The herald., 1919-10-02
CHARTER OF JULES A. GAUCUE
INCORPORATED.

United States of America. State of
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
Lord. one thousand nine hundred and
nineteen, and of the Indepcncc of the Unit
ed States of America. the one hundred
and forty third. before me- Gustave Joseph
licau, Notary Public. duly commission
ed and qualified, in and for the Parish of
Orleans. State Of Louisiana. and therein
residing, and in the presence off the wit
n">>"S hereinafter named and under
signed: personally came 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
Scv'rally declared: That awaiting them
selves of tn" provisions of the laws of
the stat" of Louisiana, in such cases
made and provided, and more particularly
of Act 26I Of the General Assembly of the
state of Louisiana, for the year 1914. they
hay" cov"nanted. contracted. agreed and
bound themselves and do by these pres
"ntS covenant. contract. agree and bind
themselves. as well as all such persons as
may hereafter become associated with
them, to form themselves into and con
Stitute corporation ana body polite in
Law for the objects and purposes and I'M
der tn" Stipulations herein set forth. which
which they adopt as their charter, tOwit =
ARTICLE I-The name of this CorpOra-
ton shall be Jules \. Gauche, IncOrpOra-
ted which may be abbreviated to Jules
\. Gauchc, Inc.
ARTICLE II-Thc 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 capi-
tai stock of this corporation is hereby
fixed at the sum of Five Thousand Dol
lars $4,000 and which capital stock may
be increased to the sum of Twenty five
thousand (S2j,000) Dollars. said capital
stock divided into fifty shares of the par
value of One hundred ($1O0) Dollars. each
The stock shall he paid for in cash when
subscribed for or may he 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 be 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
Sence 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 period of ninety nine
years from the date of this act.
The business ana affairs of this cor
poratiOn shall be conducted by and all
off the corporate powers vested in. ana
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
nOuncrd ny the Board of Directors. in
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 Mt 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 east his votes
as specified in Section II of Act 267 of the
General Assembly of the State of LOuiSi-
ana for the year 1914. or any amendments
thereto, the stockholders receiving ma
iority of the votes cast shall he declared
elected. The Board of Directors so elect
ed shall Immediately thereafter proceed
to elect one of its 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 he com
posed of the following three directors:
Jules \. Gauche, New Orleans. Louisi-
ana. Mrs Jules \. GauchP. New Orleans
Louisiana. Miss Lily Gauche, New Or
leans. Louisiana: OF whom Jules A.
Gauche shall be President Mrs. Jules A.
Gaucha, Vice president, and Miss Lily
Gauche 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 to
take in the corporation are as follows:
shares: Mrs. Jules a. Gauche New Or
leans La. 1share; Miss Lily Gauche New
Orleans. La, / share: Miss Rose Gauche,
New Orleans La: share Miss MignOnette
Gauche, New Orleans, La, 1 share.
Stockholders meetings other than meet
ings for the election of directors may be
held as prescribed by Section 10 of Act
267 OF the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana for the year 1914, or any a
mendments thereto
This corporation and the officers and
directors thereof shall have all of the
rights and powers. and this corporation
may. be amended or dissolved. or its
affairs liIuidated, as provided by the
provisions of Act 267 of the General AS
sembly of the State of Louisiana for the
year 1914, or any amendments thereto.
No stakeholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible for the contracts or faults
of this corporation in any further sum
than the unpaid balance on the stock for
which he has subscribed, nor shall any
mere informality in organization have
the effect of rending this charter null or
exposing a stakeholder to any liability
other than as herein provided.
The subscribers hereto have respective
~ written opposite their respective names
the amount of stock in this corporation
subscribed to by each of them
so that this act of Incorporation shall
serve the original subscription list
of said corporation to be recorded and
published according to law.
Thus done and passed, in my office, at
New Orleans, Louisiana, on the day and
in the Month and Year hereinabOve first
written, in the presence of Messrs. John
p. Baldwin and Alfred J. Bonomo, COM
petent witnesses, who hereunto sign their
names with the said appearers, parties
and me, Notary, after due reading of
the whole.
Witness Alfred J. Bonomo, J. P. Bald
win.
Original signed) Jules y. Gauche. 40
shares: Mrs. Jules A. Gauche 1 sshare;
Miss Lily Gauche. l share; Miss Rose
l share; Miss Mignonette Gauche
| share.
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