The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-29
January nth. 1917
CHARTER

p.--s- b. Orleans. City 20; New Orleans
Be 3. kn5Eu, thai or ;";s ,"eI''e'-' -
me month Of January. ~ i-e year q -
- --e thousand nine hundred ard i1-T,
tee and O.: the Independence II tae '..'eG
sac, O.: America the one G-Il-tl a"-
-n.--y-@ EG.E. before ne. W ". "a. - - =
ra-a-y public. duly comm l--ri ana 49,
-eE n nd fl- The parish - Orleans. s.-'e
o; louisiana. therein residing. a-1 IN ING
presence = the Witnesses -r-Slra..v- 80
ard Undersigned. pe-sl1a--E same - -
r.a--@s- --e -eve-a. persons Who -r-r--t1 $40
.---ae .-e.- names. al :es dents o. ms ~.ts
Z +..- axe. WL5 seye-z.ly declare. .-at -Fa..-
az themselves OF me l-e'-s.o", -' .-s ~
nd constitution Il the state 7: LOUISIANA
relative 20 the Organization q corp. -
they have contracted and asreec and @ .
--sse presents. contract. agree, -'-is-tr GU
h..E themselves, a. wr.. q S-cE persons =
may hereinafter become -sr-ctate- VIZ. 49,
20 i1--. and constitute c--p--at.-.- or ---t
polite IN law :o- the objects a21 pl.I
hereinafter expressed ard under TIE agree
A-,.-,e The name q tins corporation:
shall &c The "Iicki4N Land Company Win
is dou.cl.c IL the c.,y @: New Orleans s;a.e
O.: L7l!s,aoa. and shall under - corporate
-z--e ex.s; Tor at,y 30 wears from date
hereof: ard shall have power and au;2'-i;y
.. s-e and &c sued: = buy, "5.q. reeve
improve. convey. sell. operate. pledge, H1T.-
.z.e hy2-.Eeca:e. rent, ease property. ;e@..,
r.-@,--at and mixed. 90 name and appoint a.
-.s-zs e-s. directors o. agents and eII--NSes
To establish such bylaws. T-.es ahl 'Ts-.-
.-s - nav -e necessary and proper anu
,-t same 20 alter. amend ard abolish a: peas
.-e: and shall have the power % MAKE 40
deem tes; and the sane 20 1-eaS o: -..e' :;
pleasure. and generally . g. and perform a..
sash ac-s as nay l- proper NJ necessary .
,a--y o1t and execute The purposes o. 'A's
A-:cis iI-Au ,esa. process snail be seTys5
On The :-es.ieu: %: TINS cooperation and II me
even; @: MS aosenee OF i.@l''. ~; 70 A'-' '-''
A-,iele III-The 5HIeSts and purposes t2-
which this corporation = organized and me
nature .. .-e business O. be earned on ~ u.
are hereby declared 20 he. me 9-yi4s, Se'..'-t;
owning. Improving. operating n lands -.-g
-r-rhe- aid al hy-r-lG-c;s o.: timber. - pm!
and operate ~ lease IN connection with si:l
. business. t-l-Ways. railways a-i %att. sra.
and :a----.rs: 20 deal IN IRE -.-n-iaci2'e, q
. .--.e-.I-e and :--Te-tl-e s-...s and a.. lE-
products thereof and - operate me Eae' al
b lie business 4 wholesale and retail and 20
Ar.s.e IV-Tae capita. stock q this c7-.
l--a:.o1 = hereby 1Nec q; s.Niy.aEe a.-i.- 7
. dollars .S,5uI'. divided ,-to s'Nty-rve le5
shares q; one hundred dollars $1,000 casa
which said stock shall he paid .5- n cash,
~ may be Issued - pa N pay-e1; i21 pop
. chased. " ~ services actually rendered %
/ -h-> corporation. which STOCK shall te I-.'
pad and -g---sScssat.e.
THIS corporation shall be authorized 70 com
. -.e-ce business ard be q gong concern upon
/ he s1hss-.p,i5a in t1.l o: :h-ee thousand do.
. las .Ss.naF# Il rs capital STOCK.
