The herald., 1920-10-07
CHARTER OF BE>SERhT ROBES, IN
CORPORATED.

United States of America. State of Louis
lana. Parish of Orleans. lie il known. That
on the twenty eighth day of the month of
september, i'll the year Of orr Lord, One
thousand nine hundred and twenty, and
of the Independence of the United States
of America, the one hundred forty fifth,
BcfOrc me, Sidney Francis Gautier, a No
tary public duly commissioned, sworn and
qualined, in ana for the Parish of Orleans.
state OF Louisiana aforesaid, therein rcSid-
ing. ana III the presence OF the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned. Per
sOnally came and appeared, the persons
whose names are HeTcuntO subscribed, all
of full age and residing in New Orleans.
La, who Scyerally declared that awaiting
themselves of the provisions of the Act OF
the Legislature of this State. being Act
pa of the Session Acts of 1914, they do by
these presents covenant and agree and
bind themselves as well as such other per
sons may become hereafter associated
with them, in order to form and constitute
a corporation or body polite in law, for
the objects and purposes and under the
StIpUlatiOnS following to wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be BESSERAT ROBES
-. CIRCULATED and it shall have and
enjoy succession and eNiStance for
lou of NIFTY years from date hereof. l.
shall have and enjoy and possess all the
powers, rights, privileges and immuntr
accorded to corporations under the laws
of this State, and particularly under y,
26I Of 1914, referred to.
ARTICLE 1.-THE dOmiCie of this cor
pOratiOn shall be in the City of New Or
leans. state of Louisiana, where. all cita-
lions aud other legal process shall be
served upon the President and in his alb
ScnCe, such legal process shall be served
in the manner directed by law.
ARTICLE lll.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organizcu
ana the nature Of the business to be car
ried on by it, are hereby declared to be
on "a Of
ladies Robes and Dresses, in all kinds OF
fabrics and fashions and to deal in all
kinds of dress goods and cloth, yelVets
furs, silks and all other goods wares and
merchandise, including all kinds of prop
erty real, personal and mixed: to acquire
all kinds of property by purchase or other
wise, and to sell, lease. hire, mortgage and
hypOtheCate or otherwise dispose of same
ana 10 enter into and execute any and all
kinds of contracts for general purposes
and to transact business in New Orleans
or elsewhere in the State of Louisiana or
in the United States of America and for
elgn countries, and generally to do all
u,tdful things and enter into all mann,
OF transactions as the nature of the bust
ness and interest of this corporation NAV
directly or indirectly require to carry out
the general purposes herein contemplated
including the power to act as agent or
representative for others
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby declared to be the
sum u l'h iuOusdhu NSlUONthl dollars,
divided into two hundred (2OOD shares of
the par value of fifty $4,000 dollars each
and this corporation shall be operative and
80 INTO business and become going con-
Germ when one hundred and forty-siX G46l
shares of its capital stock shall have been
subscribed and fully paid for tO-wit: At
the execution of these presents and the
manner following. namely, viz:
Leon BeSSerat, sole and exclusive owner
in full possession of certain goods. wares
merchandise, dress goods and fabrics ac.
CURED by him under the business name
ana style BesSerat Robes, together with
the accounts receivable, as the whole now
lormS part of and constitutes the mer-
chandlse in stock in the business carried
under his name and business style afore-
SAID, the whole of which merchandise as
hereinafter In this charter more fully de-
scrlDcd ana referred to, are Of the net
actual value of Seven thousand $4,000 OOb
dollars. aud are hereby appraised at said
sum by the directors named in this chart
tr the whole of which merchandise herein
referred TO and herein described the said
Leon Besserat, in full settlement and nav
ment as subscriber TO one hundred forty
(l4OJ shares of the capital stock of this
corporation, and in consideration of such
ful paid stock, does by these presents
grant, bargain. transfer, give in exchange
ana In payment; sell, assign, set over
abandon and deliver unto this CORPORATION
in full ownership and title free from any
ana all claims and liens whatsoever and
with all legal warranty and full substitu-
uon and subrogations Of all rights and
actions of warranty which he has or may
nave; this corporation herein acting by