The St. Mary banner., 1920-02-28
CHARTER OF
Silverman d. Bernstein, In
corpOrated.

| isialC OF LOUISIANA,
| Parish of st. Mary.
| BE it known that. op this 7th day Of
| February, in the year Of our Lord
Nineteen Hundred and Twenty, before
me, Rene H. IIimol a Notary Pubic, in
and for the Parish Of St Mary, State nf
| Louisiana. therein residing, and in the
| pro scnCe Of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned. personally came
| md appeared the persons whose names
| are hcrcunio subs scribcd, all of the fuit
age of majority and residents If the
Parish of ST Mary and Orleans, Louis
lana, who scvclally declared that avail
| ,ng themselves Of the provisions 0t the
tct of tho Legislature of the State OF
Louisiana, being known rs Act 2G7 OF
he Session Acts of 1914, they do, b,
hese presents, covenant and agree and
bind themselves as well az such other
oersons as may bccome hereafter assO-
ciat6d with them in order TO form and
constitute corporation and body polite
IN law, for the objects and purposes
md under the slipula,ions following
to wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name and ll,le OF this corporation
shall he ''SIIVERMAN & BERNSTEIN.
INCORPORATED,' an 1t shall have
and q JOY secession and exislehce for a
period Of hin -niIe (99) years from
date hereof Il shah have, enjoy and
possess ali the powers, rights, p1iv;-
cges and immCni;ies accorded to cor
pora,i0ns under the law
ARTICLE IL
The domi' lie OF tins corporation shall
le Im the Town o. Fiabklin, Parish OF
IT. Mary. State OF Louisiana. where all
lie citations and other Legal process
shall lie served upon the President. and
IN lie case Ct h s abs"nCe. upon the
President, ard in case Of The alb
sence cf tie Vice President, upon tho
Secretary Treasurer thereof
ARTICLE III.
The OF jec's and purp ses for which
his corporation is established and tht
nature O. tie business to be carried or
by 1t, arc hereby declared to be as fol- |
lows, to-wIt:
To establish and conduct general |
depar' ment store.
= To carry on all or any of the !
VIII nlesale aud retail businesses of Dir, |
goods merchants. dry goods nanufac |
luIilH lS, uOSieTS,
manufacturers, sApOrters and importers.
wholesale and retail dealers OF aud il
III kinds Of fabrics, feathers. dressers.
"cot and shoe makers; manufacturers
md importers and wi o!esae and retail.
!eal'rs Of and in leather goods. house
3old furniture, i:onmongcry, china and
glassware, cr0ckery and other ssou>e-
aold fittings aud utensils, ornaments,
oric-a-brac, stationery, bottoms and
fancy goods; dealers in meats and pro-
visions, drugs. chemicals and other arti-
c!es and comm ,ditits Of personal and
household Use and consump,ion; ana
generally Of and in all manufactured
goods, materials, provisions and pro-
uce and personal property.
3 To buy. sell, manufacture, rspair,
alter and exthaage, let or hire, Import
and export, and deal in ali kinds Of arti.
cles and things which may he required
for tue purposes Of any OF the id busi-
nesses, or commonl! supplied or dealt in
BY persons engaged in any such busi- ,
itsses, Or which may Stem capable of
icing prnfitably deals with in conne,-
ion with anv Of the said businesses.
ARTICLE Nv.
he Capi d! Stucn of thIs corporation
shall be Fifty thousand $50, ,OOO. .OOl
Dollars, divided into Eve Hundred
o30l Shares Of the par Value Of Que
Hundred (Sl00 00) Dollars each. No
ransfer Of stock shall lie binding upon
his corporation unless Am. appears up.
IN the books thereof.
Any stockhoider shall lave the right
70 assign or transfer any share or shares
leid by b m, provided ten days. notice
II such Intention 10 soil. assign OR trans
'er The Same is given to the coinpan,
md the other s.ockL ,lders, VII, shall
lave the hrst privilege of Purchasing
line, after hicL ten davs' notice rh.
'a:d stock may te sold j., open market.
The canttai stock of thi, CORPORATION
nay oe Increased 10 the sun of Seventy
i've 1915, 900 COZ Uoilrs
Inc Board OF Directors si all have the
ight t. dctermi ne how and when l., eas.
,ry sock shall be Issued; provided, thu,
aid treasury STOCK shall te issu I'd for
lash Or other .lu able cunsiJera,i,a i and
leVer less tnau at par.
A.11CLEN.
lhe corporate puW,r, Of this corpor-
ltion shall DC ves.ud ili bua.d Of Ur.
'ctofs to be composed OF ihree CD Dir
'clois, two tej Of whom stall constitute
quorum for the trains, C ion OF busi.
less, to be- elected ~ lha Stockholders
It general meeting to % L,.id ON the
lrst M"n"a! OF JsEuary. ia each Year
Voice of such el,c i',n sial Le Z ven
ND deilv.re'i rcis,nall, or b, depu,it-
ug il the post"Mce, ptoprlly addressed
0 each siockh,.lder b least fifteen u5.
lays OeIore such meeting
The D'"rd uf Dieu,ols shall have thei
'ower 10 make al D., -iAws, ruiss aud
egaiations aeceasarS fas The cuusiuc of
ae tusioess aDj e its said curpera
ioti. aLd stA't. efe- "a tleir uus,betj
s1sAs,t-E "a y -~,rsi,en,. ,n,; III