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M Iroosrosrlox or -m mr-warre Ue nILnae, , tI of America, tate O t - of Orleansa City of New St known, that oa this the ) day of the month of February Sof our Lord, 0oe thousand -rted and twenty, and of the I of the nlted Statea . iner -s e'- hundred sad terty- ri s,.Joseph Sial, a Nta b amlsiened and qualtW t ad. S]avish of Orleans, therein rMdd So the presence of the witnesses Named and undersigasd, r enme and appeared, te r whlees Dames are herenate ses ~wh declared that, avalling them O- the provilsons of the laws e Oh Louislana. relative to or ad iformation of corerUtl particular ly of t A o. ct T Assembly of the Stat of foer the year 1914, they have and agreed and they do by - its covenant and acres. ad - o" themselves, as wen as ackh as as may hereafter become with them, to form and aeeati Scerporatuion and body poltie in the objecta and perposes and ua aposmentl. conditlons ad ,tipu hbulaatr met forth, to-wit: I.-The name, style aad title rn--rtlion is hereby declared to -White Buildingl. Ie.." and en same and title it shall have and --eessalon and existence for a it ninety-nine years hIem date It shall have the power sad a. tO eoatract, sue and be sued, and and use a corporate seal, the $ break and alter at pleasure; to - ebase, lease, sell, mortege, by. sad pledge property. real, per S mixed, and hold stock in any empapay or compalnes that may t. o ecompany n Its .object and to make rand aIssue dos, nt, uJ tes of indebtedness, and it to secure same by mortgage, -r in any other manner; to name, / appoinat managers, directors and er other employees, and to make -s sh nuch by-laws, rules and as may be found neessary or e for the management of the ad affairs of the corperatlen, . w1Jly, to do all, every and any maitter and thing necessary for and proper carrying out ot II.-The demleile eo this cor dab be In the City of New Or - ae of Louisiana, where all idta ber legal process shall be served SPresident. or, or. his abe r ether etcer er the erpeeste. III.-The bjects and pur wbi this corporatien Is er ana e ature of th buhes bme: N by it, 0 hereby do k nee: atTo ned ed enamrber the m and to arse for and mataI , a set bliage thekes and Is do ay d dall ns and convenient or desirable otf the above objects IT.-The aital sleek of shall be llht Theusand hav'uHedred (IN Shares Huadred, (115.1) nbe - tl t l t oment N anyi shal sea or otherwise Is ock without fis.t beer o the tY rosteekbeiees aud ofr ste at be sad the setoehel s shall rJ O· #or the n ark Is a wep o rb to peeti eI thse no mlr Tw a as seen per enat ashall eu vbn a quo sha flksb#I s ~~k=·LD~C·O2 and applbrsd Carlo Gutat, Proidt and N. Mamonna UsCmetnry-Trsairsr, at the Crescent Pr"due Co., in res who declared that at a sptal msitlag a the stockhoiMers a mid eMpsay, a eor peratien organise by act betre under signed Notary Public, Februare 8, recorded In Mear Oi se Book ollo t for the as et Orlea. they were authorised as President and as eec retary-Tresurer of said corposatle, as appears by copy of resolutio of the stockholders hereto attached and made part hereof, to appear betore me, Notary Public,. for the purpos of amending the said charter of Cresent Produce Co., In corporated. And the said appenrers as President and as Secretary-Treasurer. respectively, of said corporatioe and act ing in said capacities and on behalf of said corporation and Its stockholders, by vir toue of the authority conferred upon them at the special meting of the stockholders of said corporation held February 190. , declared that Article IV of the charter of said corporation has been changed altered and amended so as to Increase tho capi tal stock of said corporation from $E. 000.00 to $100.000.00, the par value of each share to remain as heretofore, to-wit, the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), the said Article IV as amended and changed, now reading as follows: ARTICL IV.