The herald., 1911-11-23
CHARTER
OF RIDGEwAY LAND COMPANY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF OR
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.


LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be it known, that on this 26th day of the
month of October, In :he year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and eleven. be-
fore me. George MONTGOMERY: notary public,
this city and the parish Of Orleans, therein
residing and In the prese ice of the witness
es hereinafter named anC undersigned, per-
sonally came and appeared Henry L. Nick,
Peter Stiff and Henry Prince. who declared
to me, notary, that they do form themselves
into a corporation and BODY polite in law
In accordance with the general laws Of this
state, for the purpose OF buying, selling and
developing lands, and generally to deal In
real estate here and elsewhere. The domi-
Gle of this corporation shall b. In the city
of New Orleans, where citation shall be
served on the president, or in mis- absence or
disability on the vice-president. All its
corporate powers shall be vested in a board
composed Of the three sto :khOlders here sub
scribing, Henry L. Nick being president,
Peter Stiff vice-president, and Henry Prince
secretary-treasurer, who shall serve as such
officers and directors until the fourth Mon
day in October, 1912.
The directors are to be elected annually,
beginning with the fourth Monday OF Octo-
Der, 1912. They shall have power to make
such bylaws, rules and regulations and to
do all things necessary and proper to carry
out the objects and purposes OF Its business
for which authority Is given by law and not
In conflict with these articles Of incorpora-
ton.
The capital stock Of this rp,ration shall
be forty thousand dollars, divided into four
hundred shares of the par value of one hun
dred dollars each, with a right TO begin
business as soon as five thousand dollars Is
subscribed.
The name Of this corporation shall be
the "RIDGEWAY LAND COMPANY" and
by that name IL shall contract, sue and be
sued It shall have and enjoy all the pow
ers granted to corporations under the law,
nd hal q.
lease and pledge real and personal property
in its corporate name.
1t shall enjoy existence for ninety nine
years unless sooner dissolved, which may be
done at a meeting Of the stockholders called
for that purpose, by a majority of the stock
voting, each share of stock being entitled to
one vote. The liquidation to be conducted
by the board OF directors. No informality
in this act of incorporation or any failure
to elect officers at any time shall operate
as a forfeiture of this charter and there
shall be no liability by any stoc sio be-
Thus done and passed, at New orleans,
Louisiana, aforesaid. the day, month and
wear first above written, In the presence OF
ders competent witnesses, who hereunto
sign their names with said appearers and
me. notary, after reading Of the whole.
Names of signers omitted.)
(Witnesses) Jas. Il. Montgomery, VIII
liam V. Saunders.
GEO. MONTGOMERY, Not. Pub.
/, the undersigned, recorder Of mortgages.
In and for the parish Of Orleans, state of
Iouisiana. do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of Incorporation of the
Ridgeway Land Company was this day duly
recorded In my office, In book 1851, folio -
New Orleans, October %, 1911.
(Signed) EMILE LEONARD, ID. r..
hereby certify the above to be a true
and correct copy of the original.
GEO. MONTGOMERY,
(Sean Not. Pub.
nov 2 o 10 % 30 dec 1911