The herald., 1918-07-18
CHARTER
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THEODORE a. SCHUBER. Not. Pub.
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ACT OF INCORPORATION OF
EVAN HALL MERCANTILE CO., INC.
State OF Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, City
OF New Orleans:

tary Public, duly commissioned and quail
lied, in and for the CIty OF New Orleans
Parish Of Orleans, State OF LOUISIANA, therein
residing, and IN the presence OF the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undeTs gned,
! Personally came and appeared, the several
persons whose names are hercuhlo SUI
| scribed, all Of lawful age and all residents
Of the City OF New Orleans, State OF LOUIS
Llama, and, availing themselves OF the Law 5
Of the State OF Louisiana, particularly OF
! Act 2o7 OF the General Assembly OF the STATE
! IF Louisiana, for the year 1914, relative To
| the organization Of corporations, state thai
! they have c1yenanted aud agreed and do
hereby covenant and agree to form them
| selves, as well such persons who may
! become associated with them or succeed tneni'
into 4 corporation, for the objects and pur-
poses and under the following Articles, to-
| wit:
! ARTICLE 1.-The name Of this corporation
! shall be Evan Hall Mercantile Co, Inc,
and under said corporate name It shall have
| succession Tor ninety nine years, unless
| sooner dissolved, and shall have power and
| authority to contract, sue and be sued; to
make and a corporate seal, the same 10
alter or break at pleasure; 10 make all nee
essary rules and regulations tor ITS corpo-
! rate management and control; and 1t shall
| immuniteS which now conferred upon or
nay hereafter be granted 10 corporations OF
the samA kind and character
ARTICLE 1.-THE domc.lc Of said c1rpo-
ration is hereby fixed in the City Of New
| Orleans State OF Louisiana, and all C.ta-
,ions and other legal process shall be served
upon the President of said corporation. and,
| in case Of his absence, upon the Nice-PIcsi-
dent, and in case Of the absence OF both,
upon the Secretary Treasurer.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
/ for which this corporation IS organized are
| declared 20 be: To buy. sell, trade and deal
| IN. al wholesale or retail, or both, hard
ware, groceries, provisions, food supplies,
| dryg1ods, wares, vegetables, produces and
all other articles and things incidental 10 a
| general grocery, vegetable, food supply,
poultry, fish, game, produce, provision and
mercantile business; t. manufacture, buy and
! sell, groceries, merchandise and articles for
| personal. domestic and household use; to
| purchase, lease or otherwise acquire real
| estate and TO hold, improve, mortgage and
| dispose OF the same; to own stock IN other
! corporations and to vote the same, and
| generally to do any and all things iuciden-
! tai or germane to any Of the objects and
| purposes above specified.
| ARTICLE IV-The capital stock of said
| corporation is hereby fixed at the sum OF
Twelve Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars
| ,S!2,5000, divided into hundred and
| twenty-five Q2S shares Of the par value Of
| winch shall be common stock, and the same
may be issued for cash or in payment OF
property or services actually received by
or rendered to the corporation.
holder shall be entitled TO one vote for
each share Of stock standing in his name
said vote to be cast in person or by written
proxy.
The parties hereto declare that they have
| subscribed for the number OF shares of the
capital stock OF the said corporation Sc:
opposite their respective names, 50 that this
act Of Incorporation shall serve as an origi-
nal subscription.
J. +. Landaiche. a subscriber 10 forty-five
tz1. -.,I Il ThTh11asV~ u.
| scrber TO thrty-six shares Of the capital
stock Of said corporation, have and do here
by convey, transfer and deliver TO said cor
poration, in part payment and liquidation
Of their respective subscriptions, all the eN-
isting business Of the Evan Hall Store, on
Evan Hall Plantation, in the Parish Of As
| cension, wSed by them, including stock
| OIL hand, book accounts, fixtures and furni-
| ture and good will. shown on the state
ment filed herewith, giving detailed item
red description, together with the value
thereof, as appraised by the directors OF
this corporation.
No transfer of stock shall be binding upon
this corporation. unless made and recorded
upon its books.
The amount TO which the capital stock
of said corporation may be increased is here
by fined at the sum Of One Hundred Thou
| sand Dollars (SiOO,OO0OO).
| ARTICLE V--All the powers Of said cor
poiation shall be vested in and be exercised
| ty Board of Directors, composed of not
less than three 80 shareholders, and ma
jority shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction OF all business.
A majority Of the Board of Directors voting
in person, shall be required TO pass any
resolution or adopt any bylaw, which,
when so passed or adopted, shall become
valid corporate acts.
The Board Of Directors shall be elected
annually, at general meeting Of the share
holders, to be held on the first Monday
in April, 1919, and on the same day and
month in each succeeding year, after ten
days written notice mailed TO each share
holder at his last known address appearing
upon the books of the corporation unless
such notice be waived in writing by all the
shareholders appearing as such upon the
books.
The failure, however from any cause. to
hold the annual meeting of the stockholders.
or the failure to elect directors thereat shall
not operate the forfeiture of this charter
nor impair the corporate management, but
the directors and officers then in office shall
serve until their successors have been fully
elected, qualified and installed. Any va
cancy in the Board of Directors shall be
filled for. the unexpired term by the re-
naming directors.
The Officers of this corporation shall con-
sist OF President, one more Vice Presi-
dents, Secretary and Treasurer.
The office of Secretary and Treasurer may
be held by one and the same person under
the name of Secretary Treasurer; the offices
Of President and Treasurer and Vice Presi-
dent and Treasurer may likewise be COM
bined under the names of President and
Treasurer and Vice-President and Treasurer.
There shall also be General Manager,
who may may not be a member of the
Board of Directors
ARTICLE VI-The first Board of Direc-
tors and officers, who shall serve until the
| annual meeting to be held on the first Mon
! day in April, 1919, shall consist of:
| IT 7 hrCa
| President '''' ~
Charles E. Thibodaux. Belle Alliance. p
o., La, who shall be Vice President.
| J. Z. LeBougeois, lS25 State Street, New
| Orleans, La, who shall be Treasurer.
Z. J. Stouse, 3S2 Broadway, who shall be
| Secretary.
J. /. Rodriguez, Belle Alliance P. O., La.
who shall be General Manager.
| ARTICLE VI.-This act of incorporation
may be changed, altered or amended. or
this corporation may be dissolved by and
with the consent Of the holders of .two.thirds
IN amount of its then outstanding stock Al
general meeting convened for that pur
pose after thirty days notice in wiring
mailed to each stockholders last known al
one OF the daily newspapers published in
the City of New Orleans, as prescribed bv
| law. 80 fiioeu ny
:. If this corporation should be dissolved nv
limitation or otherwise, its affairs shall he
lquldated under the supervision Of three
commissioners to be elected at a general
meeting OF shareholders convened for thai
purpose, after notice as above provided in
| this article, and they shall remain il ofs;on
until the affairs of the corpora,;on C Eli
have been fully liquidated: and IN go sHa ~
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