The herald., 1914-09-03
CHARTER


OF REPUBLIC bon COMPANY, INC.
Lmtcd states VI America, Stale OF louisiana,
idrlsh OF Orleans, CITY Of New Orleans.
lie II known, mat on TINS twenty -eIghIll
day OF The month OF August, III The year one
thousand nine hundred and fourteen, before
me, scott +. beer, notary puOAC and Tor
me PARISH OF Orleans, state OF louisiana there
III residing, and IN the presence VI the Wit
Ecsses herein named and undersigned, per
sOnaIly came and appeared the persons ncrcin-
after subscribed, VINO declared that, awaiting
incmSeIvesOt the laws 81 tins state relative
10 the organization Ot corporations IN such
cases made ana provided, they constitute
themselves, their successors and assigns, a
corporation under the stipulation herein set
forth, which they adopt their charter, to-
wit:
Article The name OF this corporation
shall be Republic Box Company, Inc; and
IT'S period OF duration shall be ninety nine
(9D years from this date, and 1t shall have,
tor the purpose OF the business to be carried
on by 1t, all the powers conferred by law
upon corporations, and shall generally eNer-
else all the powers necessary 10 carry on said
business.
Article 1.-THE domicile of this corpora
TIN shall be in the city of New Orleans, state
OF Louisiana; and all citation ana other legal
process shall be served on the president. and
IN case OF his absence or disability, upon the
secretary treasurer.
Article lll.-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized and the
nature of the business to be carried on bv il
are hereby declared to be: to manufacture
buy and sell wirebound and other wooden
boxes, 6ox-shooks and wooden packages of
all kinds, veneer, lumber, shingles timber
and logs, and all timber products, for domes.
tic sale or export; and in that connection and
to that end to purchase, lease or otherwise
acquire, and operate box factories and saw
mills; to construct, acquire and use RAILWAYS
tramways and all rights-of-way for the trans
portatiCn OF boxes, shocks, veneer, lumber,
timber, logs and other products, and to &C
quire, lease, charter and operate barges,
transportation of boxes Shocks veneer lum-
Der, timber, lgs and other timber products, and
other articles; to buy, lease, or otherwise &C.
qulre, timber lands, and to acquire, lease and
hold lands for the of saw mills and timber
yards, and to buy and otherwise acquire tim.
Der rights and lands; to acquire by purchase,
lease, or otherwise, patents or inventions or
leases thereof or rights thereto in connection
with for the purposes of said business; and
generally to do, and perform any and all
things incidental to appertaining to the
aforesaid objects and purposes.
Article lN.-The amount Of the capital
stock Of this corporation is hereby declared
to be ten thousand (Sl0,OO00O) dollars, which
shall consist of 100 shares OF the par value OF
one hundred dollars per share, and fifty per
cent of the capital stock shall be subscribed
for before the filing Of the articles OF incorpo-
ration; and all of said stock so subscribed for
shall be paid in before the corporation en-
cages in business. The balance of the author
lied capital stock when subscribed shall be
paid for at such times as the board of direc-
tors shall determine; and all stock shall be
paid for in labor done, or money or property
actually received, and at such time as the
board of directors shall determine.
The amount to which the capital stock may
be increased shall be twenty-five thousand
(S25,0OO00) dollars.
No transfer of stock shall be binding upon
this company unless made upon the books of
the company. and no sale or other disposal of
said stock shall be valid unless first offered
to the remaining stockholders of this COM
pany for thirty days at price not in excess
Of the book value of said stock on the date
of such offer; and ali stock held or acquired
in this corporation shall be subject to this
provision of the charter
Article N.-All the powers of this corporation
shall be vested in and the business and af-
fairs of the corporation managed by board