The herald., 1922-04-20
CHARTER
CHARTER OF
lillian z. ROSS. M

,,,u hundred alS the United States OF
lndepenue.ha one hundred ana ioTtH-
Lpenca, @ me WARREN '. MILLER,
aIth, peiO pnhIic duly commissioned ana
Notary :. and for the Parish OF OF
Sualined, ,harein residing, and III the
hans anu ~ the witnesses hereinafter
presence Undersigned, personally came
psnea M the several persons whose
nd App ave- hereinafter subscribed All
nnes mil age. who declared TO me
eens that avai!ing themselves OF tne
yesf The State Of Louisiana reiatiNo
NV v organization Of corp0rauohs' tne!
these presents CONTRACT, "se,
@,:ut stipulate and blhd anu lOarn
@.ssyes. as well as sucn otnei -
hsnsen nav hereafter become asso-
sons wno .hau into a corporation and
diieo s .i,,ie In law, for the objects ana
body pO nd under the stipulations here
purposes forth. all Of which they ac-
Ia. =. their charter. to-wlt'
or The name and title OF
Ahlo,stion Is declared to be WILL
nn "i ROSS. INC, and under sueh
LA :ball have and enjoy succession
mk ,..ancs for a period Of fifty years
tha Is hereof The domicile OF TINS
he n s shall be In the City OF New
Stata of Louisiana, where ali
vn s.,so. and legal processes snail DC
anuy", ,non the President; or, In MS
erea anon the ce-President; or, In
i sss upon the Secretary.
Us p%IcIE III. The capital stock or
.a,noratiou is hereby fixed at the
US Tgfty Thousand Dollars, DIVIDED
w Ave hundred shares of One Huhureu
nsI,r, each. Shares may De palu tor
!. money. property, goodwin or ios
..,,,css rendered TO the corporation, anu
=. poard Of Directors shall deterlnIhe
As manner and method OF pa! hients'
", than I'm money, according TO law.
s', spriCJE III. The objects and pur-
a. N This corporation are declared
a.. To conduct and carry on gen
", ,,s,ght forwarding and freight haul-
- hn.iness: to do q general commission
"a agency business, anG do any anu
m assafui and necessary things con-
a.sa with or incident to the ABOVE
sh,.ets and purposes; to carry on gen
80, Insurance business as agent, Droker
:. General agent for insurance companies
s.,ss . NE, fire, accident. health, ma
80 eompeusation and liability, or any
.hs, farm Of insurance authorized TO DC
ss,,,sS an now or hereafter by the state
- IouisIaua: to act as ship or steam
.A,n agent: 10 act as ship broker Oh
ehsrtering agent: to book cargo lot ac'
count Of the corporation, or Tor otners
md 10 do any and all acts necessa..
Or Incidental to carrying out SAID ooJec,'
and purposes. This corporation aa
h,ye the power to purchase real estate
,s,so,sI ar mixed property, to deal Ii
rms Ia hold or sell same at Its con
y,uieuce and TO do any and all things
ueraful or necessary connected with OF
evrmspe 10 the objects and purposes Sc
tarfh ar contemplated in this charter.
ARTICLE Nv. The corporate powers
q this corporation are expressed an'
~ forth BY Section of Act 261 OF tn
Louisiana Legislature Of 1914, and al
corporate powers shall be duly employed
by and vested in a board of five direc
tcrsL a majority Of whom shall constitute
4 quorum for the transaction of all busi
ness. The first Board Of Directors shal
consist Of and be: William z. Ross. ooz
Freret street New Orleans, La; Jane
4 Ross, 72s Gravier street, New orleans
Ia: W. ID. Hunt, 72S Gravier street
New Orleans, La; Louis X; Hoover, 81
Whitney Central building, New Orleans
"a. and Karl Ledbetter, 20l3 Paine
venue, New Orleans. La, and from
mch Board there shall be elected thre
sihcers namely, a President, a Vice
President and Secretary Treasurer, an.
William p, Ross shall be President
Louis R. Hoover shall be Vice-Presiden'
and James A. Ross shall be Secretary
Treasurer, and the said board and ofn
Gers shall serve as such until the thir
Wednesday In January, 1923, or unit
tlelf successors are elected and qualiheC
lettings Of the stockholders for electio
directors shall be held yearly, on tn
hifd Wednesday in January, beginnin
with the year 1928: the Board of Direc
torn shall have the right to elect. with
out reference TO a stockholders meeting
any stockholder to be a director, wher
ever q vacancy shall exist on the Boar
Directors through death or resigns
um. The duties Of the several officer
nal be set forth In the bylaws Of I'll
expiration, which may be adopted b
ne Board Of Directors and amended
sleled at their will.
Article v. Before any stockhold'
eeh eel or dispose of his stock In II
0rporaton, he shall give thirty day
Written notice Of his intention to do
y me corporation, during which thirt
eys the corporation itself shall have Il
power OF purchasing the stock at its boo
ARTICLE VI No stakeholder Of tn
os!peration shall ever be liable for an
Of the corporation other than Il
sspld portion Of their subscription
~ and no informaiity herein shs
"e,ect them to such liability.
CRITICIZE VII. Amendments to tn
.nei and liquidation Of the corpor
ssa shall be subject to the rules la
IVA In Act 267 OF the Louisiana lie
afe Of 1914. The capital stock
corporation may be increased
=. nament OF this charter to any su
m exceeding One Hundred ThousaI
dollars lslo0,OO0.O0)
.has done and signed on the day al
80 nrst hereinabove written, In n
si ONCE, In the City Of New O
go IN the presence of c. o. Speri
4, 40 :. L. Bordelon, competent witness,
n 49, me, Notary, after a due reading
~. mole, the subscribers setting opp
- ueif names the amount they su
nAss...or, making this an origin
Inscription list.
p'nsi signed: VIM. p. Ross. q
Ia Street, New Orleans, 225 share
O,l... Ross, CO.'S Freret street. NJ
Jsn.s, ~ shares; L. r. Hoover. Sc
a. Hunt, 1928 Audubon Street. N,
p.,st 1 share: K. J. Ledbetter, q
wr Avenue. New Orleans, / share.
o. sPERIER.
:. L. B0RDELON.
N sfs Ss copy Of the original on file
WARREN V. MILLER.
L m. Notary Public
s,s,. Undersigned Recorder of Mo
Snss and for the Parish Of Orlea
al ~ Louisiana. do hereby cert
srs..ssa ABOVE and foregoing Act of
nc oh Of the WILLIAM P. Ro,
sflcs THIS day duly recorded an
NJ oook l26s, folio 1913.
ot'eans, March Z, 1922.
wigned) RoBT. SCOTT.
Aps eNsvr by. Rec
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