease, purchase or otherwise
| acquire all machinery which may be needed
! IN said business and the same to dispose
| Of; to furnish all supplies and material which
| shall or may he necessary for the conduc-
tion 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 appertaning to
, sad building and contracting business in
all its branches.
Article II.--The amount of the capital
stock OF this corporation shall be FIVE thou
sand dollars C$5.oo0OO), and the same shall
Ge paid Tor IN cash at the time OF signing
ms act OF incorporation;
Article lV.--The capital stock of this cor
poration may be increased to the sum of ten
thousand dollars $lO,oo0OO.
Article N.-The capital stock as pres
emily constituted shall consist of fifty go,
shares Of the par value Of one hundred dol
Article NL-The location of the domicile
Of this corporation shall be in the city Of
New Orleans, State OF Louisiana. Service
OF citation OF all legal process shall be
made upon the president of this corporation
and IN case OF his absence or inability 20
act on the secretary-treasuTer 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 .
a board OF directors consisting OF three Cl |
TO be elected annually by the
stockholders on the first Monday of Decem-
per IN each and every year, commencing with
At the first meeting of the board following
each election, the board OF directors then
elected shall elect one of their number 10
pc the president, one to be the vice-presi-
lent, and one to be the secretary-treasurer
II this corporation.
The following named persons shall con,
'titute the first board Of directors of this
Oumaine street, city; Martin Durable Cla-
borne, No; 9O5 Esplanade avenue, city; Rog-
r Arnauld, No. 1852 Second street. city, and
Hr. James j Bell shall be president, Mr.;
Mr.. Martin Durable Claiborne shall be sec
etaIy-treasurer Of this corporation: and they
hall all serve until the first Monday in
December, 1917 or until their successors
Article IX.-The names and post-ofice ad.
iresses OF the subscribers of these articles
II Incorporation and a statement of the num-
yer of shares of stock which each agree to
ames J. Bell, 1929 Dumaine ST, CITY, "a
hares; Martin Durable Claiborne, COS Es.
Ianade Ave, City, 25 shares; Roger Ar
iauld, 1852 Second street, City, share.
Article N-This corporation shall have
u the rights and powers enumerated in
Yet No. POI Of the General Assembly of the
tate of Louisiana for the year 1914, and
lOre particularly of those enumerated in |
ection Of the said act. II
Article XI.-This act of Incorporation NAV
e amended, and the corporation dissolved,
s5 5i affairs Ae Nj qn I'D t provided for
~ OF the State of Louisiana for the year
Thus done and passed, at my Office IN this
ty, the day, month and year first above q
ritten in the presence of Messieurs Louis
: Soniat and Theodore P. Soniat, competent !
illnesses, residing, in this city, who have !
ereunto signed their names with appear .
lie whole. 5
Original Signed: James J. Bell, "a shares;
uraide CLAIBORNE, Is shares; Roger Ar
auld, l share. Louis G. Soniat, Theo. P. Q
oniat. p
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|, the undersigned notary, do hereby GER n
ty that the above and foregoing is a true
I'd correct copy of the original act of
cord in my office.
In. faith whereof, 1 have hereunto set nv r
md, and affixed the impress of my official r
al. this seventeenth Q7th) day of the =
onth of November, A. D. 1916 -.
NJ: C.. SONIAT, Not. Pub. OF
l. the undersigned recorder of mortgages ?.
and for the parish of Orleans, State of
do hereby certify that the above
ID foregoing articles of incorporation of
iell and Claiborne, Inc" was this day
iy recorded in my Office, in book l20i,
New Orleans, La, Nov: IS, A. D. 1916.
Signed EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.