The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-02-03
CHARTER.
CHARTER OF FRASER BAKING CO.,
INCORPORATED.


day OF the month of January, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand, nine hun
dred and twenty-one, and of the lndepend-
ence of the United States of America, the
one hundred and forty-tifth, before me,
BENJAMIN Y. Wolf, a notary public, duly
commissioned and qualified in and for the
Parish of Orleans, and i'll the presence or
the witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
dersigned. personally came and appeared,
the parties. whose names are hereuntO sub
scribed all of full age, who declared that
ayailing themselves Of the provisions OF
the laws of this State relative to corpora
tons they have cOvenanted and agreed.
and by these presents covenant and agree
and bind themselves, as well as such other
persons, as may hereafter become asso-
ciated with them, to form and constitute
a corporation and body polite in law, for
the purposes and objects and under the
stipulations and articles following, to-
wit:
ton shall be Fraser Baking Co, Inc.
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
of this corporation and the nature of the
business to be carried on by 1t, are de-
clared to be:
0) TO carry on business as bakers.
confectioners and manufacturers of and
dealers in bread, flour. biscuits and
farinaceous compounds and materials of
every description.
C2i To manufacture, buy and SELL both
at retail and wholesale, bread. cakes,
pies. crackers. biscuits, pastry, ice cream
and other food products and all kinds OF
pastry, breadstuffs and other similar ar
ticles, including the raw materials, in
gradients. COnserveS and preserves used in
connection with such manufacture and
sale.
And generally to do and engage in any
other business or enterprises connected
with and wrOwing out of, germane or in
cidental to any of the purposes herein
above set out or contemplated by this
charter.
ARTICLE IH-The capital stock of the
| said corporation shall be five thousand
| dollars divided into and represented by
| fifty shares of the sum of one hundred
| dollars each, payable in cash, property or
! for services rendered. The capital stock
may be increased to twenty thousand dol
| lars.
The corporation, shall commence doing
business as soon as twenty live hundred
| dollars of the capital stock shall have
been subscribed and twentythree hun
dred dollars of said amount subscribed,
| shall have been paid for.
| ANY stakeholder may sell, assign or
| transfer his stock in this corporation, pro-
vided thirty days notice of such inten-
| tion to sell, assign or transfer the same
be, given the company, and other stock,
holders shall have the first privilege of
| purchasing same, at book value, after
which thirty days notice the said stock
may be sold in the open market.
| ARTICLE IV.-The domicile of the said
corporation shall be in the City of New
Orleans, State of Louisiana.
| The President. or in his absence, the
| Vice President, shall be the proper person
upon whom citation or other legal process
| shall be served.
I This corporation unless sooner dissolved
| shall exist and continue for the period OF
ninety-nine years from and after the date
hereof.
ARTICLE V.-An corporate powers shall
| be vested in a Board of Directors com
posed of three stockholders The Board
of Directors may fill vacancies in theil
| number however. caused, by election from
| among the stockholders.
The first Board of Directors shall con
sist Of Alexander T. Fraser, who shall b'
President, and who post-Ofice address il
$40 st. Peter Street, New Orleans; JOSEPH
| Timer. whose post Office address is 1872
| Eighth Street, New Orleans, La, who shall
be Vice President, and Ralph Grose, who's
post-Office address is 610 st. Peter Street
| who shall be Secretary-Treasurer.
Said Board shall continue in Office unit
January ?, 1922, on which date, and, there
after. annually, Board of Directors shall
be elected on the second day of Januar,
OF each year, unless the same shall be
legal holiday, when the election shall b
held on the next legal day thereafter.
After each election the Board OF Direc
tors shall elect from their number the OF
ticers of the company.
The said Board is further authorized {
frame and adopt such bylaws. rules an
regulations as the affairs and the bushes
of the corporation may require, and as
|
and management thereof.
ARTICLE VI.-This charter may
amended and the capital stock of this col
pOration may be increased or decreased
or the corporation may be dissolved in tn
manner and the method provided by Law
| ARTICLE Vino stakeholder sha
ever be held liable or responsible for tn
, contracts or faults of this corporation 1
any further sum than the unpaid balanc
of the stock for which he has subscribed
, , nor shall any mere informally in organi
: cation have the effect of rendering thi
charter null or of exposing a stockholde
to any liability than as above provided.
ARTICLE VIII.-whenever this col
poration shall be dissolved, whether b
Limitation or from any other cause, tn
affairs thereof shall be liquidated by thre
stockholders to be elected and qualifie
in the manner provided by law. And the
. shall continue in office until the affair
of this corporation shall have been full
settled and liquidated. In case Of I'll
death of one of the liquidators, or his n
fusal or inability to serve the remainin
, liquidators may themselves proceed wit
all the power and authority vested In til
= full membership.
And the signers hereto declare that the
/, have affixed opposite their names. tn
l number of shares subscribed by them, an
/, they declare this to be their subscriptio
a list.
!; Office in the City of New Orleans, on Il
u day, month and year herein first abov
: written in the presence of Hubert
!, Ansley and Henry Hart, competent wi
= nesses, of lawful age and residents
4 this city, who hereunto sign their nam,
e with the said parties and me, Notary, aft
. due reading of the whole.
(ORIGINAL SIGNED):
Alexander T. Fraser, IL shares: Rail-
Crosse. 8 shares; Joseph Ulmer, 2 shares
!. Witnesses: II. NJ. Ansley, Henry Hart.
BENJAMIN Y. WOLF.
Notary Public.
Il /, the undersigned, Recorder of MOI
cages, in and for the Parish of Orlean
Is State of Louisiana, do hereby certify tn
u the above and foregoing Act of Incorpor
le ton of Fraser Baking Co., Inc, was th
II day duly recorded in my Office in Boz
J; 1246, folio 10 New Orleans, January st
q 1921.
g (SIGNED) ROBT. SCOTT,
A true copy.
Notary Public.
< BENJAMIN Y. WOLF,
Is by. Rec.
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