The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-01-25

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OE OR
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Know all men by these presents, that on
this 2Sth day Of the month of December. in
the year nineteen hundred and eleven
1911J, before me, Mark Mayo Roatner, a
notary public duly commissioned and Guali-
fed in and for the city of New Orleans. par
ish and state aforesaid, and in the presence
Of the witnesses hereinafter named and IN
dersigned personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are hereuntO
subscribed, who declared that, awaiting
themselves of the laws of the state OF Lou
iSiana, in such cases made and provided,
they have cOvenanted and agreed and do
hereby mutually covenant and agree, for
themselves, their successors and those VINO
may hereafter become associated with them.
to form corporation for the objects and
purposes and under the conditions and stipu-
lations contained in the following charter,
viz:
ARTICLE I.
The name and style OF this corporation
shall be THE SHREVEPORT LAND AND
COMPANY" and under
that name it shall have and enjoy all the
rights, advantages and privileges granted by
law TO corporations; IL shall exist for
period OF ninety-nine years from the date
hereof. Ii shall have power 10 contract, spe
and be sued under its said corporate name !;
TO make and use corporate seal, and the
same 10 break or alter at pleasure; to hold,
receive, purchase, convey, lease, rent. mort
gage, hypothecate or pledge property, per-
Sonal, movable and immOvable; TO issue
bonds. notes and other obligations; 10 have
and employ such managers, directors Off
GERS, agents and other employees as the in
terest and convenience OF said corporation
may require; and to make and establish
such bylaws, rules and regulations for the
corporate management and control of the
affairs OF said corporation as may be deem
ed necessary and expedient.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of said corporation shall he
in the city of New Orleans state of Iouisi-
ana, and all citations and all other legal
process shall be served on the president, and
in his absence, on the vice-president, and in
the absence of both Of these officers on the
secretary OF said corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes for which this
corporation Is organized and the nature of
the business to be carried on by it. are here
by declared TO be: TO deal In. buy and sell,
for its own account and for account of 9TH
ers, real and personal property, lands, tene-
mentS, tramways, water-craft, mortgages,
mortgage notes, bonds, shares Of stock and
other securities; and to exercise all the
rights and privileges of ownership of stock
OF corporations including the right to vote
the same; to lend money on property, real
and personal, on railroads, tramways, canals.
watet-craft, bonds. stocks and other securi-
ties; 10 lease, rent or hire property, make
leases; to act as broker. agent. or trustee
for individuals, firms or corporations to
guarantee titles to lands and other real es-
tate; to reclaim and improve landed pro-
perry; to lay out town lots or suburbs pave
streets, sidewalks and alleys; to put down
sewer, drainage, water and gas pipe to con-
meet with municipal or private plants or for
the sole use of such subdivisions to erect
poles and lay conduits TO support or receive
wires for electrical transmission; to con-
struct or erect or to contract for the con-
struction or erection of buildings, docks.
water-craft, tramways, canals, work shops
and mechanical plants, and generally to do
and engage in any other business, under
taking or enterprise connected with, grow
Ing out OF, germane or incidental to any of
the purposes herein above set out or con-
templated by this charter