The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-07-11
CHARTER OF
BUSINESS LETTER SERVICE COMPANY
INCORPORATED.
United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans, City of New
Orleans

| ldnd, PARISH OF OEitdnSr lily Oh NJ"
Orleans.
lie it known that on this the 3rd day of
IJuly. lgIN before me, Rola y. Tichcnor.
la duly commissioned, qualified and acting
notary public in and for the Parish or
lOrleauS, state OF Louisiana and III the
Ibreseuce OF the hereinafter named and I'M
ldersigned witnesses, personally came and
Iappeared the several persons, whose names
lare hercuutO subscribed, ana SeYerally de-
lclarrd that awaiting themselves OF the
general laws OF the state OF Louisiana, III
lsuCu cases made and provided, they have
formed and organized, and do by these
lpreSentS form and organize themselves and
such others as may hereafter become as
SOciated with them into corporation and
body polite in law, for the objects and
purposes III the following articles set forth
aud expressed, which they adopt as their
lchartcr:
Article THE name and title of this
lcOrpUratiOn shall he business Letter ser
Twice Company, Incorporated, ana II shall
IeNist ana enjoy succession for Il period
OF ninety nine years from date hereof, with
iall the rights and powers now or here
latter conferred upon similar corporations.
IL shall have the power and authority 10
ICOntract, sue ana be sued; to make and
use corporate seal, the same TO break
and alter at pleasure; TO have, hold, BUY,
Isell, lease, mortgage, hypOthecatc or
Ipledge property, real personal or mixed,
necessary, proper or incidental for the
carrying on OF its business, AS well as TO
Tissue bonds secured by such mortgages;
Ito make and issue notes ana other GER
tiiiCateS of Indebtedness to buy the cap
lital stock and securities of other corpora
lions and to give in payment therefor the
ICapital stock Of TINS corporation, cash,
property, merchandise or services; to
name, elect and appoint directors, man
layers, clerks or other employees 10 prop
Ierly conduct its corporate business, ana
Ito make such bylaws, rules and regula-
tiOns as may be necessary or found de
ISirable for tne management Of the bust
lncss and affairs of this corporation, and
II ha4 IN ul faF =
land generally to do every OtHer Az, mat
Ter or timing necessary or deSirabl" Tor
1.-THE complete carrying out OF SAID OuSl-
ness.
Article 1.-THE domicile of this cOrpor-
iatiOn shah be ut New Orleans. in the far-
fish Of Orleans, state OT Louisiana, where
Ian citations or other legal process shall
be served upon the President, or in his
laDSencc Oh the \lCe-Presldent, or III the
iabsence of both, upon tine secretary.
Article Ill.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation Is organized
and the nature OF the business 10 he car
Tried on by it are hereby declared To be q.
70 engage i'll the advertising and print
ing business, to conduct a letter shop Tor
1.-THE production of circular, form ana sales
letters by various processes OF duPllcd-
ltion: To do printing enclosing. engrav-
. ling, multigraphing ana mlmeOSraphlhS
land TO write, prepare or cut COPY lor
, booklets, folders, pamphlets, circular, FORM
/. land sales letters and advertising matter,
and to print, multigraph or mlmeoSraph
: the same ana to act as principal or agent
i'll the publication and circulation OF the
4 same; to copy manuscript, lists of names
address envelopes, to do public stenO,
70 Igraphic work, and to conduct mailing and
: publicity campaigns; also TO engage IN INT
= lSale either at whole sale or retail, OF ONCE
f supplies, a general line of stationery, pa
: Iper. carbon paper, typewriter ribbons, INF
land similar merchandise, as well as Office
n devices and appliances, office furniture anI
a equipment, or to act as manufacturer
p lagcnt in the sale of the same; also to in
V struct and train operators in the opera
ItiOn. uses and mechanism of various kinds
: IOf Office machinery ana appliances, ana L
n furnish the services OF such operators u
il interested persons or firms.
