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The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE Ill.

The purpose for which this corporation Is
organized and the nature OF the business to
be carried on by Ii are hereby declared TO
be as follows :: to buy, sell and lease nova
BILE, immOvable and mixed property Of all
descriptions for any and all purposes what
buildings and structures OF all descriptions !;
TO engage In agricultural operations OF every
nature whatsoever; 10 prospect for, mine
produce and refine all kinds OF oils sulphur
salt and other mineral products OF all kinds !:
to buy. sell and trade in all such mineral
products in this and other stat ties; to lease
buy, sell and operate pipe lines and oil
tanks; to own, purchase, sell, lease and
operate cotton gins, cotton presses, cotton
seed oil mills and other oil mills OF every
nature whatsoever, to cut timber and en-
gage In logging operations, and TO own saw
hliis ana operate the same: TO clear. drain
ana reclaim lands OF all descriptions to
buy, sell, lease and own mules cattle sheep
ana STOCK or every nature: TO buy sell
lease, build, own and operate in connection
with any OF the foregoing UNDERTAKINGS rail-
ways, tram-ways, spurs or switches, steam
boats, tug boats barges and other water
craft and other means OF TRANSFORMATION by
land or water that may be deemed expedi.
ent 10 buy, sell, lease, own and operate
telephone and telegraph lines; to conduct
lease. buy and sell warehouses and stores
IN connection with any Of the foregoing
operations; to borrow money and secure the
same by mortgage, hypothecatiOn and
pledge: to lend money and secure the same
ny mortgage, hypothecation and pledge and
10 issue bonds; and generally TO carry on
any business or enterprise that NAV be in
cldentaI TO, or convenient in a proper and
successful exercise Of any of the powers
conferred upon this company nv thesa p
ticles OF Incorporation. not inconsistent with
the constitution and laws Of this state and
or the United States
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE VI.

Inc board Of directors shall have the now
er 10 make all bylaws necessary for tbA
shall oI oi tne anairs or the corporation and
shaI also appoint such other officer AGENT
s uu employees as may to the said boa I'd
SEN seen necessary. majority of said hoard
ton Of business ''"nsde-
InIii me third Thursday of Nav, 1913.
anu until their successors shall have been
eiected and qualified, the following shall con-
stitute the FIRST board Of directors and Off
G Tir James Hand, president: Ed. NJ. Davis.
Iee-presldent, and Jesse G.. Rafnwater. sec,
rotary and treasurer SCI
Notice OF said election shall be given nv
zen days prior notice to the meeting of The
sS.oTctkhoiders, by mailing TO each known stock
noIder 10 such address as shall have hean
s even by him to the company, or by publica-
Ilon inserted In one Of the New Orleans
p 7" n three times In ten days previous 70
said election. At all meetings of the stool
nhoIders, upon all questions. a majority OF
me STOCK voting shall prevail and each sba 70
snail De entitled TO one vote, in person or by
The herald., 1912-05-30
! ARTICLE w.