-The capital ssc of this corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of 100,00.00, represented by 1000 shares of the par value of one hundred dollars p~r share, which shares of stock shall paid for in cash by the incorporators and shah be noen-asesable. No trans fer of stock shall be binding upon the corporation unles made upon its books, and all certificates of sfbck shall be sign ed by the President and the Secretary Treasurer of the corporation. And the said appearers moreover de. clared that in consequence of the forego ing set pursuant to the authority in them vested by the stockholders of tho said Crescent Produce Co., Incorporated, they do hereby formally declare publicly, and make known that in the manner pre scribed by law and pursuant to the char ter provisions o( said corporatios, the charter of the said Crescent Produce Co.. Incorporated, has been changed, altered nod amended as herelaabove set forth and written, and they do hereby direct anl r-quire that the above stated changes In Article IV of said charter ot said ina oration be recorded and published In the manner prescribed by law, to the end that the said cbange aqd amendment shall be hereafter and at all times hereinabove set forth, as regards all personeas that are now or hereafter become stokholders of the said corporation or who may enter into contractoral relations with'lt. Thus done and passed at my offlee in the City at New Orleans, on the day and in the moth and year first above writ tee, In the presence of Arthur Minor and George Guletta, competent witnesses, at ter de reading the whle. Witnsem: Arthur MilkY , George . Galette. (Original Signed) , Guetta, Pred-i dent; M. naaiau, eretarr-Treasurer. -N. W. NE AuB h I lNotar P'ublic. Reoerded tIn . o. B. ~18 did. New Orleans, La,, Feb1 10 C& A tre espy. .. W. KAI s c.I Feb. 8-March i C3A3TuB OF TUN UDWWWWBM IN TUSTENT COMPANT, INCOUVO@AT3D. UnSed States at America, State of Lou 1siana, Parish t Orf leas. City to New Orleans. Be it known, that en this thir teeth day of the math of January. to the year t our Lored the One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twentieth and at the ln endene tO th U i tte States of Am the One Huandred ad Foety U be s, Arthur A. Moroe, a L a tir e taC W andtd Uh has ofi Orleas, theresn rnng, a In the es e at the witneses hereinaf ter named and mmlnd persensl -acme sthe owi -whoee s an begeateo wbeeed. t lesse with the ameunts st the at vtie w I to the entat tl et the-- tl tobe termeo . who eenal ly that availing themselves the gimwi en t the laws at the anto oLa na t r to the ogasl --msllaves, as weE as saeh othe Gae_ s may he-t lamt a wh c t -The i ; to se mesor to free ea peti shl a have fower end s tw r sl a se and lo an1 s aM heseta ae std fello e eeO u ; to etso debtsI am Uebo atn se h a ae anal e ae -e 'w i a, eow eri edh a h or/dsnss os , to sea Is 1 4*r .: oklOa o Ltid o a~ r zk( t nwoou 4- . rr"'- ·ceoh c- Iu~ CHARTWR. moetin sa c fre among their numbers a paidnt, flve rie-phsidanta, a secretary a a treasurr, provid, how. ever, that the anme persoe may hold the ces seretary and treasurer. The scretary med tck be a stockholder or member the beard eo directors and any vacancy iS that office shal be filled by the beard. Directors may act either in person or by proxy.' ARTICLE VIII.-Whenever this eor poration is dissolved, either by limitation or for any other cause, its affairs shall be liquidated by the board of directors, who are hereb vested with full power to sell any or all assets of the corporation, either separately or in a mass, and to convey fall and complete title thereto, and shall hero full power to do and per form all acts necessary and proper to fully and completely liquidate the affairs and distribute the proceeds, it any, among the stockholders of the said corporation to the amount of stock held by each. ARTICLE IX-This act of incorporation may be amended, altered and modified or this corporation dissolved in the manner provided by law. Thus done and passed, in my notarial office, in the City of New Orleans, on the day, month and year first above written, in the presence of Salim B. Lomle and Amanda C. Steehmann, competent wit. nasses, who hereunto sign their names, together with the parties hereto and me, Notary, after a reading of the whole. Witnesses: Sllum B. Lemie, Amanda C. Stechmaan. (Ortgina81 Signed) Morris Schmal hauser, 33 Poplar St., Atlanta, Ga., by Rlmore Reed, 100 sharesm; W. H. Rhett, 33 Poplar St., Atlanta, Ga., by Elmore Reed, 100 shares; E. N. O'Bierne, 33 Pep lar St., Atlanta. (Ia., by Elmore Reed, 100 shares; ClifTord Lochridge, 3 Poplar at.. Atlanta, Gt., by Elmore Reed, 100 shares. A true and correct copy of the original now on file and