Lower coast gazette., 1914-11-14

Plant Company, incorporated.
United States Of America,
State OF Louisiana,
Parish of Orleans.
City of New Orleans.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 18th
day OF the month Of October In the
wear Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen
(l9l4).
EEtORE ME, E.aste Vldrine. u no
taly public, duly commissioned. quail
Led and sworn, in and for the above
ua1nvd Parish aud state. personally
came and appeared the several per
CONS. whose names are hereunto sub
scribed, who each and al! declared:
That, awaiting themselves OF the
laws Of the State Of Louisiana, on the
subject OF the Incorporation OF corpo-
rations. and especially Of Act 267 Of
the Legislature OF the State OF Louis!.
ana for the year 1914, they have and
DO by these presents. organize and con-
stitute themselves into a corporation
and body polite IN law under the fol-
lowing stipulations and provisions
| which they hereby adopt as their
! articles OF incorporation. or charter.
to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
Tno name Of this Corporation shall
be:
Tho aeraty Wholesale Plant Company.
incorporated,
and its domicilc Is hereby declared to
be at Harlem Plantation. III the Par
ish OF Plaquemines. State Of l0uis'-
ana.
This Corporation shall have and en-
Joy corporate existence and saccets-'n
Tor and during a period Of Ninety-ni1le
Iss) years. unless sooner dissolved.
ARTICLE ~.
The objects and purposes Of this
CORPORATION and the nature OF the bust
ness to be carried on by It arc hereby
declared to be, the cultivation and
selling Of vegetable plants and nursery
stock, the owning or leasing Of lands
for this purpose and for the cultivation
and sale OF truck and farm products.
the right TO buy and sell farm pro
i, ducts for others oa commission or
brokerage. including the doing Of any
thing that may be Incidental to the
said purposes and necessary for their
successful accomplishment, The cor
porst0n shall have the power to &C
quire from James Ray Geraty. form
erly Of Yonge's Island. 8. c.. the bus;
: mess of raising and selling at whole
\ sale, vegetable plants and nursery
= stock heretofore carried On by him II
the name OF James Ray Geraty. to
O Sether with the good will Of said busi
l.ess and mailing lists. and shall hav'
the power to acquire such mules. I'm
plements. farming equipment and SUP
u plies. from Warren Buckley, Of Karen
II Plantation, La, and Charles w. Buc1
q ley, OF Chicago. Ill. Al the Board Q
le Directors may desire, and IN paymen
t. thereof to issue full paid commo
D. stock Of this Corporation az here!1
e. after provided.
ARTICLE III.
pl The capital stock Of this COfpor'
~ ton is hereby fled at Ten ThoussD
Dollars t3lo.oo0.o O). OF which Ave tho
NJ sand dollars (t5.ooO.o o) shall be con
y mon stock, and Ave thousand dollar
7" (S5,000.O0) shall be preferred stoc'
which capital stock shall consist
fifty (5o), shares Of n hundred do
~. lars ($l0A.O0) each OF common stoc
and two hundred (200) shares
:. twenty-five dollars ($25.00) each
~ preferred stoak. The preferred stot
- shall have no voting power OF any 50
Whatsoever, and shall not be conside
ed. "A affecting the amount OF the stot
"a Of lte Corporation IN connection WI
IN tie amendment of the charter. or q
nd increase or decrease Of the capit
nv stock az provided for by Act 2G7 OF t
At Legislature of the State Of Loutsla'
De- Of 1914. The preferred stock shall
lie entitled to receive an annual divide
ct, Of Ten Per Cent (10E). payable
Of OF the net profits Of the Company I
in the previous year, prior TO the no
ters of the common stock receiving q
dividend upon their common sto
holdings. This ten per cent (l0<
annual dividend on the preferred sto
OF shall, however,, not b cumulative. 7
preferred stock shall be subject to
demption by the Company at any II
at par after thirty days notice BY
Company by mail. addressed to the J
known address Of such preferred sto
holder as shown by the books OF
tt}e Company, such notice to contain
) IN vice Of the intention Of the Comps
AND 70 80 ssa<eM safd stock. II earned
pro rata Of the annual dividend up
,eo- the date az redemption shall bs p