The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-01-29
CHARTER
.cT OF INCORPORATION OF GULF
AeA COFFEE COMPANY, INC.

AeA COFFEE COMPANY, INC.
o..,. NJ Louisiana, Parish OF cfe .ha,
=, Now Orleans. Be II known, 70
an this eighteenth day Oh the nine
ne ember, in the year one .hoI ha%.,re ms.
hundred and ninteen llsIsJ,h, dnlv COM
.Intnnad and qualified in anu loi and
pa,ish Of Orleans, State OF LOUIS lfs herein-
an the presence Of the WIFI al Of the
aTtsr named and underslgnen, came and
full age U. sovarsl persons hereinaIte,
apPeua nd undersigned, also an VI
Who seyerally declared tha' Stofa OF
ssemseIyes of the laws oil .ne the pro-
Louisiana, and parNtl N ps7 of the General
ElsISIy Of 1914 relative to the ~,
90 ~ corporations, they nave osonts do
.,o h agreed. and by these p,,ias their
Covenant and agree for ne form them
eO.csssors and assigns, TO nndy nolitic
succt to a CORPORATION and bouy pnSa,
serves Oh ects and purposes anu u"''
,be stipulations following
,,r,CIE 1.-The name and tue Oh nv
Ahl,ian shall be Gulf Coffee Iohp"A'
Inc. Doses and OBJ
Article 1.-THE purposes an" Is Or
81 for which this corporaah n business
ganized, and the NATURE Saclared to be as
10 be carried on py II are
follows: H. coffee and tea
impoasnbsndise generally, ou!t1 and
anu i,g coffee. teas, blends Oh annfsctur-
s,har merchandise generaiy. blends of
otnei md selling candies anu Generally |;
ing anu articIe of commerce genesI anS =
coIleY and grinding conees anu EOS
I1so,sees and blending cohee tahts fran
vi IT, scouire the property, ,arv kind,
~ ood will and assets Oh e,eiy .socja-
chise, gooo srm CORPORATION or associa
OF any a,,Ser wholly or partly anu of the
uon, era came in cash, or in stoeh o ner
Company, or otherwise, h ds state.
.prIcLE III.-The authorineesal eco e eop oo,
..nS shall be fifty Thousand va share,
dollars, divided into i've Zach TO be paid
Oh que sh or in property, lts equiantors
Tor IN 90, In cash the Board OF III .ntya
AM ~, determine the value OIL suNA
lent offered. o,.ern
mt oomnany shall be going hnsi.
"a sbalI have the right 10 Sa do,lsrs (S5,-
ness as soon as nvg siock shall have been
OOOOO) Of Its capi'ai
subscribed for
-. otber transfers Of any OF
AL ss u 20 this corporation shan pe ~
the ss' sa,d stock shall have peen nS.
innsiv offered to the then eAis s n;ractors
hn,dsrs through the BOARD ,ha hoard,
nois s,inulated price, and II inc S;t 70
at sd stockhoiders, does no! see ~ h tS
TOT ssu said stock, then II shall ~. w
INA A. a less price, or upon Sser,ny 1,
SUI terms. without likewise enn said
to the Board at such price IN"
terms. 1900, or
T, case Of sale or transfer OF s.oeA the
the issue Of increase s,Sep e Of the company,
hail have the right to puf S,asngs OF
stoct in the ratio Of their noiu .osisiop
stock OF the company. ms s,.wmned on
shali be written, printea Vi
nj
ARTICLE Iv.-The domicile OF 5ny
poration shall be the lily "a an citations or
S.s.e s Saoai process shall be served on ,hs
o %lna. n,er. or, in his absence Oh 'A'
President.
.nr,cIH y.-This corporation s i,aI
ma enjoy succession and 1ur 49,
ia the period of ninety-nine t'''
from the date hereof
ARTICLE yI.-An the corporate dow a.
a. this corporation SHAH De Eirectors
and exm hs Composed of not less than
sY directors, nor more tn.,.n,,
I'M 81 wbom the majority shall ms
anorum for the transaclion vi
ness.
rs. following persons shall cons.,'u''
the Srst Board Of Directors to-"N'
n-,,n usrper. 22,5 Carondelet stree ,sa,
80 Orleans; Gnilliermo he Paul c
NTss.,,hine street, New orleans
Harper Pittsburg, IA
r,ox sha,, hold office until the ,,, se tpe,
Monday in January, vi ond qualified
.SscsssSI the are Board Of Directors shall p
Inerad Of stockholders VINO saars a
.,sd annually by the s toeh an Ian
rneeting on the second ha.ster on tn,
sary. 1871 AND s Of eseS year. i the sec
seconu .nSsy In January be a esm On,
ono sSa meeting shall be heid On IN,
eyy, hnsiness day. At all menus y, Sv hallot
stoctholders the voting shaii NC W
r,. poard Of Directors shall employ d yot he,
a,.ntss such clerks, managels ns,ness =
employees as t @sy Justify and they ma;
the eV this power to the Presigen., an,
sssarveT Treasurer. Any OF the Di ,rs an
NV written instrument, app az an,
other director to act as p n.S of directors
and all meetings OF the ooaiu " -.
ANY Of the officers or employees n9 OF t inn
corporation may be remVv ~ the Who'll.
Board. 49,, y, this cor.
.sinn sbail be a President, ties ,
President and a Secretary I rea THE
q when must t. be Chosen s'0f by the Board
omc n,ssctors. Until the second Monday
on I.rrsry' 1921, the following person.
shsii be the officers Of the COMPANY, De-
Evine Harper, President; Guiihe,mUy .rn.
VIA Secretary Treasurer; Paui u h"ip
er. Vice President.
ARTICLE vIII.-No notes or o'1 1er
raectiable instruments and no orders lor
the navmept Of money, and no contraIs ~.
shsu ne valid unless the same snan .s 9e
authorized by the signatures OF TWO JILL
GERS Of the company.
ARTICLE Ix-No stockholder shall ever
h.,d iisb,e or responsible for the CEN
tract or faults Of this corporation IN any
further sum than any unpaid osi h,r, nor
an the shares Of stock owned by MIN nor
shail sny informality in organisation nave
the effect of rendering this charter null OF
A. sxpoeing a stockholder to any liability
bevond any amount due on his STOCK.
ARTICLE X.-This charter may oe
altered or amended. In any manner IN
cludiue the increase or decrease OF It's
capitai stock, and the affairs OF the cor.
poration wound up, and the corpqfeuon
itseh dissolved In the manner ana on Cum
pIying with the existing laws.
This Incorporation hereof have placed
opposite their respective signatures the
number Of shares OF the capital stock Tor
which each have subscribed, which - 70
he taken and considered as the original
eubscription list Of this corporation, ana
20 be recorded az such.
Thus done and passed, at my office. at
the city Of New Orleans, on the day.
month and year FIRST above written. In
a.. NJ y n Eprrera and Miss