The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-08-02

. state
City OF New Orleans.
BE it known, that on this twcnty-ff,h
t2oth) day OF the month OF June, in the year
Of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
. seventeen Q9i7D, and Of the independence Of
the OnIted States OF America, the one hun
bred and torty-hrSt; before me, Charles !.
/ Kiyet, notary public, daily commits stoned
and qualified in and Tor the Parish of Or
J leans, State OF Louisiana, and in the pres
encc OF the witnesses hereinafter named and
/ undersigned, personally came and appeared
I me persons whose names are he.euntO sub
| scrbed, who declared:
That ayailng themselves of the general
/ laws OF the State Of Louisiana in such cases
/ made and provided, and more particularly Of
| Act No. POI Of the General Assembly OF the
/ State OF Louisiana for the year 1914, they
/ nave coyenanted and agreed and have formed
and organized and do by these presents form
and organize themselves, as well as such
others as may become associated with them
into and constitute a corporation and body
/ polite IN law Tor the objects and purposes
/ and under the StipulatiOns following, tO-wit:
/ Article The name OF this corporation
/ shall be Keller Realty Company, Inc its
/ dOmicile shall be in the City Of New Or
/ leans, II shall exist and enjoy succession Tor
/ the iull term OF nInety-nIne years from the
! date hereof. unless sooner dissolved in &C
cordaEce with law or the provisions OF this
4 act OF Incorporation.
/ Article 1.-THE objects and purposes for
| which this corporation is organized and the
I
/ it hereby declared to be:
To buy, sell, lease, mortgage, exchange or
/ otherwise acquire and ALLEVIATE, and gener-
/ ally to deal in property both movable and
| immovd5le, IN this city and state or else
where, Tor Its own account agents and
/ for account Of others, commission or other
wise; to improve and develop imrovable
property; and further to carry on, gener-
/ ally, a real estate and securities bushes
and TO do any and all things for the welfare
1 OF this business in all its branches
Article lll.-The capital stock OF this cor
poration shall be one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars tSl0,OOOOO), which may be in
creased to five hundred thousand dollars; but
no such increase shall be made without the
consent Of three-fourths OF the outstanding
stock.
Article IV.-The capital stock as presently
constituted shall consist of fifteen hundred
shares OF the par value of one hundred dol
lars each. Said stock may be paid for in
money, in services duly rendered to the cor
corporation.
Article V-The service of all legal pro-
cess shall be made upon the vice president,
or. in his absence, upon the secretary.
Article Wall the corporate powers Of
this corporation shall be exercised by and
! are hereby vested in its board of directors,
winch shall consist of not less than three nor
more than five directors who shall be elected
annually by and from the stockholders on
the first Tuesday Of the month of June of
each year, at which time the stockholders
snail determine the Rumber of directors 10
be elected
The first board of directors shall be COM
posed of the following named persons who
shall serve until the first Tuesday of June
9IS, or until their successors are elected and
qualified, to-wit: Mrs. James c. Menefer,
whose post office address is 1909 St Charles
Avenue, New Orleans, La, james {. Meme
Zee, whose post office address is 1909 St
Charles Avenue, New Orleans, La; William
/: Coats, whose post Office address is 1919
\pyy IL D,1-. .
Cole, whose post Office address is 49C9 ST.
Charles Avenue, New Orleans, La; and Mrs
RalSton 5: Cole, whose post office address is
1919 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, La
with Mrs. James c. Menefee as president;
James I Menefee, vice president; William T.
Coats, secretary, and Ralston S. Cole, treas
urer.
Article VII-This corporation shall have
all the powers enumerated and granted TO
corporations in Act No. 26 of the General
Assembly Of the State of louisiana for the
year 1914.
Article vIII-This act of Incorporation
may be amended or the corporation may be
dissolved and its affairs lquidated, in the
manner directed by Act No. 267 of fthe Cen
eral Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana for
the year 1914.
Article IN.-The subscribers hereto have
written opposite their signatures their pos,
office address and the amount of stock they
each have subscribed for; and in payment
Tor their subscriptions Mrs. Leslie Fay Kel-
~
Virginia Keller, wife OF William T. Goats;
and Mrs. Mary Chlotile Keller, wife of Raj.
Ston ). Cole, herein duly authorized by their
husbands, do by these presents grant, bar.
gain, sell, convey, transfer, assign, set over.
abandon and deliver, with all legal warran.
ties and subrogation TO all their rights and
actions OF warranty which they may have
against all preceding owners or possessors,-l
all and singular their respective undivided
rights, title and interest in and to the real
estate an accurate detailed and itemized de-
scriptlon OF which as to amount location,
extent, character and state of Improvement,
together with statement OF its value as
appraised by the directors of this corpora
ton, IS annexed hereto TO be read as part
hereof. The said Mrs. Menefee, Mrs. Coats,
and Mrs. Cole being the sole owners in indi.
VISION OF said described property as they
hereby declare.
Thus done and passed. at my Office in this
city, the day, month and year first above
written. in the presence OF Annie Weisen-
berger and Charles A. Case, competent wit
nesses residing in this city, who have here
unto signed their names together with the |
subscribers and me, notary, after due read |
ing of the whole.
Geo. Keller, Anna Weisenberger, Chas. A. |
Case.