The herald., 1919-08-28
CHARTER.

and be sued to MIKE and use corporate seal.
and the same to break and alter to pleasure 4;
to hold, receive, buy, purchase, ALLEVIATE.
convey, sell, mortgage, pledge hypOthecate,
rent or lease property, real, personal or mix
ed, and to and appoint such officers,
directors, and agents as may be deemed IN
the interest OF said Company.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile OF This cor
poration shall be in the City OF New Orleans.
Parish of Orleans, State OF Louisiana. and
citation and ohcer legal processes shall be
served there.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
Of this corporation and the nature Of tins
business to be carried on by il are hereby
declared to be those for the carrying on and
conducting the business OF manutacturlng
buving. and selling at wholesale or retail ot
all electrical equipment and accessories, which
are generally handled by electrical supply
houses; to manufacture, sell, own operate,
lease. and keep in repair electrical signs ana
electrical devices for advertising purposes or
otherwise. and 10 do and perform all sucl
acts or things that are otherwise connectrd
with or germane to the main purpose OF thS
organization.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock OF this
corporation is hereby fixed at five thou
sand dollars tS500OOW, divided into and re-?
resented by fifty G0) shares OF the par
value OF one hundred dollars CSlCo0O each.
SAID STOCK may ne pau 4''4 III '''''' - ~
erty, or services actually rendered to me
Company, and shall be issued as fully P"ld
and worcestershire.
ARTICLE V-No transfer Of stock OF this
corporation shall be binding upon the CON
pauv until the certificate evldencing the
share OF stock to be transferred ShaIl nave
been delivered to the officers OF the Com
many with authority to make the transfer OF
until the transfer IS actually made on the
books Of said Company.
ARTICLE Vial corporate powers Of TINS
CORPORATION shall be vested IN and exercised
by a Board Of Directors, to be composed oil
not less than three 60 nor more than I'VE
80 directors which Board Of Directors shall
b.. determined at the annual election OF stock
holders convened for the purpose Of elcctlns
directors; and a majority OF the directors
elected shall constitute a quorum Tor the
transaction OF business. The ioIowliS
named three 90 stockholders, with their ad
dresses as given. shall constitute the first
BOARD Of Directors: Nelson Burrell, No
2O4 Charities Street; Joseph {. Delsd, No. =
Charities Street; George +. BARLEY. 400 God
chaux Bldg: with Nelson Burrell, as PreSl-
dent; George F. BARLEY as ceTTeS.dg,l
and Joseph {. Delsa, as Secretary treasurer
ARTICLE NII.-The directors and Officers
herein named shall serve until the MIRO
Monday in January, 1920 at which time aNu
annually thereafter. on the third Monday n
January new board OF directors and OF.
ficers shall be elected. The first and all
subsequent boards of directors shall hold Of
flee until their successors are elected and
qualified All stockholders meetings, IN
Guiding the annual meeting for the election
of officers and directors. shall be preceded
by written notice either delivered in person
or deposited in the Post Office, properly ad
dressed to each stakeholder. at least tifteer
days Q0 before such meeting.
Directors meetings shall be preceded
either by written or verbal notice, but may
l. ,Iytt
all directors are present. Directors may ap
pear and act in person or by written proxy
at any meeting of the board. The officer:
of this corporation shall consist OF a presl'
dent 4 vice-president, a secretary and treas
urer The office of secretary and treasurer
may be held by one and the same person
The Board ow Directors shall have the rignl
TO select as its secretary some person not
stockholder a director. Any vacancy oc'
curing in the board OF directors or officers
in this company. shall until the annual cleo
ton following. be filled by the remaining
board of directors. Likewise any vacancy
in any office shall be filled by the remain
ing board At the expiration of this char
ter or the earlier dissolution Of this corpora
ton its affairs shall be hquidated by one OF
three commits sioners, as may be determined
at rhe time, to be elected by the stockhold,
ers OF said company at a meeting convened
for that purpose, and after the notice and
formalities required by law have been com
piled with. The commissioner or commits
sioners shall have full power and authority &c
sell and dispose OF the property, reduce its
assets to cash and do all other acts neces
sary to liquidate its affairs. So that thi,
charter may serve also the purpose OF a sub
scription list the undersigned organizers Of
this corporation have respectively set OppO
site their signatures the number of shares
subscribed by each incorporation.
Thus done and passed at New Orleans
Louisiana, on the day and date first above
written in the presence of {. b. Fischer and
Jewell A. Sperling, competent witnesses. who
have signed these presents with said appear
ers and me, Notary, afr due reading of the
whole.
Witnesses: Jewell A. Sperling, c. B
Fischer.
Original Signed Nelson Burrell. ?,
shares; Geo. F. Barley, l share; Jos. c
| Delsa, share.
\. F. HUMPHREY.
Notary Public
I, the undersigned. Recorder of Mortgages
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the abov,
| Federal Electrical Company. Inc, was thit
day duly recorded in my office in Book 1881
| Folio l03
New Orleans. Louisiana, Aug. 1st. 1919.
| (Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a tru'
and correct copy of the original Act OF In
corporation of the Federal Electrical Com
pany of Louisiana, Incorporated, passed be
| fore me on the 18th day OF July, 1912 and OF
record in my office
In witness whereof | have hereunto Sc
my hand and affixed the seal of my Office
| at the City of New Orleans, this 9th day o