The herald., 1912-07-25
CHARTER.
OF HOUMA LAND AND CATTLE COM
PANY.

ninth day of the month of June. in the yea r
OF our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
| twelve (19l2), before me, Lewis Rossner
Graham, notary public duly commissioned
and qualified in and for the parish of Or
leans, therein residing, and in the presence
| OF the hereinafter named subscribing COM
petent witnesses, personally came and ap-
peared: the several persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed and who severally
declared that awaiting themselves of the
provisions of the laws of the state of Lou
isiana relative to the formation of corpo-
ratiOns, and more particularly OF the provi-
siOns of Act as of the legislature of 1904
they have covenanted and agreed and do by
! these presents covenant and agree and bind
themselves as well as such other persons as
may hereafter become associated with them
to constitute and form a corporation and
body polite in law, for the objects and pur-
poses, and under the articles, terms and
stipulations following, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be- the HOUMA LAND AND CATTLE
COMPANY, and by that corporate name il
shall have and enjoy succession for the
period of ninety-nine (99) years and shall
have all the authorities and powers gener-
ally vested in corporations under the law
and more particularly shall 1t be author
lied 10 contract, to sue and to be sued to
make and use corporate seal and the same
TO break at pleasure; to make and issue
bonds, notes and other evidences of indebt-
edness; 10 borrow and lend money; to pur-
chase, sell, lease, mortgage and transfer
property in any Of it's forms; to employ
managers directors, officers. agents clerks
or superintendent, as the interests of the
company may require TO make bylaws
rules and regulations for the management
OF It's affairs, and to possess all of the pow
ers granted and intended 10 he granted here
In or by law in order to carry out the OBJ
Jects and purposes for which this corpora
ton Is organized.
ARTICLE III.
The dOmicile of this corporation shall be
in the city Of New Orleans, state of Louisi-
ana, and all citations or legal process of any
sort shall be served upon the president, or in
his absence, upon the vice-president, or in
the absence or disability of both upon the
secretary of the company.
ARTICLE Ill
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is formed and the nature of the
business TO be carried on by it are hereby
declared to be: the purchasing. acquiring
dealing in, holding, selling, alternating, mort
gaging, bonding, leasing, transferring in any
form and encumbering in any FORM real or
other property in any form that may be
deemed most advantageous for the purpose
of carrying out the objects and purposes of
the company; and the purchasing, holding,
selling mortgaging or leasing of improved
or unfmproved property Of any kind within
the state of Louisiana or elsewhere; and to
develop, reclaim, drain, cultivate, improve
any lands held or acquired by it; and more
especially to cultivate crops of all kinds, to
establish and cultivate orange groves and
fruit orchards; to cultivate, develop and
maintain hay-plants and hay-driers, and
generally to raise and to deal in any pro-
ducts OF farm or field; also to purchase,
own. raise breed, sell, or pledge live stock
and cattle or any and all kinds; and to
build, acquire, operate and maintain slaugh-
ter-houses, slaughter-pens or other means
necessary for the carrying on of a slaughter
house business and to sell and deal in
or packing house products |
also dredging and contracting for dredging |
the construction of canals and levees or |
other construction or engineering work con- |
nected with or collateral to land drainage
and reclamation and in such connection to |
own and operate railways, tramways and |
navigation canals. TO build roads and high |
ways, to construct and maintain wharves, |
landings, piers, station houses |
and other Improvements necessary, and to |
own and operate any floating craft as the |
needs or the c0mpany's business may re- |
quire In furthering and accomplishing the
objects and purposes Of this corporation Ii |
shall have the right to extend the operation |
Of its affairs to any point within or without |
the state as may be deemed advisable or as |
Its business may require, at which point |
branches may be established. 1t shall have |
the authority to contract for the construc-
ton of all necessary edifces and structures,
to develop townsites in connection with its |
lay out streets, roadways and alleys for the /
convenience of the Inhabitants thereof, and
In general to do anything that may be Incl.
ten ni or necessary to any Of the lines of
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock Of this corporation Is
hereby fixed at the sum of one million dol |
lars Isl 900, 900. OO), represented by 10000 /
shares of 800 each, to be paid for In cash, |
property, services or notes. This corpora
ZION shall be going concern and fully Or
yanized as such as soon as 100000 of its /
capital stock shall have been subscribed and l.
paid for. No stakeholder shall ever be held
liable or responsible for the contracts, faults
,r defaults of the corporation. nor shall any
mere infOrmality in the organization of the
corporation have the effect of rendering this
,harter null or of exposing the stockholders
% any liability beyond the unpaid balance
IN their stock subscription. This charter
when recorded shall represent the original
tock subscription list required by law.
ARTICLE v.
All the corporate powers OF this corpora
Ion not reserved by law to the stockhold-
RS shall be vested in and exercised by
,Oard of directors to be composed of not
more than three (3) stockholders as herein
lfter stated and the number Of directors
nay be increased to five, all Of whom shall
directors, In such manner as shall be fixed
~ the bylaws. majority of the board Of
directors shall constitute a quorum for the
of business. The said board of
PRESIDENT, a observation-disclosures and a
The directors shall be elected
annually by ballot by the stockholders, cast
.ither In person or by proxy, at the offices
III tne company, on the hist MOuudy III
Tune of each year and until the election to
Ne held on the first Monday In June. 1913,
he said board Of directors shall be COM
POSED of the following, to-wit Julius J.
Funk, as president J. Lahroy Slusher, as I
treasurer, and Emile W. Du-
,ont, as secretary, who shall serve as such
Until the said stockholders meeting on the
irst Monday in June, 1913, or until success
'ors shall have been elected and qualified:
Any vacancies occurring In said board shall
Ne filed from other stockholders by the re-
naming directors, for the unexpired term.