The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-22

Article IIL-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation Is organized and the
nature Of the business % be carried on Oy
n are hereby declared 10 be as follows: 10
engage in the business OF producing motion
;,ie.rr-es of all kinds and Of every character;
70 buy and sci! the same, to handle MOTION
pictures brokers; 10 own ana operate
notion picture theatres and other theatres
20 make notion picture plays and conduct
advertising and preliminary promotion cam
D7igus in thar connection: TO buy and sci.
notion picture plays and generally 10 do al
things necessary and incidental to or ap-
pertaining % the Aforesaid OBJECTS ana puF-
poses, o- any o. them.
A-tIclg IN-The amount Of the capita!
stock OF this corporation IS hereby dec!a' 60
O. be nifty thousand dollars $4,000, winch
shall c1usIs; 81 five thousand 5000 shares
Of the par value OF ten dollars lSl1.OO PEI
share: nifty per cent OF which capital stock
shall Joe subscribed for before filing OF these
article 0f Incorporation, and nifty per cent
# wllch subscribed capital shall be paid
for. as provided by law. before this corp2-
-4tIon begin active operations n the buSi-
ness for which II Is incorporated. All stock
subscribed Tor shall! be paid Tor IN money,
property received by the corporation, or labor
done tD~ the corporation. al such times as
the board may determine.
The capital stock OF this corporation may
be increased, in the manner provided there
for by the laws 1t this state, 70 the full sum
u one hundred thousand dollars tSlOoOJl.uot.
Article N.-All the powers OF this Corpo-
ration shall he vested IN and the business
and affair, ut this corporation snail be man
aged by d board of directors which shall be
elected annually n 4 meeting Of the stock.
holder, "a oc held On the FIRST Tuesday OF
March: the FIRST board OF directors shall serve
for the first year. or until their successors
are elected and qualified
The FIRST board q directors Sha!. conslS s.
IF the following: J. C. Nans:ory, New Or
leans, La: G.. /. Keller. Kansas City, No;
josephine Casley, New Orleans, La, OF whom
q. /. Keller shall be president, !. {. Van
story. secretary These directors
shall. hold office until their successors are
elected and qualified.
All elections shall be by ballot at the Of
ice Of the corporation. under the supervision
q Two commissioners ~ he appointed by the
board Of directors Notice Of such meeting
shall be given by the secretary III writing,
delivered 10 each stockholder in person OF
mailed % him at his last known address
al least fifteen DAYS prior to the date OF the
said election. hut this notice may be waived
bv all the stockholders. At all such eleC.
lions and at all meetings OF the stockholders
every S;ocIholder shall be entitled 10 one
vote for each share Of stock standing in ms
date oi said meeting. Said votes shall be
cast in person or by written proxy, and a
majority OF votes cast shall elect.
The failure TO hold the annual meeting OF
to elect directors shall not dissolve this
corporation or effect the corporation MOI
impair its management III any respect, but
the directors then in office shall remain IT
office until their successors are elected and
qualified. Each subsequent board OF drec
, tors shall he composed OF three, and shall
elect from their number, as soon as posi-
BILE. after their election, a president, and d
secretary and treasurer; the board Of drec
tors may appoint other officers, agents, en-
ployees as Il may deem proper, and may
grant to each officer such power as il deems
proper. Two shall constitute a quorum fOl
the transaction Of all business Of the board
OF directors.
All vacancies on the board for whatsoever
cause shall be filled by the remaining drec
tors, and the said board may, any va
canCy caused by the resignation OF any d.
rector or otherwise, who Is an officer, nj
his place and elect another person, from the
members Of said board. to fill his office
! thus vacated, either by death, resignation OF
removal.
ANY member Of the board Of directors NAY
appoint any other person his proxy to ac
at any meeting OF the said board. The board
may make and amend all bylaws necessary
for the regulation and management OF the
/ corporation.
| Article VI.-This act of Incorporation may
be modified, changed or altered or this cor.
poraton may be dissolved with the assent
Of two-thirds OF the capital stock thereof
outstanding, at meeting Of the stOckhOld
erS convened for that purpose and after tif
teen DAYS notice has been delivered in per
son or given by letter mailed to the last
known address OF each stockholder. The
. Sdlu uOl4Nt may DC NdiNSu ny u4ldlllil4ou'
consent Of the stockholders.
In case of dissolution Of this corporation
its affairs shall be hquidated by two com
misSonerS elected by the stockholders.
Article VII-No stockholders shall be held
liable for the contracts or faults OF thi:
corporation in any further than the un
paid balance due by him to the corporation
on the shares OF stock subscribed for by him
nor shall any informality have the effect o.
rendering this charter null of or exposing
any stakeholder to any liability beyond the
unpaid balance due by him his stock sub
/ sctipton. The subscribers have hereunts
respectively written their names and op
poSte thereto the amount of stock subscribed
/ for by them, 50 that this act OF Incorporation
may serve the original subscription lis
| of this corporation, and they have stated
| their post office addresses so as to conform
with the laws OF this State as such matters
/ made and provided
Thus done and passed in my Office on thit
5Oth day of the month Of January, 1917. il
! Frank Kleinschmidt, competens witnesses
| res dents Of New Orleans, La, who have here
unto signed their names, with the said ap
bearers and me, notary, after a due reading
| Of the whole:
! { Signed: ]. c. Vanstory and others.
Witnesses: Jules E. Award, Frank Klein
schmidt.
SCOTT E. BEER. Notary Public
|, the undersigned recorder OF mortgages
in and for the parish Of Orleans, State o
Louisiana, certify that the above and fore
going act of Incorporation of the "Crescen
Motion Picture Producing Co., Inc" wa
duly recorded in my Office on this day il
book 1906, folio 81.
New Orleans. La, February l, 1917.
(SignedD EMILE ]. LEONARD. by. R.
l certify that the above is a true and cor
rect copy of the original act of incorpora
ton of the Crescent Motion Picture ProduC
ing Co., Inc, except the names of the sub
scribers thereto, as we'll as the certifcat
OF the recorder of mortgages in and for tn
parish of Orleans, thereto attached.
New Orleans. Feb. 3 1917.
SCOTT E. BEER, Not. Pub.
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