The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-01-18
CHARTER
IF DERBES AUCTION AND STORAGE
COMPANY, INCORPORATED.


United States of America, State of Louisiana
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans.
Be it known, that on the thirteenth DAY
of the month of January, in the year OF
our Lord, thousand nine hundred and
seventeen, and of the independence of tho
United States OF America, the one hundred
and forty-hrst, before me, Sidney Franci
Gautier, a notary public, duly commissioned
sworn and qualified, in and Tor the PARISH
Of Orleans. State of Louisiana aforesaid
therein residing and in the presence of wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned.
personally came and appeared, the persons
whose names hereunto subscribed, all OF
full age, and residing in the City of New
Orleans who severaly declared, that avail
ing themselves of the provisions of the act
Of the legislature of this state, being known
as Act Dot of the session acts OF l9i4, they
do by these presents, covenant and agree
and bind themselves, as well as such other
nersons as may become hereafter associated
with them, in order to form and consttut'
a corporation or body polite in law, Tor the
objects and purposes and under the stipu
lations following to-wlt-
Article 1.-The name and title of this cor
poration shall be "Derbes Auction and Stor
age Company, Incorporated" and 1t shal
have and enjoy succession and existence TO-
a period of fifty years from date hereof.
1t shall have, enjoy and possess all the
powers, rights, privileges and lmmunltie
accorded
this state, and particularly under Act To-
OF 1914 referred 10.
Article 1.-THE domcile of this corpora
ton shall be in the city OF New orleans
State of Louisiana, where all citations an
other legal process shall be served upon tn'
president. and in his absence, upon the sec
retary and upon the absence OF both tht
aforenamed, citation and legal process shall
be served on the treasurer.
Article III.-The objects and purposes TO
which this corporation is organized and IN
nature of the business to be carried on DN
| il, are hereby declared TO be TO engage l.
| the auction business and also the storag
| business in all of its branches, and fur
| thermore to buy, lease or otherwis'
acquire such material and property a.
NAV he necessary to properly carry OF
and conduct said auction and storage ous
| nesses, and the Establishment OF stores
Offices storehouses, as we'll as TO buy, leas,
and hypothecate property real and personal
and generally to do all things necessary ant
! proper pertaining or incident 10 the auctlo'
| and storage business in fully equippe'
| manner, including the power 10 buy ana Sc
property of all descriptions for ITS own Us
| and purposes as well as to act as agent 10
! others in such business in the purchase an
| sale of all sorts of property by action or pr
waite contracts or otherwise as occasion ma
| require.
| Article IV.-The capital stock Of this cor
| noration is hereby declared to be the sur
| ~ FIVE thousand dollars, divided into tw
hundred shares of the par value OF twenty
five dollars each, and this corporation sha
| he lucrative and 90 into business and becou
| a going concern, when two hundred snare
Of Its capital stock shall have been subscribe
and paid for to-wit, at the execution oil thes
presents, and in the manner following VIZ
In cash settlement of twelve shares, Leo
paIiat has paid three hundred dollars,
cash current money.
T, cash settlement of four shares, Stephe
T Derbes has paid one hundred dollars,
lash current money. And in settlemei
for or one hundred and eighty four shares, A
bert Maurn has and does by these pre-
snts transfer, assign and deliver in II
ouns,shin and paymen, for said one hu
9 % and eighty,four shares of stock, un
this corporation, all of his rights, title a.