The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-09-26
CHARTERS.

J ARTICLE III-Thc objects and purposes
at This corporation aud for which il is or
gained are declared tn be. q general uU-
icrtakrug and cmhalWing and livery bust
ness IN all their various branches; to care
for and bury the dead. TO furnish, buy,
sell. or otherwise handle al material. clothes,
cot'lns. tom1S, graves, aud cWbclli ShmcutS
necessary or useful 90 burial and embal-
mCuts. % bay. sell and handle live stock,
horsc-draNu and mechanically propelled We
hlclcN and TO hire. lease and rent same. and
go general o. do and perform any and
aI acts gcrwIuc ur pertaining % such above
set forth objects and Not contradictory there
to.
NrICLE IV.-Thc corporate powers Of this
corporation shall be vested i'm a board Of
three 80 directors q majority Of whom shall
constitute quorum Tor the transaction of
business. Absent directors may vote At any
meeting ut the directors 10y proxy to any other
director for that particular meeting. The
first board of directors shall consist OF and
be Dupln W Rhodes, ST., \. L. Johnson,
and George Johnson, with Dupliu W Rhodes
". - President George Johnson as Vice
President and 4. l.. Johnson as Secretary
Treasurer, who shall serve as such until the
second Monday IN January. 1000, or until
their successors are elected and qualified.
Meetings OF the stockholders for the election
of the directors shall be held yearly on
the second Monday Of January, beginning
with the year 1920. The Board of Directors
shall have the right to elect. without refer
ring TO a stockholders meeting, any stock
holder as a Director. whenever a vacancy
shall exist on the Board Of Directors through
death or resignation.
ARTICLE V.-The corporate powers OF this
corporation are expressed and set forth by
Section Seven G) of Act 267 of the year
1914, and shall be duly employed by and
through the Board of Directors. The duties
OF the several officers shall be set forth in
the bylaws; which will be adopted by the
Board of Directors, and amended or altered
at their will; and they shall have the right
to employ, under contract or otherwise,
General Manager, who may or may not be
a member of the Board of Directors as said
Board OF Directors may determine, and which
SAID General Manager shall have such duties
as the said officers may delegate to him.
and whose compensation shall be fixed by
the Board of Directors
ARTICLE Vino stakeholder of this cor.
poration shall ever be liable for any debt
OF the corporation other than the unpaid por-
tion of their subscription TO stock; and no
intormallty herein shall subject them TO
such liability.
ARTICLE NlI.-Amendment to this charter.
or liquidation of the corporation shall be
subject to the rules laid down in Act 267 of
the louisiana Legislature of 1914
Thus done and signed on the day and
date FIRST hereinabove written, in the CITY
OF New Orleans, in the presence Of L. r.
IiooVer and Edward ). Spiro. competent wit
nesses, and me, Notary. after a due reading
OF the whole; the subscribers setting oppo-
site their names the amount of stock thew
subscribe for. making an original subscrip-
ton list Names of subscribers omitted.
witnesses: l.. X, Hoover. Edward s. Spiro.
WAkREN V. MILLER, Notary Public
!, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages
IN and for the Parish of Orleans. State OF
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Act of Incorporation of the
khodes Mortician and Undertaking Co. Inc,
was this day duly recorded in nv office. in
Book l222, Folio 4O5. New Orleans, August
Dth, 1918. tSigned) EMILE J. LEONARD.
Dy X true copy. WARREN " MIL
LER, Notary Public
Sept. 26-Oct. 3-lO-l7-243l