The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-12-09
CHARTER OF STEyENS-BARTHE MAN.
UFACTURING COMPANY, IN
CORPORATED.

United States of America. State OF Lou
isiana, Parish of Orleans. City of New Or
leans. BE it known, That on this eleventh
day OF the month of September, in the
year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and
twenty, and of the Independence of the
United States of America. the one hun
dred and forty fifth, before me, Allan
Raymond BeaTy, a Notary Public, in and
for the city. parish and State aforesaid.
duly commissioned and qualified, and
therein residing, and in the presence of
| the witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
dersigned, personally came and appeared
| the several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who declared that. avail
| ing them selves of the laws of the State of
! Louisiana, relative to the formation of cor
porations. and especially of Act No. 267
| of the acts of the General Assembly of the
| year 1914 they do hereby form themselves,
| their associates and successors into a cor
poration under the following conditions
which they hereby adopt as their articles
of Incorporation or charter. to-wit:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and style OF
this corporation shall be Stevens Barthe
Manufacturing Company, Incorporated,
and under said name 1t shall have cor
pOrate existence for ninety nine years
| from and after this date, unless sooner dis
| solved; its domicile shall be in the City
of New Orleans. State of Louisiana; eta
| ton and all legal processes shall be served
upon the President, or, in his absence,
| upon the Secretary-T Treasurer Of this cor
pOration.
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation is formed
and the nature of the business to be car
ried on by it are hereby declared to be
| The manufacturing, marketing and selling
| of various articles and commodities made
| of wood or metal, the buying and selling
| on lands and other property, real or per-
sonal the owning, chartering and operat-
ing of tramways and narrow gauge rail
! roads, boat lines and other tranSpOrta-
ton devices; the owning and operating
| of plants, factories and mercantile estab-
lishments, and to exercise all powers con-
! ferred upon corporations by Act 267 of the
| General Assembly of the State of Louis
| lana and the amendments thereto.
| ARTICLE III.-The capital stock Of this
| corporation is hereby fixed at twenty five
! 25.OO0OO thousand dollars, all of which
| shall be common stock. and said stock
| shall be represented by two hundred and
! fifty (250) shares of the par value of one
| hundred ($100) dollars each. All stock sub
scribed for shall be payable at such times
and on such conditions and terms as the
| Board of Directors may from time TO
/ time fix and determine in each particular
case, or by general resolution, or the
| Board of Directors may issue certificates
of paid up stock in payment of property
or goods actually delivered TO this cor
poration. or for services actually rem
| dered to ii.
| ARTICLE Iv.-No stakeholder shall ever
be held liable or responsible for the con-
tracts or faults of this corporation in any
| further sum than the unpaid portion of
| his subscribed stock, nor shall any mere
| informality in organization have the effect
of rendering this charter null or exposing
a stakeholder to any liability other than
as above provided.
ARTICLE V.-All of the corporate pow.
ers OF this corporation shall be vested in
and exercised by a Board of Directors
| composed of not less than five (5D moi
more than seven ca stockholders, who
shall be elected by meeting of the stock.
holders held for that purpose at the dOmi
cile of the corporation on the second
Tuesday of January of each year, begin
ming with the second Tuesday of January
1922. Notice of such meetings shall bt
given to each stakeholder at least fifteeI
days prior to such meeting. either per
sOnally, or by depOsiting said notices il
the postoffice, properly addressed to III,
last known address OF each stakeholder a.
shown by the books of the corporation, a
least fifteen days before the date for sucf
meeting The first Board of Directors o.
this corporation is hereby declared to b'
composed of J. II. Stevens. Glenn Barthe
X. L. Nolan, ]. W. Stevens and NJ. 6
Stevens, and they shall hold Office unit
the second Tuesday in January, 1922, OF
until their successors are elected and quail
flied. The Board of Directors OF this cor
pOration shall, Immediately after theil
| election and qualification, elect from
among their number a President Vice
President and Secretary Treasurer. Thu
first President of this corporation shall b'
]. II. Stevens, the first Vice Presiden
shall be Glen Barthe, and the first Secre
tary- Treasurer shall be j. W. Stevens. anC
they shall hold Office until their successor
are elected and qualified.
ARTICLE VI-This charter may b.
amended, the capital stock increased o.
decreased, or this corporation dissolved II
accordance with the provisions OF Act 70
oE the Acts of the General Assembly o
the State of Louisiana, for the year 1914
Thus done and passed in my notaria
office in the City of New Orleans, Parisl
and State aforesaid, on the day and dat
first above written, in the presence of F
Is. Lambour and NJ. Simpson. competen
witnesses. who hereunto subscribe thei
names with said appearers and me, Notary
after reading the whole.
| names of subscribers omitted)
witnesses: +. S. Lambour, VI. Simpson
ALLAN K. BEARY.
Notary Pablic.
l. the undersigned, Recorder of Mort
cages, in and for the Parish of Orleans
State of Louisiana. do hereby certify tina
the above and foregoing Act of IncOrpora
ton of the Stevens arthe Manufacturing
Company, Incorporated. was this day dull!
recorded in my Office in Book 1916, fOli
251 New Orleans. 1920.
| (SIGNED EMILE ]. LEONARD,
by. r.
| ALLAN R. BRARY,
Notary Public.
Nov. 4-Dee. ..