The herald., 1919-09-11
CHARTER OF THE MERCHANTS
Wholesale GROCERY COM
PANY INC.

United States of America. State of Lou
| iSiana. Parish of Orleans. BE it known,
that on this twenty seventh day Of the
month of August, in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and nineteen. before
me, Peter Stiff, Notary Public duly
commissioned and qualified in and for the
! Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana.
aforesaid, therein residing, and in the
| the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came
and appeared:
The persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed, who declared that availing
themselves of the provisions of the laws
of the State of louisiana, and parti-
cularly Act No. 267 of the General As
| Sembly of the State of Louisiana for
| the year 1914. they have covenanted and
| agree and do bind, form and constitute
! themselves. well as such other per-
| sons as may hereafter join or became
| associated with them into corpora
ton and body polite in law, for the
I objects and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations following,
tO-wit:
| this Corporation shall be the Merchants
| Wholesale Grocery Company Inc" and
under that name il shall have and en-
| joy all of the rights, advantages and pri-
| vileges granted by law to corporations:
/ il shall exist for a period of ninety nine
years from the date hereof; it shall have
| power and authority to sue and be sued
| in its corporate name. to make and use
| Il corporate seal and the same to break
or alter at pleasure; to hold, receive, pur
chase. convey, mortgage and hypOthecate
| property, real. personal and mixed. to
| issue bonds, notes and other obligations;
| to have and employ such managers, Of
! ficerS, directors and other employees or
| agents as the interest aud convenience of
! the corporation may require or demand and
m En a
/ tions for the corporate management and
control of its business and affairs as may
be deemed necessary and expedfent.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of the said
corporation shall be in the city of New
Orleans. state of Louisiana. but it may
establish and maintain offices. branches,
and agencies throughout the United States
of America, and foreign countries. All
citations and other legal process shall be
served on the president and in his alb
Seuce on the ice-president of the said
corporation. In the absence of the pres
ident and vice president, then the process
shall be served on the secretary of the
said corporation.
ARTICLE uI-The objects and pur-
poses of this corporation are hereby de-
clared to be to engage in the wholesale
grocery business and the feed, hay, grain
and produce business; to buy, sell ex-
change. trade in all classes of merchan-
disc ana commodities Ol any
and kind whatsoever accessory to, or in
any wise related to. the grocery, produce,
feed and provision trade; to manufac-
turc, or to cause to be manufactured,
any and all wares and merchandise dealt
in related TO the said business: to oper-
ate bakery. or bakeries; to import. ex-
port and to store all commodities dealt in
in said business: to operate, own, hire,
lease or rent stores, warerooms and ware
houses necessary to said business; to ac-
quire and own patents and trade marks
in relation to food stuffs. groceries and
other merchandise; to issue notes, or
other evidences of Indebtedness, in the
corporate name and to mortgage. hypothe-
cate and borrow in relation to anything
accessory to said business, as well as in
relation to the business itself; to own
real estate for uses in said business, or
accessory thereto and to all things re-
quiSite and necessary for the proper and
successful conduct of the said business.
ARTICLE vI-The capital stock of this
| corporation is hereby fixed at the sum