The herald., 1919-08-21
CHARTER OF SOUTHERN SELLING SYN
DICATE, INC.

United States OF America. State of Louis.
/ lana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
/ leans. Be it known, that on this 15gn dav
OF the month OF July, in the year Of cur Lord
J one thousand nine hundred AMI nineteen
! Before me, Joseph A. Casey, a Notary Pub.
| lie, duly commissioned and qualified, in and
| To- tie Parish OF Orleans, State If louisiana
therein residing, and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and under
! signed; Personally came and appeared; the
several persons whose names are hereunto
/ subscribed, who declared that. availing them
| selves OF the provisions OF the laws of this
state, relative to the organization of Corpo-
| ratlons, they have covenanted and agreed,
| and do by these presents covenant and agree,
bind, form and constitute themselves, as well
as such persons as may hereafter join or
| become associated with them Into corpora
ton and body polite, in law. for the OBJ
! jects and purposes. and under the agreements
and stlpulations following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be the Southern Selling Syndicate,
Inc under which name it shall exist for
ninety mine years from and after the date
hereof, and shall enjoy all the power and
authority to contract, sue and be sued; to
accept and receive mortgages, pledges or
other hypothecations; TO make and use a cor
porate seal, and the same to break and alter
at pleasure; to purchase, receive, lease, hold
or otherwise acquire and convey, under its
corporate name, property, both real personal
and mixed, and to secure same in such man
ner as the Louisiana law may permit; to name
and appoint such managers and directors, of
tlcers and agents as the interest and con-
venlence of said corporation may require, and
to make and establish, as we'll as alter and
amend, at pleasure, such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the management and regula-
tons OF affairs OF the corporation, as may be
necessary, proper or convenient.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this corpo-
ration shall be in the city of New Orleans,
State of Louisiana
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is established,
and the nature of the business to be carried
on by II are hereby declared and specified
to be: To act as buying and selling agents
tor merchants and manufacturers in the Uni
ted States and all foreign countries; to buy
and sell any and all commodities; to act as
forwarding. export and financial agents; to
do all kinds of commercial, brokerage and
commission business; and, in connection
Herewith, to own, hold, lease, buy, sell or
otherwise acquire real, personal and mixed
property OF all kinds; to borrow money, to
execute securities therefor, including nego-
table bonds, and to do any and all things
necessary or incidental to the conduct of any
bushes or businesses this corporation is
authorized by its charter TO conduct; to hold
and exercise all such incidental powers and
privileges relative to the objects heretofore
set forth.
ARTICLE lV.-The capital stock of said
corporation is hereby fixed at One Hundred
Thousand (SlO0.OOOOO) donars, divided into
or represented by one thousand 5000 shares
of one hundred $4,000 dollars each. The
whole OF said stock or any part thereof NAV
be issued and delivered to any person, firm
or corporation for the requirement of the
rights, privileges, contracts, permits fran
chises, property, servitudes, leases, or anv
part thereof, owned controlled by SAID
person or corporation also in payment, set
t!ement and adjustment OF the costs, fees
charges and expenses incurred for services
rendered in the formation and organization
OF this corporation, and in acquiring and
bringing about the purchase of the property.
rights: permits and franchises aforesaid
also for cash or in installments of such
amounts as the Board Of Directors nav de-
terTnine; also for property received or SER
wees actually rendered to this company. The
Board of Directors herein created is specially
authorized to dispose OF the stock or any part
thereof, for any and all of the purposes above
stated, and it is particularly authorized to
dispose of said stock, or any part thereof. |
to Edwin ]. Gillian, in exchange for a con. !
tract he has with the Southern Selling Syn- |
dictate, commercial partnership domiciled |
in the City of New Orleans, by which said