The herald., 1918-07-18
CHARTER OF
BUSINESS LETTER SERVICE COMPANY
INCORPORATED.
United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish OF Orleans, city of New
Orleans.

Orleans.
BE it known that on this the Jrd dag Of
July, 1918, before me, kOlla y. IlcncnOr,
Ia uuly commissioned, quanued ana acting
notary puUhc III ANA Tor the Parish u
orleans, State OF Louisiana, and III the
presc.,e OF the hereinafter named and un-
lucISigncd witnesses, personally came and
Iappcurcd the several persons, whose names
are hCTcuntO subscribed, AMI seNeraliy de
Hclarrd that, awaiting themselves OF the
general laws OF the state OF Louisiana, ia
sucn cases made anu provided, they nav e
Horned and organized, ami DO by IdeSC
presents form ana organize themselves and
suUu others as may hereafter become as
sOClateu with them into corporation and
] body polite in law, for the objects and
purposes in the following articles set forth
ana expressed, whICh they ADOPT as their
charter:
Article 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be business Letter Ser
vice Company, Incorporated and it stall
exist ana ENJOY succession tor peilOd
OF ninety nine years from uate hereof, with
lall lac rights ana powers now or Il, re-
latter conferred upon sIiuIlar corporations.
| II SHALL have the power and authority 10
contract, sue and be sueu; TO make and
use a corporate seal, the same TO break
and alter at pleasure; to nave, hOld, Duyt
sell lease, mortgage, hypOtneCate or
pledge property, real, personal or mixed,
necessary, proper or Inciuental Tor the
carr! ing on OF its business, as wei as 10
issue bonds secured by suCn mortgages
10 make ana issue notes ana Otnrr GER
tiiicatrS of indebtedness, to buy the cap
lltal stock ana securities OF OtheI corpora
ltiOuS aud to give III payment therefor the
lcapItal stock OF TINS corporation, cash,
property, merchandise or services; to
name elect and appoint directors, man
layers, clerks or other employees 10 prop
erly conduct its corporate business, ana
to make such bylaws, rules and regula-
tionS as may be necessary or found de-
SlraDle Tor the management OF the Dusl-
ness and affairs of this corporation, and
IN alf M AZ ls4.lSl "A re
and generally to do every other act, mat
ter or thing necessary or desirable for
the complete carrying out of said bust
ness.
Article 1.-THE dOmicile of this corpor-
atiCn shall be at New Orleans, in the Par
ish OF Orleans, State Ot Louisiana, where
lall citations or other legal process shall
lbe served upon the President, or in his
absence on the Nice-Prcsident, or i'll the
absence of both, upon the secretary.
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 TO De ::
To engage in the advertising and print
Ii ing business, to conduct letter shop for
the production of circular, form and sales
letters by various processes oil dupnca-
ton; to do printing, enclosing, engrav-
ing, multigraphing and mlmeographlng ;
and to write, prepare or edit copy Tor
booklets, folders, pamphlets, circular, form
and sales letters and advertising matter,
and to print, 'multigraph or mimeograph
| the same and to act as principal or agent
in the publication and circulation of the
same; to copy manuscript, lists of names,
address envelopes, to do public stenO-
lgraphic work, and to conduct mailing and
publicity campaigns; also TO engage III the
lsaIe, either at whole sale or retail, of office
supplies, a general line of stationery, pa
lper, carbon paper, Typewriter ribbons, INK
and similar merchandise, as well as Office
devices and appliances, office furniture and
equipment, or to act as manufacturer
Iagent in the sale of the same; also TO III
lstruct and train operators in the opera
ton, uses and mechanism OF various kihds
of office machinery aud appliances, and tC
furnish the services OF such operators t.
interested persons or trms.
Article IN.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed ut ten thou
sand 100000 dollars, and said stock shall
lbe divided into and represented by ten
thousand 100000 shares of the par value
lof one (Sl.UOl dollar each. Stock may
Ibe paid for in money, in services rendered
Ito the corporation or in property and
good will regularly transferred to the
Corporation. The capital stock OF this cor
pOration may be increased or decreased
lby a majority vote of all of the outstand-
ling stock at Il meeting of the stockholders
Icalled for that purpose in the same man
ner as provided for the meeting 10 elect
directors.
Article V.-The corporate powers of this
Incorporation shall be vested in u Board OF
Directors of not less than three nor more
than tive stockholders, majority OF wnom
tshall constitute a quorum for the trans
faction of business. At all meetings of the
Board of Directors each Director shall
have the right to appoint proxy to act
in his place and stead. Any action OF the
Board of Directors agreed to IN writing
and signed by all the members or thelr
proxies, though done separately and with.
out converting, shall have the same effect
as if done i'll formal meeting. Inc ON
GERS of this corporation shall be Presi-
dent, Il Vice President, Secretary and a
Treasurer. The Secretary may or may
not be Il member of the Board OF Diree-
ItOrs. The Board of Directors shall have
lpower to unite two or more offices, and
1.-THE same to confer upon one person. Said
Directors shall be elected annually on the
third Monday of January, in each year
lat a general stockholders meeting, except
1.-THE lirst board, appointed in this charter
who shall hold their Offices until the third
Monday in January, 1919, or untll theli
successors are elected and qualified. Stock
holders shall have the right of cumulatiy'
voting in the election of directors and OF
Ulcers. Any vacancy occurring among the
directors by death, resignation or other
WISE shall be filed by election for thu
lunexpired term by the remaining direc
itors. The first Board of Directors shall
be composed of Thaddeus T.. Bell, Edward
\. Adey, Jr., J. Edward Salath", Aubre!
liz. Murray and David V. Johnston, all o
1.-THE City Of New Orleans, with Thaddeu
lP. Bell as President and Treasurer, Ed
} ward A. Adey, Jr., as Nice-President, an,
david V. Johnston as Secretary ana al
lof said directors and officers shall sery
until their successors are elected and quar-
: flied.
Article Vino stakeholder shall be he'll
: liable or responsible for the contracts o
2 faults of this corpOrtion in any turtle
{ sum than the unpaid balance due to tn
/ lcorporation on the shares of stock owne
, Iby him, nor shall any mere informallty !
Organization have the effect OF renderln
lthis charter null or of exposing n stock
! holder to liability beyond the amount
: Ibis unpaid stock, If any.
= Article VIL-The location, value, de-
D lcription and character of the property I
lbe given in exchange for the subscription
( to the capital stock of this corporation
= otherwise than cash, or for services reno
{ ered or performed, Is hereby set tort
: described and itemized. as follows, to-wl'
All the property, assets and good WI
lof the non-incorporated concern no
: known as the Business Letter SeryiC
I company, and owned by Thaddeus y. BE
/ land now doing business at SIG Audubo
e Building, New Orleans, Louisiana, MOI
particuiarly, two muitigraph printing ms
r chimes, with special printing and sign,
ture attachments, ten multfgraph seg'
r mental drums, five fexo-typesetters, foul
: teen equipments of type, miscellaneou
y equipment and accessories, one Ediso
e mimeograph, one duplicator, one StanC
lard envelope sealer, three typewriters, on
D half gross of typewriter ribbons, thrt
{ gross of multigraph ribbons, one hundre
: and fifty boxes Of carbon paper, SKI
' Thousand sheets of letterhead paper, mi
e cellaneous office supplies, twenty-five gro:
lof Esterbrook pens, one once desk, 81
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