St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-08-15
CHARTER
of the
DAVlS-WOOD LUMBER COMPANY

United State OF America, State Of
Louisiana, Parish of St.
Tammany.
Be It known, that On this the 18th
day of July, in the year of otr Lord
One Thousand N ne Hundred and
Fourteen, before me, Thomas M.
Burns, Notary Public, duly COM
missioned and sworn in and for the
parish of St. Tammany, State of Lou
isiana, therein residing, personally
came and appeared the persons whose
name are hereunto subscribed, Who
declared that, ayaiiing themselves of
the laws of the State Of Louisiana,
relative to the organization Of COR
porations, they have covenanted and
agreed, and by these presents do COW
enant and agree, bind and form and
constitute themselves, as we'll as such
other persons who may hereafter
Join or became associated with them,
into a corporation and body polite In
law, for the objects and purposes,
and under the agreements and stipu-
lations, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and style of this cor
poration shall be the
ssDavis-WoOd Lumber Company"
and under that name it shall have
and enjoy all rights and privileges
granted by law to corporations; 1t
shall exist for the period of ninety
nine years from this day; it shall
have power to contract, sue and be
sued in its corporate name; to make
and use corporate seal, and the
same to alter at pleasure; to hold,
receive, purchase, convey, mortgage,
hypothecate or pledge property, both
real and personal; to issue bonds,
notes and other obligations; to have
and employ managers, directors, Of
ficers, agents and other employees as
the interest and convenience OF said
corporation may require; and 10
make and establish such bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper
management and control of the al
fairs of the corporation as may be
reasonable and expedient.
ARTICLE II.
The donnie lie of said corporation
shall be IN the town of Lacombe,
parih of St. Tammany, State of Lou
isiana, and all citations and other
legal process shall be served on the
president, and in his absence on the
wee president, and in the absence OF
both, on the secretary and treasurer
of said corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is established and
the nature of the business to be car
ried on by it are declared to be:
To construct, work and maintain
railroads, canals. roads. bridges, fer
ries, telegraph and telephone lines
and other works of improvement; to
construct. own, lease, hire, purchase
and operate schooners, steamboats,,
steamships, tow boats, barges and
other water craft, for the transpor-
tation of freight and passengers; to
purchase, lease and sell lands; to en-
gage in agriculture; to acquire, con-
struct, own, lease and operate plan
ing mills, saw mills, sash. door ana
blind factories and turpentlne stills
and retorts, etc.; to construct, and TO
contract to construct buildings OF
every kind and description; to manu-
facture bricks, tiles and other earth
enware; to buy, sell and deal for It's
own account or on commission In
logs, lumber, sand, shells, gravel and
other building materials. and in all
sorts of merchandise, and generally
to do and perform any and every act
and thing pertaining to the business
above enumerated, connected there
with or arising therefrom, in this
State and elsewhere.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum OF
Fifty Thousand ($50.eo0) Dollars,
divided into and represented by five
hundred 5000 shares Of stock OF the
par value Of One Hundred ($1OO)
bealsys each, which shall be paid for