St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
CHARTER
OF THE
HARTSVILLE LUMBER CON-
PANY, LIMITED.

PANY, LIMITED.
State Of Louisiana-Parish Of Orleans
City of New Orleans.
BE 1T KNOWN, That on this tenth
day Of December, in the year of our
Lord n thousand eight hundred
ninety-four, before me, Hewes T. Cur
ley, a notary public, duly commissioned
and sworn aud qualified i'm and for the
parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana,
and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who declared that
availing themselves of the provisions of
the laws of this state relative to the
organization of corporations, particular
~ of the act of the state legislature,
No. IS, of the session of the year 1888,
they have contracted and agreed, and by
these presents contract and agree, bind
and Obligate themselves, as well As such
persons as may become associated with
them, to form and constitute a corpora
ton and body polite in law, for the OBJ
jects and purposes and under the stipu-
lations and articles following to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of said CORPORA
ton shall be the HARTSVILLE LUM-
Der COMPANY, LIMITED, and under
its said corporate name it shall have
power and authority to have and enjoy
succession for the full term and period
OF n~inety-nine years from and after the
day and date hereof. to contract, TO sue
and he sued, to make and use q corporate
seal, and the same to break aud alter at
pleasure; to hold, receive, lease, pur-
chase and convey, as well as mortgage,
h~ypothecate under its corporate name,
property, real and personal; to name
aud appoint such managers, directors
and officers and agents AS the interest
and convenience of said corporation
may require; to make and establish
such bylaws, rules and regulations for
the regulation Of the affairs of said cor
pOratiOn as may be necessary and
proper, and the same to change and
alter ut pleasure, and to do all such acts
and things rs may be necessary and
proper to carry out the objects Of the
corporation. The domicile of said cor
pOratiOn shall be in st. Tammany Par
ish, State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
The purposes for which this corpora
ton is organized and the business in
which it shall be engaged, is hereby
declared to be the manufacture of ar
ticles OF wood, such as shingles, laths.
pickets, dressed lumber, weather board
ing, sash, blinds and doors, and frames
for same, and, to that end, to operate
and conduct a sawmill or sawmills;
also to conduct a general sawmill BUSH
ness. and to conduct and operate a suit
able plant or establishment or plants or
establishments, equipped with proper
and sufficient machinery and appliances
to carry ON said business.
ARTICLE III.
Citation or other legal process may be
served upon said company through the
President thereof, or in his absence
the Vice President, or in his absence
the Secretary and Treasurer.
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby declared to be the sum of
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, and
the company shall begin doing business
as soon as Five Thousand dollars thereof
is subscribed for. The said capital stock
shall be divided into two hundred and
fifty shares. which may be paid for
either in cash or property or services
rendered. Each share shall be of the
par value of III hundred dollars. Such
shares as may be paid for in cash, must
be so paid for at the time the same are
delivered; such shares as may be paid
for by property, shall be SO paid for ut
the time the property is sold or con-
veyed to the corporations; such services
As may be accepted in payment of
shares must have been rendered prior
to the issuance and delivery of the stock.
The Board of Directors shall determine
how and when stock shall be disposed
Of.
ARTICLE v.
The affairs and business of this cor
pOratiOn shall be conducted by q Board
Of Directors composed of five persons.
The first Board of Directors shall be
composed of the following named per-
sons: Maurice J. Hart, President:
Charles +. Colon, Samuel ]. Hart.
| Charles Mendelsohn and Nicholas p.
Johnson. The said Board of Directors
shall from their number elect. rs is
hereinafter provided, q President, Vice
President, and one person ~ Secretary
and Treasurer. The following per
sons, from the date of this i~ncorpOra-
ton, shall be the officers of the com
pany: President, Maurice j. Hart; Vice
President, Charles f. Collom; Secre-
tary and Treasurer, Samuel j. Hart.
The said Board of Directors shall
annually, at the same time. choose, as
Is hereinafter provided, a General Man.
ager. Nicholas +. johnson shall be
the General Manager Of the company
from the date of this Incorporation uli-
Ill the period hereafter stated. The
said Board and the said officers shall
act In said capacity until the first Nom
day OF December, 1895, when y new
Board of Directors shall then, and an
nually thereafter, be elected; the said
Board of Directors to choose the OIL
GERS of the said company at the expira-
ton of the term herein fixed, or as soon
as practicable, and shall do the same
annually thereafter. That Mt the elec-
tiOns of the Board Of Directors, each |
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vote, and = majority of the votes cast
shall eject The elections shall be con-
Quoted under the superintendent Of
three stockholders, to be designated by
the Board Of Directors. Previous po-
tlce of said election shall be given by
publication in one of the newspapers of
the city of New Orleans for ten days
prior to the election. and any failure
from any cause to give this notice or
elect such Directors ut the time men,
toned shall not dissolve this CORPORA
tiOn, but the Board of Directors and
officers then in Office shall retain their
incumbency until another election shall
be ordered by the Board Of Directors;
provided, that the same shall be order
ed not longer than thirty days from the
date at WHICH the said election should
have been held under the provisions Of
charter. All Directors and officers
Of this company shall retain their in.
cumbencies until their successors shall
have beel elected and installed in their
respective Offices.
ARTICLE vi.
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