The herald., 1919-08-14
CHARTER OF THE FEDERAL ELECTRIC
COMPANY OF LOUISIANA,
INCORPORATED.

United States of America. State of Louis.
iana' Parish of Orleans. City of New o.
| Iedns. BE 1t known, that on this 15tb IA,
81 July A. ID. 1919, before me, Nicholas +
humphrey; Notary PubIrc, duly commits
stoned and qualified within and for The d.
lSh OF Orleans, State of Louisiana a,d :;
| tehe presence of the witnesses named -
mater and undersigned; personally cam,
| appeared: the several persons WHOSE
names are hereunto subscribed wbo a.
cIared that desiring to form co~nor, , 1e
| under the laws of the State of Louisiana. and
| particularly under the Act 267 of 1914 tbry
nave covenanted. agreed and bound them
| selves and such other persons as NAV here
| lnaiter JOIN with them, and their successors
| 70 form corporation upon the following
| terms conditions, and stipulations which
me SAID appearers hereby adopt as their
charter, to-wit:
ARllCLE THE name and style of th
corporation shall be The Federal Electric
company OF Louisiana, Incorporated, and nv
SAID name 1t shall have and enjov ccessio1
and existence for period of ninety-nin. (ool
years unless sooner dissolved II shall
have power and authority to contract. sur
ana DC sued to make and use corporate seal.
ana the same to break and alter to pleasure
10 mold, receive, buy, purchase ALLEVIATE
convey, sell, mortgage, pledge hypothecate,
rent or lease property, real, personal or mix.
ed, and to name and appoint such officers
directors, and agents as may be deemed in
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 ohter legal processes shall be
served there
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
OF this corporation and the nature of this
business to be carried on by il are hereby
declared to be those for the carrying on and
conducting the business of manufacturing.
buying. and selling at wholesale retail of
all electrical equipment and accessories, which
generally handled by electrical supply
houses; to manufacture, sell, own, operate,
lease, and keep in repair electrical signs and
electrical devices for advertising purposes or
otherwise, and to do and perform all such
acts things that are otherwise connected
with germane to the main purpose of this
organization.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at five thou
sand dollars (S5,0O0O0), divided into and rep
resented by fifty $50 shares of the par
value of one hundred dollars $4,000 each.
Said stock may be paid for in money, prop
erty, services actually rendered to the
Company, and shall be issued fully paid
and worcestershire.
ARTICLE V--No transfer of stock of this
corporation shall be binding upon the COM
pany until the certificate evidencing the
share of stock TO be transferred shall have
been delivered to the officers of the Com
pany with authority TO make the transfer or
until the transfer is actually made on the
books of said Company.
ARTICLE VI.-All corporate powers of this
corporation shall be vested in and exercised
by a Board of Directors, to be composed OF
not less than three 90 more than five
50 directors, which Board of Directors shall
be determined at the annual election of stock
holders convened for the purpose OF electlng
directors; and a majority of the directors
elected shall constitute a quorum for the
| - hue he
named three 90 stockholders, with their ad
dresses as given. shall constitute the first
Board OF Directors: Nelson Burrell, No.
1O4 Chartres Street; Joseph {. Delsa, No Al4
Chartres Street; George F. BARLEY w Goa
chaux Bldg; with Nelson Burrell, as Presi-
dent; George F. BARLEY, as Vice-PresIdent'
and Joseph C. Delsa. as Secretary-Treasurer.
ARTICLE VII.-The directors and Officers
herein named shall serve until the third
Monday in January, 1920, at which time, and
annually thereafter on the third Monday in
| January. a new board of directors and OF.
| fcers shall be elected The first and al
subsequent boards of directors shall hold OF,
| flee until their successors are eIected aho
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 fifteer
days Q5) before such meeting.
| Directors meetings shall be preceded
either by written or verbal notice, but may
be convened at any time without notice wheI
| 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 presi
dent 4 vice.president, a secretary and treas
urer The office of secretary and treasure
NAV be held by one and the same person
The Board ow Directors shall have the rign
to select as its secretary some person not
stockholder or a director. Any vacancy oc
| curing in the board of directors officer
| in this company shall until the annual cleo
ton following, be filled by the remaining
board of directors Likewise any vacanc.
in any office shall be filled by the remain
ing board At the expiration of this char