St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
CHARTER OF
TRUCKERS
Title is THE st. Tammany
Truck Growers ASSN"
The Capital Stock is to BE
Fifty Thousand Dollars.
Ten Thousand Shares at
Five Dollars q Share.
A Going Concern When
Three Thousand is In.
First Chartered Associa-
t1On i'm st. Tammany.
United States of America,
State of Louisiana,

state or Louisiana,
Parish of St. Tammany
Be 1t known, that on this 10th
DAY OF the month of September, in
the year of our Lord. one thousand
Aine hundred and ten, and of the
] independence of the United States of
America, the one hundred and thirty
fifth:
Before me, Harvey e. Ellis, a
Notary Public, duly commissioned
and qualified, in and for the parish
OF vt. Tammany, State of Louisiana,
and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared the
persons whose names are hereunto
eubscibed, all of full age, who sever
ally declared that, availing them
selves Of the provisions of the laws
of the State, relative to corporations
and this organization they have cove
nanted and agreed, and by these
presents do covenant and agree and
bind themselves, as we'll as such
other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, to form
and constitute corporation and
body polite in law, for the objects
md purposes and under the stipula-
tions, articles and conditions follow
Ing, to-Wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and style of this cor
poration shall be the St. Tammany
Truck Growers Association, and it's
domicile is hereby established at
Abita Springs, in St. Tammany Par
ish, Louisiana, and under its corpor-
ate name said corporation shall have
power and authority to contract, sue
and be sued, to make and use cor
porate seal and the same to break
or alter at pleasure, to receive, hold,
have purchase, improve, ALLEVIATE,
convey, borrow, mortgage and hy-
pothecate, under its said corporate
name, property, real, personal and
mixed, to name and appoint such
managers, agents, directors and Off
GERS as it's business interests and con-
venience may require, to make and
establish such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the proper manage
ment and regulation Of its affairs as
may be deemed necessary and proper
10 carry out the objects and pur-
poses OF said corporation.
Said corporation, unless sooner
dissolved, In accordance with it's
charter, shall exist or continue for
the period of ninety-nine years from
and after the date hereof.
The president, or in his absence
the vice president, or in the absence
Of both, the secretary shall be the
proper person upon whom citation or
other legal process shall be esrved.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is established.
and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it, are declared to be:
The raising, buying, shipping, on
consignment or otherwise. and SELL
ing. either for itself Or others, all
farm products, including fruits, vege-
tables, milk, eggs, poultry and live
stock. the buying and selling, either
for itself or others, Of all kinds of
merchandise, and the operating of
general merchandise store or stores;
and generally to do everything that
Il Incidental to or connected with
the carrying on Of said businesses,
and that tends to promote and de-
veIop thesagricultural and stock in
torests of St. Tammany Parish.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
4,on "a hereby fixed at fifty thousand
1s5O. .O0O.00) dollars, divided into
and represented by ten thousand
110 0OO) shares Of the par value of
ave fs5.00) each, which may be is
a,,ad at not less than par for cash,
or In payment or exchange for prop
artv or rights actually received or
n,,rchased by said corporation; pro-
s,ided no stock shall be issued unless
IN. consideration therefor has been
-acaived by said corporation. All
..sraferg of stock shall be made on
tha hooks of said company at it's
afsca at Abita Springs, La, on the
..rrander of the certificate therefor.
M stakeholder shall have authority
- . ,Ight to sell or otherwise dispose
a his stock, in whole or In part,
without first giving the board of di-
-sctors ten days written notice of his
.,stontion or desire to dispose of his
.tnck. or a part thereof, and allowing
"a hoard of directors the first OPP
.rsnrtnnity r Of purchasing the stock.
caid corporation shall become a
.tro concern and be authorized to
BUSINESS as soon as three thou
and ~ 1s3OO0.o0) dollars of the capi-
"a atnck shall have been subscribed
for. .pr1rIE w
The corporate powers of this cor
s+Jon shall be vested in and ex-
pp.cised pud by board of seven directors,
el.ss+,ng of a president, vice presi-
dant g secretary. treasurer and three
as asanrholders, four of whom shall