St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-02
CHI ARTER
Of
CONVICTION SAW MILL AND MANUFACTURING
COMPANY.

United States of America, State of Louisiana
Parish of ST. Tammany.
BE 1T KNOWN. That on this, the 31st day OF
May. A. D., 1910, before me, Harvey E. Ellis, a
notary public in and for the Parish of St Tam.
many, State of Louisiana, duly commissioned and
qualified, and in the presence Of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed all of full age and resi-
dents of st. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, who
severally declared, that availing themselves Of
the provisions of the laws of this State relative
to corporations and their organization, they
have covenanted and agreed, and by these pres.
ents do covenant and agree. and bind them
selves as well as such other persons as NAV
hereafter become associated with them, to form
and constitute body polite in law. for the pur.
poses and objects, and under the stipuIations
articles and conditions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of said corporation shall be
the
CONVICTION SAW MILL AND MANuFAc.
TURING COMPANY,
and its domicile is hereby established at Gov.
ington, st. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; and
under its corporate name. said corporation shall
have power and authority to contract sue AND
be sued; to make and use corporate seal, and
the same to break and alter at pleasure; to hold
receive, have, purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE, con.
vey, sell, borrow. pledge, mortgage and n.y.
pothecate, under its said corporate name, prop
erty, real, personal and mixed; to name and an
point such officers, directors, agents and man
ayers or employees as the interest or CON
yenience Of said corporation may require: I,
make and establish bylaws, rules and reeula
tons for the proper management and regula
ton OF its affairs. as may be deemed necessar,
and proper, and the same to change and alter a
pleasure; and to all other acts and things per
mitted BY law. or as shall or may be necessar,
and proper to carry out the objects and purpose
of said corporation.
Said corporation unless sooner dissolved in &C
! eordance with its charter, shall exist and con
! tdnue for period Of ninety-nine years from an
after the date hereof.
The president, OF in his absence the yice-presi
dent, or in the absence Of both, the secretar
shall be the proper person upon whom citstio
and other legal process shall be served,
ARTICLE II.
| The objects and purposes for which this COZ
poration is organized and the nature of I'll
business to be carried on by it, are hereby dc
ciared to be to operate and run saw mill @
mills in the Parish Of St. Tammany, State q
Louisiana, or elsewhere, to manufacture tran,
port and sell lumber and it's by-products:
lease. buy and sell timber lands and other re-,
estate; to carry on general business for tn
manufacture and sale Of turpentine and rosir
to conduct general mercantile business {
commissary; to build, own or lease and operat
barges, lighters, sail or steam vessels; to cor
struct maintain. own or lease and operate tran
ways or railroads for the transportation of log
lumber and merchandise, and generally to do a
things that are necessary, incidental to or cor
nected with the carrying on of said business 50
the objects and purposes hereinabove set fort
| ARTIcL iii.
The capital stock Of this corporation Is hereb
fixed at the sum Of Two Hundred and FIT
Thousand ts250.oOo.oo} Dollars. divided into an
represented by two 4housand FIVE hundre
/ t2500J shares Of the par value Of One Hundre
s1oo.e0) Dollars each, which stock may be issue
at not less than par for cash. or in payment
exchange for property Or rights actually =
ceived or purchased BY said corporation. pr,
vidsd that III stock certificates shall Re sisnl