Inc capita! stock Of this corporation Is
nereby hxed at the sum Of one hundred thou
Sand $500 OOOO O) dollars. divided into and
repreSented by the following stock, to-wit:
| 1St-t1ye hundred shares OF preferred
| lars each. oo'-
2nd.-.Five hundred shares Of common
lars each Noi
The above mentioned preferred stock shall
be preferred in liquidation and preferred In
uiyidenas IN the following manner, to-wit
:, IN the declaration Of all dividends n
dividend up to the amount OF eight Der
ssent. per annum shall first be declared in
FAVOR or me preferred stock. and ii Is here
shall be cumulative
After the declaration OF the above men,
TONED dividend, all dividends shall be de-
clared at an equal rate on the common
stock as well as on the preferred stock
No shareholder Of this company shall ar
any time offer his stock for sale whether
common co1nn stock or preferred stock either pri-
yately or In the open market without nav
ing previously offered TO sell such stock ar
the lowest price which he will accent
tneretor to the other shareholders of the
company through the board of directors a +
to-wit: inner
The board of directors shall instruct the
SseSILe.ary 10 mail notice to each share
nolder or the company, stating the number
OF shares so offered, and the price thereof
anu a. caIilng upon each shareholder to signify
~ "IiluS Wltnln ten days how much OF
said stock, II any, he desires to purchase nj
SAID price: Should the total number of
snares which the various shareholders sig
My their desire to purchase in reply 70
snch notice exceed the number of shares
onered for sale, the shares offered shall no
nlstributed among the prospective purcbas
ers IN such proportion as the number Of
shares That such shareholder signifies no
neSires 70 purchase bears to the total Nun
per or shares for which there are prosnect
I've purchasers should the number OF sharas
oHered Tor sale exceed the total number oS
snares which the various shareholders siq
lilly Inelr desire to purchase. the offeror
snaIl De at liberty to dispose of such excess
IN sucn manner as he shall see fit nrovided
the price be not less than that desipna tod In
MS oHer TO the other shareholders
All subscriptions shall be maid for In
cash: property or services at such time as
the BOARD or directors shall require
Inc corporation shall begin TO do business
wnen twenty-five thousand (s25 600 OO1 dol
,ars OF the preferred capital stock shall
nave been subscribed for and paid the re-
malnder or the stock shall be issued at sur n
times and on such terms and conditions az
'ne BOARD OF directors shall determine
AL transfers or stock shall be made On
me books or the company. and no franstnr
snail be In any way binding on the comnan,
unless and until 1t Is made in the ahoye
described manner "o''e
Each share Of stock shall entitIe Tho
owner thereof, either in person or bv nroYH
70 cast one vote at all meetings. az ~.
shareholders. vi Tue
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE v.

Inc officers Of this corporation shall he a
president, vice+president and sacratar q
treasurer. oe@he'aEy
The powers OF this corporation shall ho
vested In and exercised by a board OF ri.
rectors composed OF the president xica-
president and secretary-treasurer and tUo
otner shareholders, any three of whom sba
constitute quorum for the transa ctinn 81
all business. ~ 'Saction Oh
Inc officers and the board of dirac+ors
nerelnaDove provided for shall be eIecta5
annually at general meeting of the sbare.
WNE a 10 De held on the first Monday in
nay NOT a legal holiday in the wear Io12
and each and every succeeding YEAR thoro'
aiter a1ter ten days notice in writing mail.
eu 10 each shareholders last known address
anu such officers and board of diractors
s S serve until their SUCCESSORS shall have
,, eiected and qualified. Special meet
HISS OF the shareholders may be held M
o me request or any three shareholders nv
caii OF the board of directors aften ten Sa ys,
notice In writing as above provided Sto ais
'he OBJECT or such meeting
any vacancy In the officers Or in +bo
oodTu OF directors from any cause whatSo.
ever snail be filed for the unexpired term
ty une remaining directors. And any direc.
S1r VINO may be absent from the civ or
INV GprieanS shall have the right to appoint
any shareholder OF the company IN VOTE 70
MIN at any meeting of the board OF dirocI
1 oJ ana such proxy shall have and eyer
Ing him. appoIht-
The board Of directors shall have no1x.r
WITHOUT reference to the shareholders Of Tho
SSo 1py 10 buy, sell and lease to MORTGAGE
ny psothecate and pledge all kinds of pro,
perry and rights whether movable or i'm.
novaOle; and generally 10 exercise ali m.
powers conferred on this company by thes.
articles of Incorporation y ''o
The herald., 1912-05-30
THE HERALD
CHARTER
OF THE RAINwATER LUMBER COMPANY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF ORLEANS.

Be it known, that on this sixth day OF the
teen hundred and twelve before me. Joseph
kentOn Bailey, a notary public, duly com
miSsiOned and qualified in and for the Par
iSh of Orleans, therein residing. and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came and ap-
peared: the several parties whose names
are hereuntO subscribed, who severally de
clared that ayailing themselves of the pro
visions Of the laws OF louisiana relative to
corporations, do hereby for themselves and
for those who may hereafter become asSoci-
ated with them, form a corporation and body
polite in law for the objects and purposes
and under the stipulatiOns and cOndit ions
hereinafter set forth, tO-wit
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE Wiz

