The herald., 1918-03-28

GOODMAN q BEER tOhfANh' INV
United States OF America. State of Lou
isiana, Parish of Orleans, City of New
Orleans.
BE il known. that on this twenty sixth
day of the month of February, in the year
of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Eighteen,
Before me, Philip Gensler, Jr., a Notary
Public, duly commissioned and qualified,
in and for the above Parish and state.
therein residing, and in the presence OF
the witnesses hereinafter named and un-
dersigned, personally came and appeared:
The several persons whose names are
hereuntO subscribed, who severally de-
clared that, availing themselves of the
cases made and provided, and more par
ticularly of Act 261 of the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Louisiana OF 1914, re-
lating to the creation, organization, and
formation of corporations, they have COW
enanted and agreed, and by these presents
do hereby covenant, agree and bind them
selves, as well as az other persons as
may hereafter become associated with
jects and purposes under the Articles and
stipulationS following, which they here
by adopt as their Charter, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be Goodman & Beer
Company, Inc, and under its corporate
name it shall have power and authority
to have and enjoy corporate existence for
a period of ninety nine years from date
hereof, unless sooner dissolved by liquid
alton or otherwise. 1t shall have power
20 contract; to sue and be sued; to make
and use a corporate seal, and to alter and
break the same at pleasure. To hold,
receive. lease, purchase, transfer, assign,
mortgage. hypOthecate, pledge, or other
wise dispose of. property, real, personal
or mixed, corporal and Incorporate; to
issue bonds and, if desired. to secure same
by mortgage; TO hold stock in other com
panieS; to name and elect officers and di-
rectOrs; to make and establish, alter and
nllf Nnr
its proper government, as may be deemed
necessary and proper for the extension of
the business in which the corporation is
engaged.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized
and created and the nature of the bust
ness to be carried on by ii, are declared
to be as follows:
To conduct a wholesale merchandise and
general export and importing business
and to purchase, sell, deal in, export and
import such things, supplies, and mer-
chandise as are or may be traded in by
wholesale merchandise and exporting and
importing establishments: to export and
import, to buy and sell, at wholesale, pro-
duce, vegetables, truck, poultry eggs, and
country produce of every nature and kind ;
to grow and produce the said articles and
produce, and for such purposes to own or
lease farms or plantations and operate
and maintain the same; to buy, sell, or
lease real estate for the purpose of car
rying on their business, or any part there
of; to own and operate boats, vessels, and
railroad cars, and other rolling stock, for
the purpose of carrying on said business (;
to execute bonds or other acknowledge
ments in the fulfillment of contracts or in
the performance of its business, and, gen.
orally, to do any and all things incident
to or necessary to carry out any of the
objects and purposes hereinabove enum-
Grated.
Article II.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
Txx-A Inn raI nd nnll
10000, and shall be divided into and rep
resented by Two Thousand Shares of
common stock, of the par value of One
Hundred lS100.OO) Dollars each. Said
stock shall be paid for in cash. or by
property, or services actually rendered to
the corporation, or other equivalent of
cash, as provided by law, and in such
manner and at such times and in such
Board of Directors.
This corporation shall become a going
concern and shall be authorized to com
mence business as soon as Seventy five
Thousand Dollars (S75.OOOOO) of its cap
ital stock shall have been subscribed.
Article IV-The capital stock of this
corporation may be increased to the sum
Of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
$500. OO0OO) by vote of two-thirds of all
stock at special meeting called for that
purpose or at a regular annual meeting
of the corporation.
Article V.-All certificates of stock is
sued by this company shall be signed by
the President and one Vice President or
by two VicePresidents. The stock of
this corporation can be transferred only
on the books of the corporation and SUBJ
ject to such regulations and formalities
as may be by the Board of Directors from
time TO time prescribed. No stakeholder
shall be permitted to sell or. otherwise
dispose of his stock without first Offering
| the same in writing to the other stock
holders, through the Board of Directors
at price not exceeding the book value
thereof; and said stockholders, in pro
portion to their holdings, shall have ar
option and first right to purchase all the
shares of stock to be thus disposed of by
holders, and shall have period of thirty
| days in which to accept or decline said
offer: Should the stockholders decline t.