The herald., 1911-11-09
CHARTER
OF JOHN DAvANT & COMPANY.
LIMITED.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF Or
LEANS, CITY OF NEW
ORLEANS.

Be Ii known, that on this eleventh day
OF the month of October, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven,
before me, John Janvier, notary public,
duly commissioned and qualified in and for
the State and parish aforesaid. therein re-
siding, and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared the persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed, who de-
clared that, availing themselves Of the con-
stitutiOn and laws of the State Of Louisi-
ana, relative to the formation OF corpora
tions, they have covenanted and agreed and
do by these presents covenant and agree,
and bind themselves, their successors and
assigns and such other persons as may
hereafter become associated with them in
form and constitute themselves into a cor
poration and body polite in law for the
purposes and objects and under the stipu-
lations and conditions following, TO wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and style of this corporation
shall be JOHN DAVANT & COMPANY,
LIMITED, and under this name it shall
have and enjoy all the rights and privileges
granted by law to corporations; IL shall
have corporate existence for period Of
ninety-nine years from this date; it shall
have power to contract, sue and be sued In
its corporate name; to make and use a cor
porate seal, and the same to break and alter
at pleasure; to hold, have, purchase, con-
vey, sell, lease mortgage hypothecate or
pledge property real, personal or mixed !;
to have and employ such officers directors
managers, agents and other employees as
the interest and convenience Of the said cor
poration may require; to make and estab-
fish such bylaws, rules and regulations for
the proper management and control OF Its
affairs as may be necessary and expedient !;
and generally for the purposes and objects
of It's business to exercise all the rights
and powers granted by law to corporations.
ARTICLE ii.
The domicile OF said corporation shall be
in ha oil Of 0rla Of
leans, State Of Louisiana. and all citation
or other legal process shall be served upon
the president, and in his absence upon the
vice president, and in the absence Of both
upon the secretary Of said corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature Of
the business to be carried on by IL are
hereby declared to be:
To buy or sell cattle, for cash or on
credit; to own, hold and raise cattle for
breeding, for market or for slaughter; to
import or export cattle; to contract for
the slaughter OF cattle and food animals
as articles Of food, or to do the same on
its own account; to manufacture and sell
the products of food animals, for use as
food or otherwise: to buy, sell, trade and
deal in all kinds of food animals, their by.
products and substance: TO buy and sell
hay, grain and feed stuffs of all kinds,
to manufacture the same into feed for AMI
mails and stock for its own use or for sale
and generally to do and perform any ana
all things which may be necessary lr requis-
tie to carry out the purposes and objects
for which this corporation Is organized.
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock of this corporation Is
hereby declared to be the sum Of five thou
sand (s5, OO000l dollars, divided into and
represented by fifty shares Of the par value
of one hundred (s10000) dollars each, such
stock shall be paid for In cash when sub
scribed for or in installments, upon the call
OF the board Of directors, or may be issued
for property or rights actually acquired and
received by said corporation of for labor
or services actually performed or rendered
to said corporation.
All shares Of stock shall be full-paid and
and no transfer Of stock
shall be binding upon this corporation I'M
less made and recorded upon its books.
This corporation NAV become going con-
Germ when three thousand (S3.O00.0O) dol
lars Of fits capital stock shall have been
subscribed for.