The herald., 1920-09-23
CHARTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN
TRADING MANUFACTURING


| United States of America. State of Louis
| lana. Parish of Orleans. City of New Or
| leans BE it known, that on this 26th
| day of the month of August. in the year
| of our Lord. ninteen hundred and twenty,
| before me, Warren V. Miller duly com
miSSiOn"d. qualified and acting notary
| public. in and for the Parish of Orleans
state of Louisiana, and in the presence of
the hereinafter named and understanding
witnesses, personally came and appea red
the several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed and Sevcrally declared
that awaiting themselves and those they
represent, rs well as those who may here
matter become associated with them of
the general laws of the State of Louisiana
ia such cases made and provided. they
have formed and organized. and by these
presents form themselves. rs well as those
they represent and such others as may
hereafter become associated with them,
into a corporation and body petite in
law. for the object and purposes in the
following articles set forth and expressed
which they adopt as their charter.
ARTICLE The name and title of this
corporation is and shall be "The North
American Trading n Manufacturing CO..
Inc and il shall exist aud enjoy sue
ceS>iOn by its corporate name for period
of nincty-ninc 800 years from the date
hereof. with all the rights. privileges and
powers now or hereafter conferred by law
upon trading corporations. Its domicila
shall be in the City of New Orleans, and
all citations and legal services shall be
made upon the President, and in the event
Of his inability to act etc. upon the
Vice President or Secretary, in the order
named.
ARTICLE 1.-THE capitaI stock Of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum
of five thousand dollars ($5OOO.0W all of
which shall be divided into and repre-
scented by fifty (JO) shares of the par value
of one hundred dollars (SlOO.OOI each
Stock may be paid for in money. in Serv.
ices rendered the corporation, or in prop
crty regularly transferred to the CORPORA
tons all as shall be determined by tho
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE III-The objects and
purposes for which this corporation is or
ganized are declared TO be the buying
leasing, selling and otherwise dealing in,
both as principal and agent. timber. lum-
Der, moss, furS. fuel, and such other ar
ticlcs ordinarily are sold or used I'm
conjunction Herewith, including articles
manufactured out Of same: to erect. main
tain and operate mills and factories stores
etc, for the selling. manufacturing and
otherwise dealing in said articles. and in
general to do any and all things COM
patable and germane to and not contra
dictory with the above set forth objects.
ARTICLE IV-The corporate powers of
this corporation shall be vested in a
Board of three 90 Directors. a majority |
of whom shall constitute Il quorum for
the transaction Of business. Absent di. |
rectOrS may vote at any meeting of the !
directors by proxy in writing TO any other |
director for that particular meeting.
The first Board of Directors of this cor I
pOratiOn. shall be composed Of Henry |
NOelker, +. Ii. Chisholm, and f. l.. Put !
nam. with +. l.. Putnam, as President /
II. NOeller. as Vice President, and +. ii. |
as Secretary Treasurer. and /
said officers and directors shall serve as |
such until the second Monday in January. |
1928. or until their successors are duly |
qualified. and elected.
Meeting of the stockholders for the cleo
tiOn of Directors shall be held yearly on |
the second Monday in January, beginning /
with the year 1923. The Board of hi |
rcctors shall have the right 10 elect. with
out reference 10 a stockholders meeting,
any stakeholder to be n Director, when
ever a vacancy shall exist on the Board
of Directors through death or resgna-
ton.
ARTICLE V.--The corporate powers Of
this corporation are expressed and set