The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-11-24
CHARTER.
CHARTER OF THE DOUBLE DEALER
PUBLISHING CO., INC.

isiana Parish of orleans, IH5 % ,n.I
nrIe,ns BE IL known, that on TINS Iuth
80 - october i'm the year nineteen nuns
90 and twenty-one (l92l before me-
Victor X KAN, a notary puOhc III anu
Tor the Parish of Orleans, state Oh LUIS
lana duly commissioned and quallneu' an
nnidin1 therein, and in the presence OF
Tho witnesses hereinafter named ana SUI
scribed personally came ana appeareI, 'ne s
several persons herein suDscrlned, az "
the age Of majority, VINO decIaIeu , t
thsv desire to avail themselves OF the laws
80 his state in such cases made ana pro-
yided and that they DO hereOy nolsorS
themselves their associates ana succes ."ils
10 form a corporation under the ahl -,
I'd stipulations following, which they
hereby adopt as their charler.
ARTICLE THE name and title OF TINS
cornoration shall be The Double Deaiet
Publishing Co, Inc, and by ltS CORP az
name the said corporation shalI haNe anu
nniov ali the rights, power anu privileges
granted by law of corporations l hciuuns
the power to have ana ENJOY 1850
for the full term and PERIOD OF nine o!,
nine wears from the date hereoI' 10 cOn
troct she and be sued; to make anu USE
n corporate seal. ard the same 10 Dream
or alter at pleasure TO hoiu, FeSeirv, o.
chase lease, sell and convey as wei a
mortgage, hypOthecate ana pleuse unuv
az SoTHorate name any property, real
narsonai or mixed; to issue DOnus, hotes
and other obligations or nesollaple inet
ments; to name and appoint suCn H .
cher EMPLOYEES as the Interest anu Con-
yeDience of said corporation may requile
or demand; to make ana estaoAsh gu"
bylaws, rules and regulations Lol
Ganagement and control of its business
and affairs as may be deemed necessar!
or expedient. and the same 10 chdhse Y.
alter at pleasurei ana 10 an aeIs az n,t
things necessary and proper 10 carry on'
the objects and purposes OF SAID corpoI"
tion.
ARTICLE 1.-THE dOmicile OF SAID cor
noration shall be at New Orleans, IN the
Parish of Orleans, State OF Louisiana anu
ali citation and other Iegal proSess e Ha
he served on its President, ana IN case
Of his absence or disability on the Secre-
tary-Treasurer, and services Oh PloSess
may be made generally In the manner
provided by law.
ARTICLE I1I-The object and PURPOSE
for which this corporation Is organlZeu'
and the nature of the business TO be car
ried on by it are hereby declared 10 oe
TO print publish and sell magazines, pam
phlets or other periodicals, anu sene,ts
10 do everything connected with puDilsn-
ing business.
ARTICLE ly-The capital stock of said
cornoration is hereby fixed at the sum OF
five thousand dollars S0VVVVOl, al u,
which shall be common STOCK. Ihe sdiu
stock shall be represented by TWO nuhu nef
Shares at a par value of twenty-five doI-
lars lS25 oOl per share, payable IN casn,
property, or other services rendered.. TIT
per cent (509o) of the capltai STOCK snaii
he subscribed for before the ming Oh eneoe
,icIas of INCORPORATION, and the remain
a. ~ the capital stock may De issued
nv the Board of Directors wheheNel, ~
their Judgment, they deem aoNlsao ~.
When desired. the eaPIs Ss ss Dollars
increased to Fifty inous
(S5O,0O0.00).
ARTICLE y-The business and anairs
of this corporation shall be managed ~
hoard of Directors elected irox e
stockholders Of the eorpora. ,iOa nersons'
"a determined by the stockholders from
time TO time. should the stockn W'.
elect less than nine, the Board OF DireS ca
prs may at any time elect auui an xacan-
clos in the Board of Directors, from mna h
aver cause arising, shall be 1iileo Ny tne
remaining directors, and any directoL ma
authorize any other director OF s.o1H hin,
or to act as his proxy and represent MN
at any meeting Of the Board OF DlteG n =.
The officers of the corporation snail oe
president a vice-president and a seer,
tarytreasurer Shs shall De fafsiea OF as
son as possible, AFTER their own eiee'i Oh.
6e annual meeting shall be held on tne
second Tuesday of January OF eaSh y yea
until which time the board Oh ue shan
and officers named in this charter snali
hold office, or until their successors are
elected and qualified. The following shah
constitute as board of directors: .oo- n,
julius w. Friend, PRESIDENT loO' "
Basil Thompson, Vice-President, 1910
Calhoun Street, New Orleans; ..-
Gideon T. stanton, 1914 Jackson ave-
nue. Mat ss scott. 49O7 Carondelet. New Or
Albert Goldstein, Secretary Treasurer,
1880 St Charles Avenue, New Orleans.
Horace Gumbel, Jr., 44S2 Carondeie'
Sam Gilmore. AIS Audubon Street, New
paul Il. Godchaux, Jr., 1927 jackson
Avenue, New Orleans.
Faiiure to hold the annual meeting shall
NOT inyalidate this charter, nor shaii II
impair the same in any respect, put tne
directors shall continue to hold once IN
til their successors are elected anu yuan
fed. =,
The Board of Directors may adopt, al
ter amend or repeal such bylaws as the
said board may from time to time deter
mine not inconsistent WIN n law, y. NAV NAV
this charter. The Board OF Directors may
at any time name and appoint sucn en-
GERS. agents and employees as the BOARD
NAV deem proper, and may prescribe the
duties Of all officers and nx their compeh-
sation. .,ou
ARTICLE yI-The act Of incorporation
NAV be amended modified or altered OF
said corporation may be dissolved Win
the consent of the stockholders holding
two-thirds of the capital stock Of the cor
poration at a general melting OF the STOCK
holders held for such purpose, after ff-
teen days previous notice of such meeting
shall have been mailed to such stockhoid-
ers at their last known postofnce ad-
dresses, which notice may be waived Dy
unanimous consent
ARTICLE Vino stakeholder shall be
held liable for any Of the obligations, con-
tracts or debts of this corporation, nor
shall any informality of the modes OF
this corporation have the effect Of render
ing this charter null or expose AMI stock
holder to any liability beyond unpaid bal.
ance due on the shares of stock owned
by him.
ARTICLE VIII When this corpora
ton is dissolved, or If for any reason Its
affairs shall be liquidated. its affairs shall
be nQuidated by one or more hquidators
who shall be elected from among the
stockholders, at a general meeting of the
stockhl46 convened for such purpose
g Rtor or liquidators shall re-
Office until the affairs Of the
shall have been fully wound
he, or they, shall receive such
lhsation and have such powers and
Hes as the stockholders may provide.
III case Of the death or resignation or in
\ ability to act Of any of said lquidators,
the stockholders shall fill such vacancy
or vacancies.
ARTICLE IX-Capital stock to the
amount of five hundred seventy-fve dol
lars ($575.00) Is to be issued to Basil
Thompson; capital stock to the amount Of
three hundred dollars ($300.0O) Is to be
issued to Albert Goldstein; capital stock
TO the amount of seven hundred seventy
i've dollars ($775.00) is to be issued to
Paul l.. Godchaux, Jr.; capital stock to
the amount Of thirteen hundred fifty dol