The herald., 1919-11-06
CHARTER OF THE HERBERT H.
HOMES COMPANY, INC.

HOMES COMPANY, INC.
United States of America, State of
Louisiana Parish of Orleans, City OF
New Orleans.
Be it known, that on this twenty second
day of the month of October, in the wear
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and nineteen, and of the Independence OF
of the United States of America the one
hundred and forty fourth, before me,
Benjamin y. Wolf, a notary public duly
commissioned and qualified in and for the
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana,
therein residing, and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
dersigned, personally came and appeared
the parties whose names are hereunto
subscribed, all of full age and residents
of the City of New Orleans, State of
Louisiana, who declared that, availng
themselves of the provisions of the laws
of this State relative to the formation of
corporations, they have covenanted and
agreed and by these presents covenant
and agree. and bind themselves, as well
as all such other persons as may here
after become associated with them, to
form and constitute a corporation and
body polite in law, for the purposes and
articles following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of said cor
poration shall be THE HERBERT b.
HOMES COMPANY, INC"
ARTICLE 1.-THE obpect and purposes
for which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business which this
corporation is to carry on, are declared
to be:
i. To buy, sell, manufacture and gen.
orally deal in and with all manner of
stationery and supplies used in the sta
TONERS trade, and to conduct the bust
ness of printing. lithographing, engrav-
ing and bookbinding and everything in
cidental theretO-tO-wit:
(a) To lease, buy. sell, use and hold all
such property, real or personal, as may
be necessary or convenient in connection
with the said business.
OBJ To do any or all things set forth
in this charter as objects. purposes. pow
ers or otherwise to the same extent and
as fully as natural persons might do and
in any part of the world.
ARTICLE III-The capital stock of the
said corporation shall be ten thousand
dollars, divided into and represented by
one hundred shares of one hundred dol
lars, payable in cash, property or for ser
vices rendered. The capital stock may be
increased to twenty thousand dollars.
This corporation shall commence doing
business as soon as five thousand dollars
of the capital stock shall have been sub
scribed for, and twenty-five hundred dol
lars of said amount so subscribed shall
have been paid for.
ARTICLE Iv-The domicile of the said
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Orleans, State of Louisiana.
The president. or I'm his absence the
vice president. shall be the proper person
upon whom citation or other legal process
shall be served.
Said corporation. unless sooner dis
solved, shall exist and continue for the
period Of ninety-nine years from and
after date hereof.
| ARTICLE v-AIl corporate powers
shall he vested in a board of four direct
ors. The first board of directors shall
consist Of Herbert p. Homes. whose post
office address is 1901 Napoleon avenue,
New Orleans, who shall be president;
Elizabeth r. Homes, whose postofice adj
dress is 1901 Napoleon avenue, who shall
be vice-president; Clemens I. BERNARD,
whose postofice address is 2227 Magazine
| street, who shall be secretary-treasurer,
and Addison G. Darden, whose postofice
address is 1885 Soniat street.
Said board shall continue in Office until
January 2, 1921, on which date. and there
| after annually, board of directors shall
each year. unless the same shall be
| legal holiday, when the election shall be
held on the next legal day thereafter.
After each election the board Of direc-
tors shall elect from their number the
officers of the company.
The said board is further authorized to
frame and adopt such bylaws, rules and
regulations as the affairs and business OF
the corporation may require, and as ii
may deem necessary for the conducting
and management thereof.
ARTICLE vI-This charter may be
amended and the capital stock of this cor
poration may be increased or decreased.
or the corporation may be dissolved in the
manner and method provided by law.
ARTICLE Vino stakeholder shall
ever be held liable or responsible for the
contracts or faults of this corporation in
any further sum than the unpaid balance
on the stock for which he has subscribed,
nor shall any mere informality in organ
| ization have the effect or rendering this
charter null or of exposing a stakeholder
to any liability than as above provided.
ARTICLE vIII-whenever this corpor-
| alton shall be dissolved whether by limi-
tation or from any other cause. the af-
| fairs thereof shall be liauidated by three
| stockholders to be elected and qualified in
the manner provided by law. And they
shall continue in office until the affairs
Of the corporation shall have been fully
settled and liquidated. In case Of death
| of one Of the liquidators, or his refusal
| or inability to serve. the remaining liqut-
dators may themselves proceed with all
the mower and authority vested in the full
membership.
And the signers hereto declare that they
have affixed opposite their names the num-
Der of shares subscribed by them, and
| thew hereby declare this to be their sub
scription list.
| Thus done and passed. at my notarial
Office in the City of New Orleans, on the
day, month and year first above written.
in the presence of Hubert NJ. Ansley and
Macmillan Hubert, competent witnesses,
| of lawful age and residents Of this city.
who hereunto sign their names. with the
said parties and me. notary, after due
reading of the whole.
| (OriginaI signed.) Hubert NJ. Ansley.
Max Hubert. Elizabeth e. Homes. A.
| shares: H. r. Homes. 81 shares: G. 1.
Bernard. / share: A. G. Darden, ] share.
BENJAMIN Y. WOLF. Notary Public.
| State of Louisiana. Parish of Orleans
Herbert r. Homes and Clemens l. Ber-
nard having first been duly sworn, depose
and say that thew are two Of the incor-
porators of the Herbert p. Homes Com
nanv, Inc and that 50 per cent Of the
stock of said company has been sub
scribed.
(Original signed.) II. B. Homes, c. i.
Bernard.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
22nd day of October. 1919.
/ BENJAMIN Y. WOLF. Notary Public.
| I the undersigned. Recorder Of Mort