The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-07-24
CHARTER OF FITZPATRICK TILL
AUCTION COMPANY, INCORPO-
RATED. - - - -

United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
leans. Be it known, that on this twelfth
Q2th) day of the month of July, in the
year of our Lord, thousand nine hundred
and nineteen Q9l9), and of the Independence
of the United States of America the one
hundred and forty-fourth Q44th).
Before me, Henry Leon Sarpy, a Notary
Public, duly commissioned and qualified for
the Parish of Orleans, State of louisiana
and in the presence of the witnesses here
matter named and undersigned; personally
came and appeared, the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed who
declared that, availing themselves of the pro-
visions of the laws of the State of Louis
lana relative to the organization and forma-
ton OF corporations, and more particularly
Act No. 267 of the General Assembly of the
State OF Louisiana for the year 1914 they
have covenanted and agreed and they do by
these presents covenant and agree, bind and
obligate themselves well as such other
persons as may hereafter become associated
with them, to form and constitute corpora
ton and body polite in law for the objects
and purposes and under the agreements and
stipulatons hereinafter Set forth, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation is hereby declared to be, "Fitz-
patrick Till Auction Company. Incorpo-
rated" and under that name it shall have
and enjoy all the rights, privileges and adj
vantages accorded TO corporations by the
State of Louisiana; it shall exist for a period
OF ninety-nine (99) years from and after this
date.
ARTICLE H.-The domicle of this corpora
ton shall be the City of New Orleans, State
of Louisiana. All citation or other legal
process shall be served upon the President,
and in his absence upon any one of the other
officers of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized and
the nature of the business to be carried on
by IT are declared to be 10 carry on the
business of jobbers, auctioneers, and a
wholesale and retail business in general
merchandise, goods wares, clothes, wearing
apparel, furniture, household effects of every
sort and description, and also to make manu-
facture, store, buy, sell and deal in, at
wholesale and retail, at public auction or
private sale, otherwise, all and every
character and kind of goods, wares and mer-
chandise, clothes, wearing apparel and fur
niture and household effects of every kind
or description, and to receive goods, wares
and merchandise, clothes, wearing apparel
and furniture and household goods of every
kind or description on consignment or other
wise, and to sell same on a commission basis
or otherwise; and generally to do all things
necessary or incidental in the premises TO
carry out and further the objects and purposes
of this corporation.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of this
corporation shall be Thirty Thousand Dollars
($30OOO00), TO be divided into and represent
ed by Three Hundred 900 shares of the par
value Of One Hundred Dollars $4,000 EACH
which shall all be common stock, fully paid
and worcestershire. No stakeholder shall
sell or otherwise dispose of his stock with
out first offering it to the stockholders,
through the Board of Directors, at its book
value, in writing, and the stockholders shall
have five days within which to accept or
reject it. This corporation shall become a
going concern when fifteen thousand dollars
(Sl5.000O0) of its stock shall have been sub
scribed and paid for, either in cash or its
equivalent, as allowed by law.
ARTICLE V.-All the corporate powers of
this corporation shall be vested in and ex-