The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-09-12
CHARTER

countersign all checks Of the corporation IS
| sued in the usual course of business, and
| this right shall not be abridged or Invested
so long as any of said preferred stock shall
be outstanding and owned by said Shamrock
Land & Planting Company, Inc, or the Hi
hernia Bank & Trust Co., as its assignee,
and any election of directors in violation of
| this provision shall be null and void.
No real estate belonging to the corpora.
| tion shall be mortgaged or alineated until
the first and second preferred stock of the
corporation shall be redeemed down to twenty.
five hundred shares, of the aggregate par
value Of two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, as above provided with the exception
hereafter stated, except by and with the
| unanimous consent of all the directors, in
writing
The corporation may, however, issue crop
liens, for annual advances, TO be made tor
the cultivation and making of its crops.
| ARTICLE VIII.-An the powers of this
corporation shall be vested in and be eXer-
csed by a Board Of Directors composed OF
not less than five shareholders of common
, stock, and a majority shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of all business.
| A majority Of the Board Of Directors vot-
ing in person shall be required to pass any
| resolution or adopt any by law, which when
| so passed adopted shall become valid cor
porate acts.
The board of directors shall be elected an
nually at a general netting Of the share
holders. to be held on the third Tuesday in
July, 1919, and on the same day and month
in each succeeding year, after ten day $
written notice mailed to each stakeholder at
his last known address appearing upon the
books of the corporation, unless such notice
be waived in writing by all the stockholders
appearing such on the books.
The failure. however, from any cause TO
hold the annual meeting Of stockholders or
the failure to elect directors thereat shall
not operate the forfeiture of this charter nor
impair the corporate management. but the
directors and officers then in office shall
serve until their successors have been duly
eli ed cd nd ed
cancy in the board of directors shall be filled
for the unexpired term by the remaining di-
rectors.
The officers of the corporation shall consist
of President, one or more Vice-Presidents,
. | a Secretary and a Treasurer.
There shall also be General Manager,
who may or may not be a member OF the
There shall also be a Chairman of the
Board, who shall preside at all meetings
!, thereof.
The office Of President and General Man.
ager or President and Assistant General
. Manager and Vice President and General
Manager or Vice President and Assistant
General Manager, may be combined under
the names of President and General Manager
or President and Assistant General Manager;
Vice President and General Manager or
Vice-President and Assistant General Man
ager; and the office of Secretary and Treas
urer may be held by one and the same per-
son under the name of Secretary-Treasurer
ARTICLE IN.-The first Board of Direc-
tors and officers, who shall serve until the
annual meeting to be held on the third
J. Thomas Landaiche, Mccall p. O., La.
who shall be President and General Man
ager; Charles Thibodaux, Belle Alliance P;
o., La, who shall be LIST Vice. President and
Assistant General Manager; J. c. LeBouT-
geois l525 State St, New Orleans, La, who
Shall be 2nd Vice President and Chairman OF
the Board; R. s Hecht, l2ll Calhoun St,
P. J. Stouse, $50 Broadway. New Orleans,
La. who shall be Secretary. Burt W. Henry,
1920 Soniat St, New Orleans, La; J. /. Rod
! ARTICLE Mo present or future holder
of common stock shall ever sell assign or
transfer. other than by inheritance. any OF
the common stock OF this corporation, until
, the same shall have first been offered in writ
ing to the remaining holders OF common
! stock for the benefit of those who may de.
, sire to purchase the same, through the Board
of Directors, for period Of ten days, at a
; fixed value 1t shall be the duty of the
Board of Directors promptly on receiving ar
, offer of sale OF any OF the common stock OF
the corporation, to communicate the same
to the holders of common stock, in writing
through the secretary of the corporation. and
each of the holders of common stock shall
be entitled to purchase such proportion OF the
T stock so offered for sale the number Of
i common shares owned by him or her, at tht
T. time bears to the number of shares owned
= by all other stockholders desiring to part
cipate in the purchase. II said offer be no
accepted by the other holders OF common
: stock, within the time above prescribed, ther
h such stakeholder desiring to sell shall b.
; entitled to sell and transfer his stock Il
d such person or persons he or she may SCI
g he or she has offered his or her stock t,
1 the other shareholders of common stock
0 No sale under foreclosure attachment o
. other process, or by virtue of any Powe
I of attorney. pledge or hypothecation, shall b.
4 validity made of the common stock until thu
: foregoing requirements have been complied
d with by the person or persons, firm or cor
+ poration provoking such foreclosure or sale
c The provisions of this article shall be PRINTED
= upon the face of each certificate OF common
J. stock
. ARTICLE XI-Ths act of incorporation
d may be amended and the corporation dis
= for Under Act 267 of the General Assembly
c of the State of Louisiana for the year 1914.
d ARTICLE XII.-No shareholder of this cor
y poration shall ever be held liable or re
ssponsibie for the contracts or faults of thi
/ corporation in any further sum than the un
d paid balance due upon the shares OF stool
subscribed by him nor shall any mere dntor
:, mality in the organization have the eftec
!, of rendering this charter null or Of exposing
$ anv shareholder to any liability beyond thu
d unpaid balance due upon his stock; nor shall
n any mere informality or irregularity IN tn
g organization have the effect of rendering
any shareholder liable as a partner
y Thus done and passed at my office. in thu
J, City of New Orleans, Louisiana, on the day
: month and year flrSI ne1clndDONc WIlttSH, IL
+ the presence of Messeurs Roy Willie ant
J. John d. Miller, competent witnesses, VIII
!, hereunto sign their names, with said appear
= ers and me. Notary, after reading. OF TIL
!; whole. and the said appearers have hereunt
/, signed opposite their names the number o
shares of this corporation subscribed b!
i them.
il Names Of subscribers omitted)
k Witnesses: Roy Willie, John d. Miller.
n CHAS. F. FLETCHINGER.
Il Not. Pub
I, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages
: in an. for the Parish of Orleans, State o
II Louisiana, hereby certify that the above an
d foregoing Act of Incorporation of Evan
e Belle CO.. Inc, was this day duly recorde,
" in my office in Book 1872 Folio $50.
e New Orleans, August 10, 1918.
n (Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, d. r.
IS A true copy of the original act of incor
k poration. with the certificate of the Recorde
e of Mortgages thereto appended, as the Who'll
d now appears on file and of record in m
a office. -
e CHAS. F. FLETCHINGER.
d Not. Pub.
i Aug. 22-2o-S Sept 5-12-1o-26.
e CHARTER OF
e J. RIVAS & CO., INC.