The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-11-22
CHARTER
THE HARDIN BAG COMPANY, INC.

THE HARDIN BAG COMPANY, INC.
United States of America, State of Louisi-
ana, Parish of Orleans, City of New
Orleans.
Be it known that on this 9Th day of the
month of November, A. D., 1917, before me,
Edward B. Ellis, notary public, duly COM
missioked in and fdf the above named
parish and state, personally came and ap-
peared the several persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, who, in the presence
Of the witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
dersgned, each and all declared: That,
availing themselves of the laws of the State
of Louisiana, the subject of the incor-
poration of corporations, and especially of
Act No. 267 of 1914, they have organized,
and do by these presents organize and con-
stitute themselves, as well as all other per-
sons who may be hereafter become asso-
ciated with them, into a corporation and
body polite in law, to enjoy corporate ex-
istence during a period OF ninety-nine 99)
years after this date, unless sooner dis
solved and under the following stipulations
which they hereby adopt as their articles
of Incorporation, or charter, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be The Hardin Bag Company, Inc,
and its domicile is hereby declared to be
in the City of New Orleans, State of Lou
isiana, and all citations or other legal pro-
cess shall be served on the president, and,
in his absence, on the secretary.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes of
this corporation. and the nature of the bus
mess to be carried on by il, are hereby
declared to be as follows:
To engage in the business of buying, SELL
ing. importing, exporting, manufacturing and
dealing generally in jute, burlaps, hemp.
rope, Irvine. bags of all kinds, and bagging.
in connection with the foregoing objects, TO
own, lease and operate plants and manu-
factories, vessels, barges. docks, railroads,
terminals, and warehouses; to act as agents,
forwarders, brokers and commission mer-
chants; and generally to do and perform all
things incidental or necessary 10 the said
purposes and their successful accomplish
ments.
Article III. The capital stock of this cor
Twenty thousand ($20O0000) dollars. all of
which shall be common stock, and which
shall consist of two hundred shares OF the
par value of one hundred (sl0O dollars per
share No stock shall be sold for less than
par No stakeholder of this corporation shall
sell, or offer to sell, any stock of this cor
poration owned by him until he shall have
first offered the same to each of the other
stockholders thereof, for a period Of thi,ty
(50) DAYS, at the book value of said stock.
This offer shall be made in writing 10 the
board of directors of this corporation, who
shall for the purpose, be considered the
agent for the remaining stockholders, who
shall have the right TO purchase same at
said book value in proportion TO the stock
owned by them.
Article IV.-All of the corporate powers
of this corporation shall vest in and be
exercised by a Board of Directors composed
of three (0 stockholders OF this corporation,
10 be elected at a meeting of the stock.
holders held for that purpose at the domi-
cile of the company on the second Tuesday
in November of each year, beginning with
the second Tuesday of November 1918. no.
tice of which meeting shall be given to
each stakeholder at least fifteen OS days
prior to such meeting, either personal
Nv. or by depositiug said notice in the post
Office properly addressed to the last known
address of each stakeholder as shown by the