The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-02-26
CHARTER.

disc incidental to said business; to own,
for its own account, or for the account
Of Others real estate, lands, tenements and
options thereon, mortgage notes, bonds,
shares OF stock and other securities; to
lease, rent, hire and Manage 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
as agents or brokers for the purchase or
sale of such merchandise, and generally to
do and engage in any other business I'M
dertaking or enterprise connected with.
growing out of, germane or incidental to
any of the purposes hereinabove set forth
or contemplater by this charter.
ARTICLE III.-The amount Of the cap
ital stock is hereby fixed at two hundred
thOustand dollars (s2o0,OOO), divided into
twenty hundred shares of the par value Of
one hundred dollars (S10O0O) 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
f$3OOOO0D when duly authorized by its
stockholders.
ARTICLE IV.-This corporation shah
have and enjoy all the rights, advantages
and privileges granted by law to corpora
tions. Ii 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 corporate seal !;
to hold, receive. purchase, sell, convey,
mortgage or pledge property, both real
and personal; to issue notes and other
have and employ such agents, managers
and employees as the interest and con-
| venience of said corporation may require
or demand.
ARTICLE VAN the powers of this cor
poration shall be vested in and its business
shall be managed by 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
| are elected and qualified are as follows, to-
wit: John Meyer. President and General
Manager, 21S Poydras street New Orleans
La: Mare LazarO. First Vice President
| New Orleans, La: Louis Meyer. Second
Vice President. New Orleans. La; John
| Meyer, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer, New
Orleans. La. The corporation shall have
| n President, Vice President, General Man
| ager. Secretary and Treasurer, and the
| Board of Directors shall have the power
to combine any two of said offices into
| one. The Board Of Directors shall have
the power to make bylaws, rules and reg
ulations for the corporation. Any vacan'
cies in the officers or Directors shall bt
filled by The remaining Directors.
| ARTICLE. IV.-The annual meeting Of
the stockholders for the election of Di
rectors shall be on the second Monday o.
January of each year. the first annua
of January, 1921, until which time tn,
officers aad Directors named in this char
ter shall continue in Office and until theil
SuCttSSOTs are QuallneO
ARTICLE VII.-All stockholders meet
ings shall be held after three days writer
notice by the Secretary, mailed to the las
known address Of the stockholders, excep
when otherwise provided by law, but al
notices may be waived by the unanimous
consent of the stockholders.
| Thus done and passed in my office OF
the day and year first above written, a
the City of New Orleans, State Of Louis
lana, in the presence of the undersigne,
witnesses, Messrs. Robert A. Huyghe an,
Carrie ". johnson, and the appearers an,
me. Notary. after due reading of the whole
| Witnesses: Robt. A. Huyghe, Carrie
johnson.
. Original signed: John Meyer. subscribe
for 1897 shares; NJ. LaZaro, subscribes 70
l share: Louis Meyer, subscribes for
share; Jno. Meyer, Jr., subscribes for
, share.
(Sesl) Charles Schneidau, Not. Pub.
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 incorpora
ton of John Meyer. Inc, was this da
duly recorded in my Office in Book 1926
, Folio -.
New Orleans. la, January =, 1920.
EMILE J. LEONARD, ID. Il.
, A true copy.
CHAS. SCHNEIDEAN,
Notary Public.
Feb 12-Mch IS