St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-07-27
CHARTER
Of the
United States of America. State Of
Louisiana, Parish of st.
Tammany

I'c IL huOWn Iu0t Oh Lul8 TIC lVLu
day of July, A. D., 1912, before ME
Harvey e. Ellis, a notary public in
and Tor the parish of st. Tammany,
State Of Louisiana, duly commission.
Ell end qualified, and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter nance,
and undersigned, personally came
and appeared the persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed, all OF
full age and residents of st. Tam.
many parish. La, who severally de-
clared that, .availing themselves ol
the provisions of the laws Of this
State relative to corporations and
their organization, they have cove.
nanted and agreed, and by these
presents do covenant and agree, and
bind themselves as we'll as such other
persons as may hereafter become as.
ISOLATED with them, to form and
constitute q body polite in law, fol-
the purposes and objects, and under
the stipulations. articles and ccEdi.
lions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of said corpor.
alton shall be the
HOCLTON LUMBER COMPANY.
and its domicile is hereby establish
ed at Houltonville, st. Tammany
parish, Louisiana; and under its cor.
Iporate name. said corporation shall
have power and uthority to contract
sue and be sued; to make and use 8
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 anf
| establish bylaws, rules and regula
tions for the proper management
and regulation of its affairs, as ma,
be deemed necessary and proper, ant
the same to change and alter al
pleasure; and do all other acts ant
things permitted by law, and as shall
be necessary and proper to carry GU
the objects and purposes of said coz
poration.
Said corporation, unless sooner dis
solved, in accordance with its char
tier, shall exist and continue for ,
period of ninety-nine years from an:
after the date hereof.
The President, or in his absence,
the Vice President, or in the absenc
of both, the Secretary, shall be tn
proper persons upon whom citation
and other legal process shall b.
served; and the President, or in hi
absence, the Vice President, shall
be authorized to bring all suits an,
legal proceedings on behalf of thi
corporation. ---.-
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes TO
which this corporation is organize
and the nature of the business to b
carried on by it. are hereby declare
to be, to operate and run q saw an
fplaining mill and mills in the pal
fishes of st. Tammany, Tangipaho
land Washington, in the State Q
|Louisisiana, or elsewhere; to manu-
fracture, transport, buy and sell lum
Der and its by-products; to leas
buy and sell timber lands and othe
|real estate; to carry on . genera
business for the manufacture an
|sale of turpentine, rosin and thei
Iby-products; to cunduct a genera
mercantile business or businesses
to build, own or lease and operat
barges, lighters, sail, gasoline an
steam vessels; to construct, main
tain, own or lease and operate tram
I ways or log roads, and generally t
do all things that are necessary. II
cidental to or connected with tn
carrying on of said businesses an
the objects and purposes hereir
above set forth.
i ARTICLE III.
The capital stock Of this corpor.
ton is hereby fixed at the sum {
Five Hundred Thousand and No On,
Hundredths ($5O0,00O.00) Dollar
divided into and represented by Fiv
Thousand 10000 shares Of the ps
value of One Hundred and No On,
Hundredths ($1OO.00) Dollars eacl
which stock may be issued at M
less than par for cash, or in paymeI
or exchange for property or right
actually received or purchased b
said corporation. provided that Z
. stock shall be paid for in full With
six months after same shall ha,
been subscribed for, and no stOc
shall be issued unless the consider,
ton therefor has been received ;
said corporation.
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