The herald., 1917-11-29
CHARTER

| 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 tn,
month of November. A. D., 1917, before me
Edward B. Ellis, notary public, duly com
parish and state, personally came and ap
peared; the several persons whose names ar,
| hereunto subscribed, who, in the presenc,
Of the witnesses hereinafter named and un
dersigned, each and all declared: That
| availing themselves of the laws of the State
of Louisiana. on the subject of the incor
poration of corporations, and especially Of
Act No. 26 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 (oo)
years after this date, unless sooner dis.
solved, and under the following stipuiations
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.
isana, 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 it, are hereby
declared to be as follows:
To engage in the business of buyine. SELL
ing, importing, exporting, manufacturing and
dealing generally in jute, burlaps, hemp,
sisal, max, paper, wool, cotton, hair, cloth,
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 to the said
purposes and their successful accomplish.
ments.
Article III. The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at the sum of
Twenty thousand (s2O,OO0D) dollars, all of
which shall be common stock, and which
shall consist of two hundred shares of the
par value of one hundred ($100) dollars per
share. No stock shall be sold for less than
par No stakeholder of this corporation shall
poration owned by him until he shall have
first offered the same to each of the other
stockholders thereof, for period of thi:ty
800 days, at the book value of said stock. |
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.-Al1 of the corporate powers |
Of this corporation shall vest in and be |
exercised by Board of Directors composed |
Of three C0 stockholders of this corporation, |
to be elected at meeting of the stock |
holders held fer that purpose at the domi- |
Tile of the company on the second Tuesday |
N November of each year, beginning with /
he second Tuesday of November 1918, no.
ice of which meeting shall be given to |
Zach stakeholder at least ffteeen fiy davs
'rior to such meeting, either personal
y, or by depositing said notice in the post
'fhce properly addressed to the last known
address of each stociaaolder as shown by the