The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-09-21
CHARTER.

declared that they are respectively the
President and Secretary of the Crescent
Felt Mattress Company, and that they APP
pear before me, notary, in their capacity
as committee for the purpose of putting
in authentic shape certain changes, alter
alton and amendments to the charter of
the said company, originally passed be-
fore Robert L. Upton, notary public, on
March -, 1907, and as amended by an act
passed before Alexis Brian, notary pub
lie. on January 81, 1920. the original and
amendments whereof were recorded in
Mortgage Office Book S11. folio COL. and
Mortgage Office Book 123S folio 32S re-
Spectiycly, acting under authorization of
a resolution of the stockholders of said
corporation, adopted at meeting held
on the Goth day of July, 1922. whereof 4
certified copy is annexed hereto for further
reference
The appearcrS further declared that at
the meeting of the stockholders aforesaid,
the entire capital stock of the corpora
ton, issued and outstanding, being pres
ent and represented the following amend
mcnts to the charter of the same were
unanimously adopted, tO-wit:
ARTICLE THE name and title of the
corporation shall be the Crescent Furni-
ture and Mattress Company, Inc. and
under this corporate name the said cor
10 exist and enjoy succession for the full
term of ninety-nine years from the date
Of this ac. to contract, sue and be sued.
and to make and use a corporate seal,
and TO break and alter the same at pleas
ure, to purchase. own. hold. lease. receive.
sell. hypOthecate and mortgage or pledge
under its corporate name, property, both
real, personal and mixed, including pat
cntS, patent rights. stocks and bonds. 20
make and issue bonds and notes. to elect
and appoint such directors, officers and
agents as the interest and convenience of
the corporation may require. TO eStab-
lish bylaws, rules and regulations for the
management of the affairs of the C"rpO-
ration, and to alter the same at pleasure.
and generally to perform all things neces-
Sary or convenient TO carry out the OBJ
jectS of the corporation.
ARTICLE III-The objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation is organ
lied. and the nature of the business to
hc carried on by il are hereby declared to
I" be: to manufacture mattresses of all
kinds and descriptions of whatsoever ma
terial that is proper, and all material
necessary and needful for the manufac-
ture of said mattresses and to manufac-
ture felt, excelsior and any and all bed
ding material. bedding. pillows, cushions.
bed spreads. awnings, rugs, mating, cur
tains. tapestries. sheeting. ticking, print
goods. dress cloths of all kinds and char
acter. beds. bed springs, household goods.
furniture, kitchen ware, crOckery, and all
things needful and necessary to enter
into the furnishing of houses, dwellings.
hotels. factories, and other places; to deal
and operate at wholesale and retail as
principal, agent, on commission or other
wise an the manufacture of the articles
aforesaid. and all the materials used in
the same; and to this end to buy, sell,
own. lease and otherwise operate a gen.
eral factory in all of its branches afOre-
said, and to do and perform any and all
things that may be necessary to carry
out the objects and purposes thereof.
ARTICLE IV-The capital stock of
this corporation is hereby fixed at the
sum of one hundred thousand ($10O. 0O0.00)
dollars. and represented by one thousand
1000 shares of the par value of one hun
drcd (SlOO.O0) dollars each. The amount
of said stock shall be issued full paid
and worcestershire, for cash or property,
or for services rendered. Any increase
of capital stock hereafter made may be
issued for cash or the acquisition of pro-
perty or other businesses similar to OF
that may become necessary in the opera
ton of its business.
The stock shall be transferable only
on the books of the corporation.
ARTICLE y-The corporate powers
of this corporation shall be vested in and
exercised by a board of directors, to be
composed of six stockholders who shall
own in his or her name at least one share
of the capital stock of the corporation
This amendment being only insofar as
paragraph one of said Article is con
cerned.
ARTICLE VIII-That all notices re-
quired by this charter. or by any law OF
the State of Louisiana, now or hereafter
provided. whether as to meetings oil
stockholders or board of directors, may
be waived by the unanimous consent Of
the stockholders, or by the board of di
rectors, as the case may be, such waiver
to be entered upon the minutes of thu
meeting to which the same applied
That save and except as amended here
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be and the same is continued in full force
and effect.
That said appearers have required ME
notary, to cause these amendments to said
charter to be duly recorded, published and
filed as required by law, to the end thal
the same may be operative and binding On
all persons who are now or may hereafter
become stockholders Of said corporation
or be otherwise interested therein or af-
fected thereby.
Thus done and signed in my notaria
office, in the City of New Orleans, on the
written, in the presence Of X. IL. Crom.
well and Benjamin w. Dart, competent
witnesses, who have signed with the SAID
appearers, and me, notary, after reading
of the whole.
witnesses: r. b. Cromwell, Benjamin
(ORIGINAL sIGNED)
n. c. CROMWELL,
II. N. -CROMW ELL.
/ certify that the foregoing amendments
to the charter of the Crescent Felt Mat
tress Co., is a true and correct copy Of the
original act passed before me on the
twenty sixth day of July, 1922, and on
file i'm my notarial archieves.
HENRY p. DART, JR..
(SeaD Notary Public.
Sept. 18th, 1922.
/. 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 Crescent Felt Mattress Co,
was this day duly recorded in my office
in Book 1873, folio -.
New Orleans, Sept. 18th, 1922
(Signed) ROBT. SCOTT,
Deputy Recorder.
Sept. 21Oct. 20.