The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-04-03
CHARTER
CHARTER
OF THE JEFFERSON SHELL K CON
TRACING COMPANI.
United STATES OF AMERICA STATE

CHARTER
OF THE JEFFERSON SHE'LL 4 CON
TRACING COMPANI.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS,
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be IL known, that on this both day of
| the month of March, In the year of our
| Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thir-
teen C1913) and Of the independence of the
United States Of America the one hundred
| and thirty-seventh ODD, before me, Arthur
B. Leopold. a notary public, in and for the
parish of Orleans, state of Louisiana, duly
commissioned and qualified and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appeared
| the persons whose names are hereuntO sub
| scribed, all residents of this city. who sew
| orally declared that availing themselves of
the provisions of the general laws of this
state relative to the formation of corpora
| lions, they do by these presents form them
selves into and constitute corporation,
| for the object and purposes and under the
stipulatiOns and agreements hereinafter set
forth, which they hereby adopt as their
charter, to-wit:
| The name of this corporation shall be
| THE Jefferson Shell K Contracting Com
pany," and under its corporate name 1t shall
| exist and have succession for a period OF
| ninety-nine 800 years from date hereof,
and 1t shall have and exercise for the pur-
pose Of its business, all the powers, rights.
and privileges conferred by law on similar
| corporations, and 1t shall be and 1t Is fur
| Their authorized and empowered to do and
perform any act or thing and conduct any
and all business usually connected with
and pertaining to the affairs and business as
set forth in Article III of this charter, which
Is not specially prohibited by law.
1t shall have power and authority to hold
own, receive and purchase and lawfully &C.
| quire by deeds of conveyance, contract
lease, rental or in any other lawful manner
the title and ownership to all property,
| real, personal and mixed, and likewise with
| full power and authority to ALLEVIATE. dis
| pose of, lease, rent, sell, convey mortgage
| hypothecate, pledge or otherwise cucumber
its franchises and property, real, personal
| and mixed, or any part thereof
| 1t shall have power to borrow money, and
| to issue notes. bonds and other evidences OF
Indebtedness from time to time, and to Sc
cure cure the payment Of the same or any part
thereof, by pledge, hypothecation of prop
erty, or by mortgage or other evidence OF
lien placed upon its franchises and property
real, personal and mixed, or any part there
1t shall have power to elect officers and
directors, to name and appoint its managers
agents and other employees. and to fix theil
compensation and to discharge the same al
VIII; TO establish and adopt such bylaws
rules and regulations as may be deeemd ex
pedient and proper for the conduct anC
management OF its property and business
ana the same to alter. amend and abolish
at pleasure; 10 make and use a common OF
corporate seal and the same to break an(
after at pleasure, and generally to do anC
perform all acts and things requisite ant
necessary to carry out the objects and pur
poses Of this corporation.
Il ARTICLE II.
The dOmicile of this corporation shall m
J In the city of New Orleans, state of IouIsi
! ana, and all citations and other legal pro
! cess shall be served on the president an,
In his absence, on the Vice President an,
In the absence of both officers on the sec
rotary OF this corporation.
ARTICLE III.
: Inc objects and purposes for which thi
corporation Is organized and the nature o
the business to be carried on by it ar
: hereby declared to be:
1st- To purchase, rent and build operat
: and sell and lease for operation, ditchin
machinery, dredges, barges, towboats sn
water craft OF any kind or nature
| md. To enter into contract with ind
I viduals, firms or corporations for the cor
: structton of such canals. leyees. roads
1 bridges, bitches, dams, pumping plants an
D power stations as are necessary or conve
nient In connection with the reclamation a
: property owned or controlled by such ind
D viduals, firms or corporations
3rd To acquire. reclaim, Improve an
7 cultivate landed property.
r 4th. To acquire by purchase or leass
E operate. sell or otherwise dispose of IN an
every species Of property real and persona
: necessary or convenient to be 80 acquire
| and used
9Th. To do a general contracting bushes
I In the purchase and acquisition, lease an
: sale Of shells, gravel, sand, stone and othe