The herald., 1920-01-15
CHARTER
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF GULF
COFFEE COMPANY, INC.

~ arnber in the year one thou i4snr, me
hwndred and ninteen uSlSl. LII com
Rarnard 1itche, notary ma for the
missioned and qualihed IN r,Iliona and
IhssiS orIeons state of LOulslana' a.
tba nresence of the wltheoSn 90 the
ns.er named and underslEheuu, name and
Gil age of majority persohnhS horeinafter
appeared the seye Siaped. also all of full
hdtneu generally declared lhaI 49, Of
kson,,seIyes Of the laws oil t s Tho nro-
1n,,isispa. and particularly OF General
visions of the Act No. ., Ioo 70 the forma-
Assein s pcyornorations they have coN,,,s 40
uon "i and by these preseh' ,bojr
hnu and agree for thehlS 80, Them.
,r,ccassors and assigns 10 Tmdy poIitic
selves into a corporaIo ,,.nasas and under
Co. the objects ana purP
,ba stipuIatiOns following
u,c,rI-The name and title Oh nv ,nio
ARTICLE IN he Gulf Coffee Company
Inc. ,nd oh
Ahl .bicb this cOrpOra,l'n, ,,5;ress
tects Lof I'D the nature OF the ~, no as
~, csrried on by 1t are deci''
follows: -,s,oo and tea
Pnerchandise GenerailS' coffee and
anu mto, coffee, teas, Dlehus M,nufactur-
S,her merchandise geheIa and blends of
ing and seliihS nf commerce generallS
coffee ana and grinding conces liza LA teas.
IV4aonaes and blending con- rigbts fran
vi IT, acquire the propeLS ayery kind,
chise, good wiz q, CORPORATION or assoCla-
OF any - wholly or partly anu i of the
ton, ao,oe in cash, or in SION ner-
onnany. or otherwise az tate
C',,pd nv the laws OF TINS S'
.prIcLE Iu.-The authSri%3iI re t thous-
- of this company shaii i,Gdod into 20
and ($5OcOoW dSiia nSc hundred dollars
shares u noid for in cash, OF III III ,be
each, 10 ,tIaIent. and if not IN ~ the
I'D of Directors shail s,nred
bNa,u Of such equivalent olleieU oo-n
Th,s company shall be a gorr ON on bust
and shall nave sya thousand dollars tso,
ness as SON. on conitaI stock shall have oee"
subscribed for. -s.-, of any Of
An sales and other trans hall be void
Al So Of this corporation sha In nre-
unIess said stock shaii ha listing stock
uh,i offered to the then eAl 10 directors
yiousIy .hsnugh the Board OF Doord
hoiuer ,,nniated price, and IL tne sit 20
az I'D stockholders, does not not he
To- said stock, then II snare favor
sold at less price; or likewise e Offering Il
able terms, ~ sncb price and upon saiu
to the Board a'
terms. ,,,or of stock, or
IN e NJ Increased capital stocN,
then holders Of stock Oh .nr said
shall have the right their holdings OF
STOCK IL the company. This proNisio ~
usn no written, printed OF stump"
Zach certificate OF STOCK ~ oor
.prIcI,E Iy.-The domicile Oh InJ
noration shall be the CITY Oh IN vi c;totions Of
state OF hou shall be served on I'M
otner ,e or. in his absence Oh u"
.nTICIE y.-This corporation srn,
.ana and enjoy succession anu ioan YEAR
for the period OF hihe'!
from the date hereof -, ,o,ver
.his CORPORATION shall be 49,, ar
Oh rms ssorcised by a Board Oh @ .ha
mitch shall be composed Oh no' than fy
threa i3l directors, nor moau NOR, cnnstitut
t5l, Of whom the ma)orms soction of bust
",,norum for the transacuoh VI
ness. hill constitut
Ins Roard of Directors, to-"p'
'nu - uarper. 22S5 Carondelet stree
Evil" n,,eans: Guilliermo Reviila,
Tosenbine street, New orleans, 81 10 RIOS
Harper, Pittsburg, IA s.roo, New OF
Reviila, 14f6 Josephine ''
leans. ,., tho sacon
x.saS.y in january, 1921, or uhIn ,ss -
successors are elected au shall I
Thereafter the Board of Directors Sam ;
damnosed OF stockholders VINO snaIs ,
composeo nna,lv nv the stockholders
e'aatirg on the second MONDAY IN a.
an io2I. and annually Thereafter, On =. =.
second Monday Of each year - hoI
ond Monday in January pe INA on IN
Say the meeting shall be helu On ~
W.; hns,uess day. At all meetings OF
n enJ the voting shall be by baiio
Th. Roard Of Directors shall employ an
,,smiss such clerks, managers, anu o.n.
cmnIoyees as the interest ana pusn =, =
the company may ,a rs tSe President, an
Senretarv Treasurer. Any OF the Directol
nav nv written instrument, appoin. a,
other director to act as his proxy, AT az
and ali meetings of the Board Oh Diree'oi
Any of the officers or employees Oh . TN,
corporation may be rem I,o 90 a. the whol
Board.
ARTICLE vII.-The officers OF this &c, eoi
noration shall be a President, vice
President and a Secretary treasurer e T,,
Of whom must be stoekno tba Roar
20 D,rsrtors. Until the second Monda
An January. 1921, the following person
shall be the officers Of the company, VIZ VIZ
Ewing Harper, President; Guiiiierm9 I'VE
villa, Secretary treasurer faui - In
er, Vice President.
ARTICLE yIII.-No notes or othe
negotiable instruments and no orders 10
the payment of money, and no contract
shall be valid unless the same snail o
authorized by the signatures OF TWO OH
GERS Of the company.
ARTICLE IX-No stakeholder shall eve
he held liable or responsible for the con
trnct or faults Of this corporation In an
further sum than any unpaid balance du
ON the shares of stock owned by him no
shall any informality In organization nav
the effect Of rendering this charter null o
Of exposing a stakeholder TO any haoiht'
beyond any amount due on MS STOCK.
ARTICLE X.-This charter may b
altered or amended, in any manner In
Guiding the increase or decrease Of 1t
capital stock, and the affairs of the cor
poration wound up, and the corporation
itself dissolved in the manner and on com
plying with the existing laws.
This incorporation hereof have places
opposite their respective signatures tn
number Of shares of the capital stock 70
which each have subscribed, which Is L
be taken and considered as the origina
subscription list Of this corporation, ant
to be recorded rs such.
Thus done and passed, at my office. a
the City Of New Orleans, on the day
month and year first above written, Il
the presence OF p. X. Ferrera and Mis-
Dolly II. Dunn witnesses of lawful age
residing In this city, who, together wit
said Appearers and me, Notary. hav
signed their names, afted due reading o
the whole.
Original Signed)
EWING HARPER, "a Shares.
GUILLERM0 REvILLA. "a Shares
PAUL e. HARPER, I Share