The herald., 1918-09-19
CHARTER

| Directors of this corporation, who shall also
be the Treasurer thereof, with authority to
countersign all checks Of the corporation is
sued in the usual of business, and
this right shall not be abridged or Invested
so long any of said preferred stock shall
be outstanding and owned by said Shamrock
Land & Planting Company, Inc, the Hi
hernia Bank & Trust Co, as its assignee,
and any election of directors in violation Of
this provision shall be null and void.
No real estate belonging TO the corpora
ton shall be mortgaged alineated until
the first and second preferred stock OF the
corporation shall be redeemed down to twenty
five hundred shares, of the aggregate par
value Of two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. as above provided, with the exception
hereafter stated, except by and with the
unanimous consent Of all the directors, in
writing
The corporation may however, issue crop
liens, for annual advances, TO be made for
the cultivation and making of its crops,
ARTICLE NIII.-Al the powers of this
corporation shall be vested in and be exer.
cised by a Board of Directors composed OF
not less than five shareholders of common
stock and a majority shall constitute
quorum for the transaction Of all business.
A majority Of the Board Of Directors vot-
ing in person shall be required to pass any
resolution adopt any by law. which when
SO passed or adopted shall become valid cor
The board of directors shall be elected an
uually At a general netting OF the share
holders. to be held on the third Tuesday in
July, 1919 and on the same day and month
in each succeeding year, after ten days
written notice mailed to each stockholder at
his last known address appearing upon the
books OF the corporation, unless such notice
be waived in writing by all the stockholders
, appearing as such the books.
! The failure, however, from any cause TO
! hold the annual meeting of stockholders or
J the failure to elect directors thereat, shall
; not operate the forfeiture of this charter nor
impair the corporate management, but the
directors and officers then in office shall
/ Al 49, havy hpRn duly
elected. qualified and installed. Any va
5 cancy in the board of directors shall be filled
/ for the unexpired term by the remaining di-
\ rectors.
, The officers of the corporation shall consist
Of a President, one or more Vce-Presidents,
a Secretary and a Treasurer.
r There shall also be General Manager.
who may or may not be a member of the
| Board Of Directors
: There shall also be a Chairman of the
a Board who shall preside at all meetings
thereof.
E The office of President and General Man,
: ager or President and Assistant General
Manager, and ce-Presdent and General
| Manager or Vice President and Assistant
/ General Manager, may be combined under
/ the names of President and General Manager
: or President and Assistant General Manager;
Vice President and General Manager or
Vice President and Assistant General Man
ager; and the office of Secretary and Treas
urer may be held by and the same per-
E sen under the name of Secretary-Treasurer
E ARTICLE IX-The first Board of Direc-
tors and officers, who shall serve until the
annual meeting to be held on the third
Tuesday in July, 1919, shall consist Of:
, J. Thomas LandaicRe, Mccall p. O., La.
! ager: Charles Thibodaux. Belle Alliance P.
O.. La. who shall be LIST Vice President and
!, Assistant General Manager; j. C. LeBour-
4 geois, l525 State St, New Orleans, La, who
Shall I've 2nd Nice-President and Chairman OF
the Board; R. s. Hecht, 12ll Calhoun St,
! New Orleans, La. who shall be Treasurer
I p. ]. Stouse $50 Broadway. New Orleans,
d La. who shall be Secretary Burt W. Henry,
Q 1870 Soniat St, New Orleans, La ]. l. Rod
y rigue. Mccall p. O.. La,
! ARTICLE Mo present or future holder
of common stock shall ever sell assign or
J. transfer. other than by inheritance, any OF
: the common stock of this corporation, until
, the same shall have first been offered in writ
ing to the remaining holders OF common
stock for the benefit OF those who may de,
sire TO purchase the same, through the Board
d Of Directors, for period of ten days, at d
y fixed value. 1t shall be the duty. of the
T. Board of Directors promptly on receiving ar
% offer of sale of any of the common stock OF
y the corporation, to communicate the same
d to the holders of common stock, in writing
through the secretary of the corporation, anC
l. each of the holders of common stock shall
IF be entitled to purchase such proportion of the
IT stock so offered for sale as the number o.
d common shares owned by him or her, at thu
D. time, bears to the number of shares owned
A. by all other stockholders desiring to parti
4. cipate in the purchase. If said offer be no
accepted by the other holders of common
r stock, within the time above prescribed, ther
n such stakeholder desiring to sell shall b.
r. entitled TO sell and transfer his stock t
ID such person persons as he or she may Sc
err fit, for not less than the price at whicl
IL he or she has offered his or her stock I
AZ the other shareholders of common stock
to No sale under foreclosure attachment o
E. other process, by virtue of any powe
NJ of attorney, pledge or hypothecation, shall b
NJ valdly made of the common stock until tn
| mi
"A with by the person or persons, firm or cor
n. poration provoking such foreclosure or sale
,e The provisions of this article shall be printe
E. upon the face of each certificate OF common
n stock
=. ARTICLE XI.-This act of incorporation
ia may be amended and the corporation dis
-s solved and its affairs liquidated, as provide
v for under Act 267 Of the General Assembl
!. of the State of Louisiana for the year 1914
ID ARTICLE XII.-No shareholder of this cor
~ poration shall ever be held liable or re
. spons ible for the contracts or faults of thi
g, corporation in any further than the un
n paid balance due upon the shares of stocI
subscribed by him nor shall any mere intor
k. n1ality in the organization have the eftec
a of rendering this charter null or of exposn
,s any shareholder to any liability beyond tn
ID unpaid balance due upon his stock; nor shal
IN any mere informality or irregularity in tn
-, organization have the effect of renderin
3 any shareholder liable as a partner.
~ Thus done and passed at my office, IN tn
) City of New Orleans, Louisiana, on the day
month and year first hereina0ove written, u
=, the presence of Messieurs Roy Willie an
n John ID. Miller. competent witnesses, VIII
- hereunto sign their names, with said appear
h. ers and me. Notary, after reading OF tn
n. whole. and the said appearers have hereunt
~ signed opposite their names the number o
~ shares of this corporation subscribed b
n them.
II (Names of subscribers ofnittedD
u Witnesses: Roy Willie, John d. Miller.
IN CHAS. F. FLETCHINGER,
~ Not, Pub.
VI I, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages
=. in an. for the Parish of Orleans, State c
~ Louisiana, hereby certify that the above an
"a foregoing Act of Incorporation OF Ev9r
ba Belle Co. Inc, was this day duly recorde
s in my office in Book 1222, Folio $50.
~ New Orleans, August 10, 1918.
- (Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD. ID. r.
ns A true copy of the original act OF inco
- poration. with the certificate of the Recordt
!. of Mortgages thereto appended, as the whol
ii now appears on file and of record in m
ia office. -
ne Not. Pub.
g. Aug 22-9-Sept 5-l2-l9-26.
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