The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-09-11
CHARTER.

and be sued to make and use corporate seal,
| and the same to break and alter to pleasure;
| to hold, receive, buy, purchase, ALLEVIATE
convey, sell, mortgage, pledge hypothecate
rent or lease property, real, personal or NIX
ed, and to name and appoint such officers
| directors, and agents as may be deemed III
| the interest of said Company.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
poration shall be in the City of New Orleans,
| Parish of Orleans, State of louisiana, and
citation and ohter legal processes shall be
served there.
| ARTICLE III.-The objects and purpose
| of this corporation and the nature OF TINS
business to be carried on by It are hereby
declared TO be those for the carrying on and
conducting the business of manufacturing
buying. and selling at wholesale or retail OF
all electrical equipment and accessories whiTn
are generally handled by electrical supply
| houses; to manufacture, sell. own oPe' d.'
lease and keep in repair electrical Signs d''"
electrical devices for advertising purposes "'
| o,beryisr and TO do and perform all sue,
| acts or things that otherwise connected
With or germane to the main purpose OF TINS
| organization.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock Of this
cornora+ian is hereby fixed at five thou
| sand dollars ($5OOO.0O, divided into and rep
resented by fifty 500 shares OF ON Ine PA
vaIue of one hundred dollars tSlcOOO each
| Said stock may be paid tor IN money prop
erty or services actually rendered to the
Company, and shall be issued as fully PSld
and worcestershire.
ARTICLE V.-No transfer of stock OF tins
corporation shall be binding upon the com
panv until the certificate evidencIng Ie
share of stock to be transferred shall nave
been delivered to the officers OF the Nom-
panv with authority TO make the transfer Oh
until the transfer is actually made on the
books of said Company.
ARTICLE VI.--All corporate powers OF tins
corporation shall be vested in and exercised
bv a Board of Directors, 10 be composed oil
not less than three 60 more than tive
(5) directors. which BOARD Of Directors shall
he determined at the annual election OF stock
holders convened for the purpose OF eIectlhs
directors; and a majority OF the director
elected shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. The following
named three 81 stockholders, with their ad
dresses as given, shall constitute the first
Board of Directors: Nelson Burrell, No
2G4 Chartres Street; Joseph I. Deisa' 40, ~
Charities Street; George +. BARLEY 47 Ho9
| chaux Bldg; with Nelson Burrel, as PTesl'
dent; George F. BARLEY, as Vice President
and Joseph c. Delsa, Secretary treasurer
| ARTICLE VII.-The directors and Officers
| herein named shall serve until the thlrt
| Monday in January, 1920, at which time, anc
annually thereafter. on the third Monday II
! January, a new board of directors and OF
| ficers shall be elected. The first and al
subsequent boards of directors snail hoid OF
| flee until their successors are elected ah'
| qualified All stockholders meetings, IN
Guiding the annual meeting for the electior
| of officers and directors, shall be precede'
| by written notice either delivered IN person
| or deposited in the Post Office, properly ad
dressed to each stockholder, at least ffteeI
DAYS U5) before such meeting.
| Directors meetings shall be preceded
either by written or verbal notice, but may
| be convened at any time without notice wher
| all directors are present. Directors may ap
pear and act in person or BY written proxy
at any meeting of the board. Inc ollcer'
| of this corporation shall consist OF a presl
dent a vice president, secretary and treas
urer. The office of secretary and treasurer
may be held by one and the same person
| The Board ow Directors shall have the rlgn
| 10 select as its secretary some person not
| stockholder or a director. Any vacancy oc
| curing in the board of directors or OFFICERS
| in this company. shall until the annual cleo
ton following, be filled by the remaining
board of directors Likewise any Vacanc!
| in any office shall be filled by the remain
| ing board. At the expiration OF this char
| ter or the earlier dissolution of this corpora
| ton its affairs shall be liquidated by one OF
| three COMM ssioners, as may be determine
| at the time. to be elected by the stockhOld
| ers of said company at a meeting convened
| for that purpose, and after the notice anC
| formalites required by law have been com
Piled with. The commissioner or commits
sioners shall have full power and authority Il
| sell and dispose of the property, reduce Ii
| assets to cash and do all other acts neces
sary to liquidate its affairs. So that Thu
charter may serve also the purpose of a sub
| scripton list the undersigned organizers o
| this corporation have respectively set oppo
site their signatures the number of shares
subscribed by each incorporation.
Thus done and passed at New Orleans
| Louisiana, on the day and date first above
written in the presence of c. b. Fischer anc
| Jewell A. Sporting, competent witnesses, VIII
ers and me, Notary, afr due reading of thu
whole.
| Fischer.
Original Signed Nelson Burrell, 2
shares; Geo F. BARLEY, l share; JOS. c
Ne. HUMPHREY.
Notary Public.
I, the undersigned. Recorder of Mortgages
in and for the Parish of Orleans State o
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the abov
| and foregoing Act of Incorporation of tn
Federal Electrical Company, Inc, was thi
day duly recorded in my office in Book 1921
Folio l03.
New Orleans, Louisiana. Aug. 1st. 1919.
/ (Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by.
| I hereby certify that the foregoing is a tru
and correct copy of the original Act of In
corporation of the Federal Electrical Com
pany of Louisiana, Incorporated. passed be
l fore me on the 18th day of July, 1919, and Of
record in my office
In witness whereof I have hereunto sc
my hand and affixed the seal of my offic
at the City of New Orleans, this 9th day o
N. E. HUMPHREY.
Notary Public.
Aug 14-2l-2S; Sept 4-1l-1s