The herald., 1920-10-21
CHARTER OF STEVENS-BARTHE MAN
JFACTJRING COMPANY, IN
CORPORATED.

ultDd states OF America. state Of Lou
i~iana, Parish OF Orleans, City of New or
leans Hc il known, That on this eleventh
day Of the month of September. in the
wear of our Lord. nineteen hundred and
twenty. and of the Independence Of the
United States of America the one hun
drcd and forty fifth. before me, Allan
Raymond Beary. 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 uu-
d"rSigued. personally came and appeared
the ScN eral persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who declared that. avail
ing themselves Of the laws Of the State of
Louisiana, relative to the formation Of cor
pOrationS. and especially of Act No. pa
of the acts of the General Assembly of the
year 1914. they do hereby form themselves.
their associates and successors into a cor
pOratiun 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 Man
ufacturing Company, Incorporated. and
under said name il shall have corporate
existence for ninety nine years from and
after this date. unless sooner dissolved :
its dOmicile shall be in the City of New
Orleans. State of Louisiana; citation and
all legal processes shall be served upon
the President. or in his absence, upon the
Secretary-TreaSurer of this corporation.
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which this corporation is formed and
the nature of the business to be carried
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 personal.
the owning, chartering and operating of
tramwayS and narrow gauge railroads,
boat lines and other transportation de-
vices: the owning and operating of plants.
factories and mercantile establishments,
and to exercise all powers conferred upon
CORPORATIONS by Act 26I of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana and
the amendments thereto.
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at twenty five
(S25 OOO.OO) thousand dollars, all of which
shall be common stock, and said stock
shall be represented by twenty-five (25OO)
hundred shares of the par value of one
hundred (Sl00) dollars each. All stock
subscribed for shall be payable at such
times and on such conditions and terms as
the Board of Directors may from time 10
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 il.
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
informally 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 90 mol
more than seven "a stockholders, who
shall be elected by a meeting of the stock
holders held for that purpose at the domi,
Gle 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 be
given to each stakeholder at least fifteen
days prior to such meeting, either per
sonaIly. or by depOsiting said notices In
the pOstOffice. properly addressed to the
last known address OF each stakeholder as
least fifteen days before the date for sucl
meeting. The first Board of Directors Of
this corporation is hereby declared to b'
composed of ]. ii. Stevens, Glenn Barthe
Il. p Nolan, J. W. Stevens and NJ G
Stevens. and they shall hold office unit
| the second Tuesday in January, 1872. OF
until their successors are elected and qual
| flied The Board of Directors of this cor
poration shall, Immediately after theil
| election and qualification, elect from
| among their number a President, Vic
President and a Secretary Treasurer. Thu
| first President of this corporation shall b.
]. III Stevens, the first vice PreSlden
! shall be Glen Barthe and the first Score
| 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 or de
| creased, or this corporation dissolved il
accordance with the provisions of Act 20
| of 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 +
! ). Lambour and NJ. Simpson, competen
witnesses. who hereuntO subscribe thei
names with said appearerS and me, Notary
after reading the whole.
| witnesses: +. s. LambOur, VI Simpson
ALLAN r. BEARY, Notary Public.
I. 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 lncorpor
| alton of the Stevens Barthe Manufacture
/ Company. Incorporated, was this day dul
recorded in my office in Book -, Foil
=. New Orleans, September 18th, 1922
! (Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. K.
ALLAN R. BEARY, Notary Public.
Sept 16-oct