The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-05
CHARTER OF TIT CHECKER CAB
COMPANY, INC.

CHARTER OF TIT CHECKER cAI
COMPANY, INC.
State Of Louisiana. Parish Of East
Baton Rouge. BE il known. that on the
eighteenth day of september, 1922. be
fore me- John Fred Odom, notary
public. in and for said Parish and
! State. duly commissioned and qualified
and i'm the presence of the hereinafter
named and undersigned witnesses. per.
sonally came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereuntc
subscribed, who declared that. awaiting
: themselves of the provisions of the
laws of this state. particularly Act No
2G7 of 1914. of the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana. they do Tor
themselves. their successors and as
signs form themselves into corpora
! ton and body polite in law for the
objects and purposes and under the
StipulatiOnS and articles following. to-
| wit.
ARTICLE THE name Of this cor
! poration shall be Checker Cab Com
pany. Inc. and its domicile is hereby
| fixed at the city of New Orleans. Parish
. ~ orleans. and State aforesaid.
/ ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and pur-
/ poses for which this corporation is or
EaniZed and the nature Of the business
| To he carried on by it are hereby de
! clared to be. To buy. rent. lease, and
I otherwise acquire taXi-cabs. automo-
I biles and other vehicles: and to operate
!
/ 10 do a taxi cab carrying and hauling
! business in all of its forms.
! ARTICLE III-The capital stock of
! this corporation shall be fifty thousand
dollars ($50.0oO), divided into 500
shares Of a par value of one hundred
| 5000 dollars each, payable in cash
or property actually received (more
particularly the property described in
the itemized list annexed hereto and
made part hereof, at such time in such
manner as the board of directors may
determine.
ARTICLE IV-This corporation may
besn business as soon as fifty per
cent. (50Cc) of it's authorized capital
stock shall have been subscribed for.
and fifty per cent (5Occ) of the said
stock subscribed for shall have been
paid in, and shall exist for a period of
n Sety- mine (99) years from this date.
ID ess sooner dissolved. The capital
ck of this corporation may be in
erased to one hundred thousand CSi00,
0Op.0O) dollars.
ARTICLE V-The corporate powers
board of three directors, any two of
whom shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business, without the
necessity of authorization or ratifica-
ton of their action by the stockholders
and the said board, except the first.
which is hereinafter provided for. shall
be elected annually by ballot by the
stockholders on the first Tuesday of
January of each year, of which cleo
ton fifteen Q5l days previous notice,
in writing, shall be mailed to the
stockholders by the secretary.
ARTICLE VI-The said board of di-
rectors shall, Immediately after their
election. proceed to the election of a
president, vice-president. and a sec
retary-treasurer. out of their own num-
Der. Any director may, by written au-
thorization. appoint proxy to repre-
sent him at any meeting of the direc-
tors with all the powers of his con-
stituent. provided that the person so
appointed shall be qualified to be a
member of the board of directors.
ARTICLE VII-Joseph NJ. Bistes,
whose address is 1927 Dumaine street
in the city of New Orleans, Fred C.
King. whose address is 1888 st. Roch
Evans Mercier. whose address is Car
rollton Avenue and Oak Street, in the
city of New Orleans, Louisiana, with
Joseph NJ. Bistes, as president; Evans
Mercier as vice-president and Fred c.
King as secretary-treasurer. shall con-
stitute the first board of directors and
shall hold their office until the first
Tuesday in January, 1924, and until
their successors are duly elected and
qualified.
ARTICLE VIII-Citation shall be
served on the president: in the event of
his absence or disability, upon the vice.
president; and in the event of the alb
sence or disability of both of these Of
ficers, then upon the secretary-treas-
urer Whenever this corporation is dis
solved by limitation or otherwise it's af-
fairs shall be liquidated by one or more
liquidators elected by the stockholders
from among their own number.
ARTICLE IX-No stakeholder shall
sell, assign or transfer his stock in
this corporation unless he shall have
first given thirty days previous notice
in writing to the corporation of his in
tention to do so: provided that the said
corporation shall have the option dur
ing said period of purchasing said stock
from said stakeholder so announcing
his intention to sell; and after said
time the said stock may be sold in the
open market. A list of the subscribers
to the capital stock of this corporation
with their post office addresses, and
the amount subscribed for by each, is
annexed hereto and made part hereof.
Thus done, read and passed at my
office in the city of Baton Rouge, in |
the presence of H. X. Strickland and |
Muryl NJ. Kelley. competent witnesses. |
who hereunto sign their names with |
said appearers and me. notary, on the |
day. month and year herein first above |
Witnesses: H. K. Strickland, Muryl !
NJ. Kelley
ORIGINAL sIGNED)
Fred C. King, Joseph NJ. Bistes, Evans |
Mercier, per f. c. King.
A true copy:
Baton Rouge, La. Sept. IS, 1922
JNO. FRED ODOM,
CSeaD Notary Public |
State of Louisiana,
Parish of East Baton Rouge
Before me, the undersigned authority |
personally came and appeared Fred c. |
King and Joseph NJ. Bistes, who after /
being by me first duly sworn, did de-
pose and say: That they are incor-
porators of the Checker Cab Company, |
Inc; that the capital stock of said |
corporation amounts to fifty thousand |
dollars; and that all of said capital
stock has been subscribed and paid for
ORIGINAL SIGNED)
FRED. G. KING,
JOSEPH NJ. BISTES.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
at Baton Rouge, this 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1922.
JNO. FRED ODOM,
(SeaD Notary Public.
], the undersigned Recorder of Mort
cages in and for the parish of Orleans,
State of Louisiana, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing Act of |
Incorporation of the Checker Cab Com
pany, Inc, was this day duly recorded
in my office in book 1879, folio
New Orleans, Sept. 10. 1922.
ROBT. SCOTT,
Deputy Recorder.
Sept. 2S-Nove. 2.