No stakeholder 81 this oorno...
ever be held liable or rasnnnS,,S1tioa III
contracts or faults OF this co.U tot 5
any further sum than the nnrpy ysaton
due 10 the corporation on the Jb.u @as
by MIN, nor shall any mere In1oHo ors
organization have the effect 90 atp
this charter null. nor OF exnosjrr endss
holder to any liability beyond the sn = ga
Thus done and passed in NV an.
orleans aforesaid. in the presancs "a v
ehce schroeder and William v su u
competent witnesses Of lawful acs sauna
siding In this city, who herennte az. az
thelr names with said parties ana ssns
ten. mist ABOVE VI
Original signed Robert r sn.
TheO. A. Gluckmann. Gaorga EPasngeoos
ders. i'am v Nm
PETER Stiff, MOI, Phi
|, the undersigned, recorder OF n0..
Ia ana Tor the parish Of Orleans I~nsin
90 hereby certify that the above snS sss
ing act OF Incorporation Of the SSn.,. mns
Construction Company" was tbis xseles
recorded in my office in book los s.Ia ny
New Orleans, April 18th, 1910 'u' :
tSigned) EMILE LEONlRp n
l certify the above and foreeo,n, =.
true and correct copy OF the oriein,I~ =. !
ana or record In my Office.
IN 1alth whereof, witness nv hama -,
seal this 18th day Of April, 1912 -Na '"
6Soon PETER SrIrrr,
npl % may . o 10 % 80 JIG isl ~
The herald., 1912-05-30
The Aftermath

The great bail had been given and
Mrs. Noovo was turning over the bills
with her husband When it was found
that they had totaled $4,000 Mr.
Noovo WINGED.
by ginger, Mariaw be calculated.
$4,000 is a pile o. money"
I'VE have to do it. Silas, to get into
society,"" replied Mrs. Noovo.
WELL" said the old man. scratching
his head. 'judgin' from results it don't
seem to me that we're gettin' into So
ciety quite so much as society is get
tin into us."-Harper's.
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE III.

The capital stock OF this corporation shall
be fifty thousand $50 000) dollars, divided
into five hundred shares of one hundred dol
lars (S100.O0) each. Said stock shall be
paid for in cash, when issued, or in such in
stallments, payable at such times as the
board Of directors may direct, or 1t may be
issued by the direction OF the said board, at
no less than par, for property or services ac-
tually received by said corporation. The
said stock may be increased or diminished
according to law. No stock certificate shall
be issued until the stock represented thereby
shall have been fully paid for, and no trans
fer shall bind the corporation unless and IN
til recorded on its books.
The herald., 1912-05-30
Earliest Germ of Vitality.

The microscopic dot or earliest germ
Of vitality is the marvel of science to-
day. Everything that lives, whether
the giant oak or the monster animal.
has each to begin its individual growth
from this microscopic dot, which actu-
ally contains all the past story of the
living growth and every part in minia
ture of its future frame.
The herald., 1912-05-30
Length of the Law.

The phrase the length of the law
owes its origin to the enormous length
OF some Of the parchment rolls upon
which the ancient statutes Of Great
Britain were inscribed. The present
day official title of the master of the
rolls is reminder of this ancient GUS
tom. Some faint idea of the bulk of
the English records may be obtained
from the fact that a single statute. the
land tax commissioners act. passed in
the first year of the reign of George
~, measures when unrolled upward
Of 900 feet
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE VI.

This act of incorporation NAV be c,o,o
ed, altered or amended. or this cornora tipSy
may be dissolved by vote of three fonrtbs
Oh tne capital stock Of the company present
VI represented at general meeting CON
nCtlce In writing mailed to each sharehoiS.
er Iast known address. and after ten days'
puoiication In one of the daily newspsners
b SI Inc me- city OF New Orleans and as prescribed
a.. put an changes In the amount of the can
ital stock Of this corporation shall reonire
Ine assent OF two-thirds in amount of the
Tor thas purpose after thirty days' notice
Oy puoiication In one Of the daily newspa-
pes OF the city Of New Orleans and after
iorty Gays notice In writing mailed to each
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE III.

Inc OBJECTS and purposes for which said
corporation Is organized are hereby declared
10 DE the buying and selling of lumber, logs
ullHDer ana generally all other forest prod.
ana Teasing or timbered lands in this and
otner states and ii may build, own and oper-
are sawmlIls and box and veneer factories
shall have power OF doing All thinGs 80,
S sdy' gefnane and incidental TO the bust
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE |.

