St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-03
CHARTER
'.---: of the
HOv1LTON LUMBER COMPANY
United States of America, State 0
Louisiana, Parish of st.
Tammany.

Ee it known that on this the LOTT
day of July, A. D., 1912, before me
Harvey E. Ellis, a notary public ii
and for the parish of St. Tammany
State of Louisiana, duly commission
ell and 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 o.
tine provisions of the laws of thi;
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 a body polite in law, 70,
the purposes and objects, and unde,
the stipulations, articles and cordi,
|tions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of said corpor-
alton shall be the
HOULTON LUMBER COMPANY.
and its domicile is 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 g
corporate seal, and the same to breas
and alter at pleasure; to hold, re-
ceive, have, purchase, improve, alien
ate, convey, sell. borrow, pledge
mortgage and hypothecate, under its
said corporate name, property real
personal and mixed; to name and ap
point such officers, directors, agents
and managers or employees as t1l'
Interest or convenience of said cor
poration may require; to make anf
establish bylaws, rules and regula-
lions for the proper management
and regulation of it's affairs, as ma,
be deemed necessary and proper, anG
the same to change and alter al
pleasure; and do all other acts ani
things permitted by law, and as shat
be necessary and proper to carry out
the objects and purposes of said cor:
poration.
Said corporation, unless sooner dis
solved, in accordance with its char
ter, shall exist and continue for :
period of ninety-nine years from an;
after the date hereof.
The President, or in his absenc,,
the Vice President, or in the absenc;
of both, the Secretary, shall be TIL
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 saw an
planning mill and mills in the par
ishes of st. Tammany, Tangipaho
and Washington, in the State Q
Louisiana, or elsewhere; to manu-
facture, transport, buy and sell lum
Der and its by-products; to leas
buy and sell timber lands and othe
real estate; to carry on a genera
business for the manufacture an
sale of turpentine, rosin and thei
by products; to cunduct a genera
mercantile business or businesses
i to build, own or lease and operat
| barges, lighters, sail, gasoline an
steam vessels; to construct, MAR
| tain, own or lease and operate tran
ways or log roads, and generally t
do all things that are necessary, il
cidental to or connected with tn
carrying on of said businesses an
the objects and purposes herei1
above set forth.
ARTICLE H.
/ The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum I
Five Hundred Thousand and No On,
! Hundredths $500, O0O.00) Dollar
divided into.and represented By Fl,
!. Thousand 10000 shares of the pa
!, value Of One Hundred and No On,
Hundredths t$1O0.00) Dollars eacl
which stock may be issued at NJ
less than par for cash. or in paymel
or exchange for property or righ
actually received or purchased /
said corporation, provided that a
stock shall be paid for in full With
six months after same shall ha,
been subscribed for. ard no stoe
shall be issued unless the ccnsiaer,
ton therefor has been receive4 I
said corporation. q;
All stock certificates shall be sigl