The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-04-10
CHARTER OF sM1TH-DAvIs COMPANY


United States of America. State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
leans. Be it known that on this first day
Of the month of March, in the year one
thousand nine hundred and nineteen, before
me, John R. Upton, a Notary Public in and
for this City and Parish of Orleans. State of
Louisiana, therein residing duly commits sion
ed and qualified, and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and undersign-
ed; personally came and appeared, the sew
eral persons whose names hereunto sub
scribed, who declared to me, Notary that
availing themselves of the provisions of the
laws of this state relative to the organiza-
tons of corporations and more especially of
Act DOT of 1914, they have covenanted and
agreed, and by these presents do covenant
and agree for themselves, their successors
and assigns, to form. themselves into cor.
poration and body polite, for the objects and
purposes, and under the stipulations here
matter set forth. to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be the Smth-Davis Com
pany, Inc. and under such title it shall have
and enjoy succession and existence for a
period of ninety-nine years from the date
hereof unless sooner dissolved; it shall have
power and authority to contract sue and
be sued; to make and use a orporate seal,
the same to break and alter at pleasure; to
have. hold, buy, sell, lease, mortgage, and
hypothecate or pledge property, real, personal
or mixed necessary, proper or incidental for
the carrying on of its business, as well as
to issue bonds or notes secured by such
mortgage; to make and issue notes and
other certificates of indebtedness; to name,
elect and appoint managers, directors, clerks
and other employees TO properly conduct its
corporate business, and to make such by
laws rules and regulations as may be neces
sary or found desirable for the management
of its business and affairs, and generally to
do every other act, matter or thing neces-
sary or desirable for the complete and proper
carving out of said business.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this corpo
ration shall be at the City of New Orleans,
in the Parish of Orleans, State of Louis
lana, where all citations other legal process
shall be served upon the president or in his
absence on the vice-presdent, and in the
absence of both on the Secretary Treasurer.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized and
the nature of the business TO be carried on
by il are hereby declared and stated to be:
To buy, sell and deal in general merchan-
disc of every kind and character, and to do
general merchandise business, including that
of buying and selling on a commission
basis and for itself; TO do a general import
ing and exporting business, both domestic
and foreign; to build own, lease and operate
storerooms or warehouses Tor the storage OF
merchandise, or cold storage purposes; TO
store goods of all kinds in such store-rooms
or warehouses for itself and others, and to
make reasonable charges for service in storage
Of goods; to issue receipts in exchange for
goods stored, and TO dispose of said goods for
account of the owners thereof upon their
failure TO comply with the conditions of such
storage contract; to make loans on goods