The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-10-07
CHATTER OF STENENS-BNRTHE MAN
JFACTURING COMPANY, IN
CORPORATED.

! United States of America. State of Lou
J i>iana, Parish of Orleans city of New Or
/ leans BE it known. That on this eleventh
day of the month of September in the
year Of our Lord. nineteen hundred and
twenty, and of the Independence of the
uited States of America. the one hun
dred and forty fifth. before me- Allan
I Raymond Beary. a Notary Public. in and
| for the city, parish and State aforesaid.
duly commissioned and qualified. and
therein residing. and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and un-
derSigned. personally came and appeared
the >cN eral persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who declared that. avail
ing themselves of the laws of the State of
Louisiana. relative to the formation Of cor
porationS, and especially of Act No. 2G7
of the acts Of tn" General Assembly of the
year 1914. they do hereby form themselves
their associates and successors into a cor
poration under the following conditions
which they hereby adopt as their articles
Of incorporation or charter, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style of this
corporation shall be Stevens Barthe Man
utacturlng Company, Incorporated. and
under said name il shall have corporate
existence for ninety-n mine years from and
after this date. unless sooner dissolved :;
its domicile shall be in the City of New
Orleans. State of Louisiana: citation and
all legal processes shall be served upon
the President. or. in his absence upon the
Secretary-Treasurcr of this corporation.
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which this corporation is formed and
the nature of the business to be carried
on by IL are hereby declared to be: The.
manufacturing, marketing and selling of
various articles and commodities made of
wood or metal, the huying and selling of
lands and other property, real or personal
the owning, chartering and operating of
tramways and narrow gauge railroads
boat lines and other transportation de-
vices; the owning and operating of plants.
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and to exercise all powers conferred upon
corporations by Act 267 of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana and
the amendments thereto.
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at twenty five
(S25OOOOO) thousand dollars, all of which
Shall be common stock, and said stock
shall be represented by twenty five C25OO)
hundred (Sl00) dollars each All stock
subscribed for shall be payable at such
times and on such conditions and terms as
the Board of Directors nrly from time TO
time FIX and determine in each particular
case, or by general resolution, or the
Board Of Directors may issue certificates
or paid up stock in payment of property
or goods actually delivered to this cor
poration, or for services actually rem
dered to it.
ARTICLE IV.-No stakeholder shall ever
be held liable or responsible for the con
tracts or faults of this corporation in any
further sum than the unpaid portion of
his subscribed stock. nor shall anv mere
informality in organization have the effect
of rendering this charter null or exposing
stakeholder to any liability other than as
above provided.
ARTICLE v.-An of the corporate pow
ers OF this corporation shall be vested in
and exercised by n Board of Directors
composed Of not less than five 90 nor
more than seven "a stockholders who
snail be elected by meeting of the stock
hnth fnr kne
Gle of the corporation on the second
Tuesday OF January Of each year begin |
ming with the second Tuesday of January |
1922 Notice of such meetings shall be
given to each stakeholder at least fifteen |
days prior to such meeting, either per- |
sonally, or by depositing said notices in |
the postoffice, properly addressed to the |
last known address of each stakeholder as |
shown by the books of the corporation at |
least fifteen days before the date for such |
meeting. The first Board of Directors of |
this corporation is hereby declared to be |
composed of j. II. Stevens Glenn Barthe. |
X. Il. Nolan, ]. W. Stevens and NJ G. |
Stevens, and they shall hold office until |
the second Tuesday in January, 1922 or |
until their successors are elected and quail |
flied. The Board of Directors of this cor |
lIii shall Immediately after their
election and qualification. elect from
among their number q President a Vice |
President and a Secretary Treasurer The |
first President of this corporation shall be
.. SAtNtnS, tne 1lrSt vice President |
shall be Glenn Barthe and the first Secre- |
tary Treasurer shall be ]. W. Stevens. and
they shall hold office until their successors
are elected and qualified
ARTICLE VI.-This charter NAV be
amended, the capital stock increased or de-
creased, or this corporation dissolved in
accordance with the provisions of Act 26T
OF the Acts of the General Assembly of |
the state of Louisiana, for the year 1914. |
Thus done and passed in my notarial II
office, in the City of New Orleans, Parish Il
and State aforesaid, on the day and date
first above written. in the presence of F. II
). Lambour and NJ. Simpson. competent
who hereunto subscribe their
names with said appearers and me- Notary
liter reading the whole.
witnesses: +. s. Lambour, VI Simpson.
ALLAN r. BEARY, Notary Public.
/. the undersigned. Recorder of Mort
RACES in and for the Parish of Orleans.
state OF Louisiana, do hereby certify that
he above and foregoing act of .ncorpor-
tlon or the Stevens Barthe Manufacturing
company, Incorporated. was this day duly
ecorded in my office in Book -, Folio
=. New Orleans. September 18th. 1920.
Signed.) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. r.
A true copy.
ALLAN R. BEARY, Notary Public.
Sept. 16-Oct