The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-06-27
CHARTERS.
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF
IVAN HALL MERCANTILE CO., INC.

month OF June, IN the year OF OG' Lo'N' ''-
thousand nine hundred and eishteeh' -
Refore me Charles J.. Fletchlnger, NO
,,Tv Public duly commissioned and quail
fed in aud for the City Of Ne" OTie@hs'
Parish of Orleans, state OF LOUISIANA, 'HeIeiI
residing and IN the presence OF the VIZ
1rsses hereinafter named and undersigned,
Personally came and appeared, the SeEeiaI
persons whose names are heTeuh'o SUI
scrIbed all Of lawful age and all TesiueAIS
of the City OF New Orleans, State OF LOUIS
lana. and, ayailing themselves Of the laws
OF the State OF louisiana, PARTICULARLY OF
Act 257 OF the General Assembly OF the state
of Louisiana, for the year 1914 relative 70
the organization Of corporations, state Iha'
they nave coycnanted and agreed and do
hereby covenant and agree to form tAem'
selves, as well as such persons VINO may
become associated with them or succeed 'heH'
ITO a corporation, for the objects and pur-
- and under the following Articles, TO-
wit.
ARTICLE The name OF this corporation
shall be Evan Hall Mercantile 90, LhC.,
and under said corporate name II shaiI nave
succession for ninety nine years, uileS5
s1Cr.r dissolved and shall have power ana
authority TO contract, sue ana De sueu' l"
make and use a corporate seal, me same 70
alter or break at pleasure; 10 make al ne
essasy rules and resu1auohs loi Sb,II
rate management and control; and II shaIi
have and enjoy all the rights, privileges anu
immunities which now conferred upon oi
NAV hereafter be granted to corporations OF
the sams kind and character.
ARTICLE 1.-The domicle OF said .oorpo'
lion Is hereby fixed in the City OF New
Orleans State Of Louisiana, and all cita,
lions and other legal process shall be served
rpon the President OF said corporation, ahG'
in case of his absence, upon the N'ee-r res
dent and in case OF the absence Oh Oo''
upon the Secretary Treasurer.
ARTICLE III-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation IS organized are
declared to be: To buy, sell, trade ana de1l
in, at wholesale or retail, or both' nara
ware groceries, provisions, TODD SuppheS,
drygoods. wares, vegetables, produces and
ali other articles and things incidental to
general grocery, vegetable, iDod supply;
poultry, fish, game, produce, provision ana
mercantile business; to manufacture, DHy A $40
sell, groceries, merchandise and arucles IoI
Dersonal domestic and household USE 10
iurchase lease or otherwise acquire Ieai
estate and to hold, improve, mortgage ana
dispose of the same; to own STOCK III ONE. r,
CORPORATIONS and to vote the same, ana
generally 10 do any and all things inciden,
fal or germane TO any of the objects ana
purposes above specified
ARTICLE IV-The capital stock OF SAID
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum OIL
Twelve Thousand, Five Hundred Dollar.
1s,S sOOOl. divided into one hundred and
twenty five G25) shares OF the par Va'Ie o.
Ono Hundred Dollars SlCOCO each: all o.
yb,ch shall be common stock, and the sam,
NAV be issued for cash or in payment o
or rendered to the corporation
AT all meetings of stockholders each STOCK
holder shall be entitled to one vote 10
each share Of stock standing IN ms haue
SAID vote TO be cast in person or by writer
proxy.
Tb. ,s,t;es hereto declare that they hav'
srbscriied for the number of shares OF IN
capital stock OF the said corporation &c
opposite their respective names, so that thi
act of Incorporation shall serve as an oris'
r T,andaiche. subscriber to forty-fiv
shares and Charles +. Thibodaux, SUP
scriber to thirty-six shares OF the cdpltI
stock of said corporation nave ana 10 hea n.
Inv convey. transfer and deliver TO said cor
noration, in part payment and Iquidauo
~ their respective subscriptions, all the eN
isting business of the Evan Hall Store, o
Evan Hall Plantation, IN the faIisn VI -
r.nsion. now owned by them, including stoc
an hand. book accounts, fixtures ana lut ~
ture and good will, as shown on the stdte
,nent filed herewith, giving a detaiied l.Tn
i-ed description, together wtn tle n"'u
thereof as appraised ny 'he
No transfer of stock shall be binding uPo
this corporation unless made and recoroe
upon its books IL, ,o.
of said corporation may be increased IS mere
Inv fixed at the sum of One hundred lhou
sand Dollars CSl0O,OOoOo. r .,;a -,
ARTICLE Vail the powers OF sara coi
marathon
Nv Board Of Directors, composed oil no
less than three (3) shareholders, and ma ma
iority shall constitute quorum LOT III
Transaction of all business.
A majority Of the Board of Directors voting
in person, shall be required to pass an
resolution or adopt any bylaw, winch
when so passed or adopted, shall beeom
valid corporate acts. =, -.
The Board Of Directors shall be electe
annually. al a general meeting OF the share
holders. 10 be held on the first Monda
in April, 1919 and on the same day an
month in each succeeding year, after tie
days written notice mailed TO each snare
holder Al his last known address appearin
upon the books of the corporation, unles
such notice be waived in writing by all IN
shareholders appearing as sueh upon III
books.
hold the annual meeting of the stakeholder
or the failure to elect directors thereat, sha
not operate the forfeiture OF this chaTt'
nor impair the corporate management, o'
the directors and officers then in office sha
serve until their successors have been full
elected, qualified and installed. Any VI
cancy in the Board of Directors shall |
filled for the uuexpred term by the n
naming directors
The officers Of this corporation shall COT
sist Of President, one or more Nice-Pres
dents, a Secretary and Treasurer.
The office of Secretary and Treasurer ma
be held by one and the same person und'
the name of Secretary Treasurer; the otfie'
OF President and Treasurer and Vice-Pres
dent and Treasurer may likewise be cor
bined under the names OF President ar
Treasurer and Vice-President and Treasure
There shall also be a General Manage
who may or may not be a member of q
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI-The first Board of Dire
tors and officers, who shall serve until Il
annual meeting to be held on the first Mo
day in April. 1919. shall consist of:
J. I. Landaiche, Mccall, La, who shall
President
Charles f. Thibodaux. Belle Alliance,
c. LeBougeois, 1873 State Street, Ne
|eans, La. who shall be Treasurer.
p. J. Stouse. $50 Broadway, who shall
/Secretary.
J. /. Rodriguez, Belle Alliance P. O., /;
who shall be General Manager.
ARTICLE NI.-This act Of incorporate
may be changed, altered or amended,
this corporation may be dissolved by al
with the consent Of the holders Of two-thir,
in amount of its then outstanding stock
general meeting convened for that pu
pose after thirty days notice in wrtir
mailed to each stockholders last known a
one Of the daily newspapers published
the City Of New Orleans, as prescribed |
law.
II this corporation should be dissolved
limitation or otherwise. Its affairs shall
iiquidated under the supervision Of thr
commissioners 20 be elected at a gener
meeting of shareholders convened for III
purpose, after notice as above provided
this article, and they shall remain in off
until the affairs of the corporation sh;
have been fully liquidated; and in case
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