The herald., 1921-12-29
CHARTER OF THOMPSON BROTHERS
PRICE COMPANY OF LOUIS
lana, INCORPORATED.

lana, INCORPORATED.
| I-nitde State of America. State of Louis
lana. Parish of Orleans. City of New OR
leans. BE il known. that on his twenty
eighth day of November, IL 'le year o
our Lord. one thousand -i'- hundred
and twenty one. and of dependence
of the United States Of A-.vrlca the one
hundred and forty sixth. before me
| William Mcclellan FaySsOuN. a nOtar!
public. duly commissioned and qualihe,
and in and for this City and Parish OF
Orleans. therein residing. and in th'
| presence Of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned. personally came
and appeared, the persons whose name,
! are herunto subscribed, who declared.
that ayailing themselves of all and Singu'
! lar the laws of the State of Louisiana re
lative TO the organization of corporations
they have COvenanted and agreed and dc
by these presents covenant and agree and
bind themselves as well as all persons, who
| may hereafter become associated with
them, to form a corporation for the OBJ
jeCtS and purposes and under the articles
and stipulatiOns following, towit:
ARTICLE THE name OF this corpora
ton shall be Thompson Brothers & Price
| Company of Louisiana. Incorporated"
| and by that name il shall have power
| and authority to exist and enjoy sue
/ ceSSiOn for the full term and period of
I be computed from and after the date
| hereof
! ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
poratiOn shall be in the City of New Or
leans, State of Louisiana.
All citations and other legal process
shall be served upon the president Of this
corporation or ia case of his absence or
| inability to act, upon one of the vice
| presidents. or in case of the absence or
! inability of both the president and the
viee-presidents, upon the treasurer of this
corporation.
MI
poses for which this corporation Is or
ganiZed and the nature Of the business to
be carried on by 1t are hereby declared to
be:
To buy, sell, and deal in. either whole
sale or retail. tobacco, cigars, cigarettes
and in products of tobacco: to manufac-
ture cigars, cigarettes and different kinds
and mixtures of chewing or smoking tobac-
60 or of tobacco products; to purchase, buy
sell and deal in goods and merchandise
either wholesale or retail and to carry on a
general merchandise business: to buy. sell
deal in and manufacture such CONNECTIONS.
merchandise and commodities as may be
required for the carrying on of any ca
tering business in connection with the
operation of retail cigar stores by this
corporation; to receive. hire, hold, own.
buy. sell, lease and suitcase real estate.
personal and mixed property: to own and
operate and to cultivate plantations for
the purpose Of raising and producing to-
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otherwise acquire, own, establish. main
tain, lease and operate factories, ware
houses. buildings, depots and agencies
either in the State Of Louisiana or with
in any other states or territories or pos
sessions of the United States of America
or foreign country for the purpose of
carrying out the objects and purposes set
forth in this Article and for which this
corporation is organized;
And to do all things necessary and in.
oil liant al IL. h.
jects and purposes for which this cor
poration is organized and for such pur-
poses to engage in business in the State
of Louisiana. or within any other state
or territories or possessions of the United
states of America or foreign countries.
ARTICLE IV-It shall have all of the
rights and privileges granted by law to
such corporations; shall have the power
10 contract, sue and be sued in its cor
porate name, to make and use q corporate
seal and the same to break and alter at
pleasure, to buy, own, hold, lease, receive
convey, mortgage hypothecate or pledge
property both real, personal and mixed
to issue bonds, notes and other obliga.
uons; to have. engage and employ such
onlcers, managers, and employees as the
business interests and convenience of the
corporation may require: to make adoDt
establish such bylaws, rules and reguia-
uons in the corporate name not repug-
nant to the laws of the State of Iouis
lana, or other states territories or NOS
sessions of the United States or foreign
countries in which they engage in busr
ness, or the charter of this corporation.
for the management of the cornorotion'S
affairs, as the stockholders and hoard &c
directors may deem necessary and ex
pedient.
ARTICLE V-The capital stock of this |
CORPORATION GO 1 shall be fifty thousand and
70 100 SS5o0OOOol dollars, represented
by five hundred (5OO) shares of ono bnn-
dred and O0/1O0 ($10OOO) dollars each
me STOCK shall be paid for in cash when
subscribed for, or the same NAV he is
sued Tor property actually received nv or |
services actually rendered unto the said |
!.orporatlon; but said stock shall not he |
issued for less than par.
ARTICLE VI-This corporation sbou
oeSlh business and be a going concern
mntn twenty-five thousand and OODO0
t.9-1VVO.Vo) dollars of stock shall have
"eeI subscribed for and paid in.
whenever an increase of said capital |
STOCK shall have been authorized f;ftaan
Gays written notice shall he piven 20 oeeii |
80 hnoIder within which time the Dres
ent stockholders in the corporation Sbou
nave nave the right to subscribe to said in
nor of vi STOCK IN proportion to the mum. |
Ugr Oh shares of stock held by them and
. Mnlch shares shall be paid for M surb
,e ana IN such manner as the board of
directors may direct. After the exniro
riom vi the said time for subscriptions ana
'"S podTu OF directors NAV dis |
eose OF the shares not taken, for tbe beno.
nt OF the corporation, in such manner ss,
par. "o' iess than
ARTICLE Vino stockholaer shall
ssiI or otherwise dispose Of any share or
'naIes OF uhe capital stock of this corpo- |
'ation until ten days prior notice of sncb
ntent to do so shall have been given in
.ritlng TO the corporation, during which
me any one or more of the stockboldars
ma. nave the privilege of purchasing
BASED upon the books of the cornoro
ion. 'ne 'orpora-
All transfers Of stock shall be made IN
ne books Of the corporation by surren-