The herald., 1921-02-17
CHARTER OF AMERICAN SEA FOODS
INC

United States of America, State of Lou
isiana, Parish Of Orleans, City of New Or
leans. Be it known. That on this Bird
day of the month of February, 192l, be-
fore me, Rudolph ]. Weinmann, notary
public. duly commissioned, sworn and
in and for the Parish of Orleans.
State of Louisiana, and in the presence OF
the witnesses hereinafter named and I'M,
d~ersigned, personally came and appeared
the severa! persons hereinafter under
signed, all of full age, who declared that
availing themselves of the several laws OF
the State of Louisiana on the subject or
the creation of corporations. they nave
covenanted and agreed and do hereby COW
enant and agree and bind themselves and
such others as may hereafter become as
ISOLATED with them to form and constitute
a corporation or body polite in law, Tor
the objects and purposes, and under the
stipulations and conditions hereinafter
written, which they do hereby adopt as
their articles of incorporation or charter,
tO-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name, title and style
of this corporation shall be American Sea
Foods, Inc, and under its said corporate
name it shall have and enjoy corporate eX-
istence and succession for a period and
term of ninety-nine (9SD years from and
after date of this act unless sooner legally
dissolved. This corporation shall have all
powers, privileges and immunities BOW or
hereafter granted by law to corporations.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
DOrdtlOu Is neTtUN uttldTtu W bt III NV
City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana,
and citation and other legal process shall
be served upon the President. and, in his
absence, upon the Vice President OF the
corporation.
ARTICLE uI.-The objects and pur.
poses for which this corporation is organ
lied, and the nature of the business to be
carried on by ii, are hereby declared to be
To acquire from Arthur Yancey certain
patent rights and property: to engage In
II tha hnSinaSS of 0otharinU fishing hnVinp
and selling and otherwise dealing in all
kinds of objects to be found in the sea,
| rivers or other waters, which are or can
be used as food; to manufacture and sell
| and otherwise dispose of and deal in all
products possible to be made therefrom;
| and for that purpose to engage in buying
and selling and dealing generally In al
| sea products, fresh or preserved; the own
ing, leasing and operating of boats, nets
| and other fishing paraphernalia; the own
| ing and operating of canning factories, de
hydrating plants, ice refrigerating plants
and other mercantile establishments; the
| owning and operating of by-product plants
| incident to the conduct of its general bus
mess; and generally to do any and al
things necessary or incidental to said pur
poses or their successful accomplishment
as well as to exercise all powers conferred
upon corporations by the laws of Louis
lana.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of thii
corporation shall be and Is hereby fixed a
the sum of twenty-five thousand dollari
(S25, OOO.OO), all of which shall be common
stock, represented by two hundred lift!
(250) shares of a par value of one hundrst
dollars (S1c9.OO) nsr share, which shall b.
paid for in cash or its equivalent as de
termined by the Board of Directors.
The subscription from Arthur Yancey 70
one hundred twenty-five (125) shares o
stock in this corporation shall be paid TO
with the following property: One gasolin
boat, named "El Caro-" l boiler, stack
pump and connections at Westwego;
crab trimmer (patent applied for) equit,
in 1 Dodge truck; / centrifugal machine I
pick crab meat; process of shocking crab
by centrifugal force protected by letter
patent number 1175O37; machine covered b.
United States patent 933609; process O
| trimming crabs covered by patent applica
ton filed May 10, 1920, serial numbe
3SO1O2: which has been valued and Is no'
appraised by the Board of Directors at tn
sum of twelve thousand five hundred do
lars $12.500.00).
No stock shall be transferred except /
! writing and upon the books of the CON
pany, and no stakeholder shall have tn
right to dispose Of his stock until he sha
have first offered the same In writing to tn
other stockholders, through the Board {
Directors of this corporation, and the sal
stockholders shall have the right for tie
lays dating from the time such write
offer is received by the said Board OF ID
r~ectors, to purchase such stock at its boo
value as shown by the balance sheets la.
, made. This provision shall be prtnte
upon each share Of the capital stock OF tn
corporation.
ARTICLE v.-The/ corporate powers
this corporation shall be vested In and e.
ercised by a Board Of Directors compose