of record in my oftfice. ARTHUR A. MORENO. Notary Publie. Recorded M. 0. B. 1238. folio 286. ARTHUR A. MORENO, Notary Public. Feb. 19-March 5. AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF UlN ERAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASsOCIATION. State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans. Be It known. that on this 27th day of January 1092, before me, Francl D. Charboanet, r.a Notary Public duly commissioned and qualified in aat for the Pariah and State afore said, there residing, and in the p-res ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned personally camo and yp-. pened Allen H. JoLmess and D. Johey to o personally known, in their et as the Prsldut and the Secre tar theGeneral Buleding and Lean Ase hetim at. a legal ep ration o the Parish of Jefofers d tts iats ego neda aut bdfore me, Nota *. a lnL t kall aore i* the rlshe Joeld. tersen O this State in Morteag Book Sfell and a ar deered th pursuant to a m the stockholders of said General ad Lean Asses eltioes aened at the orie o said As seatlen at Hanh, Louisiana o Mon day, January nt 2 at ten oclock A. Sa ed eeuorum of said stockholdere Tn& prsent t haring ben duly seti ed cording to law an the terms of the chrter Of said cporsete to attead tae sai d meetin, the whole as will appear by reference to a duly cartified copy a the inutes of said stekhlder mestl herto annexed as a prt hereof, the for Irwi` mdcne tto e Charter of said ?euil jnug and Lean sNcla. ties were brought by the Presideet be fore said stockholders' meetingl, voted on by etckboldera presant in persn o through proxy, and unanrim sly ere That A eie the Charter be and the me is amended so a to read as t lews: "Th Dmicile of this cepeuen shall he i the Parish of Orans Seai Leuldan. AN dttatisa or otr legal process shal be ered n the Presidet or in his aene the Se retary.u " h ea and prpeme ot th ear "(a) To alsnt is memersa byseoe sa ueKOl or -pratio pran art su reb hen= 0 1th t oe in mats me on ameunt et the capital eteeb. wntale, Pnairemi isrem N leans and other asususs. Tho funde so a eumu hoeto t be u da ethepur end sil nds an in thee arie a and StL wit~eouasaa ti s~ h Mvbweu ~ ~ ·r-a -lsth maw OHARPTWRS. corporation. The capital stock may be In. creased to three hundred thousand dollars (800,.000) when duly authorised by its stockholders. ARTICLE IV.-This corporation shall have and enjoy all the rights, advantages and privile.dges granted by law to corpora tions. It shall exist for a period of ninety nine years. It shall have the power to contract. sue and he sued in its corporate name; to make and use a corporate seal; to hold. receive. purchase, sell. convey. mortgage or pledge property, both real and personal; to issue notes and other obligatipns or negotiable instruments; to have and employ such agents, managers and employees as the interest and con venience of said corporation may require or deman4, ARTICLE V.--All the powers of this cor poration shall be vested in and Its business shall be managed by a Board of Directors, consisting of three stockholders of this corporation, which may by vote of the Di rectors be increased to five. and the names and postoffiee addresses of those selected for the first year. or until their successors are elected and qualified are as follows, to wit: John Meyer. President and General Manager, 218 Poydras street. New Orleans, La.; Marc Lasaro. First Vice Presldent. New Orleans. La.: Louis Meyer, Second rVice President, New Orleans, La.; John Meyer. Jr.. Secretary and Treasurer, New Orleans, La. The corporation shall have a President, Vice Prsident. General Man ager. Secretary and Treasurer, and the Board of Direc'ers shall have the power to conbine any two of said offices into one. The Board of Directors shall have the power to make by-laws, rules and reg ulations for the corporation. Any vsacan cles in the officers or DUrectors. shall be filled by the remainng Directors. ARTICLE IV.-The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of Di rectors shall be on the second Monday of January of each year. the first annual meeting to be held on the second 3~)nday of January, 1921. until which time the officers and Directors named in this char ter shall continue in office and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. ARTICLE VII.