The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-04-20
CHARTER.

shall also elect a Secretary Treasurer
who may or may not be a member OF
the board Of stockholders. and the board
shall have the right to NIL, for the un'
expired term, any vacancy occurring
among the directors or officers by reslg
nation or otherwise. The board may also
| appoint as many assistant secretaries
! treasurers as it may desire, who may oil
| may not be stockholders.
The board may delegate all or any Of
! its powers In the transaction of the bus
mess of the corporation to committee
| or committees of their own body or L
| the officers and agents of this cOrpor
alton, and may from time TO time ap
point such clerks, agents or other EN-
! ployees comforting upon such committee
| or committees and such clerks, agents
| and other employees such powers an(
| authority as il may deem necessary an6
! proper for the purposes and business o
this corporation; but all such clerks
| agents and other employees cannot b'
| employed for a longer period than b!
the month, unless the contract of EN-
| ployment be in writing and be specially
| authorized by resolution of the Board O
| Directors.
The board shall have the power e
adopt bylaws for the government of th'
corporation, and to alter, amend oil
abolish the same az pleasure.
All notices provided by this charter
or bylaws, to be given to the stock
holders or directors, may be waived, eX-
cept where expressly prohibited by law
The failure to hold an annual election
or TO elect officers as herein provided
shall not dissolve the corporation, but
the directors and or officers then in office
shall remain in office until their sue
cessors shall have been elected and duly
qualified.
The first Board of Directors shall con
sist of George 5. Balmer, whose address
is 436 South Scott Street, New Orleans,
La; Robert NJ. Townsend, whose address
is $50 Bordeaux Street, New Orleans, La
Lawrence c. Daigre, whose address is
2130 Jena Street, New Orleans, La, and
George s. Balmer shall be President.
Robert NJ. Townsend shall be Vice-Presi-
dent, and Lawrence {. Daigre shall be
Secretary-Treasurer. Said officers shall
hold office until the annual election on
the third Monday Of January, 1923. or
until their successors are duly elected
and qualified.
ARTICLE vi. This act of incorpor-
alton may be modified, added to or
changed or said corporation may be dis
solved in the manner provided by law,
and whenever this corporation is dis
solved either by limitation or otherwise
its affairs shall be liquidated by three
commissioners to be elected at a general
meeting called for the purpose of yot-
ing on the question Of liquidation, and
in case of the death or resignation OF
any OF said commissioners the surviving
or remaining commissioner or commits
sioners shall continue to act and shall
fill the vacancy or vacancies caused by
death or resignation, and in case of the
death or resignation of all these, three
more commissioners shall be elected by
the stockholders.
ARTICLE VII. No stakeholder shall
ever be held liable or responsible for the
contracts or faults of this corporation
in any further sum than the unpaid bal
ance due the company on the shares OF
stock subscribed for by him, nor shall
any informality of organization thereof
have the effect of rendering this charter
null or of exposing any stakeholder to
any liability beyond such unpaid balance
on said stock.
In order that this charter may also
serve as the original subscription list
required by law, the subscribers to this
act of incorporation have also respec-
lively written opposite their names the
amount Of capital stock subscribed for
by each Of them.
No transfer of the capital stock of
this corporation or any part thereof shall
be binding upon this corporation unless
and until transferred on its books, and
this corporation shall be entitled to treat
the holders of said stock as noted on
lls DOChS as the OWnefS
Thus done end passed in my office in
the city Of New Orleans, on the day and
in the month and year first above writ
ten, in the presence of William j. Hen
nessey and Jeanne Hatrel, competent
who hereuntO sign their names
with the said appearers and me- Notary.
after due reading Of the whole.
Original signed: Geo. S. Balmer. sub
scribing to twenty (20) shares; Robt. NJ
Townsend, subscribing to twenty (20)
shares; l.. c. Daigre, subscribing to
twenty (20) shares.
Witnesses:
WIN. J. HENNESSEY,
]. HATREL.
FELIX J. PUG,
Notary Public.
/, 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
of the PONTCHARTRAIN
COMPANY, INC, was this day
duly recorded in my office in book 1885,
folio
New Orleans, March 30. 1922
R0BT. SCOTT,
by. Rec.
true copy.
FELIX J. PUG,
Apr. 6-May IL Notary Public.