The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-11-18
CHARTER OF STENENS-BARTHE MAN
UFACTURING COMPANY, IN
CORPORATED.

United States of America, state OF Lou
isiana, Parish of Orleans. City OF New Or
leans BE II known, That on this eleventh
day OF the month OF September. in the
wear of our Lord, nineteen hundred ana
twenty, and of the Independence or the
United States of America. the one hun
bred and forty fifth. before me, Allan
Raymond Beary. a Notary Public, in and
for the city. parish and State aforesaid.
duly commissioned and quallned. ana
therein residing. and in the presence or
the witnesses hereinafter named and un-
derSigned, personally came and appeared
the several persons whose names are here
! unto subscribed, who declared that. avail
ing themselves of the laws of the State OF
/ ouiSiana. relative to the formation OF cor
pOratiOns and especially of Act No. 26I
Of the acts of the General Assembly of the
year 1914, they do hereby form themselves,
| their associates and successors into q 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 or
this corporation shall be Stevens Barthe
Manufacturing Company, Incorporated.
and under said name it shall have cor
pOrate existence for ninety mine 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-Treasurcr 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 ear
| ried on by il are hereby declared TO be
The manufacturing, marketing and selling
| of various articles and commodities made
| of wood or metal, the buying and selling
/ OF 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-
| Iisbr nntG nd fn oil IN
| ferred upon corporations by Act 261 of the
| General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana and the amendments thereto.
| ARTICLE lII.-The capital stock of this
! corporation is hereby fixed at twenty-five
| ($2j. 100000 thousand dollars all of which
| shall be common stock, and said stock
| shall be represented by two hundred and
| fifty (2JOl shares of the par value of one
| hundred (SlOo) 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 1or 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
| infOrmalty 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 Board of Directors
composed of not less than five 90 nor
| more than seven ca stockholders, who
shall be elected by a meeting of the stock
holders held for that purpose at the dOmi.
| cile of the corporation on the second
| Emo slawv 81
ming with the second Tuesday OF January,
| l922. Notice of such meetings shall be
| given to each stakeholder at least fifteen
! days prior to such meeting, either per-
sonally, or by depOsiting said notices in
the postoffice, properly addressed to the
last known address OF each stakeholder as
shown by the books of the corporation, at
least hfteen days before the date for such
meeting. The first Board of Directors of
this corporation is hereby declared to be
| composed of j. III. Stevens. Glenn Barthe,
X. L. Nolan, j. W. Stevens and NJ. G.
| Stevens. and they shall hold Office until
the second Tuesday in January, 1922 or
until their successors are elected and quail
flied. The Board of Directors of this cor
poration shall Immediately after their
among their number a President, a Vice
| President and Secretary Urea surer. The
| first President of this corporation shall be
j.. II. Stevens, the first Vice President
| shall be Glen Barthe, and the first Secre-
tary-Treasurer shall be ]. W. Stevens, and
they shall hold Office until their successors
| are elected and qualified.
| ARTICLE VI.-This charter NAV be
| amended, the capital stock increased or
! decreased, or this corporation dissolved in
accordance with the provisions of Act 267
o. the Acts of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana. for the wear 1914
Thus done and passed in my notariaI
oihce, in the City of New Orleans. Parish
ana state aforesaid, on the day and date
nrst above written, in the presence of F
). Lambour and VI. Simpson, competent
witnesses. who hereunto subscribe their
names with said appearers and me. Notary
aiter reading the whole
| names of subscribers omittedD
| witnesses: +. S. LambOur, NJ Simnson
| ALLAN Il. BEARY
| Notary Public.
l. the undersigned, Recorder of Mort.
cages, in and for the Parish of Orleans
state of Louisiana, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Act OF Incorpora.
| tion or the Stevens Barthe Manufacturinc
company, Incorporated. was this day duIy
| recorded In my Office in Book 12I6 foIin
| 2Ol. New Orleans. 1920
| tSIGNED EMILE J. LEONARD,
| .-,o 49, by. r.
| ALLAN r. BEARY,
| Notary Public.