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

carry the business of liverymen, includ.
ing the hiring of horses and keeping Of
horses, horse drawn vehicles and automobiles /;
to conduct public garage for the SALE repair,
and hiring OF automobiles and other We
hicles; TO buy and sell horses, mules, car
riages, wagons and other vehicles and auto
mobiles well as merchandise of every and
any description that may be necessary, con-
venient incidental to the conduct of the
business to be engaged in by it, and gener-
ally TO do every character of business not
otherwise prohibited by the laws of this
State.
ARTICLE Iv.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
Five Thousand (S5,GOOO Dollars, divided
into, and represented by, fifty (5O) shares,
Of the par value of One Hundred (SlOOOO
Dollars per share, which shall be payable
in cash, or may be issued in payment of
property purchased by, or for services rem.
dered TO, the corporation.
The capital stock of this corporation may
be increased to Twenty-Five Thousand ($25.-
10000 Dollars by a vote of three-fourths of
the outstanding stock. at a meeting of the
stockholders called for that purpose, in the
same manner as provided for the election of
directors. and after giving O5) fifteen days
notice prior to said meeting. No transfer
of stock of this corporation shall be valid
or binding this corporation until such
transfer is recorded on the books of the
company; shall any transfer be recog-
nized until the stock so sought to be sold
or transferred has first been offered in writ
ing to the members of the Board of Directors
OF the Company, atits then book value, and
the said members of the Board of Directors
given the refusal thereof for five (S days
ARTICLE V.-All the corporate powers of
this corporation shall be vested in, and ex-
ercised by, a board of not less than three
81 more than five (5) directors, each of
whom shall be a stakeholder of this CORPORA
ton, two of whom shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of all business, and a
majority vote at all meetings shall decide
all questions voted upon. Said directors
shall be elected annually from among the
stockholders, the first Monday of August
of each year, beginning in August. 1o19 the
first Board of Directors and officers there
OF, shall be Henry Tharp, President, Edwin
E. Norman, Vice President Alfred Tharp,
Secretary Treasurer; and the said officers and
Monday in August. 1919, or until their sue
cessors shall have been duly elected and
qualified. All meetings for the election Of
directors shall be held only after ten days
written notice thereof shall be given, mailed
to each stakeholder at his last known place
of residence, and at all such meetings each
share of stock outstanding shall be entitled
10 one vote, and a majority of such votes
cast shall elect; and which vote must be cast
either in person or by duly authorized proxy.
Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Di-
rectors may be filled by the remaining di-
rectors for the unexpired term. At the first
meeting OF the Board of Directors, after their
election, beginning in August, 1919 they
shall elect from among their number Presi-
dent, Vice-President and a Secretary Treas
urer.