The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-09-11
CHARTER OF WILSON yLUB COM
PANY INC.

United States of America, State OF
| ,-'"l>lhhha' Parish of Orleans, City OF
! New Orleans BE il known. that on +bi,
| twenty NTH day of the month of Feb
ruary, in the year of Our Lord One
| Thousand. Nine Hundred and nineteen
heiore me. Joseph J. Ritayik. Notary
| Public. in and for the Parish of Orleans
'ltN ana state aforesaid. duly commits.
stoned and qualified in the presence OF
| the witnesses hereinafter named and Sub.
| Srlbed and undersigned: personally cam,
and appeared the several persons whose
! names are hereuntO subscribed who dc.
! "lared that desiring to form a CorpOra-
| ton under the laws of the States nf
| louisiana and particularly under the
| provisions OF Act No. 267 of the LegiS-
| lature of 1914. they have cOyenanted a
| greed and bound themselves and such
| other persons as may hereinafter Join with
them and their successors to form Cor
poration upon the following terms, con
dltionS and StipulatiOnS which the said
appearerS hereby adopt as their Charter,
to wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of this Corpor-
atlon shall be Wilson Club Company
inc ana under such name il shall have
the power and authority to contract. sue
ana be sued, to make use of Corporate
Seal. and the same to alter and break at
pleasure, to hold. receive. have. buy, pur-
chase ALLEVIATE, convey. sell, mortgage.
pledge, hypOthecate. rent or lease pro-
perty, real personal or mixed, to name
ana appoint such officers directors
agents. managers and EMPLOYEES as the
interest and necessities of the business
NAV require; to make and established such
by laws. rules and regulations for the
proper management of its affairs as NAV
be deemed necessary and proper and gen
orally to have such powers and rights as
are permitted under the laws and as are
necessarily incidental or convenient for the
carrying out the obligations and purposes
OF SAID Corporation herein established
ARTICLE II.-ThiS CORPORATION unless
sooner dissolved shall exist and continue
Tor period of Ninety nine Years from and
AFTER the date hereof Its domiciIe shall
be in the City of New Orleans. State of
louisiana. where all citations or other
legal process shall be served in the man.
ner as now or may hereafter be pres
cribed by law.
ARTICLE III-Thp objects and purnosaS
for which this Corporation is organized
anu the business to becarried on by il are
hereby declared to be; To manufacture
sell and buy nOn-alcholic beverages. car
homie gas. extracts. Syrups and other such
like products and for that purpose to
acquire, construct and hereafter main
tain in the States of Louisiana or else
where one OrmOre factories
This Corporation shall have the right
TO act AS agents and distributors for other
manufacturing companies of alcoholic
beverages and other such like products
ana generally to do any thing or acts
incidental to or growing out of or con-
nected with the said business
ARTICLE IE.-The Capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at Thirty
Thousand t$3O,OOOOO Dollars, subdivided
into Six Hundred 5000 shares at par
value of fifty $4,000 dollars each. No
of
shall be issued or delivered. unless same
Is fully paid for in cash or for other
Falne, property. property rights or for
services or labor rended. No one shaIl-ey-
er be responsible for the faults, contracts
or debts of this Corporation in any further
sum than the unpaid balance due the cor
porat1on on the shares of stock subscrib-
ed for by him or her, nor shall any stock
issued be subject to assessment. No
transfer of said capital stock shall be
binding on this Corporation unless made
IN accordance with this charter and BY
laws and recorded on the books of this
corporation.
ATlCLE V The business of this
Corporation shall be managed and all OF
the corporate powers shall be vested in
ana exercised by a Board of five Direct
orS. to he elected from among its stock |
holders and three of the Directors at any
time in office, either present in person or |
by proxy shall constitute |
quorum. The said Board of Directors |
shall elect from among their number, /
PRESIDENT, Vice President and Treasurer
The President hereof shall name and ap-
point Secretary. Neither the Treasurer
nor the Secretary need be members of the
Board of Directors. The Board of Direc-
tors shall have the full and complete con-
troll of the business affairs and property |
of this Corporation. and they shall man.
tge. conduct and use the same as in their
discretion they may deem best, If not in
with the objects of this CorpOr-
ltton and welfare thereof. The Board of
Directors shall have the further power
o make. alter and annul such BYLAWS |
'ules and regulations as they may think
proper. The Board of Directors shall
lave the further power to appoint all
gents, clerks and employees and fix their
alary and compensation. with term of
'ffice, with the right to dismiss them at
heir pleasure. Any vacancy occurring on
he Board of Directors shall be filed by
he remaing members of said Board for
he uneNpired term at meeting of said
ioard of Directors.
ARTICLE VI.-The first Board of Di
ectors of this Corporation is hereby fixed
I five in number and shall he composed
4 Ernest W. LapOrt of New Orleans, La,
'harleS Schutten of New Orleans, La,
lrthur Ledieu of New Orleans, La Jacob
chultz of New Orleans La. and
'harles VI. Ziegler of New Orleans. La.
nth the following officers, Ernest w.
.aporte as President. Charles Schutten |
$ Nice-President and Arthur Ledieu as
treasurer; said Board of Directors shall :
erve until the first meeting of the stock !
olders for the election of Directors or .
ntil their successors are elected, qualified :
nd installed. :
T1CLE VII.-On the second Tuesday in T
anuary. Nineteen Hundred and Twenty i
nj annually thereafter on the second e
uesday in January of each year, q meet a
lC of the stockholders of this Corpora- b
on. shall be held at its domicile for the o
urpose of electing Directors for the 5
lSuing year, and at such meeting. the p
ockholders shall duly elect Directors. c
The failure from any cause whatsoever p
hold the annual meeting of the stock e
Dlders or the failure to elect Directors b
lereat shall not dissolve this CORPORA
on. but the Directors and officers then o.
office, shall remain in office until their a
cceSsors shall have been duly elected q
lalified and installed. All stockholders y
Getting shall be held in accordance with Sc
ID in the manner provided by the By
VS. of this Corporation M