The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-04-21
CHARTER
CHARTER OF BRIDGE SITE REALTY
CO., INC.


United States of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, City of New
Orleans. BE it known, that on this Thir-
tieth day of the month or March, in the
year of our Lord, nineteen hundred ana
twenty-one: before me, Rudolph j. Vein
mann, a Notary Public, Gully commission
ed and qualified in and for the Parish OF
Orleans, State of Louisiana. therein rcsid-
ing, and in the presence OF the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, per
sonally came and appeared: The several
persons whose names are hereunto sub
Scribed. who declared that availing them
selves of the provisions of the laws or
Louisiana relative to the organization of
corporations and especially Act No. 26I
of the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, for the year 1914. and laws
amendatOry thereof, they have formed
and constituted corportiOn. or body
polite in law, under the name and style,
for the objects and purposes, and under
the stipulations and conditions following
tO-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style of
this corporation shall be The Bridge
Site Realty Co, Inc" and under its cor
porate name it shall have existence and
succession for ninety-nIne years from
date hereof, unless sooner dissolved; and
shall sue and be sued, adopt and amend
bylaws, adopt a seal, and the same to
alter at its pleasure. and have all powers
conferred by law upon corporations.
ARTICLE 1.-THE dOmicile of this cor
pOration shall be in the city of New Or
leans Louisiana. Citation and other leg
al process shall be served on the Presi-
dent, or in his absence on the Nice-Presi-
dent. or in the absence of both on the
Secretary Treasurer.
ARTICLE UI.-The capital stock of this
corporation shall be Forty Thousand ($40.-
OOOJ Dollars, divided into and represent
ed by four hundred shares of the par
value of one Hundred (SlOO.O0) Dollars
ha n
cash. The stock may be increased to
One Hundred Thousand (SlOO.OOOOO Dol
lars. the par value to be the same as now
fixed and such increased capital shall
also be paid for in cash. No stakeholder
shall sell his shares without offering the
same. at their book value, to the Board
Of Directors for a. period of thirty days
by written notice.
ARTICLE IV.-The objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation is or
ganized. and now declared to be: To
buy, sell. lease, develop, improve, mort
gage. transfer, assign, issue mortgage
bonds on, receive and hold real estate, and
other property. whether real. personal or
mixed, and the improvements thereon; to
construct. acquire, and contract TO build
houses buildings, canals, roads, streets,
bitches. sidewalks in and on real estate
owned, leased, or rented; and generally
to deal in all kinds of real estate, both
improved and unimproved, and to do all
tai to such objects and purposes.
ARTICLE v.-An the corporate powers
of this corporation shall be vested in and
executed by a board of directors composed
of three CD stockholders to be elected at
general meeting of stockholders to be
held on the second Tuesday in March of
each year, beginning in 1922. The board
so elected shall at the same time, after
their election, select from their number a
President, Vice-President and Secretary
Treasurer, whose term of office shall run
cOncurrentIy with that of the board. The
following named persons shall constitute
the first board of directors, who shall
serve until the second Tuesday in March,
1922, or until their successors shall have
been elected and qualified and who shall
also serve as officers until said election and
qualification, viz: ii. Preston Vinet. $40
Perdido ST., New Orleans, La; Henry l..
lander, S21 No. Rampant St. New Or
leans, La; James +. Turnbull. $40 Ba-
rome St, New Orleans, La: with said
II. Preston Vinet. as President; Henry l..
Zander as Vice President. James +. Turn
! bull as Secretary Treasurer. A ma
| JOrity of said board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
| The Board of Directors shall conduct the
affairs of the corporation, and have all
powers generally conferred by law. All
] vacancies on the board of directors shall
he filled by the remaining directors, who
shall also have power to dismiss any di-
| rector, or officer at any time without no
| tice EXCEPT as herein provided.
ARTICLE vI.--Notice of all meetings
shall be given by mailing notice to the
| last address of the stakeholder. or director
to be notified, which address shall b'
| taken from the records of the corporation
| at least fifteen days prior to the date Of
! such meetings.
ARTICLE VII.-The dissolution of thi:
| corporation shall be in accordance with
Act 267 of 1914.
ARTICLE VIII-This charter may b,
amended. or altered by a vote of two
thirds of the capital s.ock at any gen
eral meeting of stockholders.
Thus done and passed at my office. OF
the day. month and year herein frs
| above written, in the presence of Anns
Sentilles and 4. Giffen Levy, the under
| signed competent witnesses, who hereuntC
sign their names with the said appeareri
and me, Notary. after reading of th'
| whole: said appearerS Signing and statinI
| their addresses and number of shares sub
scribed for in conformity with the pro
visions of law.
Witnesses: Anna Sentiiles, A. GiffeI
Levy.
Original Signed) Henry L. Zander
S21 North Rampant ST., 81 shares Jas. F
Turnbull, $40 BarOnne St. 50 shares: II
p. Vinet. $40 Perdido St., 81 shares. To
tai 200 shares.
(SeaD -
RUDOLPH J. wEINMANN.
Notary Public.
I. the undersigned Recorder of Mort
cages, in and for the Parish of Orleans
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify tina
the above and foregoing set of IncOrpOra
ton of the Bridge Site Realty Company
Inc. was this day duly recorded in m,
office, in Book 1858, Folio $40.
New Orleans, March 31st, 1921.
A true copy.
ROBT. SCOTT, by. Rec.
Apr. MAY II.