-All stockholders' meet ings ,bhall be held after three days' written notice by the Secretary, mailed to the last known address of the stockholders, except when otherwise provided by law, but all notices may be waived by the nnanimous consent of the stockholders. Thus done and passed in my office on the day and year first above written, at the City of New Orleans, State of Louis iana. in the presenee of the undersigned witnesses, Messrs. Robert A. Huyghe and Carrie B. Johnson, and the appearera and me. Notary. after one reading of the whole. Witnesses: Robt. A. Hayghe, Carrie B. Johnson. Original sgned: John Meyer. subseribes for 1087 shares; M. Lazaro. subscribes for I share: Louils Meyer, subscribes for 1 share; Jno. Meyer, Jr., subscribes for 1 share. (Seal.) Charles chaneidau, Not. Pub. I. the undersigned. Recorder of Mort gages in and for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana. do hereby certiy that the above and foregotar act of incorpora tion of John Meyer, Inc., was this da duly recorded in my office in Book 18 New Orleams. TIa. January -. 19. EMILB J. LEONARD. D. R. A true copy. CHAS. SCHN DA Notary Pablc. Feb 12-Meh 18 CiASTi Oo COMMERCIAL CEUDIT COMPANY, INC. tnited Stats et America State ea Louis a-na, Parish of Orleas, sty of New Or leans. Be it known that oa this 7th day of the month of January, in the year of our Lord m thueaund nm hundred and laroty. and o the independenoc of the Unid Stateso America. th o hundred and foerty-fourth; beere me. Al fred Charles Rammer, a notary public, duly emmlNeleMd, sworn and lasYed in and ter the Parist Orleans State of Luadenes, aforesaid, adt in the pres s at the w itne ss her einafter ma d and aderalge, pernaily ame and ap peared the seval poss whoa names are hereunto eahelih, who swstra clred that, availing se s o the rrId7a of the laws ea the State of ol-els isn ueach ease made and pro ad do thy týe oe eatsd eant, are - as may hereafti r 'beesm ae -sLtble at l fuorl ae aldl tfo articl ad al"st e ate owing, to wit: e.me to brek et star at pleamu; to h , pagy, le.," and under at eser aa ams I shal have power a e end e have and oaýf le rse o-"" and a-; ttr tsoe 4 sati sand pMasrid o make and us a srp a rata sal and the Sto break or alstrt e a, s ; toa hld. wel no mrtg and h»ýwllr prof ert real, prsa e ssal and a a and Incorporeal; to ee and ýateeh and bn o e don; ame and appith see man agers, geaeta, direets and oe e as iseinees M er orse, eals matar M Wr; to make and ets a wes Salter and amend o s to s, e.e by-laws ls ad rgalisa for deco de of soh oe Wea t .l Steentho a et oerf o O Mowa lofist ab sea, Iup on p AiiIaa e sle wl ob one b a U are peso ed upon se me and for se care, bobd or seeis o lm~ ~ls, or mle --P ~f~Ls N CRLRTERS. issory notes, bills of exchange, warrant, and other negotiable or transferable in strumeeta. (6) To issue bonds, debentures, collat eral trust notes, participation certificates or other obligations of this corporation from time to time for any of the objects or purposes of the corporation. and to se cure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or otherwise. (7) To maintain an auditing, account tag, credit, collection, financial and legal department. (8) To act as agent for insurance com panies in soliciting and receiving applica tions for fire, theft, conversion, collision. casualty, plate glass, boiler, elevator, ac cident, health, burglary, rent, marine, credit, and life insurance, and all other kinds of insurance, the collection of prem lums, and doing such other busines as may be delegated to agents by such com panies, and to conduct a general insur ance agency and insurance brokerage busi ness, and to act as agent for those de siring to procure insurance. (9) To manufactute, purchase or other wise acquire, to hold, own, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, exchange, use, lease, rent or otherwise dispose of, to in. vest, trade, deal in and deal with goods, wares and merchandise and real and per sonal property of every class and de scription, and in particular lands, build ings, machinery, merchandise, business concerns and undertakings, notes, mort gages, guarantees, shares, stocks, bonds, debentures, securities, concessions, produce, policles, and any interest in real or per sonal property and any claim against such property or against any person or company, and