The herald., 1922-11-16
CHARTER.

every kind. for men, women and chill
dren; to buy and sell piece goods,
shoes. school supplies, stationery and
novelties, and generally all merchan-
disc, goods and articles usually sold
and handled in a general merchandise
ing store, and generally to transact
any business and to do anything Incl
dental to or connected with the carry
ing out of said purposes.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of
this corporation shall be five thousand
dollars (s5,00O.00). divided into and
represented by fifty (5OD shares of the
par value of one hundred dollars
$500. 00) each, to be paid for in cash
which capital stock may be increased
to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,-
O0O. 00), which stock shall be paid for
in cash or in property or its equiva-
lent: or, If not in cash, then the Board
of Directors of this corporation shall
determine the value of such equivalent
offered.
ARTICLE V-All the corporate
powers of this company shall be vested
in and the management and control of
it's affairs shall be exercised by a
Board of Directors composed of three
stockholders. A majority of said di-
rectors shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of all business. The
directors shall be elected annually by
the stockholders on the third Tuesday of
January in each year. Each stakeholder
shall be entitled. in person or by
proxy, to a vote for every share owned
by him, and all elections shall be held
under such rules and regulations rs
may be determined by the Board of
Directors after fifteen days notice by
mail of such election shall have been
sent to each stakeholder at his last
known address. All voting shall be 5y
ballot. The directors thus elected shall
continue in office for one year, or un-
til their successors shall have been
duly elected and qualified. Amy va
| cancy occurring on said board shall be
filled by the remaining directors for
the unexpired term: the said board
shall likewise elect the additional
members in case they should deter
mine to increase the number of sal
| board; and all officers and employees
shall hold office at the pleasure of the
board. and all officers. directors and
employees shall hold office at the pleas
ure of the stockholders. who may dis
place or elect the successors of any one
or all OF them at any time, at a meeting
called for that purpose, by notice de-
livered personally to each stakeholder
or deposited in the postoffice addressed
to each stakeholder at least five days
before such meeting.
The President may at any time call
such meeting. and IL the President or
officers of the corporation refuse or
fail to call such meeting when re-
quested by the holder or holders of ten
per cent of the capital stock outstand-
ing. then such holder or holders of
stock may personally or through
proxy call such meeting to be held at
the office of the corporation. If for
any reason the use of the office of the
corporation is refused. or it cannot be
used for such meeting then the caller
or callers of such meeting may, acting
either personally or through proxy,
adjourn said meeting elsewhere and
there hold il.
The first Board of Directors shall
be composed of julius Bodenger, whose
postoffice address is 157 Delaronde
street. New Orleans. louisiana; Dora
Bodenger whose postoffice address is
1881 Magazine street, New Orleans,
Louisiana, and Morris Bodepger whose
postoffice address is 301 Seguin street,
New Orleans. Louisiana. with Dora
Bodenger as President, julius Boden-
ger as Secretary and Treasurer, and
Morris Bodenger as Vice-President
ARTICLE Win case of dissolu-
ton. liquidation or termination of this
charter by Limitation or otherwise. the
affalrs or the corporation shall be
liquidated by one or more liquidators
elected by the stockholders, who may
provide the number of said liquidators
| and vest them with such power and
authority as may by law be permitted
| fix the terms and conditions upon
which they shall serve and their com
pensation, and provide that, in case OF
| death or disability of any one of said
liquidators. the remaining liquidators
may fill the vacancy or continue to act
| on behalf of the corporation.
ARTICLE Vino stakeholder shall
be liable or responsible for any costs
| contracts, debts or faults of the cor
poration, or of any of its officers, mol
shall any mere informality in organi
| zatfon have the effect of rendering this
charter null and void. or of exposing
| any stakeholder to any liability beyond
| the unpaid balance due on the stocl
| held by him.
! ARTICLE VIII.-This charter may
be modified, changed or altered. or sale
! corporation may be dissolved with the
assent of stockholders owning two
thirds of the entire capital stock at 9
general meeting of the stockholders
convened for that purpose after fifteer
| days written notice shall have beer
him at his last known address.
ARTICLE IX.-No stakeholder shall
sell his share in this company withou,
having first offered the same to the
Board of Directors. And said board
shall have f ,s the right to purchase ,s tn,
stockholders within ten days there
f, after at the book value as shown by
the last annual statement.
There shall be written or printed
across each certificate of stock These
shares shall not be transferred except
and bylaws of this Company"
ARTICLE x.-The names and post.
office address of the subscribers OF
these articles of Incorporation and g
| statement of the number of shares OF
stock which each agrees to take in the
corporation are: julius Bodenger, Isl
Delaronde street, New Orleans, La, II
shares; Dora Bodenger. 1881 Magazine
street New Orleans, La. IL shares
Morris Bodenger, so1 Seguin street
New Orleans, La, shares.
Thus done and passed in my office
| in the City Of New Orleans, on the day
| written, in the presence of Felix j
| Puig and Jeanne Hatrel. competent
| witnesses, who hereunto sign theil
| names with the said appearers. and me
notary. after due reading of the whole
(ORIGINAL SIGNED):
J. Bodenger, 1877 Delaronde street
| Algiers. La, II shares; Mrs. Dora Bo.
/ denger, 1881 Magazine street. New Or.
leans. La, IL shares; M. Bodenger. 301
| Seguin street, Algiers. La. 2 shares.
Witnesses: Felix J. Puig. J. Hatrel
WIN. ]. HENNESSEY,
Notary Public.
cages. in and for the Parish of Or
leans. State of Louisiana. do hereby
| certify that the above and foregoing
Act of Incorporation of The Dora Bo'
denger Dry Goods and Notions Co. was
this day duly recorded in my office
in Book 1879. folio -. New Orleans
Oct. 10th, 1922.
(sgd) RoBT. SCOTT.
Dy. Rec.
(SeaD WIN. J. HENNESsEY,
oct19-noy23 Notary Public.