The herald., 1920-01-08
CHARTER
.CT N INTERPRETATIONS OF GULF
ANA coFFEE COMPANY, INC.

=, Louisiana. Parish of Orleans,
civ of New Orleans. BE II hnU U'nntb of
On This eighteenth day OF tne sS nine
m. smber In the year one IhVu i.ara mi.
hundred and ninteen tivny p,;e JnIy COM
pernarJ litche a notary pubic, W. ~ the
S,rninnad and qualified in ana Lor nS
parIsh Of orleans State OF Loulslan h,,ain.
a. nc nresence of the witnesses the
ns,nr named and undersigned, on ', and
fnII age of majority personn' hereinafter
PPa5 and undersigned, also III va O.
S.a Syho seyerally declared thal $40 Of
.sSemseIyes of the laws OF the 80 nro.
Ionjsiana, and particularly .. General
'sSnns ~ the Act No. 267 OF the %e ZEN, a.
,saoIohly OF 1914, relative TO the LoI ntod
.aS9 80 cornorations, they have coNe.e"'J 10
eio I aareed and by these presents
onyena5t and agree for themseNe'' ,bam-
successors and assigns, 10 Ia noIitic
selves ln. npiacts and purposes and under
the stipulations following
,prIc1E 1.-The name and title OF ,nIs
AhI; she'll he Gulf Coffee Company
Inc. on
.-,c,p 1.-THE purposes and oD-
g. which this corporation ~
g,anizad and the nature OF the 30 he ms
- he carried on by 1t are deciareu W
follows:
,nor,,ne and exporting coffee anu and
posrchsndise generally, buyin1s and
alu coffee. teas. blends Oh ,,toctur-
other merchandise generaiiy. and blends of
tns and selling candies anu Generally
ing an Ia article of commerce gen SI,5 /,
as,i,g and grinding eonees ma d teas
20 cof,ees and blending conees , a fran
To scouire the property .iary Mind.
chise, good will and assers or assOcia-
tion either wholly or partly anu Of the
non, s.me in cash, or in STOCK vi oar.
Company, or otherwise ms i ntas
,sIt,fd Nv the laws of this s'a'e'
.nr,cIE Iu.-The authorized capi,s'
- ~ this company shall De NV ,nto 10
and (s5,oOO:ool dollars ns. S Snpdred dollars
shares ho Maid for in cash, or In propuh,.
eaeI, aouiyelent, and II not IN chsn .ha
g.d ~ directors shall determine
,DsIns of such equivalent otiereu'
This company shall be going eon hrsi-
ana shall have the right 10 Sai 5s,,ors lS5.
nI .. as soop as FIVE thousand uona Nm
OOOOO) Of It's capitai s'o
subscribed for. nj,
az ..,os and other transfers OF any
All soL ~ this corporation shall oe VIZ
s,n,ass said stock shall have Deen ~.
Siously offered to the then eAl nf Directors
no'1 Eliminated price. and II the b %. 20
g. s.id stockholders, does no. Sc -, 10
lor said stock, then IL shan no. ~
sold al a less price. or upon Viewing n
able terms, without nkewse mon said
20 the Board at such price anu
terms. - s,oct or
~ case Of sale or transfer OF STOCK Or Ss
IL ,ssna of Increased capital STOCK, .ne
tne boiasrs OF stock Of the company, ,
shall, have the right to purcnssss q,
stock in the ratio ona ?, 'he This provision
stoSh W written. printed or stamped Oh
och certificate OF STOCK
.prIcIB Iy.-The domicile OF the cor
i.inn shalI he the City Of New orleans :.
SS,ats Of Louisiana, where all cl.a,ion Oh en-,
other legal process shall pe s on tn,
Treasurer, or, In ms
President. shaI
.prICIE y.-This corporation sna a,
md enjoy succession and uura.io,
Hs ,ha neriod OF ninety nine tv') year
from the date hereof.
.pTICI.E yI.-An the corporate powei,
Of this corporation SHAH De nirector
and exercised by yr,aos sSae Of not less tina
sh.aa fO directors, nor more than .,.,
.si AZ whom the majority shall consS.u =,
onorum for the TRANSACTION ol o"''
ness. IN constitut
The following persons shall eom r;t
the frst Board Of Direc'ors,
Ewing Harper 1 mn nSt0h Reviila il.
Tossnhine street, New Orleans; fau1 os J
gns,sar p,ttsburg, Pa; Mrs. Maria noe a
psxi,ia i448 Josephine Street. New VI
leans. ~, Ar. socop
Monday in January rIsc, ,S2i' and 1s Sualifie,
after the Board of Directors sha,i
sar,rosed of stockholders who snan
s,acted annually by the stockhoiders
a meeting on the second Mohuny ~
nary. 1921, and annually Thereafter, On a. =.
s sanora mo Monday Of each year. II the Sc
and Monday In January be iegai MOI =,
Ssy the meeting shall be held ON :. ~
next business day. At all meetings. oa !,
stockholders the voting shall De oy paAo
The Board Of Directors shall employ ~. ~
dismiss such clerks, managers anu osn' J
emnioyees as the interest and business :
the company may justify, and they ma
Saiegate this power to the President, an
secretary- Treasurer. Any OF the Direc'o'
may 81 written IL. isst ~ hs proxy at an
and All meetings Of the Board OF Director
Arv Of the. officers or employees OF IN
cornoration may be removed at any III
NV vote Of majority OF the wno
Board.
ARTICLE vII.-The officers Of this cor
poration shall be Presrdent, ~
PRESIDENT and Secretary Treasurer e Ts
~ when must be stockhoider. IN
oficers shall be chosen by the Boar
of Directors Untn the second Monaa
in January, 1921. the following person
shall be the officers Of the company. NJ ~
villa. Secretary Treasurer; Paul {. HARP
er, Vice Presidents
ARTICLE vIII.-No notes or othe
negotiable instruments and no orders 10
the payment Of money, and no contraet
shall be valid unless the same snah .
authorized by the signatures OF two OH
GERS of the company.
ARTICLE IX-No stakeholder shall eve
be held liable or responsible for the con
tract or faults of this corporation In an
further sum than any unpaid balance ou
ON the shares Of stock owned by him no
shall any informallty In organization nav
the effect Of rendering this charter null o
Of exposing n stakeholder to any iiaoiiit
beyond any amount due on his stock.
ARTICLE x.-This charter may D
altered or amended, In any manner IN
Gliding the increase or decrease OF II
capital stock, and the affairs OF the cor
poration wound up. and the corporation
itself dissolved in,the manIier and on com
plying with the existing laws.
This incorporation hereof have place'
opposite their respective signatures tn
number Of shares Of the capital stock 10
be taken and considered as the origina
subscription list OF this corporation, an
TO be recorded as such.
Thus done and passed. at my office, a
the City of New Orleans, on the day
month and year first above written, Il
the presence of p. r. Ferrera and Mis-
Dolly II. Dunn witnesses of lawful agt
residing In this city, who, together wit
said Appearers and me. Notary. hav
signed their names, afted due reading Q
the whole.