The name OF the corporation hereby form
ed shall be : Peoples Produce Company, with
its domicile in the City of New Orleans the
term of its corporate existence shall be
ninety-nine years from the date hereof and
II shall have all the rights, powers and priv
Of the State OF Louisiana. or OF any state o.
country in which it shall do business. Ser
vice OF citation and other legal process shall
be made on the president, or in his absence
on the vice-president.
The herald., 1912-05-30
Accurate.

The passengers in the Pullman were
commenting on the winding river.
Porter" inquired a lady, 'is that
the Missouri river?"
Yes. ma'am-yes, ma'am, a portion
of it," he replied.-Everybody's.
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE V.

All the powers OF this corporation shall
ST vested IN and be exercised by board OF
~ directors, and all the business affairs shall
oe conducted by said board to be composed
81 not less than three and not more than
n x stockholders, who shall be elected annn.
day az meeting held on the third Thurs
udy oi Nay or each year, at which time Off
GERS also shall be elected and shall hold their
respective offices until their successors are
eIected ana qualified Vacancies occurring
filled by tbe ra arom Whatever cause, shall be
The herald., 1912-05-30
A Iabouchere Story.

Lord Taunton was Labouchere's un-
Gle. and some one. wishing to be agree
able to LabOuchere. said, "Oh, Mr..
Labouchere, have just heard your
father make an admirable speech in
the house Of lords"
Realty" said LabOuchere. "My IA
Their has been dead some years, and l
always wondered where he had gone
tOp
The herald., 1912-05-30
Turned Things About.

Pat was in the army and ne was
very awkward One day he was out
drilling. when the sergeant turned to
him and said:
Pat. what did you do before you
came here?
"Begorrah. yer honor, l used to drive
pigs. but since | have come here
have nothing but pigs driving me. -
London Answers.
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE ".

The powers of this corporation shall he
vested in and exercised by a board Of d.
rectOrs, composed, until otherwise provided
as hereinafter set out, of three stockholders,
but the said board may, by law or resolution,
Increase or decrease the membership of the
said board. After the second Tuesday OF
January, 1915, the said directors shall be
elected annually on the first Tuesday Of jan
uary of each year. Such election shall be by
ballot and shall be conducted at the office
of the corporation, under the supervision Of
two commissioners to be appointed by the
board, of which election notice shall be
mailed to each stakeholder not more than
twenty, nor less than ten days, prior to the
date OF election. Each share of stock shall
be entitled to one vote to be cast either In
person or by written proxy. and the major
ity of the votes cast shall elect. Any vacan-
cies occurring among the directors by death,
resignation, increase Of membership of the
board, or otherwise, shall be filled for the
remainder Of the term by the other directors
Failure to elect directors or officers shall
not dissolve or affect the corpora ton, but
the directors and officers then in Office shall
hold over until their successors shall be
elected. At its first meeting after election,
the Board of Directors shall elect from
among their number, the following officers ::
one to be president another to be vice-presi-
dent and third to be Secretary-treaSurer
and general manager. The said board shall
have power to make and establish and from
time to time, amend any and all bylaws,
rules and regulations for the control OF the
business and affairs OF TINS corporation. 1t
shall have power to borrow money, receive
mortgages and pledges, issue bonds, notes
and other obligations, and generauy all other
things reasonably necessary or convenient for
the carrying on Of the business of the cor
poratlOn, without the necessity for refer
ence to, or consent or ratification by the
stockholders hereof; Until the first Tues
day OF January, 1915, the following shall
compose the Board Of Directors l.. B. Hak-
enjos, Thomas Sweeny and John A. Hillery,
of whom L. b. Hakenjos shall be president
Thomas Sweeny shall be vice-president and
John A. Hillery shall be secretary treasurer
and general manager.
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE ".

Inc capital stock Of said corporation shall
be twenty-five thousand (S25 OoOl doIiarS 80
oe DIVIDED into two hundred and fifty shares
edch OF the par value OF one hundred dol
!dhrs' payable In cash or its equivalent. And
TINS corporation shall become a going con
Germ as soon as five thousand dollars of jIs
GaP APP stock shall have been subscribed and
The herald., 1912-05-30
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 de
clared to be to conduct, within the state OF
Louisiana or elsewhere, a general merchan-
disc and produce business: to buy, sell and
receive on consignment and otherwise, deal
in all sorts OF produce, fruit and other com
mOdities OF all sorts.
The herald., 1912-05-30
Algerines at Law.

