The herald., 1919-09-18
CHARTER OF NEW ORLEANS ClGAR
BOX COMPANY, INCORPORATED.

United States Of America, State Of Louis.
anna Paish of Orleans, City OF Ne"
Orleans Be it known, that on this mt.
day of the month OF August, in the year OF
Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred ana
Nineteen: Before me Herman l.. Barnett,
| En+srv Publuic dulv comm ssioned and quail
fled in and for the Parish OF Orleans, State
| NJ louisiana therein residing, came and ap-
peared the several persons whose names ar
| hereunto subscribed, all OF the full age OF
n,a;or;ty cher in person, or through duly
| constituted and appointed agents and att.r-
news in fact. as hereinafter set out. VINO
| severally declared to me, Notary, that aVaiI
| ing themselves of the laws OF the state 81
! 7 ouiSiana in such cases made and provided
and more particularly of Act 267 OF the Zen
| e-al Assembly of the State OF LOUISIANA OF
1914, relating TO the creation: organizations
and formation Of corporations, they nave 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 hern' 10
form corporation for the objects and pur-
poses, and under the articles ana stipuld'
tons following, to-wlt:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title OF TINS
cornoration shall be New Orleans Cigar Box
Company, Incorporated, and under its corpo-
rate name, it shall have power and authority
TO have and to ENJOY corporate eNlstGnee
for a period of ninety mine years from GATE
hereof unless sooner dissolved by llqulda-
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, COT ,
poreal and incorporeal ito issue bonds and
| If desire to secure same by mortgage: 10
| buy and hold stock in other companies inGl
| dent TO the objects and purposes, or to the
| expansion of the business interests or the
| corporation; to name, elect and appoint such
| managers, agents, directors or officers as ITS
| 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, ana
| generally to do any and all things incident
| to or necessary and proper for 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, OF
other legal process shall be served upon the
Secretary Treasurer of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purpose:
for which this corporation is organized anc
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 II
and handle, cigar boxes OF wood, caroDoarq
tin and glass, any othed KIND OF materlal
to buy, sell, manufacture, deal in and handle
cartoons boxes, cases, containers, crates, anC
cans of all sorts, materials and descriptions
To own and operate a printing plant IN con
rection with the business, and 10 print laoels
and such other printed matter as may be nee
essary in the business, to operate saw ant
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 manufacturer
supplies and generally to engage IN all tn
businesses incident to the objects and pur
poses above decribed. To engage in for
eign, as we'll as domestic commerce, and I
! carry on any of the businesses aforesaid II
the United States and its Territories an
Dependencies and in foreign countries.
ARTICLE IV.-The capita, stock of thi
, corporation is hereby fixe- dt the sum- o
Five Thousand Dollars (SS0O000), represente
fifty shares of the .o value OF One Hun
: dred Dollars, $4,000 each: Said stoc
shall be paid for in cash or its equivalent a
provided by law, and in such manner, an
1 at such time. and in such installments a
may be prescribed by the Board of Director:
This corporation shall become going con
; Germ, and shall be authorized TO commenc
business when Two Thousand, Five Hundre
Dollars (S2 500 O) of its capital stock sha
have been subscribed for, in accordance wit
law, and Two Thousand Five Hundred Do
g lars S2500O0 of its capital stock shall hav
= been actually paid in, either in cash OF II
. equivalent as provided by law
e ARTICLE V-The capital stock of this col
poration may be increased to the sum OF lie
Thousand Dollars, NSlUUcUJJ, Oy I"'
thirds vote of all the stock, present or rel
resented at special meeting called for thu
purpose or at a regular annual meetin
|. Of the corporation.
: ARTICLE Wall certificates of stock i
= sued bv the Corporation shall be signed b
v the President, or Vice President, and by ii
Secretary-Treasurer. The stock of this co
poratnon can be transferred only on II
!. books of the corropation. and subject TO sue
regulations and formalites as may be by Il
Board of Directors from time to time pr
scribed.
No stakeholder shall be permitted to Sc
= or otherwise dispose of his stock witho
j. first offering same in writing to the 9th
stockholders, through the Board of Directo
at price not exceeding the book value ther
5. of, and the stockholders shall have an o
l. ton and first right to purchase all the shar
a of stock to be thus disposed Of by sale
i by death, resignation or otherwise of any
E the stockholders of the corporation, and shi
IS have period of ten days in whcih to &
D. cept or decline to purchase said stoc