The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-01-01
NO ..., NOVEMBER 30, 1919.
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE
SIEGEL-GARCIA MOTORS COM
PANY INCORPORATED.

PANY INCORPORATED.
United States of America, State of Louis
| lana, Pa irish of Orleans. City of New Or
leans. BE it known that on this 18th
day of the month of November IN the
| wear of our Lord, one thousand, nine hun
| dred and nineteen and of the Independence
| of the United States of America, the one
hundred and forty-third. Before me,
| Charles T. Starkey, notary public, duly
| commissioned and qualified, within ana
| for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louis
| lana, and in the presence OF the witnesses
| hereinafter named and undersigned per,
| sOnally came and appeared: The several
| persons whose names are hereuntO sub
| Scribed. who severally declared that, avail
ing themselves of the benefits and pro-
| visions of the Constitution or the state
| of Louisiana and of the laws OF Sald
| State relative to the organization or cor
| porations and particularly of the provis-
| ions of Act No. 261, of the General Assem-
| bly, of the State of Louisiana Tor the year
| 1914. they have contracted and agreed ana
| united to form and do, by these presents,
| contract and agree and bind and obligate
| themselves to form and organize them
| selves as well as all such other persons
| who many hereafter Join or become as
| SOciated with them or their successors,
! into stock corporation and body polltlc
| in law, for the objects and purposes ana
under the conditions. covenants, supI-
Iations and agreements of the articles fol
| lowing, to-wit:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
| corporation shall be "Siegel-Garcia Motors
| Company, Incorporated and under ana
by said name, unless sooner dissolved IN
| accordance with law and this charter. IL
shall exist and continue. and shall have
and enjoy corporate existence and sue
| ceSsion for a period of ninety nine years
from and after the date of this Act; 1t
| may have, hold, receive borrow, loan,
| exchange. acquire by grant, gift or pur-
chase devise or bequeSt, sell. ALLEVIATE,
! dispose Of convey, lease, pledge. pawn.
| hypothecate, cucumber ana mortgage
property of any kind. whether real, per
sOnal or mixed, corporal or 1ncorporeal,
movable or immOvable, all subject 10
much limitations as may be- prescribed by
| law.
II may make. issue and endorse bonds
or notes and other evidences of debt. III
may accept mortgages. pledges or other
| forms of security for money loaned or
other debts 1t NAV contract. sue and be
sued, plead or be impleaded by its cor
! porate name in any court OF competent
| Jurisdiction. 1t may make. adopt ana
use n common seal and alter the same AT
pleasure Ii may hold stock in other
! corporations and its capital stock may be
! issued for capital stock in other corpora
tiOns. 1t may name, appoint ana employ
| such managers. directors, officers. agents
and other employees as its business and
convenience may require, and may nix
| their compensation, having due regard 10
| the nature, character and value OF their
| services. 1t may make and establish ny
laws. rules and regulations not inconSist-
ent with this charter or any existing law,
| fixing or altering the arrangements of its
| property. the regulation and government
/ of its affairs and the manner or the Ger
| tification and registration of its stock. lt
| may wind up and dissolve itself, or be
wound up and dissolved in the manner
prescribed by law. 1t may conduct busl-
| ness in this State. other States, the Fed
eraI Districts. the Territories and pos
sessions of the United States and any
foreign country. 1t shall have the power
| to invest its Board of Directors with all
| of its corporate powers subject to such
| restrictions as may be named in this
charter. And it shall general possess all
| the powers, rights. privileges and i'm
munitieS which corporations are and may
| hereafter be authorized to possess under
| the Constitution and laws of this state
and particularly under Act No. 26I. of the
/ Acts of the General Assembly of the State
| of Louisiana for the year 1914.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
| poration shall be at the City of New Or
| leans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louis
lana. and all citations or other legal
process shall be served upon the Presi-
dent of tbs corporation. or in case of his
absence. upon the Vice President. or in the
absence of both of these officers, upon the
Secretary of this corporation.
| ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
| for which said corporation is formed and
| the nature of the business to be carried on
by it are hereby declared to be:
Section ]. To buy, SELL lease. store and
repair automobiles. trucks, tractors and
motor and other vehicles of all descrip-
tions and their parts and accessories; and
| to manufacture and sen automobile tops.
bodies and other automobile parts.
| Sec 3 To manufacture and deal in au-
| tomobiles. motors, bicycles and vehicles
| of all kinds and in all articles and sup
plies used in connection Herewith.
Sec. 3. To manufacture automobiles,
motor boats and marine engines, and all
kinds of hardware, machinery. metal cast
ings. electrical appliances and all other
articles from metal or wood or both. nee
| essary or convenient in the manufacture
| Of said automobiles or motor boats or
parts incident thereto.
Sec. 4. To manufacture and sell and deal
in automobiles and all parts and acces-
| series thereof. and to carry on any trade
| or business incidental thereto or con-
nected Herewith: to manufacture and sell
| import and export automobile vehicles
and any kind of motors whatsoever and
| to carry on any trade or business Incl
dental thereto or connected Herewith; to
| carry on any manufacturing or mercantile
business lawful in the place where such
business shall be carried on; to apply for,
purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own,
use. operate, sell. assign or grant or con-
duct licenses in respect 10 any and all in
| ventions, improvements and processes used
in connection with or secured under let
tiers patent of the United States or else
where; to acquire and undertake all or
any part of the business. assests and liza
bilities of any person, firm, association or
| corporation in connection Herewith: to
| take. acquire, purchase. hold, own, rent,
| lease, sell, exchange, mortgage, improve,
| cultivate, develop and otherwise deal in
| and dispose of any and all property, real
| and personal. of every description. in
| cidental to or capable of being used in
| connection with the aforesaid business or
| any Of them.
Sec. 5.-To enter into, make, perform
\ and carry out contracts Of every kind not
contrary to law, with any person, firm,
| association or corporation, and to carry
| on any other business which under the
| law it may be entitled to carry on, which
| may seem to the corporation to be cal
culated, directly or indirectly, to effect
| the aforesaid objects or either Of them.
| or to facilitate 1t in the transaction of its
| aforesaid business businesses or any
| part hereof, or in the transaction of any
| other lawful business that may be cal
| culated directly or Indirectly, to enhance
| the value of or to render profitable, any Of
| the corporations property and rights and
| generally to hold and exercise all such in
| cidental powers and privileges as relate
| to the objects and purposes hereinabove
setfOrth, or as may be necessary, useful
or convenient for effecting said objects
and purposes.
| ARTICLE IV.-The authorized capital