The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-11-22
CHARTER

CHARTER
OF HAUSMANN, INC.
United States of AmerAl, State of Louisi
ana, City of New Orleans.
BE e., 1t known That on this thirty-frst day
OF the month of October, in the wear on,
| thousand, nine hundred and seventeen. be
| tore me, Henry p. Dart, Jr. a Notary Pnh
ielic, duly commissioned and sworn in TO
the Parish of Orleans and City of New Or
ie ans therein residing, personally appeared
Inc persons whose names are hereunto sub
Scrloed, all Of age and residents of III,
City OF New Orleans, who declared tha
availing themselves of the provisions of N,
laws OF this, State in such cases made anc
eoTporations, and more particularly Act No
21 of the General Assembly of Iouis;ans
approved July ., 1914, they have covenantec
and agreed, and do by these presents cove
Iianl ana agree, bind, form and constitute
| themselves, as well as such other person.
as may hereafter join or become ASSOCIATED
with them, in a corporation and BODY polite
IN law, and for the objects and purposes
ana under the agreements and stipulation.
| following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title of thi.
corporation shall be Hausmann, Inc, anf
under its corporate name, it shall have anC
ENJOY existence and succession for tern
OF seventy:hve years from this date.
Article 1.-THE domjcile of this CORPORA
ton shall be in the City of New Orleans
State of Louisiana, and all Citations am
legal process shall be served on the Presi
dent OF said corporation, or in the even
OF his absence or inability to act upon tn,
Vice President or unon the Secretary ant
Article IIL-The objects and purposes 70,
which this corporation is established. ant
the business to be carried on by il arr
hereby declared to be take over, acquire
OBTAIN and possess all of the business
property, assets credits, claims, rights, eoui
ues' good Will, trademarks and trademark
rights, and all other property, rights or pos
sessions wheresoever situate, now owned
possessed managed, operated or CONTROLLED
by the corporation of r. Hausmann &, sons
Limited, including the name of the sa;5
corporation, and the exclusive right to US,
the same during the existence of this cor
poration, and to acquire also any shares o
STOCK or rights to or ownership in the sale
corporation: TO develop, improve and con
tinue the business now and heretofore con
| Quoted by the said corporation; to manufac
ture, buy, sell. make. export report. trad,
| and deal in jewelry of all kinds, includin,
| GOODS; wares and merchandise of all kinds
| including goods, wares and merchandise o
all kinds made wholly or partly of gold
silver or other metals; glass and Ieathe
ware of all kinds. novelties of all kinds
lncluding goods, wares and merchandise o
| all kinds made wholly or partly of gold
| silver or other metals; glass and 1esthe
ware OF all kinds, novelties of all kinds
watches. watch cases and movements o
| parts thereof. and any and all other article
usually manufactured or sold by manufac
turing and retail jewelers. to buy. sell
make, export. trade and deal in any and al
| KINDS OF cut and uncut mounted and I'm
| mounted precious stones to buy and sci
al wholesale and retail or both, all preciou
semi Jewels; gold and silverware, tabI
furnishings, lamps of all kinds. househol,
ornaments of all kinds. glass crystal war
| and statuary of all kinds, articles of ner
sonal adornment of all kinds; to deal in al
patents, including those taken out by 9th
| ers; to acquire or grant licenses with re
spect to patents or relating 10 the transfe
or doing whatever else that NAV be though
| nj; to acquire, hold, use, sell, assign. lease
mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters q
patent OF the United States or of any for
| elgn country, patents, patent rights licenses
| privileges, inventions, improvements an,
processes, trademarks and trade names O
| pending applications thereto relating To q
usetui IN connection with any business o
rhe corporation; to purchase or by othe
means acquire, and to protect and renew
whether in the United States or elsewber
| any patents, patent rights. brevets of inven
| uon' licenses, projections and concession
wnieh may appear to be advantageous o
| useful to the company, and to use and tur,
to account and manufacture under any Ii
| cense or privileges with respect 70 same
| and to spend money in experiments upor
| and testing and making or seeking to i'm
prove any patents, inventories or right
| winch the company may acquire or propose
to acquire. To purchase or otherwise &C
| quie and hold, sell, assign, transfer. mort
gage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of share
OF the capital stock. and bonds, debentures
or other evidences of indebtedness create,
by any other corporation or corporations do
| nestle or foreign, and while the holde
| thereof to exercise all of the rights an,
| privileges of ownership, including the RICH
TO vote thereon; 10 borrow money, and t
| make such promissory notes, bills of ex
change, bonds, debentures and obligation
| and evidences of Indebtedness of all kind
whether secured by mortgage, pledge o
| otherwise, and TO secure the same by mort
gage, pledge or otherwise; to conduct thi
| business or any one or more businesses, an,
| unlimitedly and without restriction TO hold
| purchase, lease, mortgage and convey rea
| and personal property in the several State
| and Territories of the United States, Colo
| mai Possessions or territorial acquisition
of the United States and in foreign countrie
/ as shall from time to time be found neces
| sary and convenient for the purposes of tn
| company's business. To do all, and every
thing necessary, suitable convenient o
| proper for the accomplishment of any pur
poses or of the attainment of any one o
| more of the objects herein enumerated o
| incident TO the powers herein named, o
which shall at any time appear conduciv
or expedient for the protection or beneh
of the corporation, either as holders of o
| interested in any property otherwise wit
| all the powers now or hereafter 20 be con
| ferred by the Laws of this State upon cor
porations organized in this State. II is tn
intention that the objects and powers speci
fed and the clauses contained in this para
| graph shall, except where otherwise ex
| pressed in said paragraph, be no wise lin
tied restricted by reference to or infer
ence from the terms of any other clause il
| this or any other paragraph of this charter
but that the objects and powers specific
| in each of the clauses of this paragraph
| shall be regarded as independent objects an
powers. but nothing herein set forth is {
be construed to authorize the Formation
hereby Of any United States, or State SAT-
Deposit or Trust Company. Banking Cor
| poration or Savings Bank, or corporation
deemed to possess any powers prohibited I
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