The herald., 1918-06-20
CHARTER.
CHARTER.
OF STANDARD MOTORS FINANCE CO.,

UT IhOtONo Tl-NA-NNL "
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Orleans, Cit,
of New Orleans
Be 1t Known, that this the 18th day o
the month of May in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
Before me, Felix ]. Dreyfus, Notar,
| Public, duly commissioned and qualified il
and for the City and Parish aforesaid, there
in residing, and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned
personally and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereunto subscribed
and who severally declared that availing
| themselves of the provisions OF the law oil
| the State of Louisiana relative to the for
nation OF corporations and more particularly
to Act 267 of the legislative acts of the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana for
the year 1914. approved July 9, 1914, they
have covenated and agreed, and do by these
presents covenant and agree and bind them
selves, as well as such other persons as may
hereinafter become associated with them to
constitute and form corporation and body
polite in law, for the objects and purposes
and under the terms, articles and stipulations
following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of thi.
corporation shall be Standard Motors Fl
nance Co., Inc, and by that corporate name,
1t shall have and enjoy succession for a
period of ninety-nine (99 )years, and shall
have all the authorities generally vested in
corporations under the law and more particu-
larly authorized TO contract, sue and be
sued; 10 make and a corporate SEAL; to
make and issue bonds and notes; to borrow
and lend money; to acquire property by
grant, gift, purchase and devise or bequest
to sell, mortgage, pledge, lease and transfer
property in any of its forms; to employ
agents, clerks superintendents and other
employees as the interest of the company
may require; TO make bylaws, rules and
regulations for the management of its af
fairs, and to possess all of the powers
granted and intended to be granted to cor
poratons in general and in order to carry
out the objects and purposes Of its organi-
zation.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor.
poration shall be in the City of New Orleans
Parish Of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and
all citations or other legal process shall be
served upon the President, or in his absence
upon the Vice-Presdent.
ARTICLE 1II-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is formed and the
nature of the business to be carried on by il,
are hereby declared to be:
To lend money and negotiate loans, to-
draw, accept, endorse, discount, buy, sell.
and deliver bills of exchange, pronis sorry
notes, bonds, debentures, coupons, and other
issue on commission, subscribe for, take, ac-'
quire and hold, sell exchange, and deal in
shares, stocks, bonds, obligations, securities
OF any government or authority or company;
to form, promote, substitute, and assist com
panies, syndicates and partnerships of all
ment of money or the performance of any
obligations or undertaking; to undertake and
execute any trusts, TO acquire, improve,
manage, work, develop, exercise all rights in
respect Of, lease, mortgage, sell, dispose OF,
turn to account and otherwise deal with
property of all kinds and in. particular re-
lating to lands, buildings, concessions, pa
tents, business concerns and undertakings;
TO enter into any arrangements with any
authorities, municipal, local or otherwise,
that may seem conductive TO the companys
objects or any of them and to obtain from
any such government or authority any
rights, privileges and concessions which the
company may think it desirable to obtain
and to carry out, exercise and comply with
any such arrangement, rights, privileges and
concessions, and in all cases where author
lied by law, 10 act as the agent for insur-
ance companies or other corporations, or for
and in all cases where permit
ted by law, to act as trustee or receiver in
bankruptcy, or iiquidator or receiver of cor
porations; to act as depository and to guar
antee the value OF properties and accounts;
to carry on and undertake any
business usually undertaken by capitalists,
promoters. financiers, ooncessionaires. indi-