The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-06-16
CHARTER

which can he conveniently carried On Win
any of the cOmpany's Objects
| To opens stores. offices or agencies
| throughout the United States OF eise
/ where;
To establish, own. maintain, operate
manage and control in this country ana III
| foreign countries a theatre or theatres, d
place or places of amusement; anu "a "a,
duce, exhibit, preserve ana eAplOlt t nri.i
attractions of various kinds ana naluies
! ;nriudinu dramatic operate and muslcal
| performances vaudeville, moving Plctuite,
intellectual and instructive entertainments
and TO cater to public diversion u! anu
/ through theatrical exhibition VI o'N
| anu Sement device;
! To purchase, acquire, take on. lease OF
exchange hire, own and use real ana per
sonal property, and all rights ana prNl-
leges in this state, and any other stdte VI
states, and any foreign country OF Cou ~
| tries and TO pay for same IN CASH Vi ~
! the shares of the capital stock or bonus Vi
/ this corporation or otherwise, ana also 10
! mortgage, convey, transfer, sell, tease OF
! otherwise dispose of its real ana persoii'i l
| property and rights and privileges, or any
! part thereof. in this state, or IN any olher
state or states. and in any foreign couh-
! try or countries.
To aid in any lawful manner any per.
| son, firm, association or corporation Oh
which the bonds, stock, or other securl,
ties or evidences of indebtedness are helu
by this corporation, and TO do any ana All
lawful acts or things designed TO protect,
preserve improve or enhance the value OF
any such stock. bonds, securities or EVIL
dences of indebtedness;
To buy and sell native products of any
| kind whatsoever of this country. or any
other foreign country in connection win
its general wholesale and retail merchah'
disc business;
To acquire the good will, rights prop
erty and assets of all kinds, and to un-
dertake the whole or any part OF the Ia
bilities of any person, firm, association or
corporation, on such terms and conditions
rs may be agreed ont and to pay for the
same in cash, stocks. bonds, debentures
or other securities of this corporation, OF
otherwise, and in particular to acquire and
take over as a going concern the business
now carried on at GuabitO, Panama, under
the name of John George Blame, and in
connection Herewith to purchase the good
will, business, and all or any of the assets
and to undertake and assume all or any
of the liabilities of the owner of said bust
ness;
To acquire by purchase, subscription. oil
otherwise. and to hold or dispose of stocks
bonds or any other obligations of any cor
poratiOn. formed for, or then or thereto
fore engaged in or pursuing any one oil
more of the kinds of business, purposes
objects, or operations above indicated, OIL
owning or holding any property of am
kind herein mentioned or of any corpora
ton owning or holding the stock or obi
To acquire and hold for investment, OF
otherwise TO acquire and use, and to sci
or dispose of any stock, bonds or othel
obligations for any other corporation.
The corporation shall have power I,
conduct Its business in other states and il
all foreign countries, and to have one Of
more offices out of this state, and to hold
purchase, mortgage and convey real an'
personal property out of this state.
Without in any particular limiting o
restricting any of the objects and power
: of the corporation hereinbefore enumer
ated, for the purpose of attaining an,
; furthering its objects, the corporation
shall have power TO do any and all othe
acts and things, and to exercise all othe
powers which IL co-partnership or natura
person could do, and which now or ma.
be hereafter authorized by law, 1t beini
hereby expressly provided that the fore
, going enumeration and reiteration o
. specinc powers shall not be held as limit
, Ing In any manner the general powers o
the company
ARTICLE III-The capital stock of thi
corporation is fixed at the sum of On
: Hundred Thousand (S100, 0O00O Dollars
divided into ten thousand 100000 shares
OF the par value of Ten $1,000 Dollar
each. The capital stock of~this corpora
ton may be increased to the amount O
Five Hundred Thousand (S50O0OOOO) Dol
, lars. The stock shall be paid for at paI
in cash. property, or good will.
ARTICLE IV-The dOmicile of this cor
poration is in the City of New Orleans
State OF Louisiana, but with the writer
consent of all the directors, valid meeting
of directors may be held outside the stat
or within the state elsewhere than at it
dOmicile.
ARTICLE y-Service of all legal pro
cess shall be made upon the president, an,
in his absence upon the vice president
and in the absence of both, upon the Sec
rotary.
ARTICLE VI-All the corporate power
Oh this corporation shall be vested in an,
exercised by a Board of Directors, to b
composed of five (5) stockholders, havin,
J the qualifications required by law, VIII
. shall be elected annually on the LIST da,
OF January, In each year at general meet
ing Of the stockholders held for sue
= purposes after notice required by law. AL
| such elections OF directors shall be by bal
lot, and each stakeholder shall be entitle,
10 one vote, cast in person or by writer
proxy, or by letter, the signature of which
r shall have been acknowledged before a No
tary Public, or other officer authorized 4
make affadavits, for each share of stocl
standing in his name on the books of tn
, company. The majority of votes east shall
; be sufficient to elect. The Board of Direc
tors shall elect from their number a presi
+ uent, ana may elect one or more vice
presidents; they shall also elect secre
, tary and treasurer, and may combin
! these two officers in one person The
n may appoint other agents and employees
VINO shall, respectively, have such powe
I anu Pefiorn SUCH duties as may be pre-
scribed by the bylaws, and who may b
removed at the pleasure of the directors
!. Ihey snail also have power to I'LL an
= vacancy in their number
The following named persons hrye bee
chosen as the first Board of Directors q
tne corporation, to serve until the LIST da
Oh January, 1872, or until their successor
n are duly elected and qualified to-wit:
y John q. Blame 1923 st. Charles Avenue
Il. IL. Crawford, BOG Hicks Bldg; Jos. I
Johnson, Oh Common St; q. c. Steil
= oo-S 81 Charles Ave; j. W. Major, ISl
> sycamore ST.; with John G. Blame .
president, and q. q. Stein as Vice Pres
t dent, and j. W. Major as Secretary -TreasI
rer.
=, ARTICLE VII-This CORPORATION NAV I
II dissolved upon vote of three-fourths ,
s the stock in a meeting duly assembled fC
o that purpose, and in the event that diss,
luton Is determined upon, the affairs ,
the corporation shall be liquidated by
g BOARD OF three iquidating. commissioner
10 De lected by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE FIII-The charter of this co
'e DURATION may be amended, its capital stoc
l. increased or decreased in the manner no
e, or hereafter prescribed by law.
L. ARTICLE IX-The incorporators bs,
n set opposite their names respectively ri
number OF shares subscribed to by each
e. them, so that this Act of Ineorporati,
E. viii serve as the original subscription lis
T. Ihus done and passed, at the City
= view orleans, State of louisiana on ii
D. oay ana date hereinabove written i'm nj
d, presence OF Messrs. NJ. Il. Schmidt and
4. DunDar Jr, competent witnesses, wi
" nave signed these presents with the sa
= aPPearers and me, Notary after dl