to carry on any business, coniern pr undertaking so acquired. (10) 1% acquire the good will, rights and property, and to take over the whole or any part of the assets and liabilities, of any person, firm, association, or cor poration, and to pay for the same in cash. stock or bonds of this corporation or otherwise. (11) To buy or otherwise acquire, hold, own, use, sell, assign, invest or trade in, mortgage, pledge, lease, grant licenses it, respect of, or otherwise dispose of Letters Patent of the United States or any for eign country, patents, patent rights, li censes and pledgso, inventions, improve ments, and processes, formulae, trade marks and trade names, relating to or useful in connection with any business of this or any other corporatione, person, firm or association. (12) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind for any lawful purpose, without limit as to the amount with any person, firm, asso clation or corporation. To pay any obliga tion of this corporation in cash, stock, bonds, collateral trust notes, participation certificates, or any other obligation of this corporation, or with real or personal prop erty. (13) To purchase or otherwise acqair. heold, own, pledge, u, and sell It capital stock, as and when permitted by law. (14) To bhave one or more oles to carry On all or any of it, operations and business, without rerktle or limit as to amount, to purchase or therwise ac qnire, hold, own, use, ret, trade in, lease mortgage, sell, convey, transer or othet wiae dispese of real and persemal prop. erty of every class and descaription in any of the states, districts, territories or col onles of the United States and in any and all foreiga countries subject to the laws of such state, distrlet, territory, colony or country. (l1) The aforet ing elauss shal be costued both as object and powoe and it is hereby expressly provided that the toretng anumeration of speciflc power sal not be held to l mitr restrict in any manner the powers oe this corpora. tion. (16) In general, to carry on any ether whethe manuetring or otherwise, and to have and to exerise all the powers ef fsrred by the laws of Leuisana upon cr peratlos. ARTICLE I.-The capital stock of this cerpratio I bhery Axed at sven hn ard and Ay thousand dollars ( ., divided as follows: Three hundred and seventyr-ve the and dollar ( W) of peder steek represeted by ethousa sewNs hb. oed and Ayt ( sh) are oet the pe value oet an dolla (P$l) oeak; and Three hundred and setyve thousand dollas (p1MlW) aof ommon stock eep dred and Ahty three ATAe of e pekw valu e of hundred deliel (}M) eaehb all of said capital stock to be fall pelf and omtene d ds tnet e le an be sase for meach lass stc k. a stock shall be paid r af i et such time, in sh amounts and after ch ntice to tohe subecribes as may be Axed by the beard of diretors, and the same may helned at ne le' s than par As labor do ad prer s a tull ec by the erprta The corpertle shall at bes.me a gos iag cenarn and be authoeuad to do busd mnse until the full amunt of its eital mock, ato-wit, p m atell ae been um seeted a bnd paid or - psM apef tek eE he and en d la hei lahe h aseyu ass aIs n as ad. upern eguidas o sem sains thrs a a hr a paa - slhe e d to tet p:r :.) pe r to be upeI pr egcd so ea s prsdd hots ansdmsh taem shal ems a ar pi upe the - desk. raJesk LIanA r~ -emtd 'gao~ ci-H aaa.mgI ar aL· us. -9w ci "What Shall I Do?" 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Any vacanty ecag s eag the di ioee 01 emrt e by deth Ug me.se r ethrwie ehfis be saled Tum to eae& Dieters as twe ea. hew teat the mainl mae le ti o - a nor epeair r eeyo adt them eIa. in tea unti ahe dd a see""r and a hP* awest their ueesemeor are elucted m s aUI e. The ean e DMste at t Se set mee al Ls shae el it wthm M n· mbeo a Chiruss 01 the an Pe ieet and bew ar -a e tt ad Ieae. . he aTe delt a pepetary sd a s a es pree to seit as bth eeetaryls i The), ased o ast as st kwea em es me iber)ne an md bpead ma elsl etee ure a(esdad *e ea m o .ase eS eary forthe wene nut shue asd a emplesment at the beet the At aI em i s seme at- fD ta app ker amagget the *Eet pew to ast As his pl ane aeed. seae abhe adiD mete rr Y a.od .n'+ -hds e a e r eeasiem ami -ad m - b tl h mce vis;i end Se W a- ad aD ame iit .Mi aeI to 1 . mbee, . 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