/ The shares u stock shall BE transferable
only on the books O: this corporation. a2d
Article V-Al The corporate powers. shall
re vested IN and exercised by . 5gard O. three
. 80 directors. who sEz. each be q stock
. holder o.; This corporation. the majority OF
/ whom shall constitute quorum Tor the trans
. action q all business.
. said directors shall be elected annually
from among the Stockholders or the first Tues
! day IT January OF each year after due notice
/ u said meeting sG4.. have been gwen Z
. each sc1ckho.ce- by MAJ. % his last known
. address. ten I.fI DAYS r-.o- % the holding Of
I said election. which SAID notice Or any othe;
, notice required BY this charter may be served
4, elections and all meetings Of the stock
holders each share O.; stock shall be entitled
20 one % vote - 1e cast BY the owner II
person or by written proxy, the majority Of
the stock y5ten - any stockholders meeting
alter 5.- Pr5vided Ali notices to s,oskb5ider.
, shall be by ten l9l days written notice IN
less otherwise provided
! Within one % week from the election. tht
directors shall elect from among their NUN
Der q president and secretary treasurer. Al
+ OF said officers and directors shall hold then
. respective ofTces for one o. year from date!
| their successors are duly elected.
The hrst board Of directors IS hereby de
! clared 10 be: M William W. Hines, Miss
josephine T Wright and Alfred d. Preston
I and the said Miss Josephine 7. Wright a.
] seC-etary-treaSurer; which said board and of
/ GERS herein named shall hold their Offices IN
! III the Erst TUESDAY II January, 1915, at which
/ time and annually thereafter, an election
Of directors and officers shall be held as above
provided.
.
directors shall be filed by the remaining d!
/ rectors for the uneXpired term al a meetIn,
called for that purpose.
4 failure to elect under the terms Of thi
charter shall not have the effect OF dissolyin,
this corporation but the then existing boarC
and otncers shall remain IN ONCE until suci
election can be had
The board Of directors shall have tie powe
! TO make and alter the bylaws and 70 deter
mine upon the matter OF the seal as hereiaa
| boye provided for.
All employees Of this corporation. other thar
| the elected otncers, shall be deemed as EN-
ployed by the month, unless otherwise con
| tTacted with IN writing.
The said board shall delegate such Of thei
powers as they see ut TO their duly oonsti
| tuted agencies.
Article VI-This corporation may be dis
solved or this charter may be changed, al
tered or amended and the capital stock ma,
be increased or diminished by vote Of three
fourths ga OF the capital stock, issued a
| a general meeting called for that purpose
after thirty (SO days prior notice in writini
addressed 10 each stakeholder al his las
| known address
No stockholder shall be held liable or re
sPonsible for the contracts or faults Of thu
corporation in any further sum than the un
paid balance due the company on the share
OF stock owned by him nor shall any inioT
maity IT the organization hereof have tn
effect OF rendering this charter null or o
exposing any stakeholder TO any liability be
youd such unpaid balance.
Thus done and passed in NY Office in tn
city OF New Orleans, louisiana, on the DAY
month and year herein FIRST above written II
the presence OF Charles F. Coll III, and Wal
ter NJ. GuTley, competent male witnesse
here residing. who hereurto sign their names
together with the said appearers and me- no
:ary, after due reading Of the whole
Original signed: William W. Hines, A. Z
Preston, Josephine T. Wright. Walter n
GuT!ey, Chas; F. Coll, III.
W. MORGAN GURLEY, Not Pub.
n and Tor the parish Of Orleans state OF Lou
isiana, do hereby certify that the above an
FOREGOING act OF incorporation OF the "Tickfa,
Land Company was this day duly recorde
m my once. IN book No lll9. folio No 45O
New Orleans, La, January p. 1914
-tSlgnedj EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
l hereby certify the above and foregoing :
oe tue and correct copy Of the original az
I OF Incorporation Of the "Tickfaw Land Cor
pauy.' together with the certificate Of n
recorder OF mortgages Tor the parish OF o.
| leans. hereto appended on fle and OF recor
IN ny notarial ONCE IN the city OF New Oh
leans, louisiana
". MORGAN GyRLEY. Not. Pub.
Jan y p feb p l9 D
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