The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-10-24
CHARTER.

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| years from this date. Said corporation shall
| have for the purposes OF the business 10 be
carried on by il all the powers conferred
by law upon corporations, and shall gcucr-
| ally exercise all the powers necessary to
carry on said business. Said Corporation
| shall have full power to contract, sue and
| be sued in its corporate name; to make and
use a corporate seal and the same 70 break
| or alter at pleasure; 10 hold, receive, pur-
| chase, rent or otherwise acquire, and to
| convey, mortgage, hypOthecate, lease, sell,
pledge otherwise dispose OF property real,
| personal and mixed; TO tissue bonds, notes
| or other obligations; to have and employ
| such managers, directors, officers, agents and
| other employees as the interest and con-
venience Of the Corporation may require or
demand; 10 make and establish such by
laws. rules and regulations for the manage
| ment and control Of the business and al
fairs of the Corporation as may be deemed
| necessary or eXpedient.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE domicle of the corpora
ton shall be in the city OF New Orleans.
| State OF Louisiana; and all citation and
other legal process shall be served on the
President, and in his absence or disability
upon the Secretary-TreaSurer.
ARTICLE III.-The 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 manu-
facture, buy, and sell paper boxes, wood
boxes, paper bags, and receptacles and ar
tcles Of all kinds made of paper wood, or
|
ally TO do all things incidental TO the fore
going purposes.
ARTICLE IV-The amount of the capital
stock is hereby declared to be Ten Thousand
(SlO,OOOOO) Dollars, consisting of one hun
bred QOOJ shares OF the par value Of One
Hundred $4,000 Dollars per share. Five
Thousand (S5,U0UD Dollars OF the capital
stock shall be subscribed before the filing
OF the articles Of Incorporation, and shall be
paid in cash before the Company commences
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be paid at such time in accordance with law
| as the Board OF Directors shall prescribe
The amount 10 which the capital stock may
be increased shall be Fifty Thousand $780,
OOO Dollars. No stakeholder shall sell or
otherwise dispose OF his stock without first
offering il in writing Tor thirty 500 days
through the Board OF Directors 10 the other
stockholders for its book value. and every
! sale other disposition, pledge other
: encumbrance Of this stock shall be made sub
% JeCt 10 this provision OF the charter
ARTICLE N.-All the powers Of this cor
poratIon shall be vested in and exercised
by a Board Of three 90 directors who shall
! be elected annually At meeting Of the
stockholders held on the third Monday OF
October OF each year The stockholders or
Board OF Directors may Al any time increase
the number OF directors to not more than
five, and in such event elect such additional
directors. The first annual meeting shall
be held the third Monday OF October,
1919, until which time the directors named
in this charter shall act or until their sue
cesSOrS are elected and qualified. lmme-
dIately after each Board Of Director is elect
, ed or soon practicable thereafter, said
: Board shall elect from among their number
. a President. a Vice President and a Sec
retary-Ireasurer, and may from time to time
elect such other officers, agents, and en-
plOyeeS they desire and may grant to
1 each Of them such powers they deem
proper. The first Board OF Directors and
{ officers Of this Corporation with their Post
/ OF re. FOL lls~Fa 4~
Meyer. President +6l7 Prytania St. New Or
leans, La; Julian y. Woody, Vice Pre- sident
2S59 Constance St, New Orleans, La; Eu,
. gene A. Garcia, Secretary Treasurer. S2l "
Rampant St, New Orleans, La. The Board
OF Directors may at any time separate the
office OF Secretary from that of Treasurer
: in which case the Secretary need not be
: member OF the Board Of Directors. All va
cances in the board from whatever cause
arising may be filled by the remaining di
rectorS. Any member of the Board may ap
: point any stakeholder his representative Il
| act in his place and stead al any meeting OF
;. the Board. The Board OF Directors may
. make. amend and repeal all bylaws for the
,, regulations of the Company not inconsistent
= with and subject to such bylaws, rules anC
10 regulations as may be made by the stock
. holders. All elections shall be by ballo
! at the office of the company in accordanc,
= with such regulation the Board of Direc
. | tors may determine. and al every such elec
! ton and al all meetings of the stockholder
CdCn registered snare OF STOCK at the Qdti
Of such election meeting shall be entitled
to one vote to. be cast by the registered
owner or his agent or representative b!
:, written proxy. The failure to elect direc
tors at the annual meeting shall not dis
3 solve or affect the corporation or impair it
r management in any respect, but the officer
= and directors in office shall remain in Of
lie flee until their successors are elected an,
4. qualified. and the election held as soon a
c. practicable thereafter.
n APTICI 81
n may be modified. changed altered, or SAT-
'r corporation may be dissolved. with the as
e sent OF two-thirds Of the capital stock out
u standing at meeting OF the stockholder
10 convened for that purpose. and after fifteel
D. days written notice has been delivered il
5 person given by letter mailed to the las
~ known address OF each stakeholder. Tn
ID said notice may be waived by the unanimou
v consent of all the stockholders. In cas-
= of the dissolution of the corporation its al
| fairs shall be liqudated by one or NOR
| liquidators elected by the stockholders wit
| such powers, compensations and duties a
| the stockholders may determine
ii ARTICLE NII-No stakeholder shall eve
be held liable for the faults or contracts O
this corporation in any further sum than tn
| unpaid balance due TO the corporation tn
shares subscribed by him. nor shall an
mere informality have the effect of render
| ing the charter null, or of exposing an
| stakeholder to any liability beyond the III
| paid balance due on his stock. The sui
Il hereto nave EcsptCtlNCIy WTlIItn OF
| posite their names the amount of stock sui
| scribed by them in this corporation, so tina
| this act of Incorporation may also serve a
the original subscription list of the corpora
| ton; and they have stated their post offic
| address to conform with Act 267
| 1914
Thus done and passed, at my office in tn
| City of New Orleans, State of Douisian:
on the day. month, and year first herein
= above written, in the presence of James
. Dillon and George Arthur Seaver, competer
n witnesses of lawful age, residing in thi
N city, who hereunto sign their names wit
VI said appearers and me, Notary, after reaC
ing of the whole.
Witnesses: J. VI. Dillon. G. A. Seave
Original Signed Bernard Meyer, 46l7 Pr,
tania St. New Orleans. La, 20 shares; Jo
eph A. Malloy. Lake Charles, La, Per Be
nard Meyer, 10 shares; Julian n. Woodd
1889 Constance ST., New Orleans, La,
n shares; Eugene A Garcia. S21 n. Rampa
II ST., New Orleans. La. 10 shares. per Julia
\. Woody. CHARLES ROSEN, Notar
Public.
ii l, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgage
Il in and for the Parish of Orleans, State
III Louisiana, do hereby certify that the abo,
III and foregoing Act of Incorporation of II
J. n. Woody Box Co., Inc, was this ds
duly recorded in my office, in Book 122
Folio S34. New Orleans, October, 2lst, l9l
(SeaD
(SigneO EMILE J. LEONARD. by. R.
true copy. CHARLES ROSEN, Notai
Public.
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