The herald., 1921-07-07
CHARTER.

neriod of ninety nine years from the uaoe
hereof. with all powers by law NJ" mn.
hereafter conferred on cOrporatIohS' IN
less sooner dissolved as provided Oy Jaw
ARTICLE 1.-THE nature or the ousI
ness and the objects ana purPoosS IL
which this corporation Is orSahlzeu, an
the business proposed 10 pe 1,;tbont
promoted. or carried on WITHIN OF "lhou'
rho Emitted States, at one or more PlacI.s'
is TO do any and all Of the Things helel ni
set forth to the same extent as I ii o.
persons might or could 90, hdneI!
manufacture buy, sell, export ana IN
deal in. and deal with all kinds OF Sene l al
merchandise and carry on a genera me-
chandise business by dealing III lul I'.a 20
carpets. mating, china and glass Wa,
slaves heaters, ranges, coal ana Otne y,
Lind of fuel groceries and in general an
kinds of household goods ana merch la
disc of all kinds. receiving same On III az
Segment purchasing and selllhS SAINT vi
ractly or on commission, to BUY anu ser
native products Oh TINS Couh'iJ
70 own. operate, and establish general
wholesale and retail merchandise slole'
in this country, or any foreign couht . =,
To carry on general export ana import
no act as manufacturers or others
Agents in the buying and selling OF an
kinds of goods and materials as wen
to sell all kinds of goods anywhere III '"'
world; -. ,oo,;-e
TO purchase. subscribe for, take, acquire
hold and enjoy, deal in guarantee mort
hold and enjoy deal and to engage IN guar
antee, mortgage, hypOthecate OF JIM Sahan
DISPOSE of shares, stocks, bonds, deDeh-
lures. promissory notes, bills OF eAchange'
certificates of beneficial interest, oDHea-
tions and securities of any person. hrm vi
corporation; - ,,,,,o,,o
work develop exercise all RICHES IN re-
Dect of and to lease sell, mortgage, ny
pothecate, pledge, dispose OF, turn 10 ac-
count or otherwise deal with ana IN prop
erty of all kinds. real, personal ana mlAeu'
where ever situated;
To enter into make, perform and carry
out contracts of every kind Tor any Id"
full purpose, without imitation as u
amount or duration, with any person, nrm,
association or corporation, or with an!
public board, body or government
To issue bills of exchange, promlsSory
notes, bonds, debentures and other oDllsa-
tons of this corporation from time 10
time and to secure the same by mortgage,
pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, ana
to exchange, pledge or hypothecate lhe
same for any of the objects or purposes Oh
this corporation;
To lend and advance money 20 sucn
parties and on such terms as may seem
eXpedient and in particular TO customers
Of and persons having dealings with TINS
corporation, secured by goods, wares anu
merchandise, or lands ana rear estate VI
otherwise hOwsoever;
To carry on business in the United States
or elsewhere as factors agents, commission
merchants, or merchants to Duy, sell
manipulate or deal in at wholesale or re-
tail, merchandise goods food products ana
commodities of every sort, kind or des-
criptiOn, and to carry on any other pusl-
ness whether manufacturing or otherwise
which can be conveniently carried on Win
any of the company's objects;
To open stores, offices or agencies
throughout the United States or else
where;
To establish, own, maintain, operate,
manage and control in this country and In
foreign countries a theatre or theatres. a
place or places of amusement, and pro-
duce, exhibit, preserve and exploit therein
attractions of various kinds and natures
including dramatic, operate and musical
performances vaudeville, moving pictures,
intellectual and instructive entertainments
and to cater to public diversion by and
through theatrical exhibition or other
amusement device;
To purchase, acquire, take on. lease, or
exchange, hire, own and use real and per-
sonal property, and all rights and privi-
leges in this state, and any other state or
states, and any foreign country or coun-
tries and to pay for same in cash, or In
the shares of the capital stock or bonds OF
this corporation or otherwise, and also to
mortgage, convey, transfer, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose Of its real and personal
property and rights and privileges, or any
part thereof in this state, or in any other
try or countries:
To aid in any lawful manner any per-
son, firm, association or corporation Of
which the bonds stock, or other securi-
ties or evidences of Indebtedness are held
by this corporation, and to do any and all
lawful acts or things designed to protect,
preserve, improve or enhance the value Of
any such stock, bonds, securities or evil
dences Of indebtedness;
To buy and sell native products Of any
kind whatsoever Of this country, or any
other foreign country in connection with
its general wholesale and retail merchan-
disc business;
To acquire the good will, rights, prop
erty and assets Of all kinds, and to I'M
dertake the whole or any part of the liza
bilities OF any person, firm, association or
corporation, on such terms and conditions
as may be agreed on, and to pay for the
same in cash, stocks, bonds, debentures
or other securities of this corporation, or
otherwise, and in particular to acquire and
now carried on at Guabito, Panama, under
the name of John George Blame, and in
connection Herewith to purchase the good
will, business, and all or any of the assets,
and to undertake and assume all or any
of the liabilities of the owner of said busi-
ness;
To acquire by purchase, subscriptions, or
otherwise, and to hold or dispose Of stocks,
bonds or any other obligations of any cor
poration, formed for, or then or thereto
fore engaged in or pursuing any one or
more of the kinds Of business, purposes,
objects, or operations above indicated, or
owning or holding any property of any
Kind herein mentioned or of any CORPORA
ton owning or holding the stock or obu-
cations Of any such corporations;
To acquire and hold for investment or
otherwise to acquire and use, and to sell
or dispose OF any stock, bonds or other
obligations for any other corporation.
The corporation shall have power to
conduct Its business In other states and in
all foreign countries, and to have one or
more offices out of this state, and to hold
purchase, mortgage and convey real and
personal property out Of this state.
without in any particular limiting or
restricting any of the objects and powers
ated, for the purpose of attaining and
furthering its objects, the corporation
snail have power to do any and all other
acts and things, and to exercise all other
powers which cO-partnership or natural
person could do, and which now or may
hereby expressly provided that the fore
gelng enumeration and reiteration of
specinc powers shall not be held as limit
ing IN any manner the general powers of
Article little capital stock of this
Hundred Thousand (s1O0, OOOOO) Dollars,
iivlded into ten thousand 1OO OO) shares.
d the par value of Ten ($1O.OO Dollars
each. The capital stock of this corpora
ION may be increased to the amount of
r NV. hundred Th Thousand ($5OOOOOOO) Dol
ars. The stock shall be paid for at par.
N cash, property. or good will.
ARTICLE IV-The domicile of this COR.
,oration Is in the City Of New Orleans. |
state Of Louisiana, but with the written
consent of all the directors, valid meetings.
p directors may be held outside the state