The herald., 1920-03-11
CHARTER OF JomN MEYER Sc

nlt"d States Of Amrrir, S,.,,
i>Ilhd' IaT>h OF Orleans. CITY of Na,, L ol
'1us. lie It known. That on this t,Sa. VI
IL" ny OF ihr month of Januarv
,ic year one thousand nine huodraS; ~
twenty. before me. Charles Srhnn.,u and
Notary Public duly r0mmi,sionaIu, a
sworn. IN and for the Parish oT ~ dud
""H my OF New Orleans. therein resisil us
personally appeared the pprsons lung
'lI''H gre h"r"uHto subscribed. who a.
,i"t'u I"a', awaiting themselves Of the NJ
''NI"hN OF the laws OF this State raIap,i NV
10 ia" organization of rorpor,,tionse 'atVe
M'f' particularly Act No 1t7 of Tho C Suq
rfdl Assembly of thi, State. approyaJ ie1-
- 1914. They have rOY.ulut.d ana at
ana q" 10y these presents. ,oyanant w gu,
Ere, hihd. form and constitute tbsm
selves. as well as such urr>ops ,rbou'
hereafter join or become a,soria,aI may
mem, into corporation and body noIi..l
]" law, Tor N" objects and purposeS 90
uHh'r IN" agreements and stipuIations taI
lowing. tO-wit: iOl'
ARTICLE Tho name Of this co,no..
'IoH ShaIl De- John Meyers Incorporg,aI
%"u ~ "'ihi'llr ShaI b" in the City ~
New orleans, State of Louisiana o.
uon shall be served uuon the presidoH,
Iud. IN his absence. upon the Vica D.
dent, and. in the absence of tho presidaa,
ana Vic" President. upon the Serrsta.r
AK l'LE 1.-THE purposes for wbich
IhlN corporation is formed is to carry on
The business of buying. selling and al
In. i'm fruits and products ana am n,a,o Jeai'
nl>r Incidental 10 said business. 10 oy.
LOT lis own account. or for the acco,a.
or others, rel c-t1to. lands trnrnants onS
options thereon. mortgage notes bonJS
>h''r> OF stock and other securities. IA
lease. rent. hire and Manage pronprtv ana
make leases as lessee or lessor. 70 c aT4
tract or >ub-contra,t for merchandise nsr.
tanning 20 said class Of business, IN 90,
as agents or brokers for the purchase n,
>air OF such merchandise and generally 10
| q" ana ehs@g" IN any other business IN.
d'riaklng or enterprise connected with
growing out of. Gprmane or incidental "a
any OF the purposes hcre:naDOve set forth
or contemplated by this charter.
ARTICLE Ill The amount of the can
iial stock is hereby fixed at two hundred
thouStand dollars tS20000OD, divided into
twenty hundred shares of the par value Of
one hundred dollars (SlOO.OOl per share:
said stock shall be paid for either in
cash or property actually received by the
corporation. The capital stock may be in
creased TO three hundred thousand dollars
iH@WOOOl when duly authorized by its
stockholders.
ARTICLE IV.-ThiS corporation shall
have and enjoy all the rights, advantages
ana privileges granted by law to corpora.
lions. IL shall exist for a period Of ninety.
nine years. II shall have the power to
name; TO max" and use a corporate SEAL
to hold, receive. purchase. sell, convex,
mortgage or pledge property, both real
and personal; TO issue notes and ether
obligations or negotiable instruments: to
have and employ such agents, managers
and employees as the interest and con-
venience Of said corporation may require
or demand.
ARTICLE V.--AI the powers Of this cor
poration shall be vested in and its business
| shall be managed by u Board of Directors
| consisting of three stockholders Of this
corporation, which may by vote OF the Di-
r"ctOrS be increased to five. and the names
and pOstOf1ice addresses of those selected
| for the first year. or until their successors
ere elected and qualified are as follows, to-
wit: John Meyer, President and General
| Manager. 2lS POydraS street. New Orleans,
La: Mare LazarO. First Vice President
| New Orleans, La: Louis Meyer, Second
Vice President. New Orleans La; John
Meyer. Jr.. Secretary and Treasurer, New
Orleans, La. The corporation shall have
| a President. Vice President. General Man
ager, Secretary and Treasurer, and the
| Board of Directors shall have the power
| 10 combine any two of said offices into
one The Board of Directors shall have
the power to make bylaws, rules and reg
ulatiOnS for the corporation. Any yscan-
| cicS in the officers or Directors shall be
| filled by che remaining Directors.
| ARTICLE IN.-The annual meeting Of
| the stockholders for the election OF ID.
rectOrS shall be on the second Monday OF
| January of each year, the first annual
meeting TO be held on the second MONDAY
of January, 1921. until which time the
officers aad Directors named in this cnai
| ter shall continue in office and until tneif
successors are duly elected and quaiihed
ARTICLE VII.-All stockholders meet
| ingS shall be held after three days written
notice by the Secretary, mailed TO the iss
| known address of the stockholders, except
when otherwise provided by law. but gu
notices may be waived by the UNANIMOUS
| consent of the stockholders.
Thus done and passed in my once On
the day and year first above written !"
| the City of New Orleans, state or Louls
| lana. in the presence of the undersigneS
witnesses. MesSrs Robert \. Huyghe ana
| Carrie H. Johnson. and the appearers anu
| me Notary. after due reading of the who,s'
Witnesses: Robt. \. Iuyghe, Carrie D.
! Johnson. -,A..
for 1887 shares; VI: Lazaro Subscrlotss -, ~,
| | share: Louis Meyer. Subscribes 1of
share; JnO Meyer, Jr., SubScribes ior
share. - ph
(SeaIO Charles Schneidau, Not. PUP.
| I the undersigned, Recorder OF mon
cages in and for the Parish Of Orles,n.,
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify ina
the above and foregoing ret of incorpoaLs,
| ton of John Meyer, Inc. was THIS , SS
| duly recorded in my office in BOOK 10"
| Folio --.
New Orleans. La, January -. wv
EMILE J. LEONARD, d. ~
"u' 'OP'' CHAs. SCHNEIDEAu:
Notary Pubic