The herald., 1922-02-09
ALCIERs, LOUISIANA
CHATTER.

amend ut pleasure such bylaws, rules
and regulations for the proper manage
ment and regulation of the affairs of said
corporation as may be necessary and
proper.
ARTICLE III. The domicile of said
corporation shall be at New Orleans
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana.
and all citations and other legal process
shall be served upon the President of said
corporation; or, in case of his absence,
upon one of the Vice Presidents; or, in
the absence of all of these officers, upon
the Secretary of the corporation.
ARTICLE Ill. The objects and pur
poses Tor which this corporation is organ
lied, ard the nature of the business to
be carried on by il. are hereby declared
to be: To carry on aud conduct the bus
mess of wholesale merchants. dealers in
poultry, poultry and dairy products, and
all other products of every kind and
character whatsoever, including their by
products or combinations thereof, and to
do any and all business incident thereto
or connected Herewith. as well as a gen
eral wholesale aud jobbing mercantile
business.
ARTICLE ". The capital stock is
hereby fixed at Fifty Thousand Dollars
t$jc 100000. divided into five hundred
shares Of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars t$lOOOO} each. whereof fifty per
cent shall be subscribed and paid for
corporation. All stock subscribed for
shall be paid for in cash or property
received. Each share of stock shall he
entitled to one vour at all ,irctions and
meetings. ana entitled to the same rights
and privileges as any other such share.
No stock shall be issued over and above
the shares subscribed for at the time of
the signing of this act of incorporation
whether il lie out of the balance of the
capital stock herein provided for. or out
of any increase of the capital stock with
out first offering il to the stockholders
of record in the proportion OF their hold
| ings as shown by this act of incorpor-
alton. The amount of the capital stock
may be increased up to the amount of
| One Hundred Thousand Dollars (SIOO-
OO0O0 No stakeholder in this cOrpor-
alton shall dispose of his holdings, or
any part thereof. without first Offering
the same TO the corporation at its book
value. and the corporation shall have ten
tlOD days within which TO accept or re-
ject the said offer.
No stakeholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible for the contracts or faults
of sad corporation in any further sum
than the unpaid balance due on the
shares of stock owned by him. nor shall
any mere informality in organization
have the effect Of rendering this charter
null, or of exposing any stakeholder 10
any liability beyond the amount due on
his stock.
ARTICLE V. All the corporate powers
of this corporation shall be vested in
and its business and affairs managed by
Board of Directors consisting of four
t4) members. three 81 of whom shall
constitute quorum for the transaction
of business. Any Vacancy or vacancies
in the Board of Directors shall be filed
by the remaining directors.
The stockholders of this corporation
shall. within ten days from the signing
hereof, proceed to the election of Board
of Directors TO consist of tour mem
bers. well as the election of a
President. Sice-President. Secretary and
Treasurer. which last two offices may
he held by one person. Annually there
after the said cOrpOra.io shall elect
from among its stockholders. on the sec
ond Monday of January of each year. 4
Board of Directors consisting of four
members, as well as a President. a Vice
President and Secretary Treasurer which
last two offices may be held by one per-
son.
The first Board of Directors and off
GERS TO be elected under this charter shall
hold office until the second Monday in
January. 1923. or until their successors
are elected and qualified.
Failure to elect directors on the day
above specified shall not dissolve the cor.
| poration. but the directors then in office
shall remain in office until their success
sors are elected and qualified.
| ARTICLE VI. All notices of stockhold-
! ers' or Board of Directors meetings
| including the annual meeting herein pro
| vided for. shall be held after twenty four
/
| mailed by the Secretary to each stock.
| holder at his last known place of resi-
| dence. and at all stockholders meetings
| a majority of the stock represented by
proxy or otherwise shall control.
| ARTICLE VII. This charter mar be
amended, or the corporation may be dis
solved and liquidated, by fifty-one (51]
| per cent vote Of the capital stock ap
/ pearing on the books of the company
and in the case of liquidation. the Boarc
| OF Directors then in office shall liquidat,
| the corporation.
| the city of New Orleans, on the day
month and year herein first above writ
| ten, in the presence of August III. Ritter
and Miss Amelia Babin. competent wit
nesses, who hereunto sign their name,
| with the said appearers and me. Notary
after reading of the whole. the said ap
| bearers likewise subscribing for the mum
Der of shares set opposite their RESPECTIVE,
| names.
Names. addresses and number of share.
| of the subscribers)
| Witnesses:
A. H. RITTER,
A. BABIN
j. NJ. QUINTERo.
| Notary Public.
| I, the undersigned Recorder of Mort
| cages in and for the Parish of Orleans
State of Louisiana. do hereby certify tha
the above and foregoing act of incorpor
alton of JOS. SAMUEL CO., INC, wa,
this day duly recorded in my office IL
/ book 1868. folio
| New Orleans. La. Jan. "a 1922
(Signed) ROBT. SCOTT,
Deputy Recorder
J. NJ. oUINTERO.
| Notary Public.
Jan. 29-Mch.
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