The herald., 1918-05-16
CHARTER OF
LIBERTY AUTO COMPANY, INC.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, Cit!
of New Orleans

State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, City
of New Orleans.
Re ii known, that on this the Ord dag
of the month of April in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and eighteen and
o. the Independence of the United States
the one hundred and fOrty-secOnd, before
me- Francis Daisies CharbOnnet, a no.
tary public, duly commissioned and 0uali-
fled in and for this city and the parish
of Orleans, therein residing and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter nam
ed and undersigned, personally came and
appeared:
and undersigned, who declared that avail
ing themselves of the laws of this state,
relative to the formation of corporations.
they have cOyenanted and agreed between
themselves, well as with those who
may later become associated with them.
to form corporation and body polite,
in law, under the title and for the objects
aud purposes following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and style of this
corporation shall be Liberty Auto Com
pany, Inc" and under such name il shall
have and enjoy corporate succession fOr
a period of ninety nine years from this
date. and shall sue and be sued. and gen
orally enjoy all rights and privileges
granted corporations by any existing or
future law.
Article 1.-THE domicile of said corpor-
alton shall be in the Parish of Orleans.
in this state where all legal process shall
be served on the president. and in the alb
sence OF the president, in the manner pro-
vided by law.
Article III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is formed are
hereby declared to be of conducting
general automobile business; to buy, sell
and deal in new and used automobiles.
their accessories, appliances. parts, and
equipment, and in any and all motor We
hicles, their parts, appliances, accessories
and equipment; to deal in and handle
gasoline and other propellants oils, grease
all IA Inc IL.
to operate and conduct garages; to rent
store, maintain and operate machines
either for themselves or for others; to
operate and conduct vulcanizing and 9th
er tire and tube repair and manufactur-
ing stations, and generally to buy and
SELL make or manufacture each and ev-
cry article and thing used in connection
with any of the above purposes above eX-
pressed, and to do each and every act and
thing necessary or incidental to the same.
Article IV-The capital stock Of this
corporation is hereby fixed at Twenty
Thousand Dollars (S20OOO.OO), divided in
to and represented by two hundred shares
of one hundred dollars each, which shall
be paid for in cash at the moment of sub
scription thereof.
All transfers Of stock shall only be valid
when made on the company's books and
all certificates of stock, to be valid, shall
be signed by the President (Or Vice Pres
ident) and the Secretary.
The capital stock of this corporation
may be increased to not more than one
hundred thousand dollars.
All stock shall be full paid, cumulative,
and not assessable.
Article VAN corporate powers of this
corporation shall be vested in and exer-
cised by a Board of not less than three
and not more than seven directors, a ma
Jority of whom at any meeting shall con-
stitute a quorum.
All vacancies in the Board shall be filled
by the remaining directors present at the
meeting at which the vacancy is officially
notified to said Board, irrespective of the
fact that quorum may not be then pres
ent.
The directors shall be elected annually
on the first legal Monday in May; the
first election under this charter to be in
the year 1919.
The elections to be annually held shall
be under such regulations and in the
manner that may be prescribed by the
Board of Directors, except that each
stakeholder shall be entitled to cast one