The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-06-12
CHARTER OF MOSS & COMPANY, INC.

United States of America, State OF LOUIS
lana, Parish of Orleans, City OF New VI.
| leans Be it known, that on this 9th DAY
| Of the month of March in the year OF our
| Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred ana
| Nineteen, and of the Independence OF the
| United States OF America, the One hundred
| and Fortv-third; before me, Alfred Charles
Hammer. a Notary Public, duly commission
| ed sworn and qualified in and for the Par
| ish of Orleans State OF LOUISIANA therein
| residing and in the presence OF the witnesses
| arlIy came and appeared the several per,
| sons whose names hereunto subscribed
who severally declared that awaiting them
| selves OF the provisions OF the laws OF the
Srate of Louisiana IN such cases made ana
| provided and particularly of the PROVISIONS
| of Act No 267 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of the State of LOUISIANA Tor the
| year 1914, they have covenanted and agreed
| and do, by these presents, covenant, agree
| AMI bind themselves, as we'll as such persons
| IS may hereafter join or become associated
with them. to form and constitute cor
poration and body polite in law Tor the oo-
jects and purposes and under the articles and
stipulatons hereinafter set forth and ex.
pressed which they adopt the charter OF
| this corporation to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style of
this corporation shall be Moss Company I,
| Inc and under its said corporate name 1t
| shall have and enjoy corporate existence and
succession for the full term and period OF
| ninety nine 1872 years from and after the
date hereof; to contract, sue and be sued
| &c make and use a corporate seal, and the
| same ID alter and break at pleasure; to hold,
| receive, lease, purchase and convey, as well
as mortgage and hypothecate property, real,
personal mixed, ccrporeal and incorporeal;
| to cwr and hold stocks and bonds OF other
| corporations; to name and appoint such man
ayers, agents, directors and officers as its
business OF convenience may require, and to
make and establish, as well as alter and
amend, from time to time, such bylaws
4 rules OJl for he
ment of the affairs of said corporation as
may be necessary and proper.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of said cor
| poration shall be in the City of New Or
| leans. State of Louisiana, and all citation
and other leagl process shall be served upon
| the President of said corporation, in his
| absence upon any one OF the Vice Presidents
thereof, or in the absence of said officers
| upon the Secretary of said corporation.
| ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
| for which this corporation is organized and
| established and the nature of the business
to be carried on by it are declared to be-:
| To conduct a general insurance agency bust
ness, to solicit insurance of all kinds, either
| on a salary or commission; to act as in
| surance engineers; to act as agent and man
| ager for resident and nonresident insurance
| companies, associations or combinations of
persons of all kinds; to inspect insurance
risks, to adjust insurance losses and general
| average; TO do general stock brokerage and
commission business; to buy and otherwise
/
| mortgages, debentures, trust receipts, COM
| mercial papers, consols, and government Sc
curities, either for itself as the agent,
factor representative of any person, firm
| or corporation, and upon commission or other
| wise to transact general real estate agency
and brokerage business, including the
| agement of estates; to buy, sell, let, lease,
| hire own or demise generally deal and
| trade in real estate, whether improved or
unimproved, either principal or agent, for
its account for account of others, and
upon commission otherwise; to borrow
money and grant mortgages, bond mortgages
or notes therefor; to lend money and to re-
ceive therefor mortgages, bonds, or any
other evidence of indebtedness; to carry on
any other businests which under the law il
may be entitled to carry which may.
seem to the corporation to be calculated d.
rectly or indirectly to effectuate the afore-
said objects, or either of them, or to facili-
tate 1t in the transaction of its aforesaid
business, or businesses, or any part thereof
or IN the TRANSACTION of any other lawful
business that may be calculated directly or
indirectly to enhance the value Of or to
render profitable any Of the company's prop
critics and rights and generally to have and
exercise all such powers and privileges as
are incidental or relate to the objects and
purposes hereinabove set forth, or as may be
necessary, useful or convenient for effectine
said objects and purposes
ARTICLE IV.-The Capital Stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum Of
t9oUUUUUD. divided
into and represented by One Thousand O.OOO)
shares Of stock of the par value of Five
Dollars $500 each. Said stock sshall be
PAID tor in cash at such time in such
amounts and after such notice to the SUBJ
Scrioers as may be fixed by the Board OF
directors and the same may be issued at not
Tess than par for labor done or property ac-
'ualy received by the corporation.
This corporation shall become going con.
Germ and be authorized to do business as
soon as Three Thousand Dollars (S3:OOOOO) of
ITS capital stock shall have been subscribed
and paid Tor The amount to which the CAPT
TAI STOCK OF this corporation may be increased
Snaii be the sum of One Hundred thousand
Dollars (S10O,0OOOO.
NO stakeholder shall have the right to sell
or otherwise dispose of any stock of This
corporation without first offering the same in
writing to the Board of Directors of this cor.
poration, through its President, which board
snail have ten Q0) days within which 10
accept or refuse the offer, but said RosTd
OF directors shall have the right to purchase
any stock SO offered or any part thereof Al
us DOCK value irrespective of what price
may nave been offered for said stock by
anyone, Should said Board of Directrs fail
20 avail ftself Of said privilege within said
PERIOD OF time, the said stock may be offer
Gu ana sold to any other person or persons
AK!ICLE YAH of the corporate powers
OF TINS corporation shall be vested in and
exercised by Board of Directors, composed
otsFive 90 Stockholders, three fO Of whom
snail constitute . Quorum Said Dirrctore