The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-02-13
CHARTER.
CHARTER OF BAUER CHEMICAL COM
pANY. INC.

United States of America. State OF Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans. City OF New Ut
leans. Be it known: that on this 'i,au uay
Of the month of February, in the year OF
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred ana
nineteen. and OF the Independence OF the
United States of America, the one hundred
and forty-third; Before me, Benjamin {;
Wolf a Notary Public, duly commissioned
and Qualified in and for the parish of Or
leans, State of Louisiana, therein residing
and in the presence of the witnesses hereln'
after named and undersigned, personally came
and appeared, the parties, whose names are
hereunto subscribed, all OF 1uIl tse c anu
residents of the City of New Orleans, State
of louisiana, who declared that, awaiting
themselves of the provisions OF the laws OIL
this State relative to the formation OF cor
porations, they have covenanted and agreed
and by these presents, covenant and agree,
and hind themselves, as we'll as such other
persons, as may hereafter become associated
with Them to form and constitute cor
poration and body polite in law, for the
purposes and objects and under the stipu-
lations and articles following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of the said cor
poration shall be Bauer Chemical Company,
Inc.
ARTICLE II.-The objects and purposes, for
which this corporation is organized, and the
nature of the business, which this corpora
ton is to carry on, are declared to be:
/. To acquire and take over from Jack Bauer
of New Orleans. the recipes and formulas
for and information as to the processes OF
manufacturing and preparing and the right
10 prepare. manufacture and deal in the prop
rietary articles and medicines owned by the
said Jack Bauer, together with the trade
names. trademarks owned by said Bauer.
, To buy. sell. refine, prepare, manufac-
ture, manipulate, import. export and deal IN
and with all substances. materials, appara-
tus and things capable of being used in con-
necton with the preparation and manufac-
ture of the articles and remedies, which this
Company may become entitled TO prepare and
manufacture and to construct and maintain
plants, factories and laboratories suitable or
convenient for the purposes OF the Com
pany.
). To buy. sell. manufacture, and deal
in chemical, pharmaceutical, medicinal and
other preparations and chemicals.
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of the
said corporation shall be fifty thousand dol
lars divided into and represented by two
thousand shares Of twenty-five dollars each,
payable in cash, property or for services rem.
dered. The capital stock may be increased
to one hundred thousand dollars. The cor
poration shall commence doing business as
soon ,as the capital stock shall have been
subscribed for.
ARTICLE Iv.-The domicile of the said
corporation shall be in the City Of New Or
leans. State of Louisiana. The president, or
in his absence, the vice president, shall be
>the proper person upon whom citation or
other legal process shall be served. Said
corporation, unless sooner dissolved, shall
exist and continue for the period of ninety
nine years from and after date hereof.
ARTICLE V.-All corporate powers shall
be vested in board of three directors. The
first board of directors shall consist of Jack
Bauer, postoffice address, Audubon Building,
New Orleans, who shall be president, Otto
Sizeler. postoffice address, Audubon Build
ing. New Orleans. who shall be vice presi-
dent, and Mrs. Estele Hubbard. widow by
first marriage of Ernest Wingfield, and wi
dow by second marriage of JAG. J. King, who
shall be secretary and treasurer. Said
board shall continue in office until Janu.
airy ?, 1920. which date, and thereafter,
annually, a board of directors shall be elect
ed on the second of January of each year.
unless the same snail be a legal holiday.
when tie election shall be held on the next
legal day thereafter. After each election.
the board of directors shall elect from their
number the officers Of the Company. The said
board is further authorized to frame and
adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations as
the affairs and business of the corporation
may require, and as il may deem necessary
for the conducting and management thereof
ARTICLE VL-This charter may be
amended and the capital stock of this cor
poration may be increased or decreased. or
the corporation may be dissolved in the man.
ner and method provided by law.
ARTICLE NII.-No stakeholder of this
corporation shall ever be held liable or re.
sponsible for the contracts or faults of this
corporation in any further sum than the I'm.
paid balance on the stock for which he has
subscribed, nor shall any mere informality in
organization have the effect of rendering