The herald., 1919-09-18
CHARTER OF JULES 4. GAUCHE,
INCORPORATED.

Louisiana. Parish of Orleans. city
of New Orleans. be- it known, that
on this twenty ninth day of the
month of May. in the year of our
nineteen. ana of the Indepcnce of the Unit .
ed States of America. the one hundred !
and forty third. before me, Gustave Joseph
Eicau, a Notary Public. duly commissions
ed and qualified, in and for the Parish of
Orleans, State of Louisiana, and therein
residing, and in the presence off the wit
ncS$"S hereinafter named and under
signed; personally cam" and appeared
the several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed. all of age and all resi-
dents of the City of New Orleans. who
Scycrally declared: That avaling them
selves of the provisions of the laws of
the state of Louisiana. in such cases
made and provided. and more particularly
of Act 2G7 of the General Assembly of the
state of Louisiana, for the year 1914, they
have cOvenanted. contracted, agreed and
! bound themselves and do by these pres
| "ntN covenant, contract. agree and bind
| themselves rs well rs all such persons as
may hereafter bccom" associated with
| them. to form themselves into aud con
Stitutc a corporation and body polite in
| law, for the objects and purposes and I'M
der the StipulationS herein set forth. which
which they adopt rs their charter, tOwit:
! ARTICLE 1.-The name of this Corpora
ton shall be Jules \. GauChe, lncorpOra-
ted" which may be abbreviated to Jules
\. Gauche, Inc.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation is formed
and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it are hereby declared to be
the business of Insurance Brokerage and
Agency in all its forms and branches.
ARTICLE III-The amount of the capt
tai stock of this corporation is hereby
fixed at the sum of Five Thousand Dol
L. a
be increased to the sum of Twenty five
thousand tS2J,0OO) Dollars. said capital
stock divided into fifty shares of the par
value of One hundred $1,000 Dollars, each
The stock shall be paid for in cash when
subscribed for or may be issued in whole
or in part at not less than par. for pro-
pcrty or good will actually purchased
or received by it. No fractional shares
shall ever he issued. The location of the
domicile of this corporation shall he in
the City of New Orleans. State of LOuiSi-
ana. and service of citation or of all legal
process shall be made upon the President
of this corporation or in case of his alb
Sencc or inability to act, on the Vice
President. or Secretary Treasurer. in the
order named and said corporation shall
have and enjoy succession by its cor
porate name for a period of ninety nine
years from the date of this act
The business and affairs of this cor
poration shall be conducted by and all
off the corporate powers vested in, and
| exercised by a board of directors com
posed of three stockholders to be elected
by the stockholders, annually, by ballot.
on the third Monday of the month of
January of each year. beginning in the
year 1920. or on any subsequent date an
nounced by the Board of Directors, in
p case no election shall take place on said
date after fifteen days notice which be
given to each stakeholder by written
notice mailed to each stakeholder at his
last known Post office address. and said
election shall be held at the office of the
corporation under the supervision of two
commissioners. appointed by the Board
of directors. At said election, each stock
holder shall he entitled to cast his votes
as specified in Section II of Act 261 of the
General Assembly of the State of LouiSi-
ana for the year 1914. or any amendments
thereto, the stockholders receiving a ma
jority of the votes cast shall be declared
elected. The Board of Directors so elect
ed shall Immediately thereafter proceed
to elect one of it's members to be Presi-
dent. one to be Vice President, and one
to be Secretary Treasurer of the Corpora
ton. and they shall serve until their
successors are elected and qualified. The
first Board of Directors shall be com
posed of the following three directors
Jules A. Gauche. New Orleans, Louisi-
ana, Mrs Jules A. Gauche. New Orleans
Louisiana, Miss Lily Gauche. New Or
leans. Louisiana: OF whom Jules A.
lG1OPhp
Gauche. Vice president, and Miss Lily
Ganche shall be Secretary Treasurer, and
they shall serve until the Third Monday
of January. 1920. or until their successors
are elected and qualified.
The names and post office addresses OF
the subscribers hereto and the number
of shares of stock which each agrees &c
E take in the corporation are as follows
E Jules A. Gauche. New Orleans La, A
2 shares: Mrs. Jules A. Gauche New Or
I leans La. 1share: Miss Lily Gauche New
Orleans. La, / share; Miss Rose Gauche
New Orleans. La; share Miss Mignonett'
t Gauche, New Orleans, La, share.
5 Stockholders meetings other than meet
e ings for the election of directors may b.
g held as prescribed by Section 10 of Ac
! 267 of the General Assembly of the Stat
y of Louisiana for the year 1914, or any a
mendments thereto
= This corporation and the officers ant
i directors thereof shall have all of tn
| rights and powers. and this corporation
may be amended or dissolved. or it
! affairs liIuidated, as provided by tn
J. provisions of Act 267 of the General As
$ sembly of the State of Louisiana for tn
y year 1914 or any amendments thereto
n No stakeholder shall ever be held liabl
y or responsible for the contracts or fault
I of this corporation in any further sur
:, than the unpaid balance on the stock TO
= which he has subscribed, nor shall an
| mere infOrmality in organization nav
l. the effect of rending this charter null o
= exposing a stakeholder to any liabilit
Il other than as herein provided.
r, The subscribers hereto have respective
m ~ written opposite their respective name
lie the amount of stock in this corporatio
subscribed to by each of then
- so that this act of Incorporation sha
= serve as the original subscription lis
ii of said corporation to be recorded an
Al published according to law.
d Thus done and passed, in my office, 8
ID New Orleans, Louisiana, on the day an
IS in the Month and Year hereinabove frs
% written, in the presence OF MeSsrs. job
a. p. Baldwin and Alfred J. Bonomo, con
4. petent witnesses, who hereunto sign thei
d names with the said appearers, partie
- and me. Notary, after due reading {
= the whole.
+ Witness Alfred J. Bonomo, J. P. Bale
le win.
Il Original signed) Jules A. Gauche.
N shares: Mrs. Jules A. Gauche l share
ie Miss Lily Gauche, l share; Miss RoS
.e Gauche, l share; Miss Mignonette Gauct
l share.
GUS. J. RICAU,
N Notary Public.
" I. the undersigned Recorder of Nor
,s cages, in and for the Parish of Orlean
- State of Louisiana. do hereby certify tn;
A. the above and foregoing Act of lnco
70 poration of the Jules A.Gauche, lnco
II porated, was this day duly recorded in N