The herald., 1920-12-02
CHARTER OF STEYEN>-BARTHE MAN
IFACTURI\G COMPANY, IN
CORPORATED.

United States of America. State Of Lou
isiana. Parish of Orleans. CITY OF New vt
leans. BE ii known, That on inns eleN'!Lu
dav OF the month Of september, IN the
wear OF our Lord. nineteen hundred ana
twenty. and of the Independence OF th'
United States of America. the one nun
bred and forty-tifth, before me- Allan
RAYMOND Beary a Notary Public, in and
for the city. parish and State aforesaid.
duly commissioned and quallhed' ana
therein residing. and in the presence OF
the witnesses hereinafter named and un,
dnrsiCned personally came and appeared
the several persons whose names are mere
unto subscribed. who declared that, avail.
ing themsel of the laws of the state or
Louisiana. relative to the formation Of cor
uorations and especially of Act No. 26'
o. the acts of the General Assembly or the
year 1914. they do hereby form themselves,
their associates and successors into cor
poration under the following conditions
which they hereby adopt as their articles
OF incorporation or charter. to-wit;
ARTICLE THE name and style OF
this corporation shall be Stevens Barthe
Manufacturing Company, Incorporated.
and under said name it shall have cor
pOrate existence for ninety nine years
| from and after this date. unless sooner dis
solved: its domicile shall be in the city
of New Orleans State of Louisiana; eta,
| tion and all legal processes shall be served
upon the President. or, in his absence
| upon :he SeCretary-Treasurer OF THIS cor
| pOration.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation Is formed
| and the nature of the business to be car
| red on by il are hereby declared TO be
| The manufacturing, marketing and selling
of various articles and commodities made
| of wood or metal, the buying and selling
ot lands and other property real or per
SOnal. the owning, Chartering and Operat'
ing of tramways and narrow gauge rail
roads. boat lines and other transporta
ton devices: the owning and Operatinl
of plants, factories and mercantile estab
| light n
ferred upon corporations by Act 261 of thu
General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana and the amendments thereto.
| ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of thi
corporation is hereby fixed at twenty-five
So. 100000 thousand dollars all of whicl
shall be common stock, and said stOcl
, shall be represented by two hundred ant
: fifty (2JO) shares of the par value of on
hundred (SlOOl dollars each. All stock sub
scribed for shall he payable at such time
I and on such conditions and terms as tn
Board of Directors may from time {
time fix and determine in each particula
2 case, or by general resolution, or tn
Board of Directors may issue certificate
q of paid up stock in payment of propert
t or goods actually delivered to this COZ
pOratiOn. or FOR services actually rem
dered to il.
ARTICLE IV-No stakeholder shall eve
D be held liable or responsible for the con
tracts or faults of this corporation in an
: further sum than the unpaid portion q
his subscribed stock, nor shall any mer
. informally in organization have the efeC
I of rendering this charter null or eNposin
= a stakeholder to any liability other tina
as above provided.
ARTICLE V.-AII of the corporate pow
. crs of this corporation shah be vested i
and exercised by Board of Director
= composed of not less than five 90 no
! more than seven ca stockholders, VIII
= shall be elected by meeting of the stock
, holders held for that purpose at the dom
= Cie of the corporation on the secOn
: Tuesday of January of each year, begin
, ming with the second Tuesday Of January
: 1922 Notice of such meetings shall b
i given to each stakeholder at least tiftee
days prior to such meeting, either pei
, | SOnally, or by depOSiting said notices
y | the postoffice. properly addressed to tn
last known address Of each stakeholder 4
shown by the books of the corporation, f.;
e least fifteen days before the date for sue
r meeting. The first Board of Directors
U this corporation is hereby declared TO /
= composed of j. II; Stevens, Glenn Barth
e X. L. Nolan. j. W. Stevens and NJ.
Stevens. and they shall hold Office unit
II the second Tuesday in January, 1922
u until their successors are elected and qua
Is flied The Board of Directors of this 60
s pOratiOn shall, Immediately after the
II election and qualification, elect fro
y among their number a President a Vic
> President and Secretary Treasurer. I'll
+ first President of this corporation shall
j. II. stevens, the first Vice Presidel
Df shall be Glenn Barthe, and the first Seer
ID tary-Treasurer shall be J. w. Stevens. al
r. tHtN Shdn nolu once until their SuCCeSSO
Of are elected and qualified.
ne ARTICLE VI.-This charter may
mt amended. the capital stock increased
ne decreased, or this corporation dissolved
IL accordance with the provisions of Act .
ae OF the Acts of the General Assembly
{: the State of louisiana for the year 19-
IL Thus done and passed in my notari
h Office, in the City of New Orleans. Pari
rs and State aforesaid, on the day and da
O. nrst above written, in the presence of
r. =. LambOur and VI. Simpson, compete
al witnesses. who hereunto subscribe tn,
OF names with said appearers and me. Notar
er after reading the whole
ed Names of subscribers amittedD
be witnesses: Z. S. LambOur NJ SimpsC
IL ALLAN X. BEARY.
on Notary Pdblic
T. l, the undersigned, Recorder of Mo
of cages, in and for the Parish of OrleaI
ct state Of Louisiana, do hereby certify III
4 the above and foregoing Act Of Incorpor
n. tlon OF the Steyens-Barthe Manufacture
I'd company, Incorporated. was this day du
n recorded In my Office in Book 1916, 70
he 2ol. New Orleans, 1920
nd (SlGNED EMILE J. LEONARD,
ay by. r
~ true copy.
,d ALLAN R. BEARY,
~ Notary Public
an Nov. 4-Dec. 0.