The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-04-06
CHARTER.

the manner and method of payments
other than in money, according 10 law
ARTICLE Ill. The objects and pur,
poses of this corporation are declared
TO be: To conduct and carry on gen
eral freight forwarding and freight maui
ing business to do a general commission
and agency business, and DO any anu
all needful and necessary Things CON
nected with or incident to the above
objects and purposes; TO carry on gen
eraI insurance business as agent, broker
or general agent for insurance companies
doing "A life, fire, accident, health, ma
rine compensation and liability, or an!
other form of insurance authorized 10 oe
carried on now or hereafter by the state
of Louisiana: to act as ship or steam
ship agent; To act as snip broktr "r
charteriug agent; to book cargo Tor ac-
count of the corporation, or Tor DINERS
and to do any and all acts necessary
or Incidental to carrying out said objects
and purposes This corporation shali
have the power to purchase real estate
/ personal or mixed property, To deal III
/ same TO hold or sell same AT It's con
yenience, and to do any and all thlhss
| neadful or necessary connected with or
germane TO the objects and purposes set
forth or contemplated in this charter
ARTICLE ". The corporate powers
of this corporation are expressed ano
set forth by Section of Act 2o' OF tht
| Louisiana Legislature OF l9lf' ana al,
corporate powers shall be duly employed
by and vested in a board OF nNe uireC
tors. a majority of whom shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of all busi.
ness. The first Board of Directors snail
consist of and be: William T. Ross; W.
Freret street. New Orleans, La JAMES
A. Ross. 72S Gravier street, New orleans
La: w. II. Hunt. IDS Gravier street,
New Orleans, La; Louis X. Hoover 4Zu
whitney Central building, New orleans
La. and Karl Ledbetter, 2Ol3 Palmer
avenue, New Orleans, La. and from
such Board there shall be elected three
officers. namely, a President, a wee,
President and "A Secretary-Tr Treasurer. ana
william 7. Ross hall be PRESIDENT
Louis r. Hoover shall be Nice-Presldent
and James A. Ross shall be Secretary
Treasurer. and the said board and OH,
Gers shall serve as such until the third
Wednesday in January, 1873, or unit
their successors are elected and quallneu
Meetings Of the stockholders for electloi
of directors shall be held yearly, on th'
! third Wednesday In January, beginning
with the year 1923; the Board OF Dlrec
, tors shall have the right to elect, with
out reference to a stockholders meeting
, any stakeholder to be director, wheh
ever vacancy shall exist on the Boar'
? Of Directors through death or reslgna
, tIon The duties Of the several officer
shall be set forth in the bylaws OF tn
, corporation, which may be adopted d!
the Board Of Directors and amended O
, altered at their Will
| ARTICLE V. Before any stockholde
2 shall sell or dispose of his stock In IN
/ corporation. he shall give thirty DAYS
writer notice of his intention to DO $
to the corporation, during which thlrt'
DAYS the corporation itself shall have u
: power of purchasing the stock at It's Doc
value.
I ARTICLE vi. No stakeholder Of thi
n corporation shall ever be liable Tor an
a debt of the corporation other than IN
e unpaid portion Of their subscription Q
!, stock. and no informality herein shal
a subject them to such liability.
J. ARTICLE VII. Amendments 10 thi
e charter and liquidation Of the corpora
J, ton shall be subject TO, the rules lal
: down i'm IAt 267 Of the Louisiana Les
v islature of 1914 The capital stock Q
: this corporation may be Increased D
/, amendment of this charter to any SUI
/, not exceeding One Hundred Thousan
i Dollars (s1O0,O0O.O0).
n Thus done and signed on the day an
. date first hereinabOve written, In m
: notarial office, in the City Of New oi
leans. in the presence OF I. U. Speri'
and f. l.. Bordelon, competent w1tnesse
:, and me Notary, after due reading
y the whole. the subscribers setting opp
site their names the amount they sui
scribe for. making this an origins
- subscription list.
"A Original signed: VIM. p. Ross. 60
ir Freret Street, New Orleans. 22o share
"A Jas. A. Ross. 602S Freret street. Ne
az Orleans 40 shares; l.. X. Hoover, ~
IN Jeanette Street New Orleans. l shar
AZ W. u. Hunt. 1928 Audubon Street, Ne
ID Orleans, / share: X j. Ledbetter ~
,e Palmer Avenue, New Orleans, l share.
Or witnesses:
OF c. o. SPERIER,
Or f. l.. BORDELON.
lg A true copy of the original on ME
T. my office.
IN WARREN V. MILLER.
Notary Public.
Of i. the undersigned Rec6rder Of Mol
ed cages. in and for the Parish of orieaI
or state of Louisiana, do hereby cert
is that the above and foregoing Act of
lit corporation of the WILLIAM +: kos
II. INC, was this day duly recorded In I
he office in book 126S, folio 123.
at New Orleans. March Z, 1922.
It. (Signed) R0BT. SCOTT.
en- Dy. Rec
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