The herald., 1919-12-11
CHARTER.
ACT No. - NOVEMBER rs, 1919.
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE
FEDERAL TAN SERVICE AND
AUDIT BUREAU, INC.

United States of America. State of Louis
lana. Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
leans. BE it known, that on this 18th
day of the month of November, i'll the
year of our Lord. one thousand. niu"
hundred and nineteen tl9l9l, aud of the
Independence Of the United States Of
America. the one hundred and forty
fourth, before me, James Clark Henri
qUes, notary public, duly commissioned
and qualified, i'll and for the Parish Of
Orleans. State of Louisiana, therein re
siding, personally came and appeared the
persons whose names are heTCuntO sub
scrihed who declared that ayailin@ them
selves of the provisions of the laws of
this State relative TO the organization OF
corporations, and more particularly OF
Act No. 20, of the General Assembly of
this State approved July ., 1914, they
have convcnauted and agreed. and do by
these presents COnNcnant and agree, bind.
form and constitute themselves, aS we'll
as such persons who may hereafter JON,
or become associated with them. into
corporation and body polite in law, jor
| the objects and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulationS following to
! Wit:
ARTICLE THE name and style of
! this corporation shall be The Federal
| Tax Service X Audit bureau, Incorporated,
/ and under that name il shall have and en-
| JOY all the rights, advantages and prINl-
| IrgeS granted by law to corporations; it
| shall exist for Il period of nine-n nine years
| from this date; il shall have the power
! to contract, sue and be sued i'll its cor
! pOratv name, to make ana use cor
| porate seal. and the same to break or
| alter at its pleasure. To have and employ
! such managers. directors, officers, agents
/ and other employees as the interest and
| convenience of said corporation may re
| quire or demand to make and establish
! such bylaws, rules ana regulations jof
| the corporate manag cement and control Of
/ the affairs of the corporation as may be
| deemed necessary, convenient ana HApedl-
| ent.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
! pOratiOn shall be i'll the city of New
Orleans. State of Louisiana, and all eta
/ tons and other legal process shall be
served on the President, or in his absence
/ on the NicePrcsidcnt.
| ARTICLE III-The objects and pur-
| poses for which this corporation Is or
! ganized and the nature of the business to
| be carried on by it, are hereby declared to
! he as follows, tO-Wlt:
/ To engage in the business of prepare
| ton of Federal Tax Returns, Claims for
! Refund and Abatement; Internal Revenue
/ Matters, Installation of Accounting SNS-
/ TENS, Auditing and Investigating Books OF
/ Individuals, Co-PartnerShipS and Corpora
/ lions, and generally to do and perform
any thing or act necessary, convenient or
/ proper for the carrying into effect the
above named objects and purposes.
/ ARTICLE " The capital stock of
/ this corporation is fixed ut the sum of
ten thousand dollars ($l0,0O0OO), divided
into one hundred 900 shares of the par
value of one hundred dollars tSlOOoOl
| each All shares of stock shall be full paid
/ and worcestershire.
| Said stock shall be paid for in cash. or
the same may be issued, at not less than
par, for labor done or for services rem
dcred to the said corporation, or for prop
erty or rights actually received by said
corporation.
! This corporation shall have the right to
increase its capital stock up TO the further
sum of thirty thousand dollars C$30.OOOOO)
| or any part thereof, to be divided into
| shares of one hundred dollars (Sl000O)
each, provided said increase in capital
stock shall have been authorized by the
stockholders at a meeting held pursuant tC
the provisions of law.
This corporation shall be and become :
going concern when fifty 600 per cent OF
its stock shall have been subscribed.
ARTICLE V.-All the corporate power;
of this corporation shall be vested in, ant
exercised by, Board of Directors com
posed of three stockholders, majority OF
whom shall constitute quorum for thu
transaction of all business.
The Directors shall be elected Annually
by ballot, by the stockholders, on the IRIS
; Tuesday of January in each year.
The first Board of Directors of this
corporation shall consist of John
Maught, l.. L. Schenck and &. +. 1ounE
: man, whose poSt-Office addresses are. New
Orleans La. with John \. Maught n
President and Treasurer; l.. r. Schenck III
Vice President and c. +. Noungman al
; Secretary, to serve until the next annua
: election or until their successors hay'
| been duly elected and qualified.
: No failure to elect Directors shall be re
garded as a forfeiture of this Charter.
| ANY vacancy occurring on said BOar'
of Directors shall be filled within ten day
at a meeting of the stockholders called
for that purpose.
, Said Board of Directors shall have thu