St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-10
CHARTER
of the
HOlILTON LUMBER COMPANY.
United States of America. State 81
Louisiana, Parish Of st.
Tammany

Ee it known that on this the lott
day of July, A. D.. 1912, before me
Harvey E. Ellis, = notary public II
and Tor the parish of St. Tamman.
IState of Louisiana, duly commission
| Ell and qualified, and in the presepc'
LOT the witnesses hereinafter names
and undersigned, personally CAM
and appeared the persons who's
names are hereunto subscribed, all o
full age and residents of st. Tam
many parish, La, who severally de
clared that, availing themselves o
the provisions of the laws Of thi:
State relative to corporations anc
their organization, they have cove
nanted and agreed, and by these
presents do covenant and agree, AMI
bind themselves as we'll as such othcl
persons as may hereafter become IS
ISOLATED with them, to form and
constitute a body polite in law. fo'
he purposes and objects, and under
the stipulations, articles and ccEdi'
tons following, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of said corpor.
alton shall be the
HOULTON LUMBER COMPANY.
and its domicile IL hereby establish.
ed at Houltonville, st. Tammany
parish, Louisiana; and under Its cor
porate name, said corporation shall
have power and uthority to contract
sue and be sued; to make and use .
corporate seal, and the same to break
and alter at pleasure; to hold, re.
ceive, have, purchase, improve, alien
ate, convey, sell, borrow, pledge
mortgage and hypothecate, under it.:
said corporate name, property real
personal and mixed; to name and ap
point such officers. directors, agents
and managers or employees as thu
interest or convenience of said cor.
poratiOn may require; to make and
establish bylaws, rules and regula.
tions for the proper management
and regulation of its affairs, as may
be deemed necessary and proper, and
the same to change and alter at
pleasure; and do all other acts and
things permitted by law, and as shall
be necessary and proper to carry out
the objects and purposes Of said coz,
poration.
Said corporation, unless sooner dis
solved, In accordance with its char
ter, shall exist and continue for e
period Of ninety-nine years from and
after the date hereof.
The President, or in his absence.
the Vice President, or in the absencs
of both, the Secretary, shall be the
proper persons upon whom citation
and other legal process shall be
served; and the President, or in his
absence, the Vice President, shall
be authorized to bring all suits and
legal proceedings on behalf Of this
corporation.
ARTICLE IL.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it, are hereby declared
to be, to operate and run q saw and
planning mill and mills In the par
ishes of. st. Tammany,. Tangipahoa
and Washington, in the State OF
Louisiana. or elsewhere; to manu-.
facture. transport, buy and sell lum-
Der and its by-products; to lease
buy and sell timber lands and other
real estate; to carry on a general
business for the manufacture and
sale of turpentine, rosin and Their
by-products; to cunduct q general
mercantile business or businesses;
to build, own or lease and operate
barges, lighters, sail, gasoline and
steam vessels; to construct, main
tain. own or lease and operate tram
ways or log roads, and generally to
do all things that are necessary, in
cidental to or connected with the
carrying on of said businesses and
the objects and purposes herein
above set forth.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock Of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed 1t the sum OF
Five Hundred thousand and No One
Hundredths ($50O.OO0.O0) Dollars,
divided into and represented by Five
Thousand (5O00) shares of the par
value Of One Hundred and No One
Hundredths ($1O0.OO) Dollars each,
which stock may be issued at not
less than par for cash, or in payment
or exchange for property or rights
actually received or purchased by
said corporation, provided that Ill
stock shall be paid for in full within
six months after same shall have
been subscribed for, and no stock
shall be issued unless the considera-
tion therefor has been received by
said corporation.
All stock certificates shalt 10 eign.