The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-04-13
CHARTER.

of New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, there
! in residing, and in the presence of the
! witnesses hereinafter named and under
! signed, personally came and appeared
the several parties whose names are
hereto subscribed. all of the full age of
/ majority, except Emile a Zatarain, Jr.,
duly emancipated by Judgment of the
| Hon. Porter Parker, Judge of the Civil
! District Court, Division 3D." for the
/ Parish of Orleans, rendered and signed
on the 23rd day of March. 1922, in the
matter No. 141.413 of its docket and all
| residents of this city, who seyerally de-
clared that availing themselves Of the
laws Of the State of Louisiana. and espe-
cially of Act 267 of 1914 in such cases
made and provided. they have formed
and organized. and by these presents do
form and organize themselves into cor
/ p"ratl0n for the objects and purposes
and under the stipulationS and agree
! mcnts hereinafter set forth and expressed,
which they hereby accept and adopt as
! their charter, tO-wit:
ARTICLE I. Name and Title. The
| name and title of this corporation hereby
! formed is declared to be +. \. ZATARAIN
* SONS. INC. which shall hace its domi-
Cile in the City of New Orleans. and shall
| enjoy succession for aperiod of ninety
nine 800 years from date hereof. All
| citations other legal process shall be
served upon the President. and, in case
! Of his absence or inability To act upon
the Vice-President or Secretary Treasurer
ARTICLE ii. Objects and Purposes.
! The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature
Of the business to be carried on by ii are
hereby declared to be:
To manufacture sell and otherwise dis
pose of, at wholesale or retail, the Pap
pOose Food Products. and incidentally
| TO buy all necessary ingredients and ma
terials therefor; TO manufacture, buy and
sell and otherwise dispose of all and
any kind of food products. vinegars, ex-
tracts, favorings, colorings, condiments.
soft drinks, cereal beverages, fruit juices,
root-beer, medlCInaI, chemical and phar-
maceutical compounds, the raw products
and materials from which all of the
above may be made, and all by-products
thereof; TO carry on the business of can
ners bottlers. packers, coOpers, and to
manufacture, buy, sell deal in, and in
any manner and originate devices,
filters, cans bottles and all kinds of re-
| ceptacles and containers; 20 obtain, reg
| lister, purchase, lease and otherwise ac-
quire, use and operate, sell and otherwise
dispose of any trade marks, trade names,
| patents and inventions; TO acquire By
purchase, subscription or otherwise, and
| to hold, sell. assign, transfer, exchange
mortgage. pledge or otherwise dispose OF
| any shares of the capital stock, bonds
| or other evidences of Indebtedness of any
| other corporation or corporations, asso
citation or associations domestic or
foreign, engaged in any business in
! winch tnlS corporation may De
| lied to engage, or the ownership of
| whose securities would be advantageous
or convenient in the protection or pro-
motion of any of the purposes or In.
terests of this corporation, but only to
the extent authorized by the laws of the
State Of Louisiana; to purchase, sell,
! mortgage, lease and otherwise acquire
| real personal and mixed property, and
generally to do any ard all things neces-
sary in and incidental TO the business.
ARTICLE III. Capital Stock, The
capital stock of this corporation is
hereby fixed at the sum of One
| Hundred Thousand Dollars $780, 00O0j,
| divided into one thousand 0,OOO) shares
of par value of One Hundred
Dollars CS1OOOO) each, which stock
may be issued full paid ana non-asses-
sable for cash or for property actually
transferred for value fixed by its Board
| of Directors, or for services rendered
to said corporation. Said capital stock
may be increased to Two Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Dollars $3.50. 900 00) by
vote of two-thirds of all the stock
holders, as provided for in Article V Of
this charter. This company shall be
going concern soon as Sixty Thousand
Dollars 6O,000OO) Of its capital stock
has been subscribed.
Before any stakeholder shall offer his
stock to an outsider for sale, he shall
first offer same to the then existing
members Of the Board of Directors at
, | lis DOOh Ndlut, IL lHty dNCtpl sdlu
, offer said members shall purchase said
stock at that price in proportion to their
respective holdings, within ninety days
after acceptance.
ARTICLE ". Board of Directors. All
the corporate uowers of the corporation
shall be vested in and exercised by
Board of Directors, consisting of not more
, than six nor less than three stockholders,
a majority of whom shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business.
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composed of the following stockholders.
to-wit: f. A. Zatarain, ST., whose post
office address is 925 Valmont Street, New
Orleans La; Ed. ]. Zatarain, whose post
office address is 1881 Upperline Street,
New Orleans, La; John E. Zatarain,
whose postoffice address is 1924 Con-
stance Street, New Orleans, La; Milton
l.. Zatarain, whose postoffice address Is
925 Valmont Street, New Orleans, La;
Charles c. Zatarain, whose postoffice ad-
dress is 1918 Upeprline Street, New Or
leans, La, and Emile A. Zatarain. Jr.,
whose postoffice address is OPS Valmont
Street, New Orleans, La, with e. A.
sr t3a E Eh,,, j.
c. Zatarain as Secretary Treasurer, who
shall hold their offices until the second
Thursday of March, 1923, or until their
successors have been duly appointed and
qualified. On the second Thursday Of
March, 1923 and annually thereafter an
election for Directors shall be held at
the office Of the corporation as provided
for by the bylaws. Failure at any time
to hold a meeting or elect directors, or
officers, as herein provided, shall not
work a forfeiture of this Charter, or
dissolve the corporation, but the acting
Board Of Directors shall continue In Of
flee until their successors have been
properly elected.
ARTICLE V. Amendments. This act Of
Incorporation may be changed or amended
and this corporation may be dissolved or
liquidated, and the capital stock of this
corporation increased up to the limit
provided in Article III Of this Charter
with the assent of twO-thirds of the
whole capital stock convened for that
purpose after fifteen (15) days prior writ
ten notice of such meeting shall be given
to each stakeholder mailed to his last
known address
ARTICLE vi. Liability. No stakeholder
of this corporation shall ever be held liza
BILE for the contracts or faults thereof, in
any further sum than the unpaid balance
due the corporation on the shares Of stock
owned by him, nor shall any mere in
formality in organization have the ef-
feet of rendering this charter null or
exposing a stakeholder to any liability
beyond the unpaid amount of his stock.
Thus done and passed. in my Notarial
Office, at the City of New Orleans, Lou
isiana, in the presence Of Messrs. f. r.
Teissier and A. Il. GranZin, Jr., COM