The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-05-15
CHARTER OF EXPORT TRANSFER
COMPANY. INC.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans.
! city of New Orleans. Be it known, that
on this fifteenth day of the month of
April in the year of our Lord Nineteen
| Hundred and nineteen and of the indie
pendence of the United States of America
| the One Hundred and forty third, before
| me- j. Henry Forcelle, Jr., a Notary Pub
| lie in and for the Parish of Orleans, State
| of Louisiana, duly commissioned, sworn
| and qualified and in the presence of the
| witnesses hereinafter named and under
| signed; personally came and appeared, the
| several persons whose names are hereto
| subscribed, who severally declared that
| availing themselves of the provisions of
the general laws of this State, providing
| for the organization of corporations, partic-
| ularly Act 267 of 1914 they have covenant
| ed and agreed and by these presents
| covenant. agree and bind themselves as
| well as all such persons as may hereafter
| become associated with them, to form and
| constitute n corporation and body polite
| in law for the objects and purposes and
| under the stipulatiOns and agreements
| following tO-wit:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
| corporation shall be Export Transfer Com
pany, Inc, and it shall exist and enjoy
succession by its corporate name and for
| Il period of ninety mine 800 years from
date hereof, unless sooner dissolved. with
| all the rights and powers now or hereafter
| conferred by law upon similar corpora
| tionS Its domicile shall be in the City
of New Orleans, Louisiana, and all cita-
| tionS and other legal process shall be Serv-
| ed upon the President and in the event
| of his absence or inability to act. upon
the Vice-President or Secretary, in the
| order named.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized
| and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it are declared to be to
| conduct general drayage and carriage
| business, to own, have or hire carts,
wagons, drays, trucks, floats and other
| vehicles to hire the same, to contracts for
| h1nlinW goods
materials of any and every description
to all or any part of the City of New
| Orleans or surrounding Parishes, to own
| and operate repair shops and generally TO
| do anything necessary touching or con
| corning the business herein contemplated.
| ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at Ten Thou
| sand Dollars ($10,000.00) to be divided into
| One hundred 600 shares of One Hundred
| Dollars ($100.00) each; which said stock
| shall be paid for in cash or in property
| and good will transferred to said corpora
| ton or in work done for, or services
| rendered to said corporation, as may be
| decided by the Board of Directors and
upon terms to be fixed by said Board of
| Directors. All transfer of stock shall be
| made on the books of the corporation,
| and no transfer of stock shall be in any
| way binding on the corporation unless
and until it is made in the above described
manner. No stakeholder of this corpora
| ton shall at any time offer his stock for
sale. either privately or in the open
market, without having previously offer
| ed to sell said stock, at its book value,
to the stockholders then of record in said
| corporation, which option to purchase
must be exercised within ten days. Each
| share of stock shall entitle the owner
| thereof, either in person or by proxy TO
| east one note at all general meetings The
| capital stock of this corporation may be
| increased to Twenty-Five Thousand Dol
| lars ISIS 000.00).
| ARTICLE IV.-All the corporate powers
| of said corporation shall be vested in and
exercised by a Board of Directors com
| posed of at least three stockholders, to
| be elected at an annual meeting of stock
holders to be held on the first Tuesday
| in April of each year; if the date fixed
for said election fall on legal holiday,
then said election shall be held on the
/ first day thereafter not a legal holiday.
| All such elections shall be by ballot. OF
such elections at least fifteen days previous
notice shall be given to each stakeholder
either personally or by depositing the
dressed. A majority of the votes cast
shall elect, and each share of stock shall
be entitled to one note to be cast by the
owner in person or by proxy. The Direc-
tors thus elected shall serve and con-
tinue in office for one year or until their
successors shall have been duly elected and
shall have qualified. A failure to elect
Directors on the date above specified shall
not dissolve the corporation, but the ex,
listing Board shall cause another election
to be held within thirty days thereafter
whereof fifteen days previous notice shall
be given as above provided for. Any
vacancy occurring in the officers or Board
from any cause whatsoever shall be filled
for the unexpired term by the remaining
Directors ANY Director who may be alb
sent from the City of New Orleans shall
have the right to appoint any shareholder
of the corporation to vote for him at any
meeting of the Board and such proxy
shall have and exercise all the powers OF
such Directors appointing him. The OF.
ficers of this corporation shall consist OF
a President, Vice-President, Secretary and
Treasurer, but the offices of Secretary
and Treasurer may be filled by one and
the same person. The Board of Directors
at their first meeting following eacf
annual election, shall elect from their mum
Der a President, Vice-P President, Secretary
and Treasurer who shall continue in of
flee for one year from such election oil
until their successors are elected and nave
qualified. Said Board of Directors shall
have full power and authority to exercise
all the powers conferred on this corpora
ton by these articles of incorporation, OIL
which are or may be permitted by tn
laws applicable to corporations. The BoarC
of Directors shall fix the number necessary
to constitute quorum of said Board FOL
the transaction of all business.
| ARTICLE V.-This act of incorporation
may be changed, altered or amended .n o.
liquidated at any time, in any manner
not inconsistent with any provisions tina
may be prescribed therefor by the laws
|
ARTICLE VINO shareholder shall evel
be held liable or responsible for the con
tracts or faults of this corporation, in an!
further sum than the unpaid balance
due on shares of stock owned by him; no
shall any informalty in organization hav'
the effect of rendering this charter nul
or of exposing any shareholder to an!
! liability beyond the unpaid balance du
on his stock; nor shall any informant!
or irregularity in organization have IN
effect of rendering any shareholder liabl
as a partner.
ARTICLE VII-The following named
persons shall constitute the first Board
directors and shall serve until the frs
J Tuesday in April 1920, or until their sue
cessors shall have been elected and quali
fled, to wit: William j. Harrison, II
J Board of Trade Building, New Orleans
, Street, New Orleans, La. George J
Ricau. 21O North Peters Street, New Or
leans, La, with William j. Harrison a
President, George J. Philippi, as Vice
, President and George J. Ricau as Score
tary Treasurer. The ineorporators nav
] set opposite their signatures their re
2 spective addresses and the number o
: shares to which they have each subscribed
1 so that this act of incorporation shal
: also serve as the original subscription lis
to the capital stock of the corporation
2 Thus done and passed, in my office, q
( the City of New Orleans, on the Gay
i month and year herein first above writer
in presence of Messieprs Louis Rob1chau
i and Louis Lion, competent witnesses, re
< siding in this City, who have hereunt
e signed their names, with the said ap
bearers and me, said Notary, after du
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