R. R., lot, LeBeuf, Evelina, Thayer
and Opelousas, lots, LeBeuf, Opelous-
as, Slidell and Robelot property, lots,
LeBeuf, Thayer, Newton and Diana,
S1,30777 cash.-Private.
Mrs. Louise Muller to Joseph Muller
Co., Inc, ) lots, Farragut, DeArmas,
Newton and property of G. Kohn, 2
lots. Walnut. Magazine Meadow and
Audubon Park $4,000 cash-Cuneo.
CREDIT SALES.
Succession of S. COulon to VIM. ].
Morgan, lot. Patterson, Delaronde, Yer
ret and Olivier streets. $6O6.5O cash,
S6O0J0 mOrtgage.-Eustis.
Damage Suits.
The Algiers Railway and Light Com
pany is made defendant in a suit for
Sl0,250 damages by Mrs. Mary Anne
Fandison, who alleges that on the
night of May 2S,' 1911, while she was
in the act of alighting from a car of
the defendant company in Algiers, the
conductor became embroiled with an
other employee, and jerked the trolley
pole, throwing the car and its sur
roundings into total darkness, and
causing her TO fall to the pavement.
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE VIII.

No shareholder Of this company shal!
ever be- held liable or responsible for IA"
faults VI this corporation in any further
sum than the unpaid balance due on shares
OF stock owned by him nor shall any iufor-
mality in organization have the effect OF
rendering this charter null or uf expos ne
any shareholder to any liability beyond the
unpaid balance due on his stock nor shall
any infDrmality or irreEularty in organiza-
ton have the effect OF rendering any share
holder liable as Il partner.
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE III.

The domcie OF this corporation shall be
at New Orleans, In the parish OF Orleans,
state OF Louisiana; and all citations or
other legal process shall be served on the
president OF this corporation, or in the
event OF his absence upon the vce-president,
or in the event OF his absence on the score
tary-treasurer at the office OF the company
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE III.

Inc domiciIe OF said corporation shall be
IN the city OF New Orleans, State OF LOuiSi-
ana, ana all legal process shall be served
the secretary.
The herald., 1912-05-30

Whenever this corporation il dissolved by
Limitation or otherwise. its affairs shall be
liuudated under the supervision OF three
commissioners elected al general meeting
convened for that purpose after the notice
specified in Article VI Of this charter. In
case of the death or inability to act OF any
one or more " such commissioners, the re-
naming commissioner or commissioners
shall elect successor or Successors from
among the shareholders.
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE VI.

me act OF Incorporation may be altered
a IOd aulehded by vote Of three-fourths in
amount OF the capital stock, or said corpor.
a so may be dissolved by a vote of three
I ro., IN amount OF said stock at a general
that purpose after ten days nrior notica io y.
such meeting shall have been published in
one OF the daily newspapers of New Orleans
anu copy or said notice mailed to each
s'ocAhoiuer at his last known address
The herald., 1912-05-30
Tho Open Door.

Lady Ito new servanU-I do not toll
crate gossip. but if you know any in
teresting news you may tell me.
The herald., 1912-05-30
Locked Up,

That times are hard is merely a rel
alive term. Some one always has the
money.--Duluth News-Tribune.
The herald., 1912-05-30
CHARTER

OF PEOPLES PRODUCE COMPANY.
The herald., 1912-05-30

Be 1t known, that on this third day Of the
month OF May, in the year one thousand
nine hundred and twelve, before me, Mark
Mayo BOatner, a notary public duly com
miSsiOned and qualified in and for the city
Of New Orleans, parish and state aforesaid,
and in the presence of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned, personally
subscribed, who severally declare that they
do hereby agree and bind themselves and
their successors, to form corporation for
the objects and purposes and under the terms
charter:
The herald., 1912-05-30
CHARTER

OF PINE PRAIRIE REALTY COMPANY.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE
LEANS. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
BE It Known, that on this 18th day Of
april; IN Ine year OF our Lord one thousand
The herald., 1912-05-30
ARTICLE |.

The name and title Of the corporation
here formed is declared TO be the ''SPANCi-
BNBERG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY"
Its domicile shall be in the city of New
Orleans, state of Louisiana, and it shall
have and enjoy succession by its corporate
name for period OF ninety nine years from
and after the date hereof
All citations and other legal process shall
be served upon the president, and in the
event or his absence or inability to act from
the yice-president.