The herald., 1921-09-08
CHARTER.

ARTICLE THE name and title of this
corporation shall be: SOniat Holdings, In
cOrpOrated, and by that corporate name il
shall have existence for the period of nine
ty-nine 800 years from this date.
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to be con-
Quoted by it are declared to be: to buy.
sell. lease, mortgage, exchange or other
wise acquire. ALLEVIATE and generally TO deal
in property both real and personal in this
State of Louisiana, and elsewhere, for its
own account or as agent and for the ac-
count Of others, either on commission or
otherwise; to improve or develop real es-
tate, and in general to carry on real eS-
tate business and to do anything apper-
tanning to this business under this char
ter, in all of its branches.
ARTICLE III-The capital stock of this
corporation shall be sixty thousand dol
lars $3.50 OOO.OO) divided into and repre-
scented by six hundred 5000 shares of one
hundred dollars ($1O0OO) par value each.
This capital stock may be increased to
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
tSlJO.OOOO).
Stock in this corporation may be paid
for in cash, services which have been
rendered To the corporation, or property
transferred to this corporation.
The corporation shall become a going
concern and shall start to do business
when it shall have met the requirements
Of Section > of said Act No. 267 of 1914.
ARTICLE IV-The domicile of this cor
poratiOn shall be the City of New Orleans,
State of Louisiana. All legal process shall
he served upon the president, in his alb
Sence upon either the vice president or
the Secretary-treaSurer.
ARTICLE N.-The corporate powers of
this corporation shall be vested in and
exercised by Il board of directors, to be
elected by and from the stockholders, an
nually, on the last Monday in August of
each year. The first board of directors
shall be composed of the following named
persons, who shall serve until the last
cessOrS shall have been duly elected and
qualified, tO-wit: William Il. Huger. Guy
Joseph SOniat and Charles L. SOniat, and
also Felix Patrick Soniat, with William f..
Huger, who resides at No. 5SO6 ST. Charles
Avenue. New Orleans, La, shall be preSi-
dent, Charles L. SOniat, who resides at No.
29O4 General Pershing street. New Orleans,
shall be yice-president, and Guy Joseph
Soniat, who likewise resides at No. 1904
General Pershing street, New Orleans,
shall be secretary treasurer.
These articles of incorporation bear the
names and addresses of the subscribers to
same and statement of shares each agrees
to take.
This corporation shall have all the
powers conferred upon corporations by
Act No. 267 of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana for the year 1914
And these articles of incorporation may
be amended or modified, or the corpora
ton may be dissolved and its affairs in the
manner prescribed by the provisions of
said Act 267 of the year 1914.
Thus done and passed. in my office in
this city, the day, month and year first
above written in the presence of Ethel
Heatherly and Russell Pool, competent
witnesses, residing in this city, who have
hereunto signed their names with ap-
bearers and me, notary, after due reading
of the whole.
(ORIGINAL SIGNED:
Charles I. Soniat, No. 1904 Genl. Perish
ing ST., New Orleans, La, 120 shares; Luz
Glen lgnatius SOniat, 1904 GenI Pershing
ST, New Orleans, La, 120 shares; Guy J.
SOniat, 1904 Genl Pershing St, New Or
leans, La, 40 shares; Felix z. Soniat,
~ Genl. Pershing ST., New Orleans, La
10 shares; w. L. Huger, 81 Canal Com.
BLDG, New Orleans, La, l share residence
1906 St Charles Ave.
Witnesses: Russell Pool, Z. Heatherly
HENRY l.. SARPY,
Notary Public.
i. the undersigned Recorder of Mort
cages, in and for the Parish of Orleans
state of Louisiana, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Act of Incorpora-
ton of the Soniat Holdings Incorporated
was TINS day duly recorded in my office
in Book 1868, Folio 40.
New Orleans, August 18th, 1921
EMILE J. LEONARD,
90 Deputy Recorder.
l, the undersigned notary, do hereby GER
tify that the foregoing is a faithful COPY
or the original on file in my office. In
faith whereof, l have hereunto signed my
name and have affixed my official seal
hereto.
New Orleans, La, August Is, 1921.
NSeal) HENRY l.. SARPY,
A., Notary Public.