The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-09-02

United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans. City of New Or
leans. BE il known, that on this 18th
day of the month of August, in the year
of our Lord, ninteen hundred and twenty,
before me, Warren V. Miller, a duly com
| missiOned, qualified and acting notary
public, in and for the Parish of Orleans.
! State of Louisiana, and in the presence of
| the hereinafter named and understanding
witnesses, personally came and appeared
| the several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed and severally declared
| that availing themselves and those they
| represent, as well as those who may here
| matter become associated with them, of
| the general laws of the State of Louisiana,
! in such cases made and provided, they
have formed and organized, and by these
| presents form themselves, as well as those
| they represent and such others as may
hereafter become associated with them,
| into corporation and body polite in
| law. for the object and purposes in the
| following articles set forth and expressed,
which they adopt as their charter.
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
| corporation is and shall be The North
| American Trading * Manufacturing Co.,
Inc" and il shall exist and enjoy sue
cession by its corporate name for a period
| of ninety nine 800 years from the date
hereof. with all the rights. privileges and
powers now or hereafter conferred by law
| upon trading corporations. Its domicie
| shall be in the City of New Orleans, and
all citations and legal services shall be
made upon the President, and in the event
| of his inability to act etc, upon the
| Vice President or Secretary, in the order
| named.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE capital stock of this
| corporation is hereby fixed ut the sum
of five thousand dollars ($5,OOO.0O) all OF
| which shall be divided into and repre-
scented by fifty 500 shares of the par value
| of one hundred dollars (SlOO.OO) each
| Stock may be paid for IN money, in serv-
/ ices rendered the corporation, or in prop
| erty regularly transferred to the corpora
| tiOns. all as shall be determined by the
| Board of Directors.
| ARTICLE III.-The objects and
| purposes for which this corporation Is or
ganized are declared to be the buying,
| leasing, selling and otherwise dealing in,
both principal and agent, timber, lum-
Der. moss, furs, fuel, and such other ar
| ticles as ordinarily are sold or used in
| conjunction Herewith, including articles
manufactured out of same; to erect, main
tain and operate mills and factories, stores,
etc, for the selling, manufacturing and
| otherwise dealing in said articles, and IN
general TO do any and all things com
patable and germane to and not contra
dictory with the above set forth objects.
| ARTICLE IV.-The corporate powers of
| this corporation shall be vested in a
| Board Of three 49, Directors, a majority
| of whom shall constitute quorum for
| the transaction of business. Absent di.
| TeClOTS may vote At any ihcttluk VI INV
directors by proxy in writing to any other
| director for that particular meeting.
| The first Board of Directors of this cor
| pOration, shall be composed of Henry
| Voelker. +. III. Chisholm, and f. l.. Put
| nam, with Z. l.. Putnam, as President ;
| ii. Voelker, as Vice President, and I. IL.
| Chisholm. as Secretary Treasurer, and
| said officers and directors shall serve as
| such until the second Monday in January,
| 1923, or until their successors are duly
qualified, and elected.
| Meeting of the stockholders for the cleo
| ton of Directors shall be held yearly on
| the second Monday in January, beginning
| with the year 1928. The Board of Di-
| rectors shall have the right to elect, with
| out reference to stockholders meeting,
/ any stakeholder to be a Director, when
ever vacancy shall exist on the Board
of Directors through death or resigna-
| ton.
ARTICLE V.-The corporate powers Of
| this corporation are expressed and set
| forth in Section Seven Of Act 267 of the
Louisiana Legislature of the year 1914.
| and shall be duly employed by and
| through the Board Of Directors.
| The duties of the several officers shall
| be set forth in the bylaws, which shall
| be adopted by the Board of Directors and
amended or altered at will, and they shall