The herald., 1914-02-05
January 10Th, 1914.
CHARTER

! re - known. that on this twentieth day OF
| the month OF January, IN the year pL Ou'
! Lord one thousand nine hundred ana iouI
teen and Of the independence OF the Ihited
! States OF America the one hundred, anu
| thirty-eighth, before me, W. Morgan U9fley' d
| notary public, duly COMMISSIONER anu qua lt.
] fed IN and for the parish OF Orleans, stale
! of Louisiana, therein residing, ana III OS
presence of the witnesses hereinafter na'iCu
! and undersigned, personally came anu ~
| pearcd. the several persons VINO heIeu'tC 80
| scribe their names, all residents OF TINS cry
| Of full age, who Severally declare, that aVdlt-
! ing themselves of the provisions OF the laws
! and constitution of the state OF louisiana
relative 20 the organization OF corporations,
| they have contracted and agreed ana 90 OS
! these presents, contract. agree ooigate anu
bind themSelve as well as Such persons 90
/ NAV hereinafter become associated with theih'
| 10 form and constitute corporation or Douy
| polite in law for the objects and purposes
! hereinafter expressed and under the agree
ments and stipulatiOns herein folLo"lhg' To-
Article THE name of this corporation
! shall be the "Tickfaw Land Company, with
| Of Louisiana and shall under its corporate
name csN for fifty go years from, date
! hereof; and shall have power and authority
70 and be sued; to buy hold receive
improve, convey, SELL operate, pledge, mort
| gage hypOtheCate. rent, lease property, rear,
| personal and mixed; TO name and appoint al
| managers, directors or agents and employees
| as the interest Of the corporation may require
| To establish such bylaws, rules and reguld,
tons as may be necessary and proper ahc
! the same to alter, amend and abolish at pleas,
! u-e; and shall have the power 10 make and
! use a corporate seal or not as the board may
! deem best and the same 10 break or after az
| pleasure: and generally 70 do and perform all
| such acts may be proper or necessary 70
carry out and execute the purposes OF TINS
Article II-An legal process shall be served
! on the president OF tins corporation and IN the
event Of his absence or inability TO act, theh
/ 4Ip I
! Article III.-The objects and purposes Tor
which this corporation Is organized ana inc
| nature of the business to be carried on by II,
| are hereby declared to be: the buying selling;
| owning, improving, operating IN lands and
| timber and all by-prOduCts OF timber; TO Oilld
| and operate or lease IN connection with said
| business. tramways. railways and water craft
/ TO establish and operate all kinds oil MUS
/ and factories; to deal in the manufacture oil
| turpentr. and turpeutine stills and all by
/ products thereof and to operate the merCah-
! tile business OF wholesale and retail and to
/ do anything necessary and requisite to carry
| on such business.
! Article IV-The capital stock Of this cor.
! poration is hereby fixed At sixty five hundred
| dollars (S6,5OOOO), divided into sINty-hve (oo)
| shares at one hundred dollars $4,000 eacn,
| which said stock shall be paid for IN cash,
or may be issued at par in payment for prop
| erty, real, personal OF mixed actually Pur-
chased or for services actually rendered to
| this corporation, which stock shall be tull
! paid and worcestershire.
| This corporation shall be authorized to com
mence business and be going concern upon
the subscription in full of three thousand dol
| lars (S5,0OOOO) of its capital stock.
| The shares of stock shall be transferable
only on the books of this corporation, and
no other transfer shall be binding on this
Article V-An the corporate powers shall
be vested in and exercised by board OF three
90 directors, who shall each be stock.
holder of this corporation, the majority OF
whom shall constitute quorum for the trans
action of all business
Said directors shall be elected annually
from among the stockholders on the first Tues
day in January Of each year after due notice
of said meeting shall have been given to
each stakeholder by mail to his last known
address, ten QOl days prior to the holding of
said election, which said notice or any other
notice required by this charter may be served
in writing.
At elections and all meetings of the stock.
holders each share of stock shall be entitled
to one CD vote to be cast by the owner in
person or by written proxy, the majority OF
the stock voted, at any stockholders meeting
shall decide all questions, except as herein
after provided. All notices to stockholders
shall be by ten C0) days written notice un-
less otherwise provided.
Within Cd week from the election. the
directors shall elect from among their num-
Der president and secretary treasurer. All
of said officers and directors shall hold their
respective offices for one Oh. year from dates
fixed by this charter for election and until
their successors are duly elected.
The first board of directors is hereby de-
clared TO be: Mr.. William w. Hines, Miss
Josephine T.. Wright and Alfred d. Preston,
with the said William w. Hines as president
and the said Miss Josephine T. Wright as
secretary. treasurer; which said board and Off
GERS herein named shall hold their Offices I'M
til the first Tuesday in January, 1915 at which
time and annually thereafter, an election
Of directors and officers shall be held as above
provided.
Any vacancies occurring on said board of
directors shall be filled by the remaining d.
rectors for the unexpired term at a meeting
called for that purpose.
A failure to elect under the terms of this
charter shall not have the effect of dissolving
this corporation but the then existing board
and officers shall remain in office until such
election can be had.
The board of directors shall have the power
to make and alter the bylaws and to deter
mine upon the matter of the seal hereina-
bove provided for
All employees of this corporation, other than
the elected officers, shall be deemed as enl-
ployed by the month, unless otherwise con-
tracted with in writing.
The said board shall delegate such of their
powers as they see INT to their duly consti-
tuted agencies.
Article VI.-This corporation may be dis.
tered or amended and the capital stock NAV
be increased or diminished by a vote of three
tourths go OF the capital stock, issued at
general meeting called for that purpose.
after thirty 800 days prior notice in writing
known address.
4NO SloCknOluer snail be held liable
sponsible for the contracts or faults of this
corporation in any further sum than the un-
paid balance due the company on the shares
of stock owned by him nor shall any infor-
mallty IN the organization hereof have the
effect OF rendering this charter null or of
exposing any stakeholder to any liability be-
yond such unpaid balance.
Thus done and passed in my office in the
city OF New Orleans, Louisiana, on the day.
month and year herein first above written in
the presence of Charles F. Coll, III, and Wal.
ter Nj. Gurley. competent male witnesses
here residing, who hereunto sign their names
together with the said appearers and me. no.
tary, after due reading Of the whole
Original signed: William W. Hines. A d
Preston, Josephine T. Wright Walter M.
Gurley, Chas. F. Coll, Ill
| w. MORGAN GURLEY, Not Pub.
L, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
IN and for the parish of Orleans state of Lou.
isiana, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing act OF Incorporation of the "Tickfaw
Land Company" was this day duly recorded
IN my office, in book No. lllo, folio No 45O
New Orleans, La, January 81, 1914
tSigned) EMILE J. LEONARD, DIV. R
L hereby certify the above and foregoing "a
be true and correct copy of the original aci
OF Incorporation of the ''Tickfaw Land Corn.
J pany, together with the certificate of m,
recorder of mortgages for the parish of Or.
leans, hereto appended, on file and of record
: IN my notarial Office in the city of New Or.
| leans, Louisiana.
W. MORGAN GURLEY, Not. Pub.
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