The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-07-22
CHARTER.
QUARTER OF GENERAL shiffiN"
CORPORATION, INC.

leans. n Of Juiy, in the year ot our
Lord one Thousand, Nlnt Marx. a
twenty: before me. Frederic N,,J and
-NU,iTisia5 ia and for the state ana IaIls"
aforesaid aud in the presehge "a ,pdar-
Tassss hereinafter mentioned anu a..
signed personally came ana apPvatcN nj
slEl''u P,.IL,sp names are hereunto SUI
Irribpd all above the age OF hhdJpilt! ,,Iya.
scvar,Iiy declare that, aNalHhS So,
of the provisions OF lhe laNo -,,anizgtinn
of Louisiana relative to the organ 1.'i.,t,
"a lnrnorHtions. they do hereby asso,iH''
and Join themselves INTO anu 40 ,,rrTo,e,
coru0ratiOn for the OBJECTS anu -
and uuder the supulauOus her'l""''
ior1'RRTICLE The name and title OF
this CORPORATION il General ShlPP'"7
Poffdp,TIUITi;,I The domicile of the cor,
,rration is the City of New orIeauS s or
II shall exist and enjoy corporate SuNN fnr
sion under It's Sot pm years from
"nd after the date hereof. II 80
have the power to sue anu ~" ", -
TO make and to use Iorp IIi" ~ Measure.
80 hold receive, lease, purchaSt anu -.
yey as well as mortgage anu ny pa or
uroperty real, persona! anu ~ "a m
nioTaoi and incorpOrcal, 10 name anu or,
Poiiesi ., ar. managers. agents, directors anu
officers as its business lhttTtS.S me- wei,
ouire and to make and eSlaplIeh' -
~ aitnr and amend from time 10 I'm
,cb hv.laws rules and regulations IvI w
huch Ny ,'or,r1ent of the affairs of the
CORPORATION as may pe - I.,sl r,ro-
proper. All citation ., or H,nst 70 La" law.
ARTICLE 3-The objects anu pun -
for which this corporation Is OF tnn-i.,d ar,
The nature of the business 10 De al ~ 10
- IL are hereby declared 10 De 10 w
uy,ar,I hauling delivering ana tFdnSPol
Istion business by wagon, array, lIu'N, a.,
,omnLile boat, railroad car, OF Vln'i "
bicIes of transportation I" owl ar" - ~
,uh al
IN huy and sell the same. whether III ~
npctiou with its business OF p'n,th;tI1l
lease or rent or CHARTER sun - re-
TRANSFORMATION as its business may -
49, 10 do a general Forwarding puHI
ness. and to act as agent or reprtsentS" 81
Tor others in the various states VI ~
Union or in foreign countries 10 pua - V.
al 81 estate and to own ana Optrdt'
The same. and the same to hypotheGaIt %
cucumber or otherwise; TO 90 sIeNeutoiimTT
to load and unload stSalns 81 P,,,rtnnrI,,
cars and all other vehicles OF udnspoi."
zion 10 own and operate warehouses sloIe
houses etc; to act as irelgRt po, =
engage in business as steamship a. q,
steamboat agents, to do Seherdl eNPo' -, 80
80 imuorting business. ana ACT AZ lol
warding agent, and to do genera CVihiit nl
sion business, and generall! 10 uG ~
nsrform any and all things essehllaI I"
or necessary in the CohuuS' VI NV
hereinabove set forth. - -. - tbi.
CORPORATION is hereby fixed AT Ihe su SUI.
