The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-07-17
June 26-July 81.
CHARTER OF WHISTLE BoTTLING COM
PANY, OF NEW ORLEANS, INC.

United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish OF Orleans, City OF New Or
leans. Be it known. that on this second
day OF the month of june in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Nineteen; before me, Sol. Weiss, Notary
Public, duly mmissioned and qualified in
and for the above City, Parish and State,
therein residing, and III the presence OF the
witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared, the several
persons whose names are hereunto SUBSIDIZED
who declared that they are Of full age OF
majority, and availing themselves of the
laws OF the State OF Louisian, relative to
the organization of corporations, in such
cases made and provided. they constitute
themselves, their associates, successors, and
assigns a corporation under the stipulations
herein set forth, which they adopt as their
charter, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be Whistle Bottling Company, OF New
Orleans, Inc"
ARTICLE II.-This corporation shall exist
and have succession for a period of ninety
nine years, unless sooner liquidated or dis
solved according to law.
ARTICLE I1l.-The capital stock of this
corporation shall consist of common stock
only The capital stock is hereby fixed at
Twenty Thousand Dollars (S0O0OO di-
vided into two hundred 600 shares of a par
value of one hundred dollars ($l00.00) per
share The capital stock shall be subject
to increase to Fifty Thousand Dollars $780,
00000) under the charter, said increase to
4 be represented by shares of stock of the
same par value as those just above provided.
ARTICLE IV.-The domicile of this corpo,
ration shall be in the City of New Orleans,
| Louisiana.
| ARTICLE V.-Service of process may be
made upon any officer of the corporation, or,
4 in their absence, upon any employee thereof,
over the age of eighteen years at the place
of business of the corporation.
| ARTICLE VI.-The objects and purposes
of this corporation are hereby declared to be:
I f. kzEk1 hav1 lsrn and
merchandising of soft or non-alcoholic drinks
and beverages, and more especially of a Ger.
| tain beverage marketed and to be marketed
under the name Org. U. S. Pat Office
jects and purposes, this corporation shall
| have all the powers and privileges accorded
to corporations by the laws of Louisiana.
| ARTICLE VII.-The corporate powers OF
this corporation shall be vested IN Board OF
| Directors, consisting of three stockholders,
each the owner the books of the corpora
| ton of at least one full paid share OF stock
in the corporation. This Board shall be
to be held on the first Saturday of the
month of June in each year, beginning
in the year 1920. These directors. within
thirty days after their election, shall select
from among their number President, who
shall also have the powers and duties of a
Treasurer; a Vice-Presdient; and Secre-
| tary. Directors and Officers shall hold of
! flee until the annual meeting next following
their election, and until their successors are
elected and qualified. If no annual meet
| ing is held in any year, the incumbent Di.
| rectors and officers shall hold over until
such a meeting is held by order of the Presi-
dent, or at the instance of holders and own
| ers of more than fifty per cent of the out
| standing stock Fifteen days notice to all
stockholders, at their last known address, is
required for all meetings of stockholders: -.
| Vacancies on the Board of Directors shall
| be filled by an election held at specia al
stockholders meeting which is required to be
| called for that purpose within ten days after
such vacancy OCCURS. Stockholders may
vote in person or by written proxy. At all
| stockholders meetings, the vote of ma
jority of outstanding stock shall prevail, ex-
| cept where otherwise required by law.
| ARTICLE VIII-Until the annual meeting
| and election in 1920, or until their successors
1 shall have been elected and qualified the
Board of Directors and Officers of the cor
| poration shall be: Frank Llewyellyn, Presi-
dent and Treasurer; Richard Hardy, Vice
President; w. E. Norvell, Secretary.
| ARTICLE IX-This corporation shall be
Thousand Dollars (sl0OO.oO of its capital
stock, figured at par value, shall have been
subscribed and paid for.
| ARTICLE X.-The incorporators of this
| corporation and subscribers 10 its stock have
affixed their names and addresses to this
Act of Incorporation, together with the mum
| Der of shares subscribed for by each respec
| lively so that this Charter shall be for al
purposes the original subscription list TO,
| the stock of this corporation; said signer:
likewise declaring that they have each re-
spectivcly paid for the stock hereby and
hereunto subscribed for.
ARTICLE XI-This corporation shall be
liquidated by three liquidators elected at
meeting of stockholders held for the pur
pore, and called and held, according to ex
isting law, which meeting shall fix the term:
and conditions of such liquidation.
| ARTICLE XII.-This corporation may bt
di SOLVED in accordance with Act 2b7 of lol.
and enactments amendatory thereto.
Thus done and passed before~~me on tht
day and date hereinabove first written, by
the said appearers and in the presence of The
undersigned legally competent witnesses.
Witnesses: L. Ennemoser, w. B. PIERCE
Original Signed
i SOL. WEISS,
Notary Public.