The herald., 1918-03-28
CHARTERS.

the several parties whose names are here
unto subscribed, who severally declared, that
! awaiting themselves of the laws of the Stat,
OF louisiana in such cases made and pro
vided, they have covenanted and agreed anC
| they do by these presents covenant anc
agree and bind themselves, as well as al
other persons who may hereafter become
associated with them, to form a corporation
and body polite in law for the objects anc
purposes and under the articles and stipu
lations, following, to-wit
article The name Of this corporation
shall be "Cddo Brothers Company, Inc"
and under its said corporate name il shall
| have power and authority to enjoy corporate
existence and succession for the full term
OF nlnety-nine (99) years from and after
the date hereof; to contract, sue and be
sued, to make and use a corporate seal, 70
alter and break the same at pleasure, 70
own, receive, hypothecate, convey, sell,
lease or pledge and mortgage real and per
sonaI property, to issue negotiable bonds and
notes or other evidences of debt. TO name
and appoint such managers. agents, direc-
lors ana othcerS as its business interests and
Convenences may require; TO make and es-
taOlish, as well as to alter and amend from
time TO time, such bylaws, rules and regu.
uiatlons for the proper government of the
anSirs OF TINS corporation as may be necessary
Article 1.-THE domicile of this CORPORA
ton shall be in the City of New Orleans.
State Of Louisiana, and all citations and
all legal process shall be served upon the
- resident, and IN hlsl absence or inability
absence of the President and Vice-President,
or upon their inability TO act upon the
Secretary Treasurer of the corporation.
Article lll.-The objects and purposes for
~hich this corporation is organized, and the
nature OF the business to be carried on by
II IS hereby declared to be:
The objects and purposes-The taking over
the entire business of Uddo Bros & Co,
presently located at 1922 Decatur Street in
the city OF New Orleans, the said Uddo
% pros; Co; being partnership composed
OF Giuseppe Uddo, Gaetano Uddo and Frank
BareSi, by the taking over by this corpo-
ration all OF the assets of the said Uddo
Bros. x CO., the assuming of all the liza
utilities of the said Uddo Bros. & Co. The
said assets of Uddo Bros & Co. consisting
of merchandise, fixtures, paraphernalia. live
STOCK, vehicles, open accounts, good will
and all other articles and things of value
as shown by the hereto annexed balance
sheet OF date January 3rd, 1918, which said
Liabilities of the said Uddo Bros & Co. of
One Hundred Thousand Dollars (SlOO OOO.OO),
and the value of said partnership of Uddo
Bros < Co. is hereby fixed and appraised by
the Board of Directors hereinafter named at
the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars,
which is set forth in detail on the hereto
annexed balance sheet, which is signed BY
the Board of Directors hereinafter named
and also signed by the partners of Uddo
Bros. x Co., and the said appraised value of
One Hundred Thousand Dollars is taken in
payment by the Board of Directors of Uddo
Brothers Company, Inc, or the stock sub
scribed by the individuals composing the
partnership of Uddo Bros. & CO., the said
partners of Uddo Bros. & Co. being the
same parties who have hereunto subscribed
and set opposite their names the number of
shares for which they have subscribed and
which they accept in payment of the bust
ness of the partnership of Uddo Bros. &
Co., which said stock subscriptions are fifty
per cent (5O9o) of the capital stock of this
corporation.
The nature of the busIness-ro buy and
sell at wholesale and retail fruits. vegeta.
bles, truck garden products, poultry and
farm and country produce, 10 buy and sell
said products commission, to grow and
produce said products and for this purpose
TO own or lease farms and plantations and
to operate and maintain same, to buy or
sell real estate for the purpose of carrying
on the said business, or any part thereof;
to own and operate boats and vessels, rail-
road and railroad cars, and any other veh-
cles or modes of conveyance for the carrying
on of said business; to build, maintain and
operate packing plants and canning plants,
and all accessories necessary thereto for the
packing canning Of fruits,
vegetables and any and all products and COM
modities Of the ground or sea to import any
and all products of foreign countries, or to
sell foreign products on a commission; TO
fulhllment of contracts or other purposes of
its business; TO mortgage, cucumber, hypoth-
ecate, or sell any of its property in the car
rying on of its business, and generally TO do
any and all things occidental or growing out
IF the carrying of any of the objects and