The herald., 1914-12-24
THE HER AID

thereof.
Generally to carry on or undertake any
other business OF the same general nature.
which. from time TO time, seems 10 the dIrc,-
tors OF this corporation capable OF being con
venientiy carried on m connection with the
above objects. or calculated directly or indl-
IcCtiy TO render valuable OF enhance the
value OF any Of the COmpany's privileges Or
rights, and which Is lawful IN Louisiana, i1r
corporation 50 organized
Article IIl.-Thc capital stock Of this cor
poratlun Is hereby fixed At the sum OF sixty
thousand dollars 5000, divided into and
represented b. six hundred (6yDD share, of
the par value e one hundred dollars tS.rruv|
each This capital stock may be increased tt|
two hundred sixty thousand dollars
sand stock shall be pald for IN .n,tallwvut,
Of such amounts and at such time, a. the
board OF directors may determine, bat amy
part pr parcel Of said stock may he ISSUED hy
SAID board OF directors 1t not less than pay
IN payment OF labor due or property actually
received by said corporation.
This corporation shall commence business
and hr q gong concern As soon ao tIrrty-u.rc
thousand dollar, OF lis capital stock shall
signed and executed by the .I,o-pura,ar>.
Article lN.-All the corporate powers ut tins
CuTpnratior shall be vested IA and exercised
hy board Of Hvc 80 directors, 10 be COM.
posed 81 Stockholders. three OF whom shall
constitute a quorum for trau>actIug al bust.
ness. The board Of directors shall be vested
with f"Il power and authority to make all con,
tracts. purchases and sales. and adopt a.l
bylaws, rules and regulations for the GOV
CIuwtut ot the business and affairs = ih,
company, and alter, amend and change the
same At pleasure, appoint, hire and dl~rlasgr
all officers, agents aud employees, uN all sal
aries, and generally TO DO and perform all
things necessary ~ the transaction pt the
business ard affair, OF the company. Any
vacancy occurring IN SAID board shall be
TNct 10y the remaining directors III the man
uer provided for in the bylaws.
The nrSt board Of directors Of this corpOr-
alton shall consist OF John :. Perry. Morton
HvEv.yltil
Frank \. llclmer with the said Frank 4.
Helmer rs president, II. ; Brdmwcll, Is vice
president. and John :. Perry, as secretary
and treasurer, who shall hold their Offices un-
I'll the first Monday IN December, 1915, oT un-
I'll their successors are duly elected and quail
lucd.
On the first Monday IN December, l9l5, and
annually thereafter, Al election Tor directors
shall be held at the office Of the company uH-
| der the supervision OF three commissioners to
| he appointed by the president, and the dI-,c
| tors then elected shall take their seats I'm
mcdiatcly and shall hold office until their sue
| ce>sorS are duly elected and qualified. Each
| board shall elec: its own officers, which shall
| consist OF president. a secretary and a
treasurer: two OF said Offlccs may be held by
| the same person.
All corporate elections shall be by ballot,
| and majority OF the votes cast shall elect,
and az ali stockholders meetings held for any
| purpose, each share of stock shall be entitled
| 10 one vote, either m person or by proxy, by
| the person m whose name same l. registered
| on the books OF the company, and the board
| OF directors may close the stock transfer books
Tor period not exceeding thirty days before
any meeting.
Written notice Of stockholders meetings
! shall be given TO each Ntockholder by the sec
re'ary at least ten uO) days prior to elcc-
touS, by mailing same, postage prepaid 10 his
last known Post-ofhcc address.
The board Of directors shall have power to
establish stock transfer agencies under reason
able rules and regulations, IN the cities OF
New Orleans, Louisiana; and Chicago. Him
oiS, ard AT such other places as they may
deem necessary and the business OF the cor
poration shall require.
