The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-08-14
CHARTER OF PAGE BAKERIES, INCoR-
PORATED.


| United States Of America. State OF Louis
| lana Parish OF Orleans. Be 1t known, That
| an this fifth day OF August in the year u
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
| nineteen; before ne. Lranclo +. Burns, a
| Notary Public IN and Tor the PARISH OF ~.
| leans State Of Louisiana, duly commissioned
| and Qualified and in the presence Of the
| undersigned witnesses; personally came ana
| appeared the several persons whose names
| are hereinafter subscribed, OF the tuIl age ot
| majority. who declared u me that ava'ilng
| themselves OF the laws of this state relative
| to the organization ot corporations, and more
| especially OF Act 267 OF 1914 page 81. ~
| the legislative acts OF this state, they nave
| covenanted and agreed, and by these pres-
| emit, do covenant and agree for themselves
| and their successors and assigns TO form them
| selves into a corporation and body polIuc
| for the objects and purposes and under the
! ,tpuatlonS hereinafter set FORTH to-"lt'
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title Of this
| corporation shall be Page Bakeries, lHcor-
| porated. and under such title II snail nave
and enjoy succession tor period 81 ninety
| nine wears from date hereof and shall have
| power and authority to contract, sue and DC
| sued. make and corporate seal, the same
| to break and alter at pleasure; 10 hold. sell.
| lease mortgage, hypothecate or pledge prop
| erty. real, personal or mixed. necessary, intl-
| dental or proper for the carrying on OF IT'S
business; to buy and to hold stock IN any
other COMPANY or companies tndt may d
,ist this company in lis objects and puI-
| poses; 10 make and issue notes and cethil-
| Gates Of Indebtedness: to name, elect and dP-
! point managers, directors and clerks or oiheI
employees to properly conduct ITS corP'' are
| business and to make such bylaws, rules
| and regulations a. may be found necessary
or desirable Tor the management and business
| affairs of this corporation, and generally 10
do every other act. matter or thing necessary
Tor the complete and proper carrying ont OF
said business
| ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile Of this cor
poration shall be in the City OF New Or
leans Parsih OF Orleans, State OF Louisiana.
where all citation and other legal process
shall be served upon the president. or IN
the absence OF the president, upon either the
| vice president or the secretary treasurer.
! ARTICLE II-The objects and purposes
OF this corporation hereby declared and
stated 10 be-
To carry on business as bakers and manu-
facturers of and dealers in bread. flour,
crackers, pies, cakes, biscuits, pastry, ice
cream and other food products, all kinds OF
pastry bread stuffs and other similar articles
and farinanceous compounds and materials
of every description; to construct, acquire,
hire. hold, work, let and sell mills, factories,
bake houses shops. buildings, machinery
and appliances suitable for such baking,
manufacturing and dealing; to carry on such
business in the several states OF the ulted
States and foreign countries, as this corpor-
alton may elect.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum OF
Twenty Thousand (S2OOOOO0) Dollars, divided
init two hundred 900 shares of the par
value OF One hundred (Sl000O Dollars each
provided that the amount to which the CAPT
tai stock OF this corporation may be increased
shall be One Hundred Thousand CSl0O,0O0OO)
Dollars. Fifty per cent OF the capital stock
OF this corporation must be subscribed for
before the filing of the articles of ncorpora
ton. The subscribed capital stock of this
corporation shall be payable in cash and in
property, real and personal. No stakeholder
shall ever be held liable or responsible for
the faults, contracts debts OF this corpora
ton in any further sum than the unpaid bal
ance due the corporation on the shares OF
stock subscribed for by him. nor shall any
mere nformality in the organization have
the effect of rendering this charter null OIL
; Of exposing any shareholder to any liability
: whatsoever.
. This corporation shall not engage in bust
ness until Ten Thousand (S1O,OOOOO Dollar.
OF the capital stock shall have been issued anC
actually paid in, either in cash in property
: as aforesaid. If any of the stock of thi.
corporation is exchanged. in whole or in part
for property, in that event the provisions o.
Section three 80 of Act 267 of 1914 shall
, be strictly complied with.
, ARTICLE V-All the corporate powers d
this corporation shall be vested in and ex
three CD stockholders, each of whom shall
own, in his own right, during his term O
office, at least one full-paid and unpledgee
; share OF the capital stock, which shall bt
shown by his written declaration, two (2) o
whom shall constitute quorum for the trans
: action of business. The officers of this cor
poration shall consist of a president, a vice
president and general manager, and sec
rotary and treasurer. and the same person
. may be elected to the offices of vice-pres 81
dent and manager and TO the offices of sec
rotary and treasurer.
Til following named persons shall consti
tute the board OF directors of this corporation
to-wit: Robert {. Perkins, Clinton Fulton
I. and A. W. Page, with Robert C. Perkins a
E president; A w. Page as vice president am
!. manager, and Clinton Fulton as secretary
: treasurer and these directors and officer
shall until the second Monday in Au
9 gust in the year 1920, until their successor
: have been duly elected and qualified There
= after, the directors shall be elected annual
/ on tn second Monday in August of each year
h beginning with the year 1920; all elections o
directors shall be by ballot and each stock
/ holder shall be entitled to vote for eac
share OF stock standing in his name on tn
e books of the corporation, this vote to b
j cast in person or by proxy, and it shall re
d quire majority OF the stock present or rep
resented to elect.
: Failure to elect board of directors on tn
: second Monday in August, 1920 or annuall
r thereafter, shall not work forfeiture of thi
i NHdl tel, Dut tne Ola BOARD OF directors Shal
: remain in office until their successors ar
elected and qualified.
, ARTICLE V1.-The board of directors shall
u mold regular meetings at such times as shall
: be fixed in the bylaws of this corporation
> these meetings shall be held at the domic
u u OF the corporation, but the president ma
u call special meetings of the board of drec
u tors at such times as he may deem advisable
and he shall be required to call such speca
It meetings whenever requested to do so by tw
Z, members of the board of directors Thre
r, days notice of such special meetings shall
5, be given in writing to the directors unles
IS waiver of notice is signed by the director:
= ANY vacancy occurring on the board, eithe
5, from death, resignation, inability to sery
IS shall be filled by the board of directors a
d ITS next regular meeting after such vacanc
shall have occurred. The first board OF d
!, rectors OF this corporation shall be require
e to draft suitable bylaws for the governmer
v OF this corporation, which may be altered
+ amended or changed as the exigencies of tn
: case may require.
II ARTICLE NII.-The stock of this corpora
ton may be transferred, provided such trant
: Ter shall be recorded upon the books of IN
i corporation before il shall be required
: recognize the transfer or the new holder d
said stock The total amount of the sui
n scri6de stock, as herein set forth, is the SUI
l. OF twenty Thousand (S2O,OOOOO) Dollars. whic
A. IS hereby authorized to be issued fully pai
IS and non assessable, for cash, or in exchanq