The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-04-21

COMPAN1,
United States of America, State of Louis |
lana Parish of Orleans, City of New OF |
leans BE it known, that on this lZth
day of the month of March, in the year OF
our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twenty-one, before me, Herman l..
barnett. a Notary Public duly commits
stoned and qualified, in and for the Parlsh
of Orleans, State of Louisiana, therelh
residing, and in the presence OF the VIII
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned;
personaIly came and appeared the several !
persons whose names are hereunto SUD
scribed all of the full age of majority, who
everally declared to me, Notary, that avail
ing themselves of the laws of the State OF
louisiana, in such cases made ana pro-
vided, and more particularly OF Act ZoI
| of the General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana of 1914. relating to the creation,
| organization and formation of corporations
| they have covenanted and agreed, and by
| these presents do covenant and agree ana
| bind themselves. as well as all such other
! persons as may hereafter become aSso-
| ciated with them, to form corporation
| for the objects and purposes and under
| the articles and stipulations following, to-
| wit:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be EQUITABLE EQUIP
| MENT COMPANY, INC, and under ITS
| corporate name it shall have power and
| authority to have nd to enjoy corporate
| existence for a period of ninety nine years
from date hereof, unless sooner dissolved
by liquidation or otherwise; ii shall have
power to contract, to sue and to be sued,
| to make and use corporate seal and TO
alter and break same at pleasure; TO hold,
receive, lease, purchase, transfer, assign
convey, mortgage, hypOthecate, pledge, or
otherwise receive or dispose of property
real, personal and mixed, corporal and
incorporeaI; to issue bonds and, if desired
to secure the same by mortgage; TO buy
and hold stock in other companies. incident
to the objects and purposes, or to the
! expansion of the business interests of the
| cOrnOratiOD. TO name. elect and appoint
such managers, agents, directors or officers
, | as its business interests may require and
to make and establish, alter and amend its
| bylaws, rules and regulations for its
f, | proper government, as may be deemed
necessary and proper, and generally to do
any and all things incident to or necessary
and proper for the extension of the bust
ness in which the corporation is engaged.
r ARTICLE I.-This corporation shall be
dOmiciled in the City of New Orleans, in
| the State of Louisiana; and all citation or
other legal process shall be served upon
, the President Of the corporation and in
|. |. the event of his absence, upon the Vice.
J president.
: ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized
and created and the nature of the business
y to be carried on by it, are declared to be
as follows: To manufacture, buy, sell
q export, import, handle. prepare, store
|, | transport, lease, exchange, dispose of, and
= in any manner, deal in and handle al
= kinds of machinery, engineering, hardwar,
: | specialties, gasoline engines, gas engines
! motors, steam engines, boilers, boats
!, | vessels, vehicles, rails, sheet metal scraI
/ iron, iron, steel, and any and all othel
, metals and the products thereof, and any
!. and all engineering supplies, and, general,
, | all articles of wood or metal, either new
3 or second hand, either outright or on com
!. mission basis; to carry on genera
4 engineering and machinery business, an,
to act as consulting and contractin,
engineers.
e To acquire, own and operate and in an,
manner dispose Of plants, factories an,
- machine shops. To carry on @ genera
i. mercantile and merchandise business t
Is engage in foreign as well as domestic com
.. merce; and. In fact, to carry on any o
- The businesses aforesaid, either as princi
United States of America and its depend
encies and territories, or in foreign coun
N trie. To carry on such other businesse
as may be found necessary or conven:en
te for properly calculating the aforesai
al purposes, or enhancing the value Of tn
rs properties. rights and privileges of tn
Oh | corporation.
e ARTICLE Iv.-The capital stock of thj
a. corporation is hereby fixed at the sum
One Hundred Thousand ($1OO, OOOOO) Do
lars, represented by one thousand Il OO(
a. shares Of the par value of $4,000 each.
or Said stock shall be paid for in cash
m Its equivalent, as provided by law, and
10 such manner and at such times and
as such installments as may be prescribed b
re the Board of Directors.
This corporation shall become a goin
concern and shall be authorized to con
or mence business when Fifty Thousand $50
he OOO.OO) Dollars of it's capital stock sha
e. have been subscribed for, as provided b
We, law, and when Twenty-Five Thousar
IT l$2oOOOOO) Dollars shall in fact have bee
b. paid in, either in cash or its equivalent.
lis ARTICLE V.-The capital stock of tn
g corporation may be increased to the su
Of Two Hundred Thousand 5000, OOO) Do
in lars, by a two-thirds vote Of all Of II
tn STOCK present or represented at a speci
IS meeting called for that purpose, or at
nd regular annual meeting of the corporatio
no ARTICLE VI.-An certificates of stot
til issued by the company shall be signed I
ne the PRESIDENT or Vice-president, al