The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-01-15
CHARTERS.
NO ..., NOVEMBER 20, 1919.
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE
SIEGEL-GARCIA MOTORS COM
PANY INCORPORATED.

PANY INCORPORATED.
United States of America, State of Louis
iana Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
leans. BE il known that on this 10Th
day of the month of November in the
year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hun
dred and nineteen and of the Independence
of the United States of America, the one
hundred and forty-third. Before me,
Charles Il. Starkey, notary public, duly
commissioned and qualified, within and
for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louis
lana, and i'll the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, per-
SOnally came and appeared: The several
persons whose names are hereuntO sub
scribed, who severally declared that, avail
ing themselves of the benefits and pro-
visions of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana and of the laws of said
State relative to the organization of cor
pOratiOnS and particularly OF the provis-
ions of Act No. 26I, of the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Louisiana for the year
1914, they have contracted and agreed and
united TO form and do, by these presents,
contract and agree and bind and ObIigate
themselves to form and organize them
selves we'll all such otner persons
who many hereafter Join or become as
SOciated with them or their successors,
into stock corporation and body polite
in law, for the objects and purposes and
under the conditions. covenants. stipu-
lationS and agreements of the articles fol
lowing, tO-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be 'Siegcl- Garcia Motors
Company, Incorporated" and under and
| by said name. unless sooner dissolved in
accordance with law and this charter, IL
shall exist and continue, and shall have
and enjoy corporate existence and sue
ceSsiOn for Il period of ninety nine years
from and after the date of this Act 1t
may have, hold, receive, borrow, loan,
| exchange, acquire by grant, gift or pur-
chase, devise or bequeSt, sell. ALLEVIATE
dispose of, convey, lease pledge pawn
hypOthecate, cucumber and mortgage
property of any kind, whether real per-
SOnal or mixed, corporal or incorpOreal
movable or immOvable. all subject TO
much limitations as may he prescribed by
| law.
or notes and other evidences of debt. 1t
may accept mortgages, pledges or other
| forms of security for money loaned or
other debts Ii may contract, sue and be
| sued, plead or he implicated by its cor
| porate name in any court of competent
jurisdiction. 1t may make, adopt and
| use a common seal and alter the same at
pleasure. Ii may hold stock in other
corporations and Its capital stock may be
| issued for capital stock in other CORPORA
tons. Ii may name. appoint and employ
such managers, directors. officers agents
and other employees as its business and
convenience may require, and may fix
| their compensation, having due regard to
the nature. character and value of their
services. Ii may make and establish by
laws, rules and regulations not inconsist-
! ent with this charter or any existing law
fixing or altering the engagements of its
! property. the regulation and government
| of its affairs and the manner of the Ger
| tihcation and registration of its stock II
may wind up and dissolve itself, or be
wound up and dissolved in the manner
| prescribed by law. 1t may conduct bust
| ness in this State, other States, the Fed
eral Districts. the Territories and pos
GnC ell nf 4hn
foreign country. 1t shall have the power
to invest its Board of Directors with all
OF ITS corporate powers subject TO such
restrictions as may be named in this
charter. And 1t shall general possess all
the powers, rights, privileges and i'm
, munities which corporations are and may
hereafter be authorized to possess under
the Constitution and laws of this State
| Acts of the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana for the year 1914.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
| poration shall be at the City of New Or
leans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louis
| lana, and all citations or other legal
process shall be served upon the Presi-
| dent of tbs corporation. or in case of his
absence, upon the Vice-President, or in the
| absence of both of these officers upon the
Secretary of this corporation.
| ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
| Tor which said corporation is formed and
the nature of the business to be carried on
4
Section j. To buy, sell. lease, store and
| repair automobiles. trucks, tractors and
| motor and other vehicles of all descrip-
lions and their parts and accessories; and
| 10 manufacture and sen automobile tons
| bodies and other automobile parts
| Sec :. To manufacture and deal in au-
tomobileS, motors, bicycles and vehicles
| of all kinds and in all articles and sup
| plies used in connection Herewith
| See. 3. To manufacture automobiles
motor boats and marine engines. and all
kinds of hardware, machinery, metal cast
lngs, electrical appliances and all other
articles from metal or wood or both nee
essary or convenient in the manufacture
| Of said automobiles or motor boats or
parts incident thereto.
Sec. 4. To manufacture and sell and deal
in automobiles and all parts and Access
series thereof, and to carry on any trade
| or business incidental thereto or con-
| nected herewith; to manufacture and sell
| import and export automobile vehicles
and any kind of motors whatsoever and
! 10 carry on any trade or business Incl
| dental thereto or connected Herewith. TO
| carry on any manufacturing or mercantile
| business lawful in the place where such
| business shall be carried on to apply for
| purchase or otherwise acquire hold own
| use, operate, sell, assign or grant or con-
] uuct licenses in respect to any and all in
ventions, improvements and processes used
| in connection with or secured under LET
| tiers patent of the United States or else
where; to acquire and undertake all or
any part or the business, assets and liza
bil1ties OF any person, firm, association or
corporation in connection Herewith: to
take, acquire, purchase hold, own, rent
lease, sell, exchange. mortgage, improve.
cultivate, develop and otherwise deal in
and dispose of any and all property, real
and personal, of every description, in
cidental to or capable of being used in
connection with the aforesaid business or
any of them.
Sec. 5.-To enter into, make perform
ana carry out contracts of every Kind not
contrary to law, with any person. firm.
association or corporation, and to carry
on any other business which under the
law 1t may be entitled to carry on which
may seem to the corporation to be cal
culated, directly or Indirectly to effect
the aforesaid objects or either of them
or to facilitate 1t in the tran.action of its
aforesaid business or businesses or any
part hereof, or in the transaction of any
other lawful business that NAV be cal
culated directly or Indirectly, to enhance
the value OF or to render profitable any of
the corporations property and rights and
generally to hold and exercise all such in
c1dental powers and privileges as relate
10 the objects and purposes hereinaboye
setforth, or as may be necessary useful
or convenient for effecting said objects
and purposes.
ARTICLE Iv.-The authorized capital
stock OF this corporation is hereby de-
ciared to be the sum Of fifty thousand
!SoOOOO) dollars, which capital stock NAV
De increased In the manner provided by
law to the sum of five hundred tboueand
.SSo.0OOl dollars. The presently author