: Article lN.-The capital stock of TIL
d corporation is hereby liked at ten thou
: Island (Sl0.OOOD dollars, and said stock shal
n lbe divided into and represented by Tel
. thousand 100000 shares of the par valu
II lOf one (Sl.0O) dollar each. stock ma.
r Ibe paid for in money, iii services RENDERED
lro the corporation or in property AM
d good viii regularly transferred to In
l. corporation. Inc capital stock OF TINS cor
= IpOratiOH may be increased or decrease
II 10y majority vote OF all OF the Outstand
e ling stock at meeting of the stOckholier
= lcaled for that purpose in the same man
if ner provided for the meeting TO elec
l. directors.
10 Article V.-The corporate powers of thi
q corporation shall be vested in Board o
n Directors of not less than three nor NOR
than 1ive stockholders, majority OF whon
d faction of business. At all meetings OF IN
1t Board of Directors each Director Shal
l. have the right to appoint proxy to ac
l. lin his place and stead. Any action OF IN
@ Hoard of Directors agreed to in writing
v and signed by all the members or thei
h proxies, though done separately and with
out converting, shall have the same enee
20 as if done in formal meeting. The ON
: lcers of this corporation shall be a Presl
N dent, Vice President, Secretary and
o Treasurer. The Secretary may or ma
l.... .af ha Fh
a. TORS. The Board of Directors shall hay
p power to unite two or more offices, an
d the same to confer upon one person. san
d Directors shall be elected annually on tn
third Monday of January, in each veal
is lat general stockholders meeting, eAcel
V. the first board, appointed in this chartel
Of who shall hold their Offices until the thir
V, Monday in January, 1918, or until thel
Id successors are elected and qualified. Stock
III holders shall have the right of cumulatiy
ne voting in the election of directors and OF
s. directors by death, resignation or othel
f. wise, shall be filled by election for III
T. uneXpired term by the remaining dire
tors. The first Board of Directors sha
Of be composed of Thaddeus p. Bell, Edwar
is 4. Adey, Jr., j. Edward Salathe, AuDre
It, +. Murray and David V. Johnston, all I
of the city of New Orleans, with ThaddeI
It. F. Eell as President and Treasurer, E'
yO ward A. Adey, Jr., as Vice president an
e. David v Johnston as Secretary; and a
d. lof said directors and officers shall SER
be until their successors are erected anu qua
he lifted.
It Article Vino stakeholder shall be he
n liable or responsible for the contracts
he faults of this corpOrtiOn in any furth
of sum than the unpaid balance due to q
at IcorporatiOn on the shares of stock own
to lby him, nor shall any mere informality
lid denomination have the effect of renderil
Ithis charter null or of exposing u stOc
ed holder to liability beyond the amount
af- Ibis unpaid stock, If any.
i'd Article VII.-The location, value, de
ch lcription and character of the property
tn, be given in exchange for the subscrlptio
of to the capital stock of this corporate
NJ otherwise than cash, or for services rem
int Tered or performed, is hereby set fort
IN described and itemized, as follows, tow
All the property, assets ana GOOD
lg- lof the non-incorporated concern n.
ay known as the Business Letter Seryl
of company, and owned by Thaddeus L. b
at land now doing business at Sl6 Audub
Dse building, New Orleans, Louisiana, me
it particularly, two multigraph printing N
Ter lchines, with special printing and sign
ture attachments, ten multigraph sea
yer mental drums, five iexo-typesetters, fol
)n- teen equipments of type, miscellaneo
ny leauipment and accessories, one Eds
lue Imimeograph, one duplicator, one Stan
led ard envelope sealer, three typewriters, OF
in half gross of typewriter ribbons. TIM
ect gross of multigraph ribbons, one hundr
ex land fifty boxes of carbon paper. siS
ity Thousand sheets of letterhead paper, m
be lcellaneous office supplies, twenty-five gro
of Esterbrook pens, one office desk,