The herald., 1917-04-12
OSCAR SCHUBERT, President.
Il WAKEFIELD Seyy.
March 9th, 1917
CHARTER

OF AUTO PACKAGE DELI\ cry co, INC.
United States OF America, State OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Orleans. City OF New orleans :;
Be II known, that on this ninth day OF
The month Of March, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and sew
teen UyH), before me, Charles IheodoISS
Starkey, a notary public, duly comm SsGhleu
and quaIued in and Tor this city and the
Parish %! Orleans, therein residing, and IN
the presence OF the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared: -.
unto subscribed who seveTally declared that,
availIng themselves OF the dement's and pToVi-
sIonS OF the Constitution oil the STATE Oh
Louisiana and OF the laws OF SAID State
relative 10 the organization OF corporations,
and particularly OF the provisions OF Act
No 2U7 OF the General Assembly OF the State
Of Louisiana for the year 1914, they have
united to form, and do, by these presents,
form and organize themselves, as well as
all such other persons who may hereafter
ioIn or become associated with them or their
successors, into stock corporation Tor the
objects and purposes and under the cove
uants, stipulatIons and agreements follow
Article 1.-The name and title OF this cor
poratIOn shall be Auto Package Delivery
Company, Incorporated, and under and by
said name, unless sooner dissolved IN &C
cordance with law and this charter, II shall
exist and continue, and shall have and ENJOY
corporate existence and succession tor i pc
rod OF ninety nine 1927 years from and alter
the date of this act. 1t may have, hold,
receive, borrow, lend, exchange, acquire by
grant, gift or purchase, devise or bequest,
SELL ALLEVIATE, dispose OF, convey, lease
pledge, pawn, hypothecate, cucumber or
mortgage property OF any kind, whether real,
personal or mixed, corporeal or incorporeal,
movable and Immovable, all subject to such
limitations as may be prescribed by law. 1t
NAV make, issue and endorse bonds or notes
and other evidence Of debt. Ii may accept
NJ o.
rity for money loaned or other debts. 1t may
contract, sue and be sued, plead or be i'm
pleaded by its corporate name IN any court
OF competent jurisdiction. 1t may make
adopt and a corporate seal and alter the
same at pleasure, II may hold stock IN other
corporations and its capital stock may be
issued for capital stock in other corpora
tons. 1t may name, appoint and employ
such managers, directors, Othcers, agents, and
other employees as its said business and con-
venience may require, and may Tx their
compensation, having due regard TO the ma
ture, character and value of their services:
1t may make and establish bylaws, rules and
regulations not inconsistent with this char
ter any existing law, fixing or altering
the management OF its property, the regula-
tions aQd government OF its affairs, and the
maner Of the certIhcation and registration
of its stock. Ii may wind up and dissolve
itself, or be wound up and dissolved in the
manner prescribed by law. 1t may conduct
business in this State, or other States, the
sessions OF tfhe United States, and any for
eign country. 1t generally shall possess all
the powers, rights, privileges and immunities
which corporations are and may hereafter be
authorized TO possess under the Constitution
and laws of this State, and particularly under
Act No. 267 Of the Acts of the General AS
sembly OF the State of Louisiana for the
year 1914; and it shall have the power to
invest its board of directors with all of its
corporate powers, subject to such restrictions
as may be named in the Charter.
Article 1.-THE domicle of this corpora
tion shall be the City of New Orleans, Par
citations or other legal process shall be
served on its president, or in the event of
his absence, upon the first president, or
in the event OF the absence of both OF said
officers, upon the secretary.
Article III.-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation IS organized is TO
engage in the delivery Of packages, bundles,
trunks, articles of commerce, and to carry
on a general business Of hauling and deliv-
ering.
Article Iv.-The capital stock of this cor.
poratIon is hereby fixed at the sum of five
thousand (S5,OD.OO dollars, divided into and
represented by fifty shares of stock, of the
par, value of one hundred $4,000 dollars
each. The amount to which the capital stock
may be increased shall be the sum of fifty
thousand dollars.
Article V.-All the corporate powers of
said corporation shall be vested in and ex-
erclsed by a board Of directors, composed of
three stockholders, majority of whom shall
constitute a quorum. Said directors shall be
elected annually the second Tuesday in
February IN each year, except the first board
in this charter, who shall hold
their Offices until the second Tuesday in
February, 1918.
All such elections shall be held by ballot
and conducted at the office of the said cor
poration, under the supervision of three
to be appointed by the board
Of directors.
Notice OF such election shall be given by
the secretary of the company by written no.
tice thereof delivered personally or by de-
posting same in the post office, properly ad-
dressed, TO each stakeholder, at least fifteen
,l5) days preceding such elections.
At all such elections and at all corporate
meetings every stakeholder shall be entitled
10 one vote for each share of stock standing
IN his name on the books Of the corporation
10 be cast in person or by his written proxy
and majority OF the votes cast shall elect
Any vacancy occurring among the direc-
tors by death, resignation or otherwise shall
be filled by election for the remainder of the
Term by the remaining directors
A failure TO elect directors on the date
above specified shall not dissolve the cor
ooratlon nor impair its corporate manage
nent, but the directors then in Office shall
-emain in Office until their successors are
elected and qualified.
The board of directors shall elect from
heir 'own number a president and vice
PRESIDENT. They shall also elect a secretary
md treasurer, one person who shall be
both, either of whom NAV or NAV rot he