Lower coast gazette., 1913-08-23
Charter of the Lower Coast Cons
% s~truction Company limited.

Charter of the Lower Coast Cons
struction Company Limited.
State of Louisiana.
Parish Of Plaguemines.
Per act before ne, Raoul G.. Favret,
by. Clerk and by. Ex-otficioN Notary Pub
lie in and for the Parish of Plaquemines
dated this 18th day of the month Of
July in the year of our Lord One Thous-
and Nine Hundred and Thirteen, per-
sonally came and appeared, the several
parties whose anne are hereunto SUBJ
scribed, who severally declared that
availing themselves of the laws of the
State of Louisiana, in such cases made
aenagpr9Yided, they have %,aovesanted
,sssM akreei and do by these presents
covenant and agree and bind themselves
as we'll as such persons as may here
after become associated with them, to
form a corporation and body polite in
law, for the objects and purposes and
under the articles and stipnlations fol-
lowing, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name of this Corporation shall be
THE LOWER COAST CONSTRUCT
TON COMPANY LTD" and under
its said corporate name, it shall have
power and authority to have and enjoy
corporate existence and succession for
the full term and period Of ninety-nine
(99) years, from and after the date
hereof, to contract, sue and be sued,
to make and use a corporate seal, and
the same to alter and break at pleasure
to hold, receive, purchase, hypothecate
convey, sell, lease or pledge, real and
personal property, to issue negotiable
bonds and notes, or other evidence Of
debt, to purchase stock of other cor
p0rations or to sell stock to other cor
p%orations, to name and appoint such
managers, agents, directors and officers
as its business interest and convenience
may require; and to make and establish
Al well as to alter and amend from
time to time such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the proper government
Of the affairs of this Corporation as
may be necessary and proper; and in
general to do all things necessary, per-
initted by law tp Corporations Of this
character.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this Corporation
shall be at Pointe a Ia Hache in the
Parish of Plaquemines. State of Louis
Jana, and all citations and other legal
processes shall be served upon the
President, or in his absence upon the
Vice President, or in the absence of
both upon the Secretary.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this Corporation is organized and the
business carried on by it are declared
to be; the building and the contracting
for the building of levees and revet-
ments, the digging of canals. drainage
bitches and other water courses for it's
own use and that Of Others, and for
this purpose to purchase, lease and
otherwise acquire real estate, dredges,
boats, machinery and other apparatus
for the building, operating and main
tanning Of the said levees, canals, ditch
es, and other water courses; to acquire
erect and operate workshops, and
other things necessary for the erection
Of dredges, and all things incidental
thereto for the proper carrying on of
the objects and purposes OF this Cor
poration.
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock Of this Corporation
h hereby fixed at Fifty Thousand
t$5oo00.0N Dollars divided into and
represented by Five Hundred shares Of
stock at the par value Of One Hundred
$4,000 0 Dollars each, which shall be