The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-01-05
CHARTER.
CHARTER OF BARNES AND SIREN
INCORPORATED.

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INCORPORATED.
United States of America, State of Lon
iSiana, Parish of Orleans. City of New
Orleans. BE il known that on this Goth
day of the month Of December in the
year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
twenty-one, before me Warren v. Miller
duly commissioned. qualified and acting
Notary Public, in and for the Parish of
Orleans. State of Louisiana. and in the
presence of the hereinafter named and
undersigned witnesses, personally came
and appeared the several persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed and sew
orally declared that availing themselves
and those they represent well as those
who may hereinafter become associated
with them of the general laws of the
State of Louisiana. in such cases made
and provided, they have formed and Or
themselves well as those they repre-.
sent and such others as may hereafter
become associated with them, into a cor
the object and purposes in the following
articles set forth and expressed, which
they adopt as their charter.
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation is and shall be BARNES and
Siren Incorporated" and il shall exist
and enjoy succession by its cor orate
name for a period of Ninety nine (99)
years from the date hereof, with all the
rights. privileges and powers now or
hereafter conferred by law upon trading
the City of New Orleans and all citations
and legal services shall be made upon the
President, and in the event of his inability
TO act. etc, upon the Vice President or
Secretary, in the order named.
ARTICLE 1.-THE capital stock Of this
Corporation is hereby fixed at the sum
Of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,OO0.00) all
of which shall be divided into and rep
resented by One Hundred (1OO) shares of
the par value of One Hundred Dollars
ha 10,
money. in services rendered the corpora
ton, or in property regularly transferred
to the cooperation, all as shall be determ-
ined by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
of this corporation and for which il is
organized are hereby declared to be to
conduct and maintain either as principal
or agents, a gasoline and oil filling sta
ton; to buy. sell. and otherwise deal in
either at retail or wholesale in all auto
mobile accessories of any nature whatso
ever and to maintain and conduct a vul-
caniZing and tire repair plant and in
general to do any and all acts, now or
hereafter, generally operated in cOnnec-
ton with an oil filling station and an
| automobile accessory store. and to do
any and all acts pertaining to the above
and foregoing objects and not contra
| dictory thereto.
| ARTICLE IV.-The corporate powers OF
| this corporation shall be vested in and
| exercised by Board of three Directors
! majority of whom shall constitute a
| quorum for the transaction of business.
From the Board of Directors shall be
chosen three officers, namely. Presi-
dent, Vice-President and a Secretary
| Treasurer.
The first Board of Directors and the
officers Of this corporation shall be elected
at the first meeting of the stockholders
and Directors respectively held after the
passing of this charter, and they shall
serve as such until the second Monday
1 ~.
cessors are duly qualified and elected.
Absent directors may vote at any di-
| rectOrs meeting, by proxy In writing
given to another director. and made for
| a specific or particular meeting.
ARTICLE V.-The corporate powers OF
| this corporation are expressed and SET
| forth by Section Seven ca Of Act 26I, OF
the year 1914. and shall be duly employed
by and through the Board Of Directors.
| The Board Of Directors may, without
reference to the stockholders, buy, sell,
| and mortgage real estate; buy, sell. mort
| gage, or bypOthecate any part or the en-
tirety of the assets, business, rights. OF
good will of this corporation, all upon
| such terms. conditions and for such price
| sums or assets as the Board of Directors
| shall determine.
The duties of the several officers shall
be set forth In the bylaws; which will
be adopted by the Board of Directors
and amended or altered at their will; and
they shall have the rights to employ
| under contract or otherwise, General
Manager who may or may not be mem
Der Of the Board of Directors, as said
Board of Directors may determine, and
which said General Manager shall have
such duties as shall be determined by
the Board of Directors and the several
officers Of this Company may delegate to
such General Manager such duties as are
prescribed to their respective offices, as
they may desire, subject however to the
| approval of the Board of Directors.
| ARTICLE VINO stakeholder Of this
corporation shall ever be liable for any
debt of the corporation. other than the
unpaid portion of their subscription t.
stock: and no informality herein shall
| subject them to such liability.
ARTICLE VII.-Amendment to this
charter of liquidation of the corporation
shall be subject to the rules laid down
in Act 267 Of the Louisiana Legislature
| of 1914. The capital stock Of this corpora,
| ton may be increased by amendment OF
| this charter to any amount not exceeding
| the sum of One Hundred Thousand
| ($10o 000.00) Dollars