The herald., 1920-11-11
WARREN Y MILL EE
CHARTER OF -BARTHE MAN
IFACTJRING tOMfANh' IN
CORPORAIED.

United states of America. stat" OF lou
i.i.ry Parish of ORLEANS. city 81 New or
i,,us he il known. That on this eleventh
day of the month OF September, IN me
wear Of our Lord. nineteen hundred anu
twenty. and of the independence" OF lh'
United STATES of America. the one nun
I'D and fortv-nfth. before me, Allan
RAYMOND Brary. a Notary fubh'. III anu
for the city, parish and stat" aIoTtS"Iu,
duly commissioned and quallhtd' HhI
therein residing. and in the presence OF
tn. Witnesses hereinafter named and un.
drrsigncd personally came ana apptdF"d
the several persons whose names are mere
unto subscribed. who declared that. hNall,
ing themselves of the laws OF the STATE OF
| ouiSiana. relative to the formation OF cor
porations. and especially of Act no. -o'
o. 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-wlt;
ARTICLE THE name and style OF
this corporation shall be Stevens Barthe
Manufacturing Company, Incorporated
aud under said name II shall nave cor
poratr existence for ninety mn" years
from and after this date, unless sooner dis
solved: its dOmicile shall be in tn" 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 Treasurer Of this cor
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and pur.
| poses for which this corporation l. formed
and the nature of the business to be car
! ried on by it are hereby declared to be
| The manufacturing. marketing and SelllnE
| of various articles and commodities made
| OF wood or metal. the buying and selling
! o' lands and other property. real or per
| sonal the owning. Chartcring and Operat-
| ing of tramwayS and narrow gauge ran
| roads. boat lines and other tranNporta
| ton devices; the owning and operating
| of plants. factories and mercantlI" C>tab-
! Iishments and to exercise all powers con
| frrred upon corporations by Act 26I of the
| General Assembly of the state Of Louis
lana and the amendments thereto.
| ARTICLE III.--The capital stock Of this
ICOrpOratiOn Is hereby fixed at twenty-hv,
| (S25 10000 thousand dollars. all of which
| shall be common stock, and said stock
! shall be represented by two hundred and
nifty (2j0J shares of the par value of one
hundred (SlOUl 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 I,
time nix 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 TOR services actually rem
derpd to II.
| ARTICLE IV-No stOckhOlder shall evcl
be- held liable or responsible for the con
tracts or faults of this corporation in any
further sum than the unpaid portion 81
his subscribed stock, nor shall any mere
informally in organization have IN" ch"cl
| of rendering this charter null or exposing
"a stakeholder to any liability other than
! as above provided.
| ARTICLE V.-AII of the corporate pow
crs Of this corporation shall be- vested il
and exercised by Il Board of Director,
composed of not less than i've 90 MOI
more than seven "a stockholders, who
shall be- elected by 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 tiftceT
days prior to such meeting, either per
| SOnally, or by dcpOSiting said notices il
the poStofficc, properly addressed to TIA,
last known address Of each stakeholder a.
shown by the books Of the corporation, "A
least fifteen days before the date for Sucl
meeting. The first Board of Directors o
this corporation is hereby declared to be-
composed of J. III. stevens, Glenn Barthe
K. l.. Nolan. J. W. Stevens and VI. q
Stevens and they shall hold office unit
the second Tuesday in January, 1922. o
until their successors are elected and quail
ihed. The Board of Directors of this cor
poration shall, Immediately after thei
election and qualification, elect from
among their number a President, Vice
President and a S"Cretary-Treasurcr. Tn
first President of this corporation shall b
J. II. Stevens. the first Vice PreSidcu
shall be Glenn Barthe. and the first Secre
tary Treasurer shall be J. W. Stevens an,
p they snail hOld once until their successor
T are elected and qualified.
p ARTICLE NI-This charter may b
amended, the capital stock increased O
q decreased, or this corporation dissolved i
p accordance with the provisions of Act ri
p Of the Acts Of the General Assembly a
: the State of Louisiana. for the year 1911
- Thus done and passed in my notaria
70 office. in the City of New Orleans Paris
: and State aforesaid, on the day and dat
b. first above written. in the presence of /
:. :. Lambour and VI. simpson competer
Il witnesses. who hereuuto subscribe thpi
4 names with said appearers and me, Notary
r after reading the whole.
a Names of subscribers omitted
q Witnesses: f. S. LambOur, VI. SimpsoI
j. ALLAN X. BEARY
T. Notary Public.
+ /. the undersigned, Recorder of Nor
# cages. in and for the Parish of Orlean
I State of Louisiana, do hereby certify ths
+ the above and foregoing Act of IncorpOr;
/. uOn or the Stevens Barthe MANUFACTURER
d company, Incorporated. was this day dul
L. | recorded in my Office in Book 1916, foil
% 25l. New Orleans. 1920.
d (SlGNED EMILE J. LEONARD,
Y by. r.
A true copy.
4 ALLAN r. BEARY.
V Notary Public.
= Nov. 4-Dec. 8.