The herald., 1919-04-17
CHARTER OF THE AMERICAN LEATHER
SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.

United States of America, State of Louis
| rana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
| leans Be it known, that this eleventh
day of the month of February, in the year
of Lord one thousand nine hundred and
| nineteen, and of the independence of the
United States of America, the one hundred
and forty third; before me, Gustave A. Liam
bias, a Notary Public, duly comni ssioned,
| sworn and qualified in and for the Parish
of Orleans and in the presence of the wit
| nesses hereinafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared the several
persons, whose names hereunto sub
scribed, who declared that, availng them
selves OF the laws of this state, particularly
Act No. 267 of 1914. relative TO the organi
zation of Corporations, they do, by these
presents, agree and bind themselveA as
well as such other persons who may here
after become associated with them, to form
and constitute Corporation for the OBJ
Jects and purposes, and under the Articles
and Stpulations, following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be American Leather Sup
ply Company, Inc. In its said name and
corporate capacity, it shall have and enjoy
succession for the term of ninety nine years
from the date hereof; and shall possess each
and every power, capacity, privilege or I'M
munity whatsoever, now or hereafter grant.
ed by law to trading commercial cor
porations.
ARTICLE II.-This Corporation shall. be
of Louisiana; and the President and, in his
absence, the Vice President, are designated
as the officers upon whom citation, or other
legal process shall be served.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized and
| on by II, are hereby declared to be: To
deal in, purchase, and sell leather, in all
| its branches, and general findings, and to
| that end buy sell, lease, mortgage or in any
| wise cucumber any property; establish
stores wherein any of these articles may be
| sold and purchased, and to that end gener-
| ally, for the purposes OF attaining or further
| ing any of the objects and purposes there
| with connected or incidental thereto, to do
any and all other acts and things which a
co-partnership or natural person could do,
| and which now or hereafter may be author
| lied by law
| ARTICLE IV-The capital stock of this
corporation is now fixed at Ten Thousand
Dollars (Sl00O.0O, divided into one hum
bred shares of one hundred dollars each.
| Subscriptions to stock shall be paid for in
cash, at such times and in such amounts
| and with such notices to the subscribers as
may be fixed by the Board of Directors,
subject TO the limitations placed thereon by
| law No stock Certificate shall issue TO
any person until the payment in full by
him of the shares subscribed for by him.
| This capital stock may be increased to the
sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars.
| ARTICLE V.-All the powers of this cor
poraton shall be vested IN and be exercised
| by a Board of Directors, to be composed of
| three stockholders, to be elected at a stock
holders meeting to be held for that purpose,
| annually, on the second day of February,
at the domicile of the corporation. At its
! first meeting following such election, the Di-
rectors shall elect a President, Vce-Presi-
| dent and a Secretary and Treasurer, who
shall remain in office, until their successors
have been duly elected and qualified, and
who shall perform such duties as are as
signed to them, respectively, by the Direc-
tors, and as may be prescribed by the by
laws, rules and regulations to be adopted by
the Board of Directors, for the operation OF
this corporation. The first Boare of Di-
rectors of this corporation shall be COM
posed of Michel Dutrey, go Antoine Street,
New Orleans La; Peter Pizzo, 92s Bienville
| Street. New Orleans, La; and Charles 4.
Claude, 607 Iberville Street, New Orleans,
La, with Michel Dutrey as President, Peter
Pizzo as Vice President and Charles Z.
Claude, as Secretary and Treasurer. who shall
serve until the second Tuesday OF February
1920, when the first election of Directors