The herald., 1918-10-10
CHARTERS.
.D Of RHODES MoRTJcIAN AND

,uTER OF RHODES MpANY. INC.
g Louisiana, Parish OF T TIE nn his
STATE Orleans. BE II km9"T IN the wear OF
o. q, seventh gay hundred and eighteen
~, Lord IVarren v Miller, a duly som
gsiore me- n.G;iied and acting Notary If uo,
s;ssioned' qua Hr The parish OF Orleans S'ate
he in anu ana and in the PTesenee Vi 80.
a LouisIl@s"~ named and unders slslls.J ,be
bereinSi 'osrsonally came an are bereunto
.syefal person ssverally declared that, aVaii !.
INSCRIBED anu and those they represent Oh
~ themseNts - Of the State OF louisiana
~ general law made and provided, they have
IA such ca o,ganized and by these pIesen n.
formed an'seIyes, as well as mos 60, h.
;arn them s,,ch others as may heredItel oe
,.seni, and SUI SUI with them, into corpora
.a5,e assoelsS nolitic in law, for the Cd
.;oa and Oouy oses in the following articles
scts and p pun expressed, which they adopt
Is ihei The name and title OF this
ARTICLE Ill he the Rhodes Morticlan and ana
eOrporst,oe;na Company, Inc; ana II snai.
Unde'nd enjoy succession oS Coo1 wears
me for a peru ,sof with all the rights,
from the SaS;viIeges now or hereafter CON
oogers ana u1on trading corporations.
iered BY sbali be in the City OF New
rs dom'e. nd all citations and iegai ser
orleans, n H he made upon the Presiden'' anu
vices sns of his absence or ihaoility a. ~
10 e' ,be Vice President OF y
SSgy5.r named. .;..r s,ock Of this
ARTICLE hsreby fixed at the sum OF
eorpOraton - CslO1nOO Dollars, all OF
Ten IhonHS~h s divided into and represented
which shI li,,Jred QOO) shares OF the par
BY one n nnr hundred dollars each: STOCK
value % aid for in money, IN services ien I
nay N the corporation or IN ~! anu S-,l
CA .S will regularly La S.,errinca bv the
EO,,tion. all as shaIl ~
Boar. o. 'fII-The objects and purposes
ARllI lL1EL,,-stiou and for which II IS or
Of ms .rs declared 10 be, a general I'm
ganiSsa;, and embalming and lveTy Ousl -
dela n ali their various Dfd'S"es, Ia.
ness III - the dead; 10 FURNISH Duy'
for ana Lcr,yise handle all material, clothes'
sell OF oLs graves, and cmhelll Shments
cOiiins useful 20 burial and embal-
ueee'sH! Ipv sell and handle live stock,
nenisi -, and mechanically propelled We,
hoIse I'D 10 hire. lease and rent same ana
hc!es az 10 do and perform any and
il gehe-a--,,ne or pertaining to such above
~ 18th objects and not contradictory 'AeiE
r,crr TV-The corporate powers OF this
AlRh.L shall be vested in a board OF
eolP O "a; directors. a majority OF whom Shali
three O I, nuorlm for the transaction OF
eons .nss Absent directors may vote al any
U as, Of the directors by proxy TO any otner
E..s,oT for that particular meeting Inc
guy So,,d az directors shall consist OF ana
tlfNn Do " Rhodes. Sr., A. L. Johnson,
% p SI",~. Johnson, with Duplin w. Rhodes,
ana Prssident, George Johnson as Vice
SS.,.,;d,nt and A. 4. Johnson as Secretary
T,.,.n,er. who shall serve as such until the
i lend Monday in January. 1890; or until
Hs;r successors are elected and quallileu'
meI ,;'n. ~ the stockholders for the election
re directors shall be held yearly on
u 's ss,ond Monday of January, beginning
ny ~ ne wear, 1920. The Board Of Directors
All have the right TO elect, without refer
s s;.s "a stockholders meeting, any stock
haS,r-as Director, whenever vacancy
All exist on the Board of Directors through
death or resignation
ARTICLE V.-The corporate powers OF this
,arporation are expressed and set forth by
ieI and shall be duly employed by and
through the Board of Directors. The duties
a ne several officers shall be set forth in
u. bv.Iaws: which will be adopted by the
RO,rd Of Directors, and amended or altered
4 heir will; and they shall have the right
10 employ, under contract or otherwise, a
General Manager, who may or may not be
4 member OF the DOdIu VI DllCSAolS ds sdlu
Board Of Directors may determine, and which
aid General Manager shall have such duties
As the said officers may delegate to him,
and whose compensation shall be fixed by
the Board Of Directors.
ARTICLE Vino stakeholder of this cor
partition shall ever be liable for any debt
d the corporation other than the unpaid por-
ton Of their subscription TO stock; and no
infurmality herein shall subject them to
such liability.
ARTICLE VII-Amendment to this charter,
or liquidation of the corporation shall be
subject to the rules laid down in Act 267 of
he louisiana Legislature of 1914.
Thus done and signed, on the day and
date first hereinabove written, in the City
Of New Orleans, in the presence of l. R.
Hoover and Edward S. Spiro, competent wit
Of the whole; the subscribers setting oppo-
site their names the amount of stock they
Subscribe for, making an original subscrip-
ton list Names of subscribers omitted
Witnesses: L. R. Hoover, Edward S. Spiro.
WARREN v MILLER, Notary Public.
!, the Undersigned Recorder of Mortgages,
IN and for the Parish of Orleans, State of
louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Act OF Incorporation of the
MODES Mortieian and Undertaking Co., Inc,
vas this day duly recorded in my office, in
BOOK ~, Folio 4O5. New Orleans, August
IN. 0& (SignedD EMILE ]. LEONARD,
" K true copy. WARREN V. MIL
LIZ, Notary Public
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