Article N-IhIs act Of Incorporation may
be changed, altered or modified, this cor
poratiou dissolved IN any manner provided by
Law; with the assent OF threc-iourth- ca
Of the stock present or represented at any
general meeting of the stockholders convened
for that purpose after thirty tSp days PRIOR
notice of such meeting shall have been given
by publication in one Of the daily ncwSpa-
pcrs published in the city OF New Orleans
by five (5J publications during said period
and such changes As may be made IN refer
cnce to the capital stock shall be made IN ac-
cordance with the then existing laws on tine
Article VI-Whcrcver this corporation Is
| dissolved, either by limitation OF its charter
| or from any cause. its affairs shall be hqul-
| dated by three % commissioners to be ap-
| pointed from among the stockholders al a
| meeting of the stockholders convened Tor that
| purpose after thirty tSO) days prior notice
| shall have been gwen bV the secretary 10
| each stakeholder. Said commits sSoucrs shall
| remain in office until the affairs OF said cor
| poration shall have been fully liquidated. In
l case of the death OF either commissioner, the
survivor shall continue to act.
| Article NII.-NO stoCkhoder OF this COrpor-
| alton shall ever be held liable responsible
| for the contracts or faults thereof IN any
! further than the unpaid balance due TO
| the corporation on the shares owned by him,
| nor shall any mere informality in organization
| have the effect of rendering this charter null,
| nor OF exposing a stockholder TO any liability
! beyond the balance due on his stock.
| The subscribers hereto have each written
opposite their names the number of shares
| subscribed for, so that this acr may also serve
| as the original subscription list. Said sub
| scriptions TO the amount OF thirty.nlne thou
! sand (S5o,OO0O) dollars to be paid by the CON
veyanCe of the real estate and property IN
which said parties are interested, described
as follows, and valued by the present drec-
tors at the said amount to-wit:
A certain tract of land with improvements
situated at Barataria parish of Jefferson, state
| OF Louisiana, designated as portion Of Plat
| No q of Plan 50 of Seiin Magner, late no
| tary; said tract of land measuring more or
| less five thousand seven hundred and sixty
| two 5000 feet front on the River Ouacha or
| Grand Bayou Barataria, by depth OF three
hundred and eighteen ClS) chains and sew
enty-one (7D links on the line OF the property
OF Silas Turner and two hundred and eighty
three (2SS chains and twenty-one (2D links
! less one half ca arpcnt front on Bayou Bara-
! taria, by two hundred and eighty-three t&Sb
| chains twcnty-one t2D links III depth more
| or less: bounded on one side by the lands
| now or formerly belonging to Terrence Drouet,
nor or formerly the lands of Fernando and
| Chapron, and on the other side by the land OF
! the late J. L. Dautin, now or formerly the
| land Of John Coleman the same having been
! sold. however without any guarantee as to
| the exact depth of said tract, containing TWEEN
| tv-six hundred (1tOOl acres; in accordance
| with a plan Of survey made by the John a.
| KruSc Engineering Company.
Thus done and passed in my notarial otfce'
| in the city Ct New Orleans Louisiana, IN the
| presence OF Allan 6. Perry and Lieven DE
| PORTER competent witnesses OF lawful age
! and residing in this city, who hereunto sub
| scribe their names. together with said parties
| and me. notary. on the day and date set
| forth in the caption hereof. Corrections and
| interlineations made and approved before sign
Original signed: John 6. Perry, Chicago
| III, Is shares; F. A. Helmer, Chicago. Ill
Ios shares: II. 6. Bramwell. Lincoln, III, "a
shares Witnesses: Allan s. Perry, i. De
WM. ]. FORMENTO, Not. Pub.
| I, the undersigned recorder OF mortgages
in and for the parish of Orleans, state
louisiana do hereby certify that the abov'
and foregoing act of Incorporation OF the New
Orleans Plantation Co, Inc, was this da'
duly recorded in my Office in book ll|, ton
= New Orleans. Ia. Decemher \ I'''