The herald., 1921-09-01
CHARTER OF LAMULLE-DARE
BOURG COMPANY. INC.

United states of America, State Of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans. City of New Or
leans, BE it known that on this 23rd day
of the month of August, 4. ID. 1921, Be
fore me, Allan Raymond Beary, notary
public, duly commissioned in and for the
above named parish and state, personally
came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed
who. In the presence of the witnesses here
matter named and undersigned, each and
all declared: That availing themselves of
the laws of the State of Louisiana. on the
subject of the incorporation of corpora
tons. and especially of Act No. 267, of
1914. they have organized. and do by these
presents organize and constitute them
selves, as well as all other persons who
may hereafter become associated with
them, into corporation and body polite
In law, 10 enjoy corporate existence dur
ing period of ninety nine (99) years af
ter this date, unless sooner dissolved, and
under the following stipulatiOns which
they hereby adopt as their articles of in
corporation, or charter, tOwit:
ARTICLE THE name of this corpora
ton shall be Lamulle- DarensbOurg Com
pany, Inc an dts domicile is hereby de-
clared TO be in the City of New Orleans
State of Louisiana. and all citations or
other legal process shall be served on the
president, and, in his absence, on the
secretary.
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
of this corporation, and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it, are here
by declared to be as follows: To carry
on and conduct a general wholesale and
retail grocery and general merchandise
business; to buy aud sell groceries, farm
products of all description; hardware.
furniture, notions. dry goods house fur
niShings; men. women and children'S fur
niShings: to own, purchase, lease, sell or
construct and operate such stores, build
ings and warehouses may be neces
sary or advisable for the conduct of this
business, or Of any of the purposes or OBJ
jects herein stated; to purchase, lease, own,
sell or rent property, both movable and
immOvable. and generally TO do all things
that may be required or necessary for the
accomplishment of the objects set forth; ;
and to make all contracts necessary or
expedient to accomplish any of said pur-
poses. And this corporation shall have
the power to do business in this State and
in any other state or states, and in any
foreign country.
ARTICLE III-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum
of ten thousand tS10,OO0O0) dollars, all of
which shall be common stock and which
shall consist Of one hundred shares of the
par value of one hundred ($lOOO0) dollars
per share. Which stock may be increased
10 Sl00,0O0.O0. Said stock may be paid for
in money, services rendered to the corpora
tion, or in property transferred to the cor
poration.
ARTICLE Iv-All OF the corporate
powers of this corporation shall vest in
and be exercised By board of directors,
composed of three stockholders of this
corporation, to be elected at meeting of
the stockholders held for that purpose at
the dOmiCile OF the company on the fourth
Tuesday of August of each year, beginning
with the fourth Tuesday of August, 49,,
notice of which meeting shall be given TO
each stakeholder at least fifteen (l5) days
prior to such meeting, either personally
ar ~ hnnnSifinO said nnfiRp IT,
office. properly addressed to the last
known address of each stakeholder as
shown by the books of the corporation, at
least fifteen Q5) days before such meet
ing. The first board OF directors of this
corporation is hereby declared to be COM
posed of Lubin y. Lamulle, residing at
Il6 South Pierce street New Orleans, La.
Etienne F. Darensbourg. residing at 1896
Tulane avenue. New Orleans, La; T. W.
Hemingway, Jr., residing at 3il2 Canal
street. New Orleans, La, and they shall
hold Office until the fourth Tuesday of
August 1922. or until their successors are
duly elected and qualified; with Lubin
y. Lamulle as president, Etienne F. Ra-
rensbOurg as vice-president, T. w. Hem
ingway, Jr., as secretary treasurer. The
board of directors shall Immediately after
their election and qualification for office,
select from among their number a presi-
dent. vice president and secretary and
treasurer, provided the offices of secre-
tary and treasurer might be held by the
D.
each stakeholder shall be entitled to cast
one vote for each share of stock owned by
him, either in person or by written proxy,
but voting shall not be cumulative. Any
vacancies occurring on said board shall
be filled by the remaining members, at any
regular meeting, or at any meeting called
for that purpose by the president, or, in
his absence, by the vice-president The
said board of directors shall have power
to appoint agents and employees for this
corporation, or TO remove the same at
pleasure, and they shall also have the
power to NIL any vacancies in their num-
Der, and shall make such bylaws from
time to time and amend the same as they
may deem expedient.
ARTICLE v-This corporation may be-
gin business at once, the necessary amount
of stock being subscribed for herein.
ARTICLE yI-This charter may be
amended, the capital stock thereof in
creased or decreased, or this corporation
dissolved in accordance with the provis-
ions of Act 267. of the Legislature of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1914.
Thus done and signed in my office, at
New Orleans. Louisiana, in the presence
of A. Claverie and ID: Beary, competent
witnesses, on the 23rd day of August, 1921
after due reading of the whole, the sub
scribers to this corporation hereby affix-
Ing their names and the amount of the
stock respectively subscribed for by them
and hereby declare this to constitute their
stock subscription list.
Names Of subscribers Omitted)
hereby certify the above and foregoing
10 be true and correct copy of the orig
inal act Of incorporation of Eamulie-
Darensbourg Company, Inc, on file in
my notarial archives
New Orleans, August %. 1921.
ALLAN r. BEARY
Notary Public.
L, the undersigned, recorder Of mort
cages for the parish of Orleans, State of
LOUISIANA, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Act Of Incorporation of