The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-10-14
CHARTER OF >TENENS-BARTHE MAN
IiACTI RING COMPANY, IN
CORPORATED.


United States Of America. State Of Lou
l>Iana, Parish of Orleans. city of New Or
| leans BE ii 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
I ni'cd States of America. the one hum
drrd and forty fifth before me- Allan
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 I'M
derSigned. personally came and appeared
the several 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 pa
of the acts of the 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
ufacturinE Company, Incorporated. and
under said name il shall have corporate
existence for ninety nine 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
IN" President or. in his absence. upon the
Secretary-TreaSurer 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 II are hereby declared TO be: The
manufacturing, marketing and selling OF
various articles and commodities made of
wood or metal. the buying and selling of
lands and other property. real or personal
the owning, Chartpring and operating of
tramwayS and narrow gauge railroads
boat lines and other transportation de
vices: the owning and operating of plants
factories and mercantile establishments
and to exercise all powers conferred upou
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
(S25.OOOOO thousand dollars, all of which
shall be common stock, and said stock
shall be represented by twenty five 2jGOl
hundred shares of the par value of one
hundred ($lOOD dollars each. All stock
subscribed for shall be payable at such
times and on such conditions and terms as
the Board of Directors may 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 i'm any
further sum than the unpaid portion of
his subscribed stock, nor shall any mere
informality in organization have the effect
of rendering this charter null or exposing
a stakeholder to any liability other than as
above provided.
ARTICLE Van of the corporate pow
erS of this corporation shall be vested in
and exercised by a Board of Directors
composed of not less than five 90 nor
more than seven ca stockholders who
shall be elected by n meeting of the stock
holders held for that purpose at the domi-
cile of the corporation on the second
Tuesday of January of each year. begin
ming with the second Tuesday of January
lS22 Notice of such meetings shall be
given to each stakeholder at least fifteen
days prior to such meeting. either per
sonally. or by depOsting said notices in
the pOstoffice. properly addressed TO the
last known address of each stakeholder as
shown by the books of the corporation. Mt
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. Glen Barthe. |
r. y. Nolan, ]. W. Stevens and NJ c.
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
pOratiOn shall, Immediately after their
election and qualification, elect from
among their number a President. a Vice !
President and a Secretary Treasurer The !
first President of this corporation shall be |
J. II Stevens. the first Vice President
shall be Glen Barthe, and the first Secre- |
tary- Treasurer shall be J. W. Stevens, and |
they shall hold office until their successors
are elected and qualified.
ARTICLE SI.-This charter may be !
amended, the capital stock increased or de- |
creased, or this corporation dissolved in |
accordance with the provisions of Act 90 |
of the Acts of the General Assembly of |
the State OF Louisiana, for the year 1914. |
Thus done and passed in my notarial |
office in the City of New Orleans Parish |
and State aforesaid, on the day and date |
first above written, in the presence of +. |
s. LambOur and NJ. Simpson, competent |
witnesses. who hereuntO subscribe their |
names with said appearers and me, Notary, |
after reading the whole.
Witnesses +. S. Lambour, VI Simpson. |
ALLAN r. BEARY, Notary Public.
1, the undersigned, Recorder Of Mort |
cages in and for the Parish of Orleans, |
State of Louisiana do hereby certify that |
the above and foregoing act of InCorpor- |
alton of the Stevens Barthe Manufacturing !
Company. Incorporated, was this day duly |
recorded in my office in Book -, Folio |
-. New Orleans, September 18th. 1920. |
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. r.
\ true copy.
ALLAN r. BEARY, Notary Public.
Sept. 16-Oct