The herald., 1919-05-01
THE HERALD, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
CHARTERS.

thus elected shall meet and organize as soon
after said election as possible. majority
| OF the whole Board shall constitute a quo
rum, and Directors absent unable to at.
| tend may authorize Directors present TO rep
= resent them by written proxy filed with the
Secretary and with all the powers such alb
sentees could exercise if present in person.
| All routine business matters shall be de
| cided by the majority vote of the quorum
| present at such meeting, notwithstanding any
| thing IN this charter or the law to the
contrary, but any matter or thing affecting
me general policy. property or corporate
| rights OF the corporation shall be adopted
only by the vote of the majority of stock
held by the individual members of the whole
Board OF Directors, and proper minute en-
tres shall be made to show these facts. A.
Its first meeting after election or as soon
thereafter as practicable, the Board of Di-
rectors shall elect a president, and one or
more vice-presidents and secretary and
treasurer, these last named officers need not
be stockholders. and the two offices may
be combined IN one person by the Board of
Directors
The Board Of Directors may establish
bylaws, rules and regulations for the gov
eminent OF the corporation, and may also
create committees for the. management of
the several departments of its business in
Guiding an Executive Committee of not less
than three members of the Board which
Committee shall be empowered to exercise
all the functions of the Board OF Directors
during the recess of said Board. save those
herein reserved for the full Board The
Board of Directors shall fill vacancies occur
ring in this body during the term thereof
Meetings Of the Board of Directors may be
held at such times as shall be set by the
Board itself or at the call of the President
and at the request of any two stockholders.
ARTICLE NIl-No power of attorney in
the name OF the corporation shall be given
to anyone unless approved by the Board of
lv-aHf grG I'll
and for a limited time. which may be ex-
tended by the Board of Directors at its plea
sure Such powers Of attorney shall be
copied in full in the minutes of the meeting
in which it was adopted. The provisions of
this article shall not apply to powers of
attorney or other authority given for the
routine purposes OF the corporation, such as
Custom House entries.
ARTICLE NlIL-This charter may be
amended, altered or modified, or the capital
stock increased or decreased. or the Cor
poraton dissolved at a meeting of the stock
holders duly called for that purpose, and in
such manner as may be permitted by the
laws OF Louisiana, now or hereafter enacted.
ARTICLE 1N.-Upon the termination of
the charter or upon the dissolution of the
corporation, its affairs shall be liquidated
IN the manner provided by any law of Louis
lana, now or hereafter enacted
ARTICLE Mo stakeholder shall ever
be held liable or responsible for the con-
tracts or faults of this corporation in any
further than the unpaid balance due to
this Cooperation on the shares owned by
him, nor shall any mere informalty in or
ganlzation have the effect OF rendering this
charter null. or OF exposing the stakeholder
TO any liability beyond such unpaid balance
ARTICLE NI-Wherever notice is re-
CURED by law or by this charter the same
may be given in writing delivered in person
scribed in Article VI of this Charter. and
twenty four hours will be sufficient for all
purposes except where otherwise prescribed
by law. Any and all notices required by
law or by this Charter may be waived by
unanimous consent of the Board of Directors
or the stockholders as the case may be. and
such waiver shall be entered on the minutes
of the meeting to which they apply.
Thus done and passed, in my notaral Of
flee, in the iCty of New Orleans on the
Dart, and Benjamin w Dart, competent
witnesses. who have hereunto signed their
names, with the said parties, and they have
set out their addresses and the number OF
shares held by them, and me, Notary, after
reading OF the whole.
Witnesses: Henry p Dart, Benjamin W.
Dart.
Original Signed Mente & Co, South
Peters and Robin Sts.,, New Orleans, 2,5)0
shares; E. W. Mente. by f. V. Benjamin.
Hotel BRETON Hall, New York, 1880 shares;
E. V. Benjamin, 555l St Charles Ave, New
Orleans, 1850 shares; l. c. Mente, care
Mente & Co, s. Peters and Robin SITS. New
Orleans, $50 shares by f. V. BENJAMIN;
Leopold Goldsmith. by f. V. Benjamin, go w.
l0lst St, New York 80 shares: Max Gold.
smith, by f. V. Benjamin, Dallas Tex, go
shares; ]. c. Werner, Oh s Carrollton Ave.
$500 shares; Harold Danziger. care Mente &
Co.. per pro J. C. Werner s. Peters and Rob
in SITS, 80 shares; F. o. Reinecke. care Mente
& Co, per pro ]. C. Werner. s. Peters and
Robin SITS, 100 shares; c. II. Hamilton. care
Mente & Co.. per pro J. c. Werner, s. Peters
and Robin Sts.. so shares: L. ]. FOrstall. care
Mente & Co.. per pro J. c. Werner s. Peters
and Robin SITS. 80 shares; F. NJ. Repass,
care Mente 4 Co, per pro ]. c. Werner, s.
Peters and Robin SITS. 80 shares; VIM. NJ.
Younge, care Meme & Co. per pro J. c.
Werner, s. Peters and Robin SITS, 20 shares;
]. V. Titot, care Mente & Co., per pro ].
c. Werner, s. Peters and Robin SITS. 20
shares; |. T. Rhea, $50 So. Carrollton Ave.
New Orleans, $500 shares James A. Rhea,
per pro l. T. Rhea, go So. Carrollton Ave, /
New Orleans, 50 shares.
HENRY P. DART, JR..
Notary Public.
I, 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
Mente & Co.. Inc. was this day duly record. |
ed in my office, in Book 1881. Folio 28.
New Orleans. April 18th, 1919.
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. r. |
A true copy
HENRY P. DART, JR..
Notary Public. |