The herald., 1919-08-21
CHARTER.

Z bt uttIltNu necessary ant DToDtI duu Sth
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 U.-This Corporation unless
sooner dissolved shall exist and continue
for a period of Ninety nine Years from and
after the date hereof. Its dOmicile 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.-The objects and purposes
for which this Corporation is organized
and the business to beCarried on Icy it are
hereby declared to be: To manufacture.
sell and buy nOH-aIchOlic beverages. ear
bOnic gas. extracts. syrup> 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 ormorc factories.
This Corporation shall have the right
to act rs agents and distributors for other
manufacturiHg companies of nOn-aiCOholic
beverages and other such ik" products
and generally to do any thing or acts
incidental to or growing out of or con
nectcd with the said business.
ARTICLE IN.,The Capital stock Of this
corporation is hereby fixed at Thirty
Thousand tS30.O0O.OO Dollars. Subdividcd
. ~ y llNllllfi A'''t Nuiit> at Il par
value OF fifty $4,000 dollars each. No
certificate of stock of this Corporation
shall he issued or delivered, unless same
is fully paid for in cash or for other
value, property. property rights or for
services or labor rcuded. No one ShalI-cV-
cr be responsible for the faults. contracts
or debts Of this Corporation in any further
sum than the unpaid balanc" due the cor
pOratiOu on the shares of stock Sub>Crib-
ed for by him or her, nor shall any stock
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transfer of said capital stock shall be
binding on this Corporation unless mad"
in accordance with this charter and Hy
laws and RECORDED on the books of this
corporation.
ATICLE V The business of this
Corporation shall be managed and all OF
the corporate powers shall be vested in
and exercised by a Board of five Direct
prS. TO he elected from among its stock
holders and three OF the Directors at any
( time III office. either present III person or
represented 10y proxy shall constitute Il
quorum. The said Board of Directors
shall elect from among their number. Il
President, a Vice President and Treasurer
The President hereof shall name and APP
point Il 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
age. conduct. and use the same as i'll their
discretion they may deem best. if not in
consistent with the objects of this COrpor-
alton and welfare thereof. The Board of
Directors shall have the further power
to make. alter and annul such Bylaws,
rules and regulations as they may think
! prCDer. The Board Of Directors shall
have The further power to appoint all
ag-ats. clerks and employees and fin their
salary and compensation. with term of
office, with the right to dismiss them mt
their pleasure. ANY vacancy occurring on
the Board of Directors shall be filed by
the remaing members of said Board for
the uneXpired term ut a meeting of said
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE EI.-The first Board of Ri
rectors of this Corporation is hereby fixed
ut five in number and shall be composed
of Ernest W. LapOrt of New Orleans. La,
Arthur Ledieu of New Orleans, La..Jacob
schultz of New Orleans. La; and
Charles VI. Iicgler of New Orleans, La.
with the following officers. Ernest W.
LapOrte rs President. Charles Schutten.
as Vice-Prcsident and Arthur Ledieu as
Treasurer; said Board of Directors shall
serve until the first meeting of the stock
holders for the election of Directors or
until their successors are elected, qualified
and installed.
ATlCIE NII.-On the second Tuesday in
January. Nineteen Hundred and Twenty,
and annually thereafter on the second
Tuesday in January of each year, Il meet
ing of the stockholders of this Corpora
ton. shall be held ut its dOmicile for the
purpose of electing Directors for the
ensuing year. and at such meeting, the
stockholders shall duly elect Directors.
The failure from any cause whatsoever
to hold the annual meeting of the stock
holders or the failure to elect Directors
thereat shall not dissolve this Corpora
ton. but the Directors and officers then
l., offi., Sha1l rnrnain in nffiRn until THAR
successors shall have been duly elected
qualified and installed. All stockholders
meeting shall be held in accordance with
and in the manner provided by the By
laws of this Corporation.
ATICLF VIII.-This Charter may be
amended and the Capital Stock of this
Corporation may he increased or decrease
ed or this Corporation may be dissolved
in the method and manner provided by
law.
Thus done and passed in my office at
the City of New Orleans, State of LOnisi-
ana On the day. month and year herein
first above written in the presence of
August Levert and X. V. Richard com
petent witness. who hereuntO signed their
names with the said appearers and me
Notary. after due reading of the whole.
Original Signed) Ernest w. LapOrte
$50 shares: Chas. Schutten 20 shares a;
Arthur Ledieu | share: ChaS. VI. Ziegler
20 shares: Jacob l.. schultz ; shares:
Witnesses Aug. Levert. X. V. Richard.
JOS. J. RITAYIK,
Notary Public.
I. the undersigned. Recorder of Mort
cages, in and for the Parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing Act of In
bMNos-OBIOw SCR ;lSdra
corporation of the Wilson Club Co. Inc,
was this day duly recorded in my office
in Book 122S Folio 1I5.
(Signed) EMILE j. LEONARD, by. Il.
4 true copy,
JOS. J. RITAYIK
Notary Public.
Aug. 21-Sept. Is.