The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-08-09
ACT OF INCORPORATION
United States of America, State of Louisiana
City OF New Orleans
OF KELLER REALTY co, INC.


United States of America, State of Louisiana,
City OF New Orleans.
BE it known, that on this twenty-ffth
(25th) day OF the month OF June, in the year
OF our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen Q9l7), and OF the independence of
the United States of America, the one hun
dred and forty-frst; before me, Charles J.
Rlyet, notary public, duly commissioned
and qualified in and for the Parish of Or
leans, State of Louisiana, and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
Undersigned, personally came and appeared
the persons whose names are hereunto sub
scribed, who declared:
That awaiting themselves of the general
laws of the State OF Louisiana in such cases
made and provided, and more particularly of
Act No. 267 of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1914 they
have covenanted and agreed and have formed
and organized and do by these presents form
and organize themselves, well as such
others as may become associated with them,
INTO and constitute a corporation and body
polite in law for the objects and purposes
and under the stipulations following, to-wit:
shall be Keller Realty Company, Inc, its
domicile shall be in the City of New Or
leans, it shall exist and enjoy succession for
the full term OF ninety-nlne years from the
date hereof, unless sooner dissolved in &C
coIdance with law the provisions of this
act of incorporation.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized and the
nature of the business to be carried on by
ii are 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
Immovabe, i'll this city and state or else
where, for its own account or as agents and
for account of others, commission or other
wise; to improve and develop immovable
property; and further to carry on, gener-
ally, real estate and securities business,
and to do any and aid things for the welfare
of this business in all its branches.
Article III.-The capital stock of this cor
poration shall be one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars ($l500O0OO, which may be in
creased TO FIVE hundred thousand dollars; but
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
poratl.n, or on property transferred TO the
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 NI.-All the corporate powers of
this corporation shall be exercised by and
are hereby vested in its board of directors,
which shall consist of not less than three nor
more than FIVE directors who shall he elected
annually by and from the stockholders on
the first Tuesday of the month of June of
each year, at which time the stockholders
shall determine the number of directors TO
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,
1918, or until their successors are elected and
qualified, to-wit: Mrs. James c. Menefee,
whose post office address is 1909 ST. Charles
Avenue, New Orleans, La, James c. Meme
fee, whose post office address is 1909 St.
Charles Avenue, New Orleans, La; William
/: Coats, whose post office address is 1919
Pine Street, New Orleans, La; Raston S.
Cole, whose post Office address is 1909 St.
Charles Avenue, New Orleans, La; and Mrs.
Ralston $ Cole, whose post office address is
1879 St: Charles Avenue, New Orleans, La. I;
with Mrs. James c. Menefee as president;
James { Menefee, ice-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. 90 of the General
Assembly OF the State of Louisiana for the
year 1914.
Article VIII-This act of Incorporation
may be amended the corporation may be
dissolved and its affairs liquidated, in the
manner directed by Act No. 267 of fthe Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana for
the year 1914.
Article IX.-The subscribers hereto have
written opposite their signatures their post
office address and the amount of stock they
each have subscribed for; and in payment
for their subscriptions Mrs. Leslie Fay Kel-
Ter, wife of James e. Menefee; Mrs. Ada
Virginia Keller, wife of William T. Goats
and Mrs. Mary Chlotille Keller, wife of Rail
ston 5. Cole, herein duly authorized by their
husbands, do by these presents grant, bar
gam, 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,-
all and singular their respective undivided
rights, title and interest in and to the real
estate an accurate detailed and itemized de-
scrlptlon OF which as to amount, location,
extent, character and state of improvement,
together with a 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.