The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-09-04
(SIgned FRANK WM. HART,
CHARTER OF WILSON Club COM
PtNY INC.


PANY INC
United States of America, State of
Louisiana. Parish of Orleans. CITY of
New Orleans. BE it known, that on this
Twenty fifth day of the month of Feb
ruary. in the year of Our Lord One
Thousand. Nine Hundred and nineteen,
before me. Joseph ]. Ritayik. Notary
Public. in and for the Parish of Orleans
City and State aforesaid duly commits
stoned and qualified in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and sub
Sribed and undersigned: personally came
and appeared. the several persons whose
names are hcreuntO subscribed who de-
clared that desiring to form 4 Corpora
ton under the laws of the States of
louisiana and particularly under the
provisions of Act No. Pc of the LegiS-
Iature of 1914 they have cOvenantpd n
greed and bound themselves and such
other persons may hereinafter join with
them and their successors to form a Cor
pOration upon the following terms. con-
ditionS and StipulatiOnS which the said
appearers hereby adopt as their Charter
to wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of this Corpor-
alton shall be Wilson Club Companv
Inc. and under such name it shall have
the power and authority to contract sue
and be sued. to make use of a Corporate
Seal and the same to alter and break at
pleasure, to hold, receive have. buy. pur-
chase, ALLEVIATE, convey. sell. mortgage.
pledge, hypOthecate. rent or lease pro-
perty, real personal or mixed. to name
and appoint such officers. directors
agents. managers and employees as the
interest and necessities of the business
may require: to make and established such
by laws. rules and regulations for the
proper management of its affairs as may
be deemed necessary and proper and gen
orally to have such powers and rights as
are permitted under the laws and as are
necessarily incidental or convenient for the
carrying out the obligations and purposes
of said Corporation herein established.
ARTICLE U.-ThiS Corporation unless
sooner dissolved shall exist and continue
for period of Ninety nine Years from and
after the date hereof Its domiciIe shall
be in the City of New Orleans. State of
louisiana, where all citations or other
legal process shall be served in the man
ner as now or may hereafter be pres
cribed by law.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this Corporation is organized
and the business to becarried on by it are
hereby declared to be: To manufacture
sell and buy nOn-alchOlc beverages, car
hOnic gas, extracts. SyrupS and other such
like products. and for that purpose to
acquire, construct and hereafter main
tain in the States of Louisiana or else
where one ormOre factories.
This Corporation shall have the right
to act as agents and distributors for other
manufacturing companies of non alcoholic
beverages and other such like products
and generally to do any thing or acts
incidental to or growing out of or CON
nected with the said business.
ARTICLE IV.-The Capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at Thirty
Thousand ($30O000O) Dollars, subdivided
into Six Hundred 5000 shares at IA par
value of fifty ($50.00) dollars each. No
certificate of stock of this Corporation
shall he issued or delivered, unless same
is fully paid for in cash or for other
value property. property rights or for
services or labor rended. No one shall-ev-
er be responsible for the faults, contracts
debts of this Corporation in any further
sum than the unpaid balance due the cor
pOration on the shares of stock Subscrib-
ed for by him or her, nor shall any stock
issued be subject to assessment No
transfer of said capital stock shall be
binding on this Corporation unless made
in accordance with this charter and BY
laws and recorded on the books of this
corporation.
ATICLE V The business of this
Corporation shall be managed and all OF
the corporate powers shall be vested in
and exercised by a Board of five Direct
ors, to be elected from among its stock
time in office either present in person or
represented by proxy shall constitute
quorum The said Board of Directors
shall elect from among their number, a
President, a Nice-President and Treasurer
The President hereof shall name and ap-
point Il Secretary. Neither the Treasurer
nor the Secretary need be members of the
Board of Directors. The Board of Direc-
tors shall have the full and complete con-
troll of the business affairs and property
is lon, ~
age. conduct, and use the same as in their
discretion they may deem best, if not in
consistent with the objects of this COrpOr-
alton and welfare thereof. The Board of
Directors shall have the further power
to make. alter and annul such Bylaws,
rules and regulations as they may think
proper. The Board of Directors shall
have the further power to appoint all
agents clerks and employees and fix their
salary and compensation. with term of
office, with the right to dismiss them at
their pleasure ANY vacancy occurring on
the Board of Directors shall be filed by
the remaing members of said Board for
the uneXpired term at Il meeting of said
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI.-The first Board of Di-
rectors of this Corporation is hereby fixed
ut five in number and shall be composed
of Ernest W. Laport of New Orleans, La,
Charles Schutten of New Orleans, La, |
Arthur Ledieu of New Orleans. LaJacob |
Schultz of New Orleans La: and |
Charles VI. Ziegler of New Orleans. La, |
with the following officers. Ernest w. |
Laporte as President, Charles Schutten |
as Vice-President and Arthur Ledieu as
Treasurer; said Board of Directors shall |
serve until the first meeting of the stock |
holders for the election of Directors or |
until their successors are elected, qualified |
and installed.
AT1CLE VII-On the second Tuesday in |
January. Nineteen Hundred and Twenty, |
and annually thereafter on the second |
Tuesday in January of each year. a meet |
ing of the stockholders of this Corpora
ton. shall be held at its dOmicile for the
purpose of electing Directors for the |
ensuing year, and at such meeting, the
shall duly elect Directors.
The failure from any cause whatsoever
to hold the annual meeting of the stock
holders or the failure to elect Directors
thereat shall not dissolve this Corpora
lion, but the Directors and officers then
in office, shall remain in office until their
successors shall have been duly elected
qualified and installed. All stockholders
Meeting shall be held in accordance with
md in the manner provided by the By
avs Of this Corporation.