The herald., 1922-04-06
CHARTER.
CHARTER OF THE
BAEHR BAKING COMPANY


United States of America, State OF
Louisiana, Parish Of Orleans, City OF
New Orleans. BE it known that on tnis
18th day Of February, in the year OF our
4 ord one thousand nine hundred ana
twenty-five, and of the Independence %
the United States of America, the one
hundred and fOrty-siXth, before
WALTER g. WEDlG, Notary fHoIie,
in and for the Parish OF OrIeahs, 90.
stoned and qualified, and in the presehes
of the witnesses hereinafter named anu
undersigned, personally came anu AP
peared the several persons whose halI i,.
are hereunto subscribed, VINO seNeiaiis
declared that ayailing themselves Oh the
Laws of the State of Louisiana, ana par
ticularly Act 267 Of the General Assem-
bly of the State Of Louisiana Tor the year
1914 they have coyenanted anu asIceu
and do by these presents covenant, asree,
bind, form and constitute thelhse'vS %
we'll as such other persons as may mere
after join or become associated Win
them. into a corporation and body poltlc
in law. for the objects and purposes un
der the articles and stipulatlons Iollo"'
ing, tO-wit:
ARTICLE 1. The name and title OF
this corporation shall be the BAEhiS
RAKING COMPANY, and shall exist anu
enjoy succession by its corporate haIIe
for a period of ninety nine years from
the date hereof. 1t shall have power anu
authority to contract sue ana De sueu !,
to make and use corporate scar anu
the same to alter and break at pleasure
10 hold. purchase, receive and convey, as
well AS mortgage and hypothecate prop,
erty, real, personal and mixed, corpOreai
and uncOrporeal with all the rights pow
ers and privileges now or hereafter coh
ferred by law upon trading corpOratiSSgn a ;:
It's domicile shall be in the city OF Ne"
Orleans. and all citations and legal ser
vices shall be made upon the fresiueht'
and in event of his inabllity 10 act, upon
the Vice President or Secretary In the
order named. -, a
ARTICLE III. The capltal slocA oi
this corporation is hereby fixed at tne
ann of Five Thousand Dollars (SoOoOVO),
ali of which shall be divided into ana
represented by fifty shares or the par
value of One Hundred Dollars NlOVVo)
each. Stock may be paid for In money
in services rendered the cotP S r w
i'm property and good VIII regularly
transferred to the corporation, all as
shall be determined by the Board OF
Directors.
poses of this corporation and the nature
Of business to be carried on by 1t are
hereby declared to be: To manufacture,
buy, sell. deal in at retail and whole
sale bread, flour, cakes, pies, rolls, pas
tries, biscuits, and farinacious com
3 pounds and materials of every descrlp
ton: to manufacture, buy and sell, ana
deal i'm at retail and wholesale, ice cream,
candies, syrups and cOnfectionaries, con-
fectionery, novelties and supplies, includ-
ing the raw material, ingredients, con
serves and preserves used In connection
with such manufacture and sale ana py'
products made therefrOm, and all Ike OF
kindred products; to acquire, by pur-
chase manufacture or otherwise, all sup
plies and other articles necessary ana
convenient for use in connection Win
and in carrying on the business herein
mentioned or any part thereof; TO co,
struct acquire, hire, hold, work, let and
sell factories. bake houses, shops, build
ings, machinery and appliances suitable
for all purposes, and generally TO DO and
transact all such business as may De III
cidental to or connected with the Dusl'
ness contemplated in this charter; &c
acquire take over and enjoy the stocS
in trade assets and all property rights
credits, chooses in action and immunites
belonging or appertaining to the business
now conducted by Frank Baehr. This
corporation shall have power to establish
branches in the city OF New orleans anu
elsewhere in this state, other states and
territories and possessions OF the United
States, and conduct its business in all
of its branches.
ARTICLE Nv. The corporate powers
of this corporation shall be vested in 3
Board or u NC Sv"poSeN VI
four stockholders, majority or whon
shall constitute a quorum for the trans
action of business; absent directors may
vote at any meeting of the directors Dy
proxy to any other director for that par
ticuIar meeting. The first Board of Direc-
tors shall be: Frank Baehr, 26l6 Mag
azine street, New Orleans, Louisiana
Arthur wehl, POPS Magazine street, New
Orleans, Louisiana; Kate Baehr Kelly
POPS Magazine street, New Orleans, Lou
isiana; Annie Wedig Baehr, 26l6 Maya
zine street, New Orleans, Louisiana, with
the said Frank Baehr as President
Arthur Well as Vice-President, Annie
wedig Baehr as Secretary, and Kate
Baehr Kelly as Treasurer, who shall
serve as such until the second Monday
in January, 1923, or until their success
sors are duly elected and qualified. Meet
ings Of the stockholders for the election