The herald., 1916-07-20
CHARTER
OF KFIIS SURGICAL SPECIALTlES
COMPANY, INC.
United States OF America, State "a LOUISIANA
Parish OF Orleans.

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thousand nine hundred aud sixteen N2lG,'
before me, Watts \. LevcFieh' a not@iS p~n.
llc an and tor he PARISH Oh -, Io"''S' -,
To; louisiana, duly on~.ss'ened -hd qsa..,
ned, and IN the presence Of me "I'heSsS'
hereinafter named ard undersigned; fe'S'.'.
ally came and appeared INC stNeia. pc S'',
whose names age Hrieuaiy su1sS''"t"' ga
Il the age Of majority, Who declared mat
ayai..u. themselves ut :Gt PROVISIONS 81 '.lI
laws - taIs state relative 10 the uTkai.@a.
uou II corporations, iacy hereby ipIhi ueh-
selves iutp and constitute l3IPr'",NA 10y
the objects and purposes, ana uhd'I ''t
aliIu.Ar,y.s hereinafter set form.
Article The name 1ni uic Oh t2iN COZ
pa.alr0u shall be kr.s surgical SpcNAitltS
Company, Inc, and under Is sad ,y'pni-
ate name II shall ENJOY succession Tor the
;ull tenn and period %! ninety nine years
.-um and after the date hereof, and sAaii
have power and authority 10 contract sue
and Ice sued, 70 accept and receive mort
stscS, pledges, or other hypJ'he.aito'.N. 10
make aai USE a corporate seal and the same
10 brcuk and alter q, pleasure, 10 purchase,
receive. lease. hold. or otherwise acquire and
convey as well as mortgage and hyP"ihccatc
aul,r lt- corporate name, property both real
and personal and mixed, 90 borrow money
a-d make and issue bond, and other eyl-
lr.,cS II debt. and 90 secure the same by
mortgage nr otherwise, o. uaHc and appuin,
such mauagc-s and directors, olhcers and
agent, "a, the interest and convenience Of
said corporation may require; and 10 make
4.t establish, a- well els alter and amend
~ Measure. srI.I bylaws, rules and rcgu-
la;.5u, ,Jr the management and regulation
Of the affair, u the corporation As may be
necessary. proper ur convenient.
Artr,lr II-Thc dpwJCric Of this corpora
,.Ya shall bee in the y,:y pi New Orleans, and
all citations o- other Ing4! process shall be
served if..r the president OF the corporation,
or I'm ar. at,cu,c upon the vIcc-prc-'dcur
Article IlI-Ihe objects aad purposes for
which th., CORPORATION Is established, and
the nature Of the bu.iuc-, TO- hc carried on
.rnrv fl- ..,,t.u -rg.-.gr purchase, lease.
cor otherwise % acquire and 10 hold, use,
own. operate and introduce, and 20 sell,
assign ur otherwise dispose Of, any trade
mark trade u4,gc, patents. inventions, IW-
provrmcui, and prYyc-,c, used in connection
with 4- secured under letters patent Of the
United State, u- elsewhere vr otherwise and
90 use. exercise, develop, grant licenses in
respect of. or otherwise % turn 30 aCCguu,
any such trademarks, patents, licenses, pro-
tr,sc~. inventions and the like, or any such
property or rights: % manufacture and deal
IN articles covered by such patents, trade
marks, Inventions improvements or pro
cr~sts which the company may acquire or
NAV consider agguirlrg: 10 transfer any Of
II, property or its entire assets and business
IN exchange for stDc. IN other corporations;
and ,hiugs As NAV or shall be necessary,
proper. or convenient 10 carry out said OBJ
Iccts and purposes.
Article IN-Thc capital stock Of this cor
al
dollars DSHpuUi. divided into and repre-
scented by two hundred COO shares of the
par value of one hundred dollars $4,000
each The said stock shall consist of and
be issued as two different classes: The FIRST
thereof shall be known as the preferred
stock and the second as the common stock.
and there shall be one hundred 600 shares
Of each class. The preferred stock shall be
entitled out of any and all surplus net profits,
Whenever ascertaired, TO roucuuulatiye diyi-
bends at the rate OF eight (SCD per cent
per aunum in each and every wear in pref
erence and priority 10 any payment OF any
dividend on the common stock in such year.
II, after providing Tor the payment Of full
dividends for any year on the preferred
stock, there shall remain any surplus net
profits. any and all such surplus profits not
rectors, for the maintenance, Improvement
enlargement and operation Of the business
Of the corporation. or for the payment OF its
liabilities shall be applicable to dividends
upon the common stock Of such wear, TO the
extent Of, but not exceeding six per cent
(oCc) upon the said common stock, when
and as from time 10 time the same shall be
declared by the board Of directors; which
dividends upon the common stock shall also
be non-cunulatiye The remainder OF any
such surplus net profits, after providing a
dividend of eight (ScC) per cent on the pre-
ferred stock and SIX (6C,) on the common
stock, shall then be applicable 10 the pay
ment OF further dividends equally per share
upon both preferred and common stock In
case of the dissolution or termination OF the
corporation, the preferred stock and the hold
thereof shall be entitled to preference
and priority over the common stock in the
distribution of the assets and property Of the
corporations; and upon dissolution, all the
assets and the property Of the Co~DOrat ton