The herald., 1920-10-28
New Orleans, September Goth, 1920.
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD,
CHARTER OF NEW ORLEANS TRUCK
AND DRAYAGE COMPANY. NC"

United States of America, State of Lou
isiana Parish of Orleans. City of New
Orleans BE il known, That on this TWEEN
ty-first day of the month of August, in
the year Of our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty, before me. Frederic
c. Querens, Notary Public. duly com
missioned and qualified in and for the
Parish of Orleans. State OF Louisiana,
therein residing, and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and un-
dersigned, personally came and appeared
Or. Herman 4. Bennett, Frank W. Harvey,
Ole NJ. Anderson. John A. Leathem and
John Wagner, all of full age and residents
OF the City of New Orleans, and all of
whom declared that ayailing themselves
of the provisions of the Constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana, relative to
the formation and conduct OF corporations,
and particularly of the provisions of Act.
No. 267 of the General Assembly of Louis
lana of the year 1914, and its amendments,
they do hereby form and constitute them
selves. and such other persons of age as
may lawfully become associated with them,
into corporation, body polite or stock
company entitled to the benefits OF all
laws pertaining to such bodies, and for
the objects and purposes, ana under the
stipulations set forth in the following ar
ticles which articles shall constitute the
charter Of the corporation herein formed ::
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title Of the
corporation hereby formed is declared TO
be: New ORLEANS Truck and Drayage
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In the city Of New Orleans, State of
Louisiana, at which place all meetings of
stockholders and directors shall be held,
except as otherwise provided by law. 1t
shall have and enjoy corporate existence
and succession under the said name for
period of ninety nine years from and
after the date of this act. unless dissolved
otherwise according to law.
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which this corporation Is formed and
the nature of the business be carried on by
it are hereby declared to be:
To operate automobile trucks and other
vehicles for the purpose of carrying goods,
wares and merchandise, by contract or
otherwise, in the Parish of Orleans and
in such other Parishes Of the State of
Louisiana as the nature and extent OF Its
business may require.
To erect construct and maintain sheds
or warehouses necessary for the purpose
of storing said automobile trucks, sup
plies, goods, wares and merchandise.
To purchase, acquire, buy, own, hold.
sell, convey, lease, hire, mortgage. pledge,
or otherwise dispose of or cucumber prop
erty, both real and personal, convenient
and incidental, and to contract in any
manner necessary for the proper accom-
plishment and conduct Of the business
hereinafter mentioned and contemplated.
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed in the sum OF
sixty thousand (6OOOO00) dollars. divided
into and represented by twenty -four hun
dred (2+O0l shares of stock of the par
value of twenty five (25) dollars each,
eighteen hundred Q,S00) of which
said shares of stock shall be COM
mon stock and worcestershire, represent
ing a total value of forty-tire thousand
(S45. 0O000) dollars, and six hundred 600
shares of said stock, representing a total
of fifteen thousand (sl5,0OO.00) dollars,
shall be preferred stock and nOn-cumula-
tive, said preferred stock to bear dividends
annually of not less, nor more than eight
(S) per cent, payable out of the net profits
OF the corporation, as hereinafter stipu-
lated, and which said shares Of stock
shall be paid for before issued in money
or its equivalent, services or labor per-
pormed, or property, real personal or
mixed, and actually received by the cor
poration, and after due appraisal Of value