The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-06-13
CHARTER
OF MINISTERIAL, IRON WORKS, INC.
Ctnt, nf n,,isinna Parish of Orlsans City

OF INDUSTRIAL IRON WORKS, INC.
State Of Louisiana, Parish OF orleans, city
of New Orleans.
Be it known, that on this 18th day of
May, 1918, before me, Herbert w. Kaiser.
a Notary Public, duly commissioned and
qualified, in and for the Parish ana state
aforesaid, and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersign-
ed, personally came and appeared the per-
sons whose names are hereunto subscrlD-
ed, who declared that. availing themselves
of the provisions of the laws of the State
of Louisiana, and more particularly OF the
provisions of Act No. 261 of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the
year 1914, they have covenanted and
agreed and do by these presents coyen-
ant, agree, bind and constitute themselves.
as well as such persons who may hereat-
ter join or become associated with them,
into a corporation and body polite in
law, for the objects and purposes and I'M
der the agreements and stipulations fol-
lowing, tOwit:
corporation shall be Industrial Iron
Works Inc" and under that name 1t shall
have and enjoy all the rights, advantages
and privileges granted by law to corpora
tons 1t shall exist for a period of nine
ty-nine years from date hereof. unless
sooner dissolved 1t shall have power ana
authority to sue and be sued IN It's cor
porate name; to make and use a corpor-
ate seal. and to break and alter the same
| at pleasure; to hold, receive, convey, buy,
| SELL mortgage and hypOthecate real, per-
sonal and mixed property; to issue bonds:
notes and other obligations: to have ana
employ such managers, officers, agents
and employees as the interest and convent
ence of said corporation may require; and
| to make and establish such laws, rules
| and regulations for the corporate manage
| ment and control as the business and af-
fairs of the corporation as may be deemed
necessary and expedient.
The domicile of this corporation shall be
in the City of New Orleans, state OF Lou,
/ isiana. All legal process shall be served
on the President and in his absence upon
the Secretary Treasurer.
Article III.-The objects and purposes
| for which this corporation is organized
| and the nature of the business to be car
ried on by IL are hereby declared 10 De
To engage in the general contracting bus
mess, to do engineering work and to ac'
as manufacturers agent; to buy, sell
manufacture and install all size storage
tanks structural steel work, smoke stacks
and boil rs; to buy, sell. manufacture ant
| install steel plates, steel sheets, angI
iron, i beams. channels, bar iron riyets
pipes and fittings, cast iron and stee
fianges, boiler tubes and other STOCK KIN
dred thereto; and generally to do and en-
gage in any other business, undertaking
or enterprise connected with or growing
out Of and incidental to the objects a
set forth or contemplated in this charter
Article IV.-The capital stock of Thu
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum o
thirty thousand (s3000Ol dollars, whici
capital stock may De lncreaseu III III
manner provided by law to the sum 90 o
two hundred and fifty thousand lS250Oo0
dollars Said capital stock shall be divid
ed into three hundred shares of the pa
value of one hundred (Sl00) dollars each
Said stock may be issued full paid an'
non assessable for cash, or for propert!
transferred for value, or for services actu
ally rendered said corporation. No trans
fer of stock shall be binding upon the cor
poration unless made upon its books, AM
all certificates of stock shall be signed D.
the President and the Secretary Treasurer
Article y.-No stakeholder of this cor
poration NAV offer for sale, sell, ass1gl
or transfer his stock in this corporatlo
without giving to the other stockholder
thirty days prior notice OF such Intention
which notice shall be given in writing Z
the President of the corporation and shal
by said President be Immediately mao
known to the Directors of the corporation
and the other stockholders shall have IN
privilege of purchasing said stock at tn
book value thereof, said privilege TO D
exercised within thirty days from Date Q
delivery of said notice to the President.
Article VI.-All corporate powers OF I'M
lcorporation shall be vested in, and tn
management and control OF its bushes
: and affairs shall be exercised by, Boar
: | of Directors composed OF three stockhOlO
: ers. majority of the directors shall cor
, stitute a quorum for the transaction OF a
business. The Board of Directors shal
after each election select from their nun
her n President a Vice-President ana
Secretary Treasurer Immediately after n
e execution of this act of incorporation tt
: Subscribing stockholders shall elect IN
BOARD of Directors of this corporation
which Board Of Directors shall hold oni'
until the first Wednesday OF January, III
and thereafter the directors shall De eiec