The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-12-18
M 7 FORMFNTO

COMPANY, INC.
United States of America, State of Louis !
lana, Parish of Orleans. BE it known, |
that on this Bird day of the month OF
November, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand, nine hundred and nineteen
| Q9l9), before me, Watts X. Leverich,
notary public in and for the Parish of
| Orleans, State of Louisiana, duly commits
| stoned and qualified, and i'll the presence
| of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appear
| ed the several persons whose names are
| hereuHtO subscribed, all of the age of
| majority, who declared that awaiting them
| selves of the provisions of the laws OF
| this State relative to the organization OF
corporations, they hereby form themselves
| into and constitute Il corporation for the
! objects and purposes and under the stlpu-
| latiOnS hereinafter set forth.
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
| corporation shall be Gulf States Electric
| Company, Inc, and under its corporate
name it shall enjoy succession for tie
term and period of nine-nine years from
and after the date hereof, and shall have
| power and authority to contract, sue ana
| be used, to accept and receive mortgages,
| pledges or other hypothecations; TO make
and corporate seal and the same TO
break and alter ut pleasure; to purchase,
| receive, lease, hold or otherwise acquire
| and convey, as well as mortgage and hypo-
| thecate. under its corporate name, prop
money and make and issue bonds and
other evidences of debt, and to secure the
same by mortgages or other hypotheca,
| tiOnS: to accept mortgages, 10 name anu
| appoint such managers and directors, OIL
| GERS and agents, as the interest and con
venience of said corporation may require,
| and to make and establish, as Wei as
| alter and amend ut pleasure, such bylaws,
rules and regulations for the management
| and regulation of the affairs of the cor
pOratiOn, as may be necessary, proper or
| convenient.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE dOmicile of this cor
poration shall be at New Orleans, Parish
| of Orleans State of Louisiana, and all
citations or other legal process shall -oe
served upon the president of the corpora
ton. or. in his absence upon the wee
president, or, in the absence OF Doth OF
those officers, upon the secretary-treas-
urer.
| ARTICLE III-The objects and pur-
| poses for which this corporation Is es-
| tablished. and the nature of the business
to be carried on by it, are declared ana
| specified to be-
To purchase own. or otherwise acquire,
hold. improve develop. manufacture, OPP
crate. maintain. repair, install, ana gen
orally deal in and with, and TO sell, mort
gage, pledge, lease, hypothecate or other-
| wise ALLEVIATE and handle for export or
impOrt or domestic use or CONSUMPTION
real and personal property of every klnd
or description. including particularly but
} not rcstrictively: all kinds OF macnlnerS'
APPARATUS supplies. locomotives. engines.
cars and motor vehicles, together with
the parts and accessories thereon IN the
= Knitted States of America and any terri
: of. and in any foreign country or coun-
! tries to the extent that same may pc law
: fully permissible.
, To apply for. purchase. register, lease or
y otherwise acquire, to hold, own, use ana
operate, and to sell, assign or otnerw VIE
| do norEc tr1Hp-uHmpS.
ents inventions. improvements ana pro,
cesses used in connection with or secured
under letters patent of the United States
| of America and of any territory. colony
Sanendency or district thereof, and of any
foreign country or conntrles'
To purcbase or otherwise acquire, hold
own sell, pledge and otherwise dispose OF
stocks. bonds and other evidence OF IN
dahtedneSS of any other corporation, 90
= nestle or foreign, and to issue in exchange
| therefor its stocks, bonds or other obllga,
tions and to exercise in respect thereol al
the rights. powers and privileges OF IN,
dividual owners, including the right tc
: vote thereon; and to aid in any manner
!, permitted by law any corporation OF as
' ISOLATION. domestic or foreign OF MntSl
I any stocks, bonds or evidences OF lhuepl
! edness are held by or for the Company
!. or TO do any acts or things desired TO pro
! feet preserve improve or enhance tnt
: value of any such stocks, bonaS OF w
A depces of Indebtedness; provided una
: TO engage in the business OF STOCK 1oo
: bling;
v To engage in any other business SIM
e lar in character to the foregoing anu =.
i do anything necessary, sultaDle or Props ,i
, | which the Company may deem con'emen
l., | or advantageous in connection with or III
|. | cidcntal to any of the foregoing purposes
& | and mowers, or designed, directly or IN
d directly. to promote the interests % a .n
A Company or to enhance the value OF an.
n | of its properties, and to have ana EMO:
: and exercise all the rights, powers an,
h privileges which are now or which i mo
d hereafter be conferred upon copp ranatin,
organized under the general corpofaIio,,
IaHTs Of the State of Louisiana; PROVIDED
= | however, that the corporation shaIi ~
II engage in any business nor 90 any lhln'
u excent such as may be lawfully engage
Z ~ OF done nv a corporation formed unde
d said general corporation laws OF the otau
IS Article IV.-The capital stock OF thl
n corporation is hereby hSe ton 900 aO 70 h
ii dred thousand dollars ($4OO0O0o0l, 10
Jixided into and represented by lou
IS thousand (4,000) shares OF par N"iuS
ID ono hundred dollars ($100.OO) each, Wbic
y shall be paid for in casn; OF lnaS \
i, sued for porperty actually received .
p Tho cornoration or for services rendered
h Tho capital stock may be increased up !
to tbe sum of two million ($2,OOO,Voo.oV' uo'
u lars. , stootboIder sba
is 5osira IN dispose of his stock, or any
Of | - e. an outsider same must hrst De Oh
to 81 IN writing to the Board of DIRECTOR
lie Co. the account of the other stockholder
n Soid directors shall have ten days WlthI
s. Hhicb TO purchase same for the accoul
ID of the other stockholders, at the DEE
20 price offered.
~ ARTICLE v-All the powers Oh TN
RS oornoratiOn shall be vested in ana 20
II ercised by Board of seven CD dlrecto[
Is each of whom shall have reSlstereu
eTT the books of the Company, in ms ow
~ name at least one Q) share OF Ine zap cay,
X 10 stock The Board shall elect Irol
OF thair number President, and may nk'
m u;Oa elect but not necessarily from the
WINNER one or more Vice-Pres1dents,
of Sacretary Treasurer, and such otht
X ofTicers as they may think proper or COZ
of Uanient for the carrying on OF the con
Ill n.nv's business. and shall have power
of nnnita two or more offices and the san
rs IN confer upon one person. or to dispeni
k W,h any office in the discretion OF u
n;ractors and to fix the salary OF all OH
G. cars agents and employees. Inc BOAR
is, of directors shall be elected annually =
on tho first legal day of December OF eat
as vear. the first election to be held IN u
81 year 1920 All such elections shail De
IS ballot at the office of the corporate
he Notice of the annual meeting, as wen !
til of special meetings of stockhoiders, sna
p he given by written notice mailed at yea
s. 6ftean DAYS in advance OF the GATE
n, such meeting to each stockholder apPea
at ING as such on the books or the cor
or many at his last designated ADDRESS,
at the General Delivery at New orlean
ed If he has not designated an ADDRESS.