Twenty-fiy Thousand ($25,OOOOGl Dollars
diyided into and represented by Two nun
bred and Fifty (25O) shares Oh Iny pa
SaIne of one Hundred Dollars NlVO.Ur
aScb Such stock shall be paid Tor IN cash
eo In sncb instaIIments and at such time
and after such notice TO suDscrip'rs az az az
Board of Directors may ueterlhinS anu ian
OF same may be issued at NOT lesS I'D 10,
mar for labor done or services PeilOi NJ
for said CORPORATION or for property OF
rights actually delivered to ana recel'eu
by said corporation. ,,.,,o-, fSo5 oo0 O0l
Twenty-Five thousand Dollars NZo,VViVO,
90 Tho canital stock has been subscribed
for at the time of the passing OF TINS ~;
of incorporation and this corporatlo,h s sn.,i
be a going concern ana shall Oe Iutn0 ~ - -
70 do business as soon as 1Wclye ihOu
sand Five Hundred Dollars (Sl2,JOOOol oi
IFS capital stock shall have been palu LOT
All transfers of shares OF the Gapltdi
stock of this corporation shall De maue anu
n,arad on the stock book of the corpora
zion and no transfer shall be IN any man
ner binding on the corporation unless 81
entered. -, l., ;ssuad NJ.
onired and held by the stockholders under
the following conditions which are Ine a es
sence of their rights as stockhoIuers anu
which conditions shall De reerIeu W -
the certificate of stock. ,.,-
No stockholder shall sell, or otherwlst
dispose OF his stock until he shal nay
first offered the same to the other SUI Sai
holders Of the company, when oIer shai
he made In writing to the Board OF DrtC
tors, whose duty 1t shall be to transmit un'
same to the stockholders immedlatel!, an ~.
said stockholders shall nave SIEVE nuI? !
from the receipt of said notice With
which they may purchase AT the '"iu'
thereof. AL rrrnos,
aforesaid shall be the same as Is shown
Inv the books of the experimentation,
ed on the basis Of the last SEM -ai,u ~
statement Of the corporation IN connS S ,ba
with the monthly trial Dalahce anu INV
semi annual inventory.
Ii shall be the duty Of the corporation
TO make up and preserve the ioresolne
iaI-balances and semi annual anu an
nual statements for the purposes aIoresalu
and which shall at all times be open tt
the view of the stockholders
ShouId more than one stockholder oLiei
to buy said stock, the same snali De uis
tributed among those wishing TO purcnAs'
according to their holdings IN the corpor
alton. "A a.. o..o,
under the provisions hereinabove set 1orti
the price therefor shall be paid IN casi
within twenty -four hours after such ac
ceptance. -
of this corporation shall be vested In an'
exercised by a Board of Directors, com
posed of 8 stockholders majority o
whom shall constitute quorum Tor IN
transaction of business. The director
shall be elected annually by the stock
holders at a meeting to be held on the is
Tuesday of June in each year; sal'
meetings of the stockholders shall be pre-
ceeded by three days notice in WRITING
sent to each stakeholder at his or her las
known place of residence. Eaeh perso
shall be entitled to one vote in person o
by proxy for each share OF stock held A
elections shall be held under such rule
and regulations as may be fixed by ID
OF Directors or OF stockholders, all ques
lions shall be determined by a majorit
of those present at such meetings.
The Directors. when elected, shall cor
tinue In office for one year and until thei
successors shall have been duly electe
and qualified. No failure to elect sha
operate the forfeiture of this charter {
any right hereunder. Any vacancy o.
CURING on the Board of Directors sha
be filled by the remaining Directors Il
rectors after it's election shall from anon
it's members elect n President, Secretar
and Treasurer but this latter office ma
be filled by one person.
ARTICLE 6-The funds OF the corpori
ton shall be deposited from time to tin
in a bank or banks to be selected by u
Board of Directors. All checks, notes
sued In the name of the corporation shs
be executed as determined by the Boal
of Directors. No official shall sign or u
the name of the corporation except striC
~ in its concerns.
ARTICLE THE first Board Of L
rectors. who shall serve until their su
cessors have been legally elected and qua
flied shall be:
~ II. II. Lyons Stonewall Jackson, Geor
Janvier. Lucien T.. Lyons, Jr., j. Norco
ackson. of whom Lucien +. Lyons, j
shall be President, J. Norcom Jackso
Treasurer, and George Janvier Secretar
ARTICLE S.-This act of Incorporate,
may be changed, modified or amended
the capital stock increased or decreas,
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