The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-04-17
CHARTER OF EXPORT TRANSFER
COMPANY. INC

COMPANY, INC.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans
City of New Orleans. Be it known. thar
on this fifteenth day of the month of
April in the year of our Lord Nineteen
Hundred and nineteen and of the indie
pendcnce of the United States of America
the one Hundred and forty-third, before
me. J. Henry FOrcelle. Jr.. Notary Pub
lie in and for the Parish of Orleans, State
of Louisiana, duly commissioned, sworn
and qualified and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed; personally came and appeared. the
several persons whose names are hereto
awaiting themselves of the provisions of
the general laws of this State, providing
for the organization of corporations. partic-
ularly Act 26T of 1914 they have covenant
ed and agreed and by these presents
covenant, agree and bind themselves as
well as all such persons as may hereafter
become associated with them, to form and
constitute corporation and body polite
in law. for the objects and purposes and
under the stipulatiOns and agreements
following tO-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be Export Transfer Com
pany, Inc. and il shall exist and enjoy
succession by its corporate name and for
period of ninety nine (99l years from
date hereof, unless sooner dissolved. with
all the rights and powers now or hereafter
conferred by law upon similar corpora
tiOns. It's dOmicile shall be in the City
Of New Orleans, Louisiana. and all cita-
lions and other legal process shall be serv-
ed upon the President and in the event
of his absence or inability to act, upon
the Vice President or Secretary in the
order named.
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to be
carried on by il are declared to be to
conduct general drayage and carriage
business, TO own, have or hire carts.
wagons, drays, trucks, floats and other
% no tn fnr
the hauling and delivering of goods and
materials of any and every description
TO all or any part of the City of New
Orleans or surrounding Parishes. to own
and operate repair shops and generally TO
do anything necessary touching or con
corning the business herein contem plated
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at Ten Thou
sand Dollars (S10.000.OO) to be divided into
One hundred 900 shares of One Hundred
Dollars ($l00.O0) each; which said stock
shall be paid for in cash or in property
and good will transferred to said corpora
ton or in work done for. or services
rendered to said corporation. as may be
decided by the Board of Directors and
upon terms to be fixed by said Board of
Directors. All transfer of stock shall be
made on the books of the corporation.
and no transfer of stock shall be in any
way binding on the corporation unless
and until it is made in the above described
manner. No stakeholder of this corpora
ton shall at any time offer his stock for
sale. either privately or in the open
market. without having previously offer
to the stockholders then of record in said
corporation, which option to purchase
must be exercised within ten days. Each
share of stock shall entitle the owner
thereof, either in person or by proxy to
east one note at all general meetings. The
capital stock of this corporation may he
increased to Twenty-Five Thousand Dol
lars (S25, 600 0Ol.
tho onrnoro+o no,,ors,
of said corporation shall be vested in and
exercised by a Board of Directors COM
posed of at least three stockholders. to
be elected at an annual meeting of stock
holders to be held on the first Tuesday
in April of each year; if the date fixed
for said election fall on a legal holiday,
then said election shall be held on the
first day thereafter not a legal holiday
All such elections shall be by ballot. OF
such elections at least fifteen days previous
notice shall be given to each stakeholder,
either personally or by depositing the
same in the Post Office, properly ad-
dressed. A majority of the votes cast
shall elect and each share of stock shall
be entitled to one note to be cast by the
owner in person or by proxy. The Direc-
tors thus elected shall serve and con-
tinue in office for one year or until their
successors shall have been duly elected and
shall have qualified. failure to elect
Directors on the date above specified shall
not dissolve the corporation. but the ex-
listing Board shall cause another election
to be held within thirty days thereafter
whereof fifteen days previous notice shall
be given above provided for. Any
vacancy occurring in the officers or Board
from any cause whatsoever shall be filled
for the unexpired term by the remaining
Directors. Any Director who may be alb
sent from the City of New Orleans shall
have the right to appoint any shareholder
of the corporation to vote for him at any
meeting of the Board and such proxy
shall have and exercise all the powers of
such Directors appointing him. The Of
ficers of this corporation shall consist of
President, ce-President, Secretary and
Treasurer, but the offices of Secretary