The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-06-22
CHARTER.

presents covenant, agree and bind them
| selves as we'll as all such persons as
! may hereafter become associated with
| them, to form and do hereby form body
| corporate and polite In law, Tor the
objects and purposes under the articles
and stipulatiOns hereinafter set forth ana
| expressed.
ARTICLE I. The name and title Of this
| corporation shall be SQUEEZ Ely MOP
| COMPANY, INCORPORATED, which may
be abbreviated to SQUEEZ Ely MOP
| CO. INC.
| ARTICLE III. The purpose for which
this corporation is formed and the ma
ture of the business to be carried on by
| il are hereby declared to be the manu-
featuring. buying. selling, distributing
| and handling of mops, brooms, brushes
| and other household furnishing articles:
and the purchase and sale of general
| merchandise and to do any and all
| things pertaining to the manufacture
sale and distribution of said mops'
] household articles and general merchan-
| disc.
ARTICLE III. The amount Of the
capital stock be this corporation is
hereby fixed at the sum Of Twenty
mon stock. which capital stock may be-
| increased to the sum of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars (s1O0,Ooo.0O). Said cap
ital stock shall be divided into Two
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and the stock shall be paid when sub
| scribed for or NAV be issued in whole
| or in part at not less than par for prop
| erty actually purchased and received by
the CORPORATION or services actually rem
dered No fractional shares shall ever
| be issued.
ARTICLE ". The location of the
domicile Of this corporation shall be In
the CITY of New Orleans. State of Louis
lana. and service of citation or of all
legal process shall be made upon the
President Of this corporation. or. In case
aaN he
ice-President or Secretary Treasurer, in
! the order named. Said corporation shall
have and enjoy succession by Its cor
porate name for a period of ninety nine
| years from date of this act.
| ARTICLE V. The business and affairs
of this corporation shall be conducted
by and all the corporate powers vested
in and exercised by n Board of Dtrec-
tors composed of three (3l stockholders
to be elected by the stockholders annu-
ally by ballot, on the third Monday OF
the month of January each year. begin.
ming in the year 1924, or any subsequent
date announced by the Board 5Sa of, Of pi Iscc
on said date, after fifteen 10 days
notice, which shall he given to each
stakeholder by written notice mailed 10
office address; at said election each
stakeholder shall be entitled to cast his
vote as specified in Section IL of Act
267 Of the General Assembly of the state
ments thereto. The stockholders receiy,
ing a majority of the votes cast shall
be declared elected. The Board of Direc
tors so elected shall Immediately there
after proceed to elect one of its members
| to be President, one to be Vice-President
one to he Secretary-Treasurer of tht
corporation, and they shall serve until
their successors are elected and qualified
ARTICLE IL. The first Board OF
Directors shall be composed of the fol
lowing stockholders: Edward Jumon
vile. 1920 Dryades street. New Orleans
La: James JumonviIle Hammond, La;
Charles Jumonville, 1920 Calhoun street
New Orleans, La. of whom Edward Ju
knoxville shall be President, Charles
| Jumonville shall be Vice President. Jane,
Jumonville shall be Secretary Treasurer
and they shall serve until the third Mon
day of January, 1924. or until theil
successors are elected and qualified. Any
tors shall be filed by the remaining
Directors. and II for any reason new
Board of Directors shall not be choser
on the date above fixed. the then existing
| board shall hold over until their success
sors are chosen.
| ARTICLE VII-Stockholders' meetingi
or other meetings for the election of di
rectors may be held as prescribed b!
Section 10 of Act 267 Of the General As
sembly of the State Of Louisiana for TIL
year 1914, or any amendments thereto.
ARTICLE vIII-This corporatiCn ant
the Officers and directors thereof shall
have all the rights and powers and thi
corporation may be amended or dissolved
or its affairs liquidated. as provided b,
the provisions of Act 267 of the Genera
Assembly of the State of Louisiana TO
the year 1914, or any amendments there
ARTICLE IX-No stakeholder shall
ever be held liable or responsible for tn
contracts or faults Of this corOporatiol
| in any further sum than the unpaid bal
ance on the stock for which he has sub
| bod han urn
, in it's organization have the effect OF rem
dering this charter null or exposing
stakeholder to any liability other than a
, herein provided. No stakeholder in thi
corporation shall sell all or any part o
his stock without first giving fifteeI
days notice to the corporation of his de
sire to sell. This corporation upon re
ceiving such notice shall allow the othe
stockholders, after due notice mailed T.
, them to each last known address, to pur
chase such stock In proportion to thei
: respective holdings Of stock In the corpora
, ton. and such other stockholders shal
have fifteen days from the date such writ
ten notice is given to the corporation
to purchase said stock at the then boo
value of same.
ARTICLE X-The subscribers hereunt
have respectively written opposite thei
names the amount Of stock I'm this cor
poration subscribed for by each Of ther
: so that this act Of Incorporation NAV ais
| serve as the original subscription list o
, | the corporation.
Thus done and signed. at my office. a
the City of New Orleans, on the day
month and year first above written. u
the presence Of Gus J. Ricau and Melb
O'Rourke. competent witnesses, residin
: in this Parish. who have signed thes
/, presents, together with said appearer
and me Notary, after due reading
: the whole.
(Original signed):
Edw. Jumonville. 1920 Dryades St, 30
James Jumonville. Hammond. La. 8, pc
Edw. Jumonvilla: Chas. Jumonville. 292
!, Calhoun St., As; Gus j. Ricau, Melb
. O'Rourke.
! W. CATESBY JONES
ii 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 In
corporation Of the Squeez-Ezy Mop Co
: Inc, was this day duly recorded In m
+ office in Book $685. Folio 800.
New Orleans, May 10. 1922.
ROB'T. SCOTT,
Deputy Recorder.
W. CATESBY JONES.
1s-June22.