The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-02-14
CHARTER
OF JOHN FBONCK COMPANY, INC.
United States America, State of Louisi
Orleans.

Ot JOHN fBONCK COMPANY, INC.
United States America, State of Louisi-
ana, Parisof Orleans, City of New
Orleans.
Be it knowrThat on this twenty-ninth
day OF the mo of January, in the year
one thousand re hundred and eighteen
Q91S). before n Asahel Walker Cooper, a
Notary Public, commissioned and quail
ihed in and fore Parish of Orleans, State
OF LOUISIANA, in the presence of the
witnesses hereirer named and subscribed
personally, cameud appeared the several
persons whose mas are hereunto subscribed
who declared thavailing themselves of the
provisions of thews of this state relative
to the formation organization of corpo-
ratlons, they ha' covenanted and agreed,
and do by theseresents, covenant, agree
and bind themsel as well as those who
may hereafter bete associated with them
the objects and .puses. with the name and
under the stipulats, following to-wit:
Article 1.-The n. and style of this cor
poration shall be n II. Bonck Company,
Inc, and by said rporate name it shall
have and ENJOY sussion for a period OF
ninety-nine years frtthe date hereof, unless
II is dissolved IN manner provided by
law, and by the arts of this charter; and
under such corporateame it shall have the
power and authority contract, sue and be
sued, to make and corporate seal, the
same to alter or bre, at pleasure, to make
all necessary rules 1 regulations for its
corporate managementnd control and shall
nave and ENJOY all flights. privileges, and
immunities which arrow conferred upon
or may be hereafter nted to corporations
OF the same kind andaracter
Article 1.-The donle of the corpora
ton shall be in the v of New Orleans
State OF Louisiana, and citation and Other
legal process shall be we'd upon the pres
ident or in his abse, upon any Other
officer of the corporation
Article III.-The obje and purposes fol-
which this corporation formed are de
clared to be as follows:
To manufacture, buy.ell and deal II
either at wholesale, otetail, dry goods
clothing, wearing apparend textile fabric!
of every kind and all Sles and merchan
disc of like general chcter and descrip
ton; to conduct the busls of general man
ufacturers and cutters over-alls, pants
shirts and all other arts of wearing ap
parel; and generally too and engage il
any other business enjement or enter
prise connected with &ing out of, O
which is germane or mental, to any o
the objects and purpose hereinabove Sc
forth.
Article IV.-The Capitatock of this cor
poration shall be Twe-Five Thousan,
Dollars, divided into Twoundred and FIT,
shares of One Hundrec(SlOOOO) Dollar
each and the same may issued for cash
or in payment of propertor services actu
ally received by or rendd to the corpo
alton. Said Capital Stoclcay be increase,
to Fifty Thousand $4,000 Dollars
This corporation shall ,mence bushes
and become a going conceias soon as fift,
per centum of said capitatock shall hav
been subscribed for and FL per cent of tn
t1F csthc ha1 = l..
All transfers of stock hall be mad
on the books of the ooration by tn
surrender of the original Sificate properl,
endorsed for cancellation 1.-THE stockholde
in whose favor said stock issued, or b,
his duly authorized agent.
No stockholder shall ha the right t
offer for sale, sell, transfer assign an,
Of the shares held by hirbr her withou
first giving to the other sto,olders through
the Secretary thirty days ior notice il
writing of such intention nd the othe
stockholders shall have thright to pur
chase said shares within tty days fror
the receipt of said notice at dr book value
the matter shall be arbitrd, one arb;
| traitor who shall be vested h the power
of amicable compounder to bappointed b
each side, and an umpire wfhhall also b
vested with the powers of nicable com
FOUNDER, to be selected by Sc two. VIII
cision shall be final and bling upon a
parties. The expence of said atration shal
be equally divided between { shareholde
offering his stock and the 9th stockholde
or stockholders; if none of saistockholder
avail themselves Of said rightr priyileg
to purchase said stock withinhirty day
| from the receipt of said motto said stoc
may then be sold to whomsoe, the stocE
holder may see mt.
| If the other Stockholders MIN +b;r,
| days offer to purchase more SIX than i
offered for sale, then the stocso offere
for sale shall be divided amonthe stocL
holders offering to purchase pro,ta on tn
basis OF their then stockholds in tn
corporation.
Article V.-All the corporate pors OF thi
/ corporation shall be vested in al exercise
| by a Board of Directors compos of tire
| stockholders, the membership of 1ich ma
| be increased, to number not exciing nv,
! by the Board of Directors at any its res
ular meetings; each director shalle bon
| hde stakeholder. The first Boardf Dire,
tors shall serve until the election be hei
on the second Tuesday in Febr,y, 1911,
and until their successors are eied an
qualified; said Board of Directors IN the
post Office addresses is as follow
John Harry Bonck, 1924 N. Dupret., Ne
| Orleans, Louisiana, who shall be ssiden
Treasurer, Mrs. Letitia Bonck irann,
whose address is Rayville, Louisia, VIII
shall be Vice-President, and Mrs ita I
Bonck, whose address is 1924 y. IRE ST
New Orleans, Louisiana, who shalle Sc,
rotary.
On the second Tuesday in Februs 1911
and annually thereafter, except WI tn;
the next following lay day, the stocolde
| shall elect a Roard of DtrectoYs ~