The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-05-22
CHARTER OF THE SOUTHERN EMPLOY.
MENT AND LABOR INTELLI-
GENCE EXCHANGE, IN
CORPORATED

United States Of America, State of Louis
| lana, Parish Of Orleans, City of New Orleans,
| BE 1t known, that on the eighth day of the
month OF May, in the year of our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen. and of the
| Independence of the United States of
America, the one hundred and forty third,
Before me, john 2. Sullivan a Notary Pub.
lie, in and for the Parish OF Orleans, State
OF Louisiana. aforesaid, duly commissioned
and qualified, 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 severally declared that,
awaiting themselves OF the general laws of
the State of Louisiana relative to the organi-
cation of corporations, and especially Act
No. 267 of the Acts of the General Assembly
OF 1914, they have covenanted and agreed.
and by these presents covenant, agree, and
bind themselves as we'll as such o:her per
sons as may hereafter become associated
with them. to form and constitute corpora
ton and body polite in law. under The fol-
lowing stipulations provisions and articles
of Incorporation, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of said corpora.
tion shall be Southern Employment and La
Dor Intelligence Exchange, Incorporated, and
under SAID name 1t shall enjoy a corporate
existence for ninety-nine years from and
after the date hereof; it shall have all the
authority generally vested in corporations
under the law, and more particularly it shall
be authorized to contract, sue and be sued !;
TO make and use corporate seal; to borrow
and lend money; to acquire property by
grant, gift, purchase, devise or bequest to
sell, mortgage, pledge, lease and transfer
property OF all kinds in any of its forms;
to employ agents, clerks, and other en-
ployees as the extent of this corporation
may require; to make bylaws and regula-
tons for the management of its affairs, and
to possess all the powers granted and in.
tended to be granted to corporations in gen
eral, IN order 10 carry out the objects and
purposes of its organization
ARTICLE 1.-The objects and purposes
tor which this corporation is formed are here.
by declared to be: To secure and place
skilled or unskilied labor or help in all
agreements with employers and employees.
either to supply labor or help of any kind
or character to employers, or secure employ
ment for the unemployed; TO secure and as
sist in securing information of service to
employer or employee; to advertise, solicit
or take any measures to carry on this bust
ness and to engage in any business capable
OF being conveniently carried on in connec-
ton with the foregoing objects, directly or
indirectly. to enhance the value or render
more profitable any of the property, rights
and interests of this corporation, and to
that end to do any and all acts and things
which co-partnership natural person
could do, and which now or hereafter NAV
be authorized by law.
ARTICLE III.-The amount of the capital
stock shall be Five Thousand Dollars S5,-
0O0OO) all of which shall be common stock
and shall consist Of One Hundred shares. of
the par value of Fifty Dollars $4,000 each.
The capital stock may be increased to Twenty
five Thousand Dollars (S25,0O0) and. in the
event of such increase, the value and
amount of the shares shall remain as herein
fixed. Said corporation shall be a going
concern, when Twenty Five Hundred Dollars
$500 of the capital stock shall have been
subscribed.
ARTICLE Iv.-The domicile of said corpo.
ration shall be in the City of New Orleans,
Louisiana. All legal process shall be served
upon the President, or, in his absence upon
the Secretary Treasurer
ARTICLE V-The corporate powers of this
corporation shall be vested in and exer-
cised by Board of Three Directors, who
shall Immediately after their election Sc
lect from their number a President,
Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer
whose term of office shall run concurrentIy
with that of Director. The Directors shall
cessors have been elected and qualified. The
Directors shall be elected as hereinafter set
forth, Until such election the following
named shall be Directors and officers of this
corporation: George E. Williams, President
No. 325 South Pierce ST., New Orleans, La.
Frank b. Moore, ViceLPresident, No "a
Morgan Boulevard, New Orleans, La; Ear
nest p. Gueymard, Secretary Treasurer, No
of directors shall also have power to make and
formulate such bylaws and rules, as may
be necessary in the conduct of this corpora
ton.
ARTICLE vI.-stockholders meetings for
the election of Directors of this corporation
shall be held annually the second Tues
day of May. The date of the first of said
meetings is hereby fixed on the second
Tuesday of May. 1920. Each share of stock
shall be entitled to one vote at all stock
holders meetings. There shall be no cumu-
iative voting. Notice of all stockholders
meetings shall be given by written notice,
sent by mail to the best known address OF
each stakeholder as appears on the books
of the corporation. this notice to be sent
at least fifteen days prior to the date of
said meeting.
ARTICLE VM.--No stockhotder of this
corporation shall ever be held liable for any
debts. faults or contracts of this corporation,
nor shall any informality in its organiza-
ton have the effect of rendering this char
ter null, or exposing stakeholder to any
liability beyond the unpaid balance due on
the shares of stock owned by him.
ARTICLE VIII-In the event that any
stakeholder shall desire to sell his stock or
any part thereof, he shall first offer same
to the remaining stockholders, in proportion
to their respective holdings at its book or
market value. This offer is to be made
in writing to each stakeholder at his last
known address giving him thirty days op-
ton. after the expiration of which time the
stakeholder desiring to sell his stock shall
be a. liberty to do so at whatever price and
ARTICLE IX.-Amendments TO this Char
ter, liquidation of this corporation shall
be subject to the rules and laws as set
forth in Act No. 267 of the Acts of the |
Legislature for the year 1914, and such |
amendments as may hereafter be enacted by |
the General Assembly of the State of Louis |
lana
ARTICLE X.-The subscribers hereto have |
written opposite their respective names the |
amount of stock subscribed for by each of |
them in this corporation. together with their /
respective post office addresses, so that this |
Act If Incorporation shall serve as an ORR |
ginal subscription list
Thus done and passed at my office in the
City Of New Orleans, on the day, month and /
year herein first above written. in the pres
ence Of Myles F. Byrns and Mark R. Neu-
hauser. competent witnesses of lawful age,
whc hereunto sign their names, with me-
Notary and said appearers, after reading of
:, Witnesses: Mark r. Neuhauser, Myles F.
Byrns.
Original Ssned) George E. Williams,
fifty shares, No. 25 South Pierce St. New |
Orleans. La: Frank B. Moore. twenty-five
shares. No. - Morgan Blvd. New Orleans,
la; Ernest P: Gueymard. twenty-five shares,
No. III Canal ST.. New Orleans. La.
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