The herald., 1921-04-07
CHARTER OF JOSIAH PEARCE AND
SONS OF LOUISIANA, MOOR
pORATED

United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans. Be 1t known,
That on this fourteenth day of March, In
the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine
hundred and twenty-one, before me,
Francis p. Burns, notary public in and
for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louis
lana, duly commissioned and quahhed, ana
in the presence of the undersigned witness
es, personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are herein
after subscribed, of the full age OF majority
who declared to me that awaiting them
selves of the laws of this state relative to
the organization of corporations, and more
especially of Act 267 of 1914, page 52l, Of
the legislative acts of this state, they have
covenanted and agreed, and by these pres
ents do covenant and agree for themselves
and their successors and assigns to form
themselves into a corporation ana Dody
polite for the objects and purposes and
under the stipulations hereinafter set forth,
to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name ana title Of this
corporation shall be JOSIAH PEARCE
AND SONS OF LOUISIANA, INCORPoR-
ATED, and under such title 1t shall nave
and enjoy succession for a period Of ninety
nine wears from date hereof, and shall have
power and authority to contract, sue ana
be sued, make and use corporate seal,
the same to break and alter at pleasure
to hold sell, lease, mortgage, hypOthecate
or pledge property, real, personal or mixed,
necessary, incidental or property for the
carrying on of it's busiess; TO buy and TO
hold stock in any other company or com
panies that may assist this company In
its objects and purposes; to make and issue
certificates of indebtedness; to name, elect
and appoint managers, directors and
clerks or other employees to properly con-
duct its corporate business and to make
such bylaws, rules and regulations as may
be found necessary or desirable for tins
management and business affairs Of this
corporation.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
poration shall be in the City Of New Or
leans, State of Louisiana, where all citation
and other legal process shall be served
upon the president, or in the absence OF
| the president, upon the vice-president, Of
In the absence of both. upon the secretary
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
| Of this corporation are hereby declared
and stated to be: To own, lease, establish
| maintain, operate, manage and control
/ theatre or theatres, place or places o
amusement, and produce, exhibit preserv'
| and exploit therein attractions Of variou
operate and musical performances. vaude
vile, moving pictures, intellectual and in
i structive entertainments and TO cater t
public diversion by and through theatrica
and motion picture exhibition or othe
/ amusement device.
| ARTICLE Iv.-The capitai stock Of thi
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum o
lars, divided into two thousand C2OO0
shares of the par value of One hundre'
| ($1OO.O0) Dollars each, provided that tn
| amount to which the capital stock Of thi
corporation may be increased shall be On
million ($1,O00.0O0 .O0)- Dollars.
Fifty per cent of the capital stock o
this corporation must be subscribed TO
before the filing of the articles of incor
poration. The subscribed capital stoc
| of this corporation shall be payable Il