The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-09-18
CHARTER OF THE ). 4. LEVY
CO, INC.

United States of America. State of
Louisiana. Parish of Orleans, City of
New Orleans Be it known. that on this
Doth day of the month of August, in the
year of our Lord One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Nineteen Q919), before me
Watts X. Leverich a Notary Public.
duly commissioned and qualified in and
for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisi-
ana, and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, per-
sOnally came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereuntO sub
scribed. who severally declared that avail
ing themselves of the provisions of the
laws of this State relating to the Organi-
zation of corporations, they have con-
tracted and agreed, and do by these
presents contract and agree and bind
and Obige themselves, as well as such
other persons as may become associated
with them. to form themselves into and
to institute corporate body polite in
law, with the objects and purposes and
under the conditions and stipulatiOnS of
the following articles, tO-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of this corpora
ton shall be IS. 4. Levy Co, Inc" and
under its corporate name it shall enjoy
succession for the period of ninety nine
years from date hereof, unless sooner
dissolved by liquidation or otherwise, and
shall have the power and authority to
contract, to sue and be sued, to make
mortgages, hypothecations and pledges
to make and use a corporate seal and to
alter and break same at pleasure; to hold,
receive lease, purchase, sell, transfer
assign, mortgage, hypOthecate, pledge.
or otherwise receive, use or dispose of
property, real personal or mixed cor
poreal and incorpOreal; to issue bonds
and to secure same by mortgage or
pledge: to buy and hold or dispose of
stock in other companies; to create and
accept mortgages, pledges or other hy-
pothecatiOns to elect and appoint such
managers, directors or officers as it may
require: to make and establish. alter and
amend rules, bylaws end regulations for
its proper government; and generally, to
do all such acts and things as corpora
tons organized for general trading pur-
poses under the laws of Louisiana are
by law authorized to do.
ARTICLE 1.-THE dOmicile of this cor
pOratiOn shall be in the City of New Or
leans, Parish of Orleans and State of
Louisiana, and citations and other legal
process shall be served upon the Presi-
dent of the corporation, or, in the event
of his absence, shall be served upon the
Vice-President of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation is Great
ed and organized and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are de-
clared to be as follows; To engage in
the business of exporting, importing,
buying and selling coffee, and to act
generally as dealers in coffee and TO
engage in all activities incidental to such
business; also to engage generally in
exporting to and importing from foreign
countries such articles of commerce as
it may be useful or profitable to handle
and to buy, sell and deal in the same as
exporters, importers, agents and jobbers.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of
this corporation is hereby fixed at the
sum of One Hundred and Twenty Thou
sand 120000.00) Dollars divided into
and represented by Twelve Hundred
(12OO) shares of the par value of One
Hundred (S100.O0) Dollars per share.
This capital shall be neither increased
nor decreased. nor shall the character
and voting rights of the stock be altered,
except by unanimous consent of all the
stockholders. The stock of the corpora
ton may be transferred only on the
books of the corporation and only upon
compliance with such rules and regu-
latiOns as may be made from time to
time by the Board of Directors. not in
consistent with the provisions of this
charter. No stakeholder shall have a
right to transfer. cucumber or convey any
of his stock in the corporation except in
accordance with the provisions of a spec
ial agreement, dated August 9Th, 1919, be-
tween the incorporators of this corpora
ton, a copy of which is deposited in the
office of the Notary Public before whom
this Act of Incorporation is passed, by
Act of deposit bearing even date herewith,
to which agreement reference is hereby