The herald., 1922-10-19
CHARTER.

| miSSioncd and quanlleu III am
! Parish of Orleans, State OF LoulSi""a;
| therein residing and in the presence D,
| the witnesses hereinafter named anu
undersigned, personally came anu az
peared the several persons Nh"St H".,, ~
| are hereto subscribed, all above the l"ii
| az. of majority, who Severally dcclartu
! that awaiting themselves OF the CONT
| tuition and the laws OF the sd -
| Louisiana, particularly Act 2bI Oh ~ J.
| relative TO the organization oil corpora
| lions. they do by these preSeat5 agree
! and bind themselves, as well as Such
! other persons as may hereafter become
/ associated with them, to form ana con ,
stitute a corporation for the objects anu
! purposes and under the articles ana
! stipulations following, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style OF
! this corporation shall be THE DoRA
| BODENGER DRY GOODS AND No
| TIONS COMPANY. INC. and under that
| name it shall have and enjoy all the
r ghts, advantages and privileges granted
bv law to corporations, and snail exist
| for the full term and period OF ninety
! nine years from this date. IL shal
| have power to contract, sue and be
sued: to make and use a corporate
! seal and the same to break and after
/ at pleasure; to hold. receive, lease
purchase sell and convey. as well as
mortgage. hypothecate and pledge
corporal and incorporeal: to name ana
| appoint such managers, directors,
| officers, agents and other employees
! as it's interests and convenience m2y
require and to make and establish as
| we'll as alter and amend. from time 10
| time such bylaws, rules and r-guIa-
| lions as may be necessary and eHpe,
| dent for the proper management ana
government of the affairs or SAID
| corporation.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this
| corporation is hereby fixed in the city
| of New Orleans, State of Louisiana,
| and all citations or other legal process
! shall be served upon the President OF
this corporation, or IN ms absence
upon it's Secretary-TreaSurer.
ARTICLE II.-The objects and pur-
| poses for which this corporation Is
| formed and the nature of the business
to be carried on and conducted py IL
are hereby declared to be: The opera
ton of retail store or stores for the
buying and selling for its own account
or as agent or broker, dry goods, no
lions and merchandise of every char
acter and description; to buy. SELL
market and deal in ready-made clothes;
underwear and wearing apparel OF
every kind, for men, women and chil-
dren; to buy and sell piece goods.
shoes, school supplies. stationery ana
novelties, and generally all merchan-
disc, goods and articles usually SOLO
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 (s5,00000), divided into and
represented by fifty (50) shares of the
par value of one hundred dollars
$500 0O) each, to be paid for in cash /:
which capital stock may be Increased
TO twenty-five thousand dollars (s25.-
0OO. O0), which stock shall be paid for
in cash or in property or its equlVa,
lent; or if not in cash, then the Board
of Directors of this corporation shall
determine the value of such equivalent
offered.
ARTICLE v-An the corporate
powers of this company shall be vested
in and the management and control OF
its affairs shall be exercised by a
Board of Directors composed OF three
stockholders. A majority of said d.
rectors shall constitute quorum Tor
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 as
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 by
ballot. The directors thus elected shall
continue in office for one year. or uII-
til their successors shall have been
duly elected and qualified. Any 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
mine to increase the Lumber of sail
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 stockholder
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 if 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 1t 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 1t.
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 Bodenger, whose
postoffice address is sol 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
affairs OF the corporation shall be
lquldated 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,
Tx 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
nquidators, the remaining liquidators
may MI the vacancy or continue to act
on pehaI1 OF the corporation.
ARTICLE Vino stakeholder shall
De liable or responsible for any costs,
contracts debts or faults of the cor
poration, or of any of its officers nor
snail any mere informally in organi-
cation have the effect of rendering this
cnarter null and void, or of exposing
any stakeholder to any liability beyond
the unpaid balance due on the stock
held by him.
ARTICLE VIII.-This charter NAV
be modified. chanPed or oItarad .. 80