St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-04-22
CHARTER OF
THE BOOK & SCHOOL SUPPLY
CO., INC.
State of Louisiana, Parish OF st.
Tammany.


State Of Louisiana, Parish OF st.
Tammany.
Before me, Fred J. Heintz, a No
tary Public, duly commissioned and
qualified in and for this parish and
state, and in the presence OF the wit
nesses hereinafter named and under
signed, personally came and appear
ed the persons who are hereunto sub
scribed. residents of this state, who
severally declared that. availing
themselves OF the provisions of the
Legislature Of this state known a.
Act 267 of 1914, they do by these
presents agree and bind themselves,
as well as all other such persons as
may hereafter become associated
with them, in order to form and con-
stitute q corporation for the objects
and purposes hereinafter set forth
and under the following conditions,
! to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of this corpora
ton snail be The Book 4 School sup.
ply Company, (lnc.), and it shall
have legal succession Tor nlnety-nine
yeals from date hereof, and shall en-
Joy all rights, privileges and immu-
mites guaranteed 10 corporations I'M
der The law.
ARTICLE ii.
The domicile OF this corporation
shall be CovingtOn, Louisiana, Tor al
corporate purposes, but citation anG
other legal process may be served a.
any business Office OF the corporation
according to law. in the parish OF Or
leans. Louisiana.
ARTICLE Ill.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized
and the nature OF the business CART
ed on by it are hereby declared to De
general retail and wholesale sta
tiouery, novelty. book and school sup
ply business; and to that end they
may acquire by purchase or other
wise all manner Of real or personal
property, and the same to mortgage
pledge, or lease according to law;
and 80 to do all things incident to the
purposes aforesaid.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby declared to be fixed
1t the sum Of Five Thousand ($5OVo
Dollars divided into fifty shares OF
the par value of One Hundred ($l0O)
Dollars each, and this corporation
shall be operative, and go into busl-
ness when fifty per cent of the said
amount shall have been subscribed
and. paid for. No transfer OF stock
shall be binding upon this corpora
ton unless same appears upon the
books thereof. No stakeholder shall
have the right to assign or transfer
any share or shares held by him, un-
less he shall have first rendered same
in writing to the Board OF Directors
The corporate power OF this cor
poration shall be vested in a Board
Of 3 Directors, to be elected by the
stockholders. which election is to be
held on the first Saturday of Janu-
ary, in each year. Stockholders Of
this corporation shall vote either in
person or by proxy; the Board of Di-
rectors shall have the power to make
al bylaws. rules and regulations nee
essary for the conduct of the affairs
of this corporation, and shall elect
from their Board, president, vice
president and q secretary-treasurer.
Until the election to be held, as here
in above provided, the following shall
constitute the first Board OF Direct
ors:
H. W. Nebe, president, Nashville
Avenue, New Orleans, La; Mrs. II.
Meehan, vice president, 1910 Camp
street. New Orleans, La; A. d.
Schwartz, secretary-treasurer, Gov.
ington, La.
The subscriptions to capital stock
in this corporation are hereby de
clared to be as follows: H. w. Nebe
one share; A. d. Schwartz, foul
shares; Mrs. H. Meehan, a feme sole,
twenty shares; Eli fully paid up ir
cash.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton may be increased to $4,000 up
on compliance with the provisions o,
law.
There shall be no preferred stock
Thus done and passed at my Office
in Covington, Louisiana. on the goth
day of April, 1916. in the presence
of the undersigned witnesses, who
have hereunto signed their names,
with the said appeaTess, and me, No
tary, after due reading Of the whole
H. w. NEBE.
A. d. SCHWARTZ.
MRS. H. MEEHAN
Witnesses:
HOLGER KOHNKE.
IRENE BARRIOS.
FRED. j. HEINTZ,
Notary Public.
Parish OF st. Tammany,
State Of Louisiana
/. ". E. Blossman. Deputy Clerk o.
'cnrt and Ex-Officio Recorder OF
Mortgages. do hereby certify that the
.ao.e and foregoing articles Of in
'o.rarstion have been duly recorded
In Charter Book No. /, folio -. o.
the records OF St. Tammany parish
Louisiana
W. E. BLOSSMAN,
by. Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder.
ap12-6t