The herald., 1913-10-30

OF lt1 INlANA. PARISH WI YIN
LEANS. CRY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be il known. that on this the sixth DAY
| of the month of October, in the year OF our
! Lord, one thousand nine hundred and th'r-
Teen before me. Meyer samuel preltuS,
notary public In and for the parish OF Or
leans state of Louisiana, duly commission
| ed. sworn, and qualified and IN the presence
| of the witnesses hereinafter named ana uh-
drrSigped came and appeared the persons
whose names are hereto subscribed, who
| Scverally declared that, ayalllnE themselves
/ Of the provisions Of an act Of the lcgiSla-
ture of this state. known as act No. iS or
the session acts of the year 1904, and As
well as of the general laws OF this state GOV
| erning the formation or corporations IN
general they do by these presents covenant,
| agree and bind themselves as well as all
such other persons as may become hereafter
| associated with them, in order 10 form ana
lcpnStitutc a corporation or body po3tlc III
law for the objects and purposes, and un-
der the Stipuations following. to-wit:
| ARTICLE THE name and title Of ms
| lcorporatfOn shall be "RANOU JACK LJM-
lBER COMPANY" and 1t shall have and en-.
joy succession and existence for period Gt
ninety nine years from date hereof II
shall have the power and authority 10 con
tract. Sne and be sued 10 make and use a
cornOrate seal and the same TO break or al
ter at pleasure; TO hold purchase, lease,
sell, mortgage or hypothecate property rear,
1 personal. or mixed; to make and issue
bonds: To lend any portion OF its capital
stock or income on mortgage or other Sc
curitieS: TO name, elect, or appoint MANA,
!. establish such bylaws, rules and reguia-
tions as may be requisite and necessary Tor
its proper management.
| ARTiIE 1.-THE dOmiCile OF this cor
pOration and its principal office for the
transaction of business shall be In the city
of New Orleans, parish OF Orleans, state OF
; sence, the president, shall be the on
Ger upon whom citation or other judicial
; process, shall be served.
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock Of this
l,Nr,,nra "a ic fixed the of
fifty thousand dollars CS5O.OOOOO), and
this charter shall be operative and go into
. effect, and said corporation become going
concern when the sum of three thousand
ldollars (S3. 900 0O) shall be subscribed FOR.
The capital stock shall be divided into five
hundred shares, of the par value OF one
hundred dollars tS1OO.0OD per share and
; shall be paid for in cash or the equivalent
, in real estate. mill property, timbered land,
lumber logs, notes, bonds, or mortgages or
any other property which the board or dl'
| ARTICLE IV-The objects and pur
, poses OF this corporation and the nature OF
: hereby declared 10 be to do general lum
ber and manufacturing and general mer-
chandise business; to own and operate saw
and shingle mills, planning mills, sash, door
and blind factories and other manufactur-
les to make contracts for the sale of lum-
Der and shingles, etc, and Tor the purchase
Of logs and timber; TO acquire, sell and own
timbered land, to own and operate lumber
yards in this and other states and, in fact,
TO do any and all things necessary and pro-
! per TO the carrying on Of its business.
| ARTICLE N.-The business OF said cor
poratiOn shall be directed by and vested in
a board of directors, composed OF three
stockholders, each owning one or more
shares of stock. The directors hereafter
named in this charter shall he the first
board OF directors, and they shall hold their
ctfice for a period of five years from date
hereof and shall be elected annually there
after. said election being held on the first
Monday in October of each year, and each
share of stock present or represented shall
be entitled to one vote, either In person or
holding meetings Of directors and share
holders shall be provided for in the by
All vacancies in said board from what
ever cause shall be filed by the remaining
directors.
The first board of directors shall consist
Of the following named persons: Conrad Il.
Fischer, Frederick Fischer, and Harmon
| Hoey. with Conrad B. Fischer, president ;
Frederick Fischer, vicepresident, and Har-
mon Hoey, secretary. A majority OF the
transaction of business. director can ap-
point another director to act for him at any
meeting of the board of directors.
| ARTICLE VI.-This act of Incorporation
may he amended, altered or modified, or
this corporation dissolved, by vote OF
threefOurths Of the shares of the total
| amount OF stock, at a meeting convened for
that purpose, after ten days notice in writ
ing mailed to the address of each stock
holder, and at least one advertisement In
one OF the daily newspapers Of the city Of
ARTICLE vII.-At the expiration Of this
charter, or IL sooner dissolved the affairs OF
this corporation shall be liquidated by the
board Of directors, who are hereby vested
with full power to sell any and all assets OF
the corporation and TO convey full and com
plete title thereto and shall have full pow
er TO do and perform all acts necessary and
proper fully and completely to liquidate the
affairs and distribute the proceeds, IL any,
among the stockholders In proportion to the
amount Of stock held by each.
All rules governing the opera ton OF this
corporation, not otherwise provided for In
this charter, shall be provided for In the
bylaws.
Thus done and passed in my notarial of
fee In the city OF New Orleans, state of
Louisiana, on the day, month and year first
above written, in the presence Of A. Mo-
reno and VIM. s. Edwards, competent wit
nesses, who have signed their names, to-
gether with the parties hereto and me, no
tary after reading Of the whole.
COriginal signed) Conrad B. Fischer,
per pro C. B. Fischer, four shares Harmon
Hoey, one share. (Witnesses) A. A. No
reno, VIM. s. Edwards.
MEYER S. DRBIFUs, Notary Public.
i, the undersigned, recorder Of mortgages
In and for the parish OF Orleans, state OF
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act Of Incorporation OF Bayou
Jack Lumber Company was this day duly
recorded In my Office In book 1119 folio 143.
(Signed) EMILE ]. LEONARD,
| Deputy Recorder.
hereby certify that the above and fore
| going Is true and correct copy Of the orig
inal act on file and Of record In my notarial
Office.
| MEYER S. DREIFUs, Notary Public.
oct 16 % 80 nov 13 20 1913
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