The herald., 1916-12-14
CHARTER
OF DIME ICE CO. INC.

United States OF America, State OF Lou
i,iana, City OF New Orleans.
he i, known. that on this fourth day OF
the month OF December in the year one
thousand. nine hundred and sixteen. before
me, Felix J. DTeyfou>, a notary public, duly
commits siOned and sworn in for the Parish OF
Orleans and City Of New Orleans, therein re-
siding Personally appeared, the persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed, who
declared that availng themselves of the pro
visions of the laws OF this state relative TO
the organization Of corporations, and more
particularly Act No. 267 OF the General As
Sembly OF this state, approved July = 1914,
they have covenanted and agreed and do,
by these presents. covenant and. agree, bind,
form and constitute themselves, as well as
| such persons who may hereafter join or be-
ration and body polite in law, for the OBJ
jects and purposes and under the agreements
and stjipulati22ns following; to.wit:.
po-ation shall be: Dixie Ice Co, Inc, and
under that name it shall have and enjoy all
| the rights, privileges and advantages grant
| ed by law to corporations; II shall exist tor
the period OF ninety nine years from this
| day; it shall have the power TO contract,
| sue and be sued in its corporae name; to
make and use corporate seal; and the same
| to break alter at pleasure; to hold, re-
ceive, purchase, convey, mortgage, hypothe-
cate pledge property, both real and per
| soual; to issue bonds, notes and other obi-
| cations negotiable Instruments; 10 have
| ard employ such managers, directors, Off
| GERS. agents and other employees as the
| interest and convenience OF SAID corpora.
| ton may require or demand; 10 make and
| establish such bylaws, rules and regula-
| tons for the corporate management and con-
| troll of the affairs of the corporation may
| be deemed necessary and expedient.
| Article 1.-THE domlcile of said corpora
ton shall be established in the city of New
| Orleans. State OF Louisiana, and all cIta-
| tions and other legal process shall be served
on the president; in his absence on the VICE
1 nd -, tho. ola af both IN
| the secretary.
Article III.-The objects and purposes for
| which this corporation is formed and the
| nature Of the business to be carried on by
| it. are hereby declared to be: to manufac-
ture, sell, buy, deal in, ice, in this city or
| elsewhere.
Article Iv.-The capital stock of this cor;
| poration is fixed at the sum OF one hundred
! thousand (SlOO,OOOOO) dollars. divided into
one thousand shares of the par value Of one
| hundred dollars each. All shares of stock
| shall be ful-paid and worcestershire. No
transfer of stock sail be binding upon the
| corporation unless made upon its books, and
| all certificates of stock shall be signed by
such officers as may be designated by the
This corporation shall have the right to
| increase its capital stock to the further sum
of two hundred thousand dollars. to be di-
| vided into shares of one hundred dollars each,
provided said increase in the capital stock
| shall have been authorized by the stock
| holders at meeting to be held pursuant 10
| the provisions of Article V OF this charter.
Article N.-All the corporate powers OF the
| company shall be vested in, and the man.
agement and control of its affairs shall be
| exercised by a board of directors composed
| OF nine stockholders, the membership of
which may be increased to number not
| exceeding twenty-one by the board OF direc-
| tors at any of its regular meetings. A ma
| Jority of the directors shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of all business.
| The directors shall be elected annually by
ballot on the second Thursday in January in
each year. Each stakeholder shall be enti
every share owned by him, and ali elections ms
shall be held under such rules and regula-
tions as may be determined by the board
of directors, after fifteen days notice by
mail of such election shall have been sent
to each stockholder at his last known ad-
dress. The directors thus elected shall con-
tinue in office for one year, or until their
qualified. No failure to elect shall be re-
garded a forfeiture of this charter ANY
vacancy occurring on said board shall be
filled by the remaining directors for the un.
expired term; the said board shall likewise
elect the additional members in case they
should determine to increase the number Of
said board. Said board of directors shall,
| at its first meeting after its election nom.
mate out OF its number a president, vice.
president, a secretary, and a treasurer Said
board shall have the right to Consolidate
any two OF said Offices into one, or segre-
gate said Offices, also the right TO appoint
and dismiss such clerks, managers and other
employees of the corporation as conditions
may justify or the business OF the corpo-
ration may require. The tenure of office az
an the employees of the corporation shall be
Curing the pleasure of the board of direc.
! tors Any. of the directors or officers shah
nave the right to appoint by written iustr1,-
ment' another direcnt- or stockholder 10
. act as his proxy and in his stead at any and
all meetings of the board of directors
Article Vino stakeholder shall eyer he
neld liable or responsible for the contracts
faults or debts of said corporation. nor sbsIi
any mere informality in its organ;zstion
; nave the effect of rendering this charter null.
or OF exposing a stakeholder to any Eabil
ny beyond the unpaid balance due on the
shares owned by him.
Article Widths act Of incorporation NAV
De changed, modified or altered. or This cor.
p9ratlon may be dissolved, with the assent
81 the stockholders owning two-thirds of ali
Ihe stock OF the corporation, at general
meeting convened for that purpose, and AZ
Ter at least ten days written notice of this
meeting has been given through mail. adj.
dressed to each stakeholder, at his last
known place Of residence. In case of dis.
solution by the expirativn of this charter or
otherwise, the stockholders shall elect three
iiquidators from among their number to ii.
QuiQate and settle he hrs,roas -