The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-09-05
CHARTER OF
NAPOLEON REALTY & AMUSEMENT

United States of America, State of louisiana
City Of New Orleans.
BE it known. That OF this twelfth day of
the month of August, in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and eighteen.
Before me, Felix ]. Dreyfous. a Notary
Public. duly commissioned and in for
the Parish of Orleans and City of New Or.
leans, therein residing;
Personally appeared, the persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed, who declared
of the laws of this State. relative to the
organization of corporations. and more par
ticularly Act No. 25 of the General Assembly
of this State, approved July 9, 1914, they
have covenanted and agreed and do by these
presents, covenant and agree, bind, form and
constitute themselves. as well as such per-
sons who may hereafter join become as.
ISOLATED with them, into corporation and
body polite in law, for the objects and pur-
poses and under the agreements and stipu-
lations, following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style of this
corporation shall be: Napoleon Realty &
Amusement Co. Inc, and under that name
it shall have and enjoy all the rights, privi-
leges and advantages granted by law to
corporations; il shall exist for the period OF
ninety whine years from this day; it shall have
the power to contract, sue and be sued in
its corporate name; to make and a
corporate seal, and the same to break
or alter at pleasure; to hold, receive, pur-
chase, convey, mortgage, hypothecate, or
pledge property, both real and personal: to
issue bonds, notes and other obligations or
negotiable instruments; to have and employ
| such managers. directors, officers, agents and
other employees as the interest and convent
| ence Of said corporation may require or de-
mand; to make and establish such bylaws,
| rules and regulations for the corporate man
| agement and control Of the affairs of the
corporation as may be deemed. necessary and
expedient.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of said corpo-
ration shall be established in the city OF
New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and all
citations and other legal process shall be
served on the President and in his absence
| ARTICLE III.rThe objects and purposes
| for which this corporation is organized, and
| the nature Of the business to be carried on
| by it, are hereby declared TO be; to conduct
| own and operate theatres and other places OF
| amusement; 10 engage in every branch OF
the motion picture producing industry, &c
make motion pictures, to develop motion pic
lures, to make prints from films: to engage
| in motion picture laboratory work, to make
advertising films and to release and rem
| motion picture films; to buy, sell and dea
in real estate; and generally, 10 do and
engage in any other business, undertaking
| or enterprise connected with, or growing on
Of, germane or incidental TO, any of the pur
poses hereinabove set forth or contemplated
by this Charter.
ARTICLE IV-The capital stock OF this
corporation is fixed at the sum Of Twenty
Thousand (s1o.0OO0O) Dollars, divided int
Two Hundred shares Of the par value of Ont
Hundred Dollars each. All shares of stool
shall be full paid and non-assessable. NJ
transfer of stock shall be binding upon tn,
| corporation unless made upon its books and
| all certificates of stock shall be signed BY
such officers as may be designated by tn,
Board of Directors. This corporation shall
have the right to increase its capital stool
70 further sum Of One Hundred Thousan,
Dollars provided said increase in the eapi
tai stock shall have been authorized by TIL
stockholders at a meeting 10 be held pursu
ant to the provisions Of Article Of thi
Charter
ARTICLE V-All the corporate powers o
the company shall be vested in, and tn
management and control of its affairs shall
be exercised by a Board OF Directors com
posed of three stockholders, the membershi
Of which may he increased to seven.
majority Of the Board of Directors shall con
| s,itu.e a quorum for the transaction ri al
business The directors shall be eleete
annually by ballot, by the stockholders o
the second Tuesday in August in each yeai
Each stakeholder shall be entitled in perso
or bv proxy TO vote for every share owne
nv him. and all elections shall be held ~
, der such rules and regulations as may o
D determined by the Board OF Directors, aftt
r fifteen DAVIS notice by mail Of such ele'
{ ton shall have been sent to each stoekhold'
at his last known address. The director