The herald., 1917-04-19
March 9th, 1917.
Cu TED

| OF AUTO PACKAGE DELIN ERl CO, INC
| United States Of America, State OF LOUISIANA
Parish OF Orleans City OF New orleans
| Be II known, that on this ninth day OF
| the month OF March, IN the year OF our
| Lord, one thousand nine hundred and sew
| teen Q9l7), before me, Charles theodore
| Starkey, notary pubI!c, duly commits s9ni II;
| and quaIhed, in and Tor this city and the
| Parish OF Orleans, therein residing, and IN
the presence OF the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersi signed, personally came and
| appeared:
The several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed who severally declared that,
availing themselves OF the benefits and pTovi:
sions Of the Constitution OF the Saie OF
Louisiana and of the laws OF SAID State
relative to the organization OF corporations,
and particularly OF the provisions OF Act
No. 267 OF the General Assembly OF the State
Of Louisiana for the year lSl4 they nave
united to form, and do, by these presents,
form and organize themselves, as well as
all such other persons who may hereafter
join or become associated with them or their
successors, into a stock corporation Tor the
objects and purposes and under the cove
nants, stipulatons and agreements follow
ing, to-wIt:
Article The name and title OF this cor
porauon s4ali be Auto Package Delivery
Company, incorporated, and under and by
said name, unless sooner dissolved IN ac-
cordance with law and this charter, II shall
exist and continue, and shall have and enjoy
corporate existence and succession tor Pc
Rod OF ninety nine (9S) years from and after
the date OF this act. 1t may have, hold
receive, borrow, lend, exchange, acquire by
grant, gift or purchase, devise or bequest
sell, ALLEVIATE, dispose OF, convey, lease,
pledge, pawn, hypothecate, cucumber or
mortgage property of any kind, whether real
personal mixed, corporeal or lncorporeal,
movable and immovable, all subject TO such
limitations as may be prescribed by law. IL
may make, issue and endorse bonds or notes
and other evidence of debt 1t may accept
mortgages, pledges other forms OF secu-
rity Tor money loaned or other debts. 1t may
contract, sue and be sued, plead or be i'm
pleaded by its corporate name in any court
OF competent jurisdiction. 1t may make,
adopt and a corporate seal and alter the
same at pleasure, II may hold stock in other
corporations and its capital stock may be
issued for capital stock IN other corpora
tons. 1t may name, appoint and employ
such managers, directors, officers, agents, and
other employees as its said business and con-
venIence may require, and may INK their
compensation, having due regard to the
tuTe, character and value OF their services.
1t may make and establish bylaws, rules and
regulations not inconsistent with this char
ter or any existing law, fixing or altering
the management OF its property, the Tegula-
tons and government OF its affairs, and the
maner OF the certihcation and registration
OF ITS stock. 1t may wind up and dissolve
ITSELF or be wound up and dissolved in the
manner prescribed by law. 1t may conduct
business in this State, other States, the
Federal Districts, the Territories and Pos
sessions OF THE United States, and any for
eIgn country. 1t generally shall possess all
the powers, rights, privileges and Immunities
which corporations are and may hereafter be
authorized to possess under the Constitution
and laws of this State, and particularly under
Act No. 267 OF the Acts Of the General AS
sembly OF the State of Louisiana for the
year 1914; and II shall have the power to
invest its board OF directors with all of its
corporate powers, subject to such restrictions
as may be named in the Charter.
Article 1.-THE domicile Of this CORPORA
ton shall be the City of New Orleans Par
ISL of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and all
citations or other legal process shall be
served its president, or in the event of
his absence, upon the first vice president, or
in the event OF the absence of both Of said
officers, upon the secretary.
Article III.-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized is TO
engage in the delivery OF packages, bundles,
truHks, articles OF commerce, and to carry
a general business Of hauling and deliv-
ering.
Article IV.-The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at the sum of 1--WE
thousand Cs5,0JOO dollars, divided into and
represented by fifty shares of STOCK of the
par value of hundred $4,000 dollars
each. The amount to which the capital stock
may be increased shall be the sum of fifty
thousand dollars.
Article V.-All the corporate powers of
said corporation shall be vested in and ex-
ercised by board OF directors, composed of
three stockholders, a majority Of whom shall
constitute quorum. Said directors shall be