The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-04-14
CHARTER OF JOSIAH PEARCE AND
SONS OF LOUISIANA, MOOR
PORATEn

United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans. Be it 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, a notary public in and
for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louis
lana, duly commissioned and qualified, and
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 availing them
selves of the laws of this state relative TO
the organization OF corporations, and more
especially of Act 267 of 1914, page 521, 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 and body
polite for the objects and purposes and
under the stipulations hereinafter set forth,
to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be JOSIAH PEARCE
AND SONS OF>LOUISIANA, INCORPOR-
ATED, and under such title it shall have
and enjoy succession for period of ninety
nine years from date hereof, and shall have
power and authority to contract, sue and
be sued, make and use a 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
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, eiecl
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 the
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 yice-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 preserve
and exploit therein attractions Of various
kinds and natures, including dramatic
operate and musical performances, vaude
vile, moving pictures, intellectual and in
| structiye entertainments and to cater T.
public diversion by and through Theatrical
and motion picture exhibition or othe
amusement device.
| ARTICLE Iv.-The capitai stock of thi
| corporation is hereby fixed at the sum o
Two hundred thousand (S200.0O0.0O) Dol
| lars, divided into two thousand (20O0
| shares Of the par value of One hundred
| ($10000) Dollars each, provided that tn
amount to which the capital stock of thi
| corporation may be increased shall be On
million ($1,000, 100000 Dollars.
Fifty per cent of the capital stock o
| this corporation must be subscribed 10
before the filing of the articles of incor
| poration. The subscribed capital stocl
of this corporation shall be payable Ii