The herald., 1919-02-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
FEDERAL BAKING SYSTEM OF NEW
ORLEANS, INCORPORATED.

| Sldte OF Louisiana, IaTlSn OF orleans.
| BE I known, that on this, the nv I .ietl
day of February, 1919, before me, Thos. f
| Furow a duly commissioned, qualified anC
acting Notary Public in and for the Par
| ish of Orleans. State OF Louisiana, and il
| the presence of the hereinafter named anC
undersigned witnesses, personally came anC
appeared the several persons whose name,
are hereunto subscribed, and severally de
| clared that, availing themselves of the gen
| eral laws of the State OF Louisiana in sucf
cases made and provided iney have formed
| and organized, and do by these presents form
| themselves and such others may hereafter
become associated with them into a corpora
ton and body polite in law, for the oh.
jects and purposes in the following articles
Sc. forth and expressed, which they adopt
as their Charter.
/. The name and title OF this corporation
shall be, Federal Baking System OF New
Orleans, incorporated, and it shall exist and
enjoy succession by its corporate name for
a period of nnety-nne years from date
hereof. with all the rights and powers now
or hereafter conferred by law upon similar
corporations. Its domicile shall be in the
City of New Orleans, Louisiana, and all CT
tations and other legal process shall be served
upon the President and in the event of his
absence, upon the Vice President or Secre-
tary, in the order named.
II. The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at One Hun
bred Thousand (S1OOOOOOO Dollars. and said
stock shall be divided into and represented
by One Thousand 1000 shares of the par
value of One Hundred $4,000 Dollars each.
III. The purposes OF this corpora
ton are, to engage generally, princ-
pal or mandatory, in; buying, leasing or
otherwise acquiring patent rights or the use
thereof in whole or in part within fixed
territorial limitations to bakery ovens and
all sorts Of machinery and equipment for
bakeries and confectioneries and selling,
leasing or otherwise disposing of the same,
in whole or in part or within fixed terri
torial limitations; buying and selling. at
wholesale and retail, bakery ovens and all
sorts OF machinery and equipment for bakeries
and onfectioneries; conducting bakeries con-
dictionaries and manufactures generally for
the manufacture, conversion preparation
for market or consumption of all sorts of
food products; and buying and selling, at
wholesale and retail, and generally dealing in
all sorts OF agricultural products and food
stuffs, and all other personal property; and
IT shall have authority generally to do all
things necessary or incident to the proper
conduct of its affairs, whether specifically
enumerated herein or not.
~. The corporate powers of this cor
poration shall be vested in a Board of
Directors of not less than three or more than
seven, a majority of whom shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business;
and the officers of this corporation shall be
a President, a Vice-President. a Secretary
and Treasurer, with the option of one per
son for Secretary-Treasurer.
The first Board of Directors shall be
composed of John Fl. Bontjes and Paul V.
Stoltz residents of the City of Peoria, Illi-
nois, and Willard c. Baker, a resident of
the City of New Orleans with John II.
Bontjes President Willard c. Baker as
Vice-President, and Paul V. Stotz as Sec
rotary Treasurer; and all of said directors
and officers shall serve until their success
sors re elected and qualified
Meetings of stockholders for the election
Of directors shall be held the second
Tuesday in January of each year.
Thus done and signed in the presence OF
Warren V. Miller and Miss Frances thinner
man competent witnesses, who have signed
their names hereto, together with said ap-
bearers and me Notary on the date first
above written.
(Names of subscribers and amounts of sub
scriptions omitted.)
Witnesses: Warren V. Miller Frances
Zimmerman.
A true copy of the original.
THOS. E. FURLOW,
Notary Public.
l, 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
Federal Baking System of New Orleans In
corporated, was this day duly recorded in
my office, in Book 1928, Folio -.
New Orleans, February "a. 1919.
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD. Dy R.
THOS. E. FURLOW,
Notary Public.
Feb. u to Apr. 3rd.