The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-06-26
CHARTER OF MOSS & COMPANY, INC.

United States of America. State OF LOUIS
lana. Parish of Orleans, CITY Oh S 6.H
Ieans Be it known, that on this <Sth Jay
at the month of March, in the year OF oar
lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred ana
Nineteen. and of the Independence OF tnI
United States OF America, the one fnhuLeu
and Forty third; before me, AilIeu
Hammer, Notary Public, duly commission
ed sworn and qualified in and tor the fai
ish of Orleans State Of LOUISIANA therein
residing and in the presence OF the witnesses
hereinafter named and underslgned' PEI sun
arlly came and appeared the several pei,
sons whose names are hereunto subscribed
who seyerally declared that awaiting them-
selves of the provisions OF the laws OF tliI
State of Louisiana in such cases mace anu
provided and particularly OF the provisions
OF Act No. 267 of the Acts OF the General
Assembly Of the State OF Louisiana Tor the
year 1914, they have covenanted anu agreeu
and do, by these presents, covenant agree
anil bind themselves, as well as such persons
as may hereafter join or become associated
with them. to form and constitute a cor
poratior and body polite in law tor the Cd,
jects and purposes and under the articles and
stipulatiOns. hereinafter set forth ana eH x
pressed which they adopt as the cnarter o.
this corporation to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style OF
this corporation shall be Moss Company :,
Inc, and under its said corporate name II
shall have and enjoy corporate existence and
succession for the full term and period OF
ninety nine (99) years from and alter the
date hereof: to contract, sue and De sued
10 make ana a corporate seal, and the
same II alter and break at pleasure; to hold,
receive, lease, purchase and convey, as well
as mortgage and hypothecate property, real,
personal or mixed, corporeal and lncorporeal;
| {, cwr and hold stocks and bonds OF other
| corporations; to name and appoint suc1 man
ayers, agents, directors and officers as Its
| business q convenience may require, and to
| maxi and establish, well as alter and
amend, from time to time, such bylaws
! rules and regulations for the proper govern
mert of the affairs of said corporation as
1 may be necessary and proper.
| ARTICLE II.-The domcile OF said cor
roration shall be in the City of New Or
| leans, State of Louisiana, and all citation
| and other leagl process shall be served upon
the President of said corporation, or. in his
absence upon any of the Vice-Presdents
| thereof, or in the absence Of said officer.
upon the Secretary of said corporation.
| ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized and
established and the nature of the business
to be carried on by it are declared to be;
To conduct general insurance agency bust
| ness, to solicit insurance OF all kinds, either
| on a salary or commission; to act as IN
surance engineers; to act as agent and man
| ager for resident and nonresident insurance
| companies, associations or combinations oil
persons of all kinds; to inspect insurance
risks, to adjust insurance losses and general
average; to do a general stock brokerage anC
COMM sson business; to buy and otherwise
dispose Of own and deal in stocks, bonds
mortgages, debentures, trust receipts, com
mercial papers, consols, and government Sc
curities, either for itself or as the agent
| factor or representative OF any person, firm
or corporation, and upon commission or other
wise to transact general real estate agency
and brokerage business, including the man
agement OF estates; to buy, sell, let, lease
hire, own or demise or generally deal and
trade in real estate, whether improved oil
unimproved, either as principal or agent, fol
its account or for account OF Others. and
upon commission or otherwise; to borrow
money and grant mortgages, bond mortgage:
or notes therefor; to lend money and to re-
| ceive therefor mortgages, bonds, or any
other evidence of indebtedness; to carry or
any other businests which under the law il
may be entitled to carry on or which may
seem to the corporation to be calculated di
| rectly indirectly to effectuate the afore
said objects, either of them, or to facili
| tate 1t in the transaction of its aforesaid
business, or businesses, or any part thereof
or in the TRANSACTION of any other lawful
business that may be calculated directly OF
| indirectly to enhance the value of or tc
render profitable any Of the company's prop
critics and rights and generally to have and
exercise all such powers and privileges as
are incidental or relate to the objects and
purposes hereinabove set FORTH or as may be
necessary, useful or convenient for effectine
said objects and purposes.
ARTICLE 1V.-The Capital Stock of thi:
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum Of
Five Thousand Dollars Cs5.O0OOO), divided
into and represented by One Thousand q 900
shares Of stock of the par value of Five
Dollars $500 each. Said stock shall b,
paid for in cash at such time in suci
amounts and after such notice to the sub
scribers as may be fixed by the Board O.
Directors and the same may be issued at no
less than par for labor done or property &C
tually received by the corporation.
This corporation shall become a going con
Germ and be authorized to do business a
soon as Three Thousand Dollars (S3;OOOOO) o
its capital stock shall have been subscribed
and paid for. The amount to which the CAPT
tai stock of this corporation may be increase,
shall be the sum of One Hundred Thousan,
Dollars (Sl0O,OOOOO
No stakeholder shall have the right to sci
or otherwise dispose of any stock of thi
corporation without first offering the same il
writing to the Board of Directors of this cor
poration, through its President, which boar
shall have ten G0) days within which {
accept or refuse the offer, but said Boar
| OF Directors shall have the right to purchas
any stock so offered or any part thereof a
its book value irrespective OF what pric
may have been offered for said stock b
anyone: Should said Board of Directrs fai
to avail itself of said privilege within sal
| period OF time. the said stock may be offer
ed and sold to any other person or persons
, ARTICLE YAH of the corporate power
OF this corporation shall be vested in an
exercised by Board of Directors, compose
OF Five (0 Stockholders, three 81 of whor