The herald., 1919-08-28
CHARTER OF NEW ORLEANS ClGAR
BOX COMPANY, INCORPORATED.

United States of America, State OF LOUIS.
anna. Pa.ish of Orleans, City OF Ne"
orleans Be it known. that on TINS M
day of the month of August, IN the year 81
| ar Lord. One Thousand, Nine Hundred ana
Nineteen; Before me Herman l. Barnett
Notary Publuic duly comm ssloned and qua..-
| f;ad in and for the Parish OF Orleans, state
| NJ Louisiana, therein residing, came ana @P
| hereunto subscribed, all OF the full age OF
majority. ether in person, or through du4y
constituted and appointed agents and att3t-
news in fact. as hereinafter SET OUT VIZ
severally declared to me, Notary that aVdl'
mo themselves Of the laws OF the state OF
| I ouisiaua in such cases made and provided
and more particularly OF Act POI OF the Zen
cal Assembly of the State OF Louisiana OF
| 1914. relating to the creation. organlzahoh'
ard formation of corporations. they have cove
nanted and agreed and by these presents DO
covenant and agree and bind themselves
as well as all such other persons as may
hereafter become associated with tnen 10
| form A corporation for the objects and pur
poses and under the articles ana s'Pu'd
| tons following, to-wlt:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title OF this
corporation shall be New Orleans Cigar Box
| Companv. incorporated, and under It's corpo-
rate name. it shall have power and authority
| 10 have and to enjoy corporate existence
| for a period of ninety nine years rom odIe
| hereof unless sooner dissolved by Hquida-
| ton or otherwise: it shall have power to con-
| tract. to sue, and be sued, to make and use
A corporate seal. and to alter and break same
| at plesure; TO hold, receive, lease, purchase
| transfer assign convey, mortgage, hypothe-
cate pledge or otherwise receive or dispose
of property, real, personal, or mixed COY ,
| poreal and incorporeal ito issue bonds ana
| If desire to secure same by mortgage; 10
| buv and hold stock in other companies incl
| dent TO the objects and purposes, or to the
EXPANSION of the business interests OF the
corporation; TO name, elect and appoint such
managers, agents, directors or officers as MS
| business interests may require; to make ana
establish. alter and amend its bylaws, rules
| and regulations for its proper government as
NAV be deemed necessary and proper, and
| generally to do any and all things incident
| TO or necessary and proper TOR the extension
of the business in which the corporation IS
| engaged.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE corporation shall be
| domiciled in the City OF New Orleans, IN
the State of Louisiana, ana all citation, or
| other legal process shall be served upon the
Secretary Treasurer of the corporation
| ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
| for which this corporation is organized and
| created, and the nature of the business to be
| carried on by it, are declared to be as fol
lows: To buy, sell, manufacture, deal IN
| and handle, cigar boxes of wood, cardboard
| tin and glass or any othed kind of material
TO buv, sell, manufacture, deal in and handle,
| cartoons, boxes, cases, containers, crates, and
| cans of all sorts, materials and descriptions;
To own and operate a printing plant IN con
| nection with the business, and TO PRINT labels.
and such other printed matter as may be nee
essary in the business, to operate saw and
| planning mill in connection with the business,
and to design, copyright, print and own
| labels for cigar boxes, and other containers,
to deal in and handle cigar manufacturers
| supplies and generally to engage in all the
| businesses incident to the objects and pur-
poses above decribed. To engage in for
eign, as we'll as domestic commerce, and to
carry on any of the businesses aforesaid in
| the United States and its Territories and
Dependencies and in foreign countries.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum OF
Five Thousand Dollars (S5,OO0G0) represented
fifty shares of the par value OF One Hun
bred Dollars, $4,000 each. Said stock
| shall be paid for in cash or its equivalent as
provided by law, and in such manner, and
| at such time, and in such installments as
may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
This corporation shall become a going con
Germ, and shall be authorized to commence
business when Two Thousand Five Hundred
! Dollars, ($2,5000O) of its capital stock shall
have been subscribed for, in accordance with
law, and Two Thousand Five Hundred Dol
lars, (S2,500O0) of its capital stock shall have
been actually paid in, either in cash of its
| equivalent as provided by law.
ARTICLE V.-The capital stock of this cor
poration may be increased to the sum of Ten
| thousand Dollars, NSIU,UJpUJ, Dy d Two
| thirds vote of all the stock, present or rep
resented at special meeting called for that
purpose or at a regular annual meeting
| OF the corporation.
ARTICLE VI-All certificates of stock is.
! sued by the Corporation shall be signed by
the President or Vice President, and by the
! Secretary Treasurer. The stock Of this cor,
poratnon can be transferred only on the
books of the corropation, and subject 70 such
| regulations and formaities as may be by the
! Board of Directors from time TO time pre-
| scribed.
No stockholder shall be permitted to sen
! or otherwise dispose Of his stock without
/ first offering same in writing to the other
stockholders, through the Board Of Directors
at price not exceeding the book value there
of, and the stockholders shall have an op-
ton and first right to purchase all the shares
/ OF stock TO be thus disposed of by sale or
| by death, resignation or otherwise of any of
! the stockholders of the corporation, and shall
/ have a period of ten days in which to ac-
| cept or decline to purchase said stock.
Should the Board of Directors or the stock
holders decline to purchase said stock then
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