The herald., 1920-02-12
CHARTER.

serves. as well as Suc0 persons VINO may
hereafter join or become associated with
them, into a corporation and body polite
In law. for the objects and purposes and
under the agreements and stipulati0ns fol
lowing. to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name Of this corpora
ton shall be John Meyers, Incorporated
and its domicile shall be in the City of
New Orleans. State of Louisiana. Cita-
ton shall be served upon the President,
and, in his absence, upon the Vice Presi-
dent, and. In the absence of the President
and Vice President. upon the Secretary.
ARTICLE 1.-THE purposes for which
this corporation Is formed is to carry on
the business of buying, selling and deal
ing in fruits and produce and all merchan-
disc incidental to said business; to own.
for its own account, or for the account
of others. real ectate, lands. tenements and
options thereon, mortgage notes, bonds,
shares Of stock and other securities; to
lease, rent, hire and damage property, and
make leases as lessee or lessor; to con-
tract or sub-contract for merchandise per-
tanning to said class OF business; to act
ss agents or brokers for the purchase or
sale Of such merchandise, and generally to
do and engage in any other business I'M
destaking or enterprise connected with.
growing out of, germane or incidental to
any Of the purposes here:nabove set forth
or contemplated by this charter.
ARTICLE Iu.-The amount OF the cap
ital stock is hereby fixed at two hundred
thoustand dollars C$20O.O0Ol, divided into
twenty hundred shares Of the par value OF
one hundred dollars G100.00) per share
said stock shall be paid for either in
cash or property actually received by the
corporation. The capital stock may be In
creased to three hundred thousand dollars
1890. 0OO) when duly authorized by Its
ARTICLE iv.-This corporation shall
have and enjoy all the rights, advantages
and privilrdges granted by law to corpora
tons. 1t shall exist for q period of ninety
nine years. 1t shall have the power to
contract. sue and be sued in its corporate
name; to make and use a corporate seal
to hold, receive. purchase, sell, convey.
mortgage or pledge property. both real
obligations or negotiable Instruments; to
have and employ such agents. managers
Fand employees as the interest and con
v%enience Of said corporation may require
ARTICLE VAN the powers of this cor
p%oration shall be vested in and its business
shall be managed by n Board of Directors.
consisting of three stockholders of this
corporation. which may by vote of the Di-
rectors be increased to five, and the names
and postoffice addresses Of those selected
for the first year. or until their successors
ere elected and qualified are as follows, to-
wit: John Meyer, President and General
Manager, >21S roydras street. New Orleans,
La; Marc I.azaro. First Vice President,
New Orleans, La: Louis Meyer, Second
Vice President, New Orleans, Lq.: John
meyer. JE.s ottfttdIt duu IEtdSuItT. VIEW
Orleans, La The corporation shall have
a President, Vice President. General Man.
ager. Secretary and Treasurer, and the
Board of Directors shall have the power
one. The Board of Directors shall have
the power to make bylaws. rules and reg
u%lations for the corporation. Any yacan-
cies in the officers or Directors shall be
filed by the remaining Directors.
ARTICLE Iv.-The annual meeting of
the stockholders for the election Of Di-
rectors shall be on the second Monday of
January Of each year, the first annual
Of January, 1927. until which time the
officers aad Directors named in this char
ter shall continue In Office and until their
successors are duly elected and qualified.
ARTICLE yII-An stockhcldefs' meet
ings shah be held after three days written
notice by the Secretary, mailed to the last
known address Of the stockholders, except
when otherwise provided by law, but all
notices may be waived by the unanimous
consent of the stockholders.
Thus done and passed In my office on
the day and year first above written, al
the City Of New Orleans, State of Louis,
lana. in the presence Of the undersigned
witnesses, Messrs. Robert A. Huyghe and
Carrie B. johnson. and the appearers and
me. Notary. after que reading OF the whole
Witnesses; Robf. A.. Huyghe. Carrie b
Original signed: John Meyer. subscribes
for 1927 shares; NJ. Lazaro, subscribes fol-
/ share; Louis Meyer, s1bscfibes for
share; n Meyer. Jr, subseribes for
share.
(SeaI.) Charles Schneidau. Not. Pull.
I, the undersigned. Recorder of Mort
| cages In and for the Parish Of Orleans
State Of Louisiana, do hereby certify thai
the above and foregoing act Of incorpora'
tfon Of John Meyer, Inc, was this day
duly recorded In my Office In Book 1898
New oriesas. Ia. January. 1seo