The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-05-08
CHARTER

CHARTER
! and until their successors are elected and
qualified On the last Tuesday of January.
| .g3U and annually thereafter, an election
| shall Dee held by The stockholders for a Board
! i Directors. Such election shall be pre-
| .eIeI .. fifteen days written notice 10 the
! ,t,cEl.'isrs delivered in person Or sent by
| mail % The address given in the current
| .ity directory. unless the address Of such
! -tockh1IIs- shall have been registered with
| the Secretary and in default Of either care
| IT genera, delivery, New Orleans, La. The
! election shall he held at the office OF the
| corporation a. such hour as may he fixed by
] he incumbent Board Of Directors and under
! the -uprry SION OF TWO commissioners ap-
! pointed by tie same At such election each
storkroiler shall be entitled 10 one vote for
! eayu share u the capital stock held by him
| lnt the person, receiving the highest mum
Der 0i votes cast at said eelctIOn shall be
declared elected and the Board of Directors
! iius elected shall meet and organize as soon
! after said election as possible. majority
Of the whole Board shall constitute 4 quo,
| ram and Directors absent or unable TO at
tend may authorize Directors present t. rep
resent hem by written proxy filed with the
! Secretary and with all the powers such alb.
SentctS could exercise II present in person.
Al routine business matters shall be de
-idci by the majority vote OF the quorum
present At such meeting, notwithstanding any
thing in this charter or the law to the
contrary. bat any matter or thing affecting
The general policy. property or corporate
rights ot the corporation shall be adopted
only BY the vote Of the majority Of stock
held by the individual members Of the whole
Board OF Directors, and proper minute en-
tries shall be made 10 show these facts. Al
its first meeting after election Or soon
thereafter as practicable, the Board Of Di-
rectors shall elect a president, and one Or
more ylce-prc, dents and a secretary and
treasurer. these last named officers need not
be stockholders. and the two offices may
be combined in one person by the Board OF
Directors.
The Board Of Directors may establish
bylaws, rules and regulations for the gov
eminent Of the corporation, and may also
create committees for the management OF
the several departments Of its business in
Guiding an Executive Committee Of not less
than three members of the BOARD. which
Committee shall be empowered to exercise
all the functions OF the Board of Directors
during the recess Of said Board, save those
herein reserved for the fall Board. The
Board Of Directors shall fill vacancies occur
ring in this body during the term thereof
Meetings of the Board of Directors may be
held at such times as shall be set by the
Board itself or at the call of the President
and at the request Of any two stockholders
ARTICLE NII.-No power of attorney in
the name of the corporation shall be given
to anyone unless approved by the Board Of
i'ItClplS ana llcU only lot SpeClflC purposes
and for limited time, which may be ex-
tended by the Board Of Directors at its plea
sure. Such powers of attorney shall be
copied in full in the minutes of the meeting
in which it was adopted. The provisions of
this article shall not apply to powers OF
attorney or other authority given for the
routine purposes of the corporation, such as
Custom House entries.
ARTICLE VIII.-This charter NAV be
amended. altered or modified, or the capital
stock increased decreased, or the Cor
poration dissolved at a meeting of the stock
holders duly called for that purpose, and in
such manner as may be permitted by the
laws Of Louisiana, or hereafter enacted
ARTICLE lN.-Upon the termination OF
the charter or upon the dissolution of the
corporation, its affairs shall be liquidated
in the manner provided by any law of Louis
lana, now or hereafter enacted
ARTICLE Mo stakeholder shall ever
be held liable responsible for the con-
tracts or faults of this corporation in anv
further sum than the unpaid balance due to
this Corporation on the shares owned by
him, nor shall any mere informality in or
ganization have the effect of rendering this
charter null, or of exposing the stakeholder
to any liability beyond such unpaid balance.
ARTICLE NI.-Wherever notice is re-
CURED by law or by this charter the same
may be given in writing delivered in person
or sent to the last known address as is pre-
scribed in Article VI of this Charter. and
twenty four hours will be sufficient for all
purposes except where otherwise prescribed
by law. Any and all notices required by
law or by this Charter may be waived by
unanimous consent of the Board of Directors
or the stockholders as the may be. and
such waiver shall be entered on the minutes
of the meeting to which they apply.
Thus done and passed, in my notarial Of
flee, in the iCty of New Orleans. on the
date aforesaid, in the presence of Henry p
Dart, and benjamin w Dart, competent
witnesses. who have hereunto signed their
names, with the said parties, and they have
set out their addresses and the number of
shares held by them, and me, Notary, after
reading of the whole.
Witnesses: Henry p Dart Benjamin w.
Dart.
Peters and Robin SITS, New Orleans. $500
shares; f. w. Mente, by f. V. benjamin.
Hotel Breton Hail. New York. 1850 shares:
f. " Benjamin, 555l st Charles Ave, New
Orleans, l.s50 shares; I. c. Mente, care
Mente & CO., S Peters and Robin SITS. New
Orleans, $50 shares. by E. v Benjamin;
Leopold Goldsmith. by Z. V. Benjamin. go w.
l0lst St, New York. $50 shares; Max Gold
smith, by f. V. BENJAMIN, Dallas, Tex, $50
shares; ]. c. Werner, OH 6. Carrollton Ave.
$500 shares; Harold Danziger, care Mente &
Co, per pro J. c. Werner. s. Peters and Rob
in SITS, 80 shares; F. o. Reinecke, care Mente
& Co. per pro ]. c. Werner, 6. Peters and
Robin SITS. 100 shares; c. II. Hamilton,
Mente x Co., per pro J. I. werner, =. Peters
and Robin SITS, 50 shares; L. J. Forstal, care
Mente & Co.. per pro ]. c. Werner, s. Peters
and Robin SITS, 80 shares; f. NJ. Repass.
care Mente, & Co, per pro ]. c. Werner, 6.
Peters and Robin SITS, 30 shares; VIM. NJ.
Younge, care Mente & Co, per pro J. c.
Werner. S Peters and Robin SITS, 20 shares;
J: V. Titot, care Mente & Co.. per pro J.
C. Werner, s. Peters and Robin SITS, 20
shares; |. T. Rhea, $50 So. Carrollton Ave.
New Orleans, $500 shares; James A. Rhea,
per pro l. T. Rhea, $50 SO. Carrollton Ave,
New Orleans, 50 shares.
HENRY P. DART, JR.
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
Mente & Co.. Inc, was this day duly record
ed in my office, in Book 1881, Folio 2S
New Orleans, April llth 1919.
(Signed EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
true copy.
HENRY ?. DART, JR.,
Notary Public.
Apr. II to May %.
CHARTER OF THE JOHNESS REALTY
CO., INC.