The herald., 1914-01-01
CHARTER
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! OF "kRACKE K FLANDERS COMPANY
| U,ited States OF America, State of Louisiana,
| Parish Of Orleans, City of New Orleans.
| u 1t known, that on this first day of the
month of December, in the year of our Lord,
| one thousand, nine hundred and thirteen, and
| of the independence of the United States of
America the one hundred and thirty-eighth,
| before me- Arthur John Peters, a notary pub
| lie, duly commissioned and qualified, in and
| for the parish of Orleans, city of New Or
| leans, and state of Louisiana, therein resid-
| ing. personally appeared the persons whose
| names hereunto subscribed, who declared
| that avaling themselves of the provisions Of
! the laws OF the state Of Louisiana, relative to
| the organization of corporations, they have
COyenanted and agreed, and that they do COW
euaut and agree, and by these presents bind,
| form and constitute themselves, well
them or become associated with them, into
corporation and body polite in law, for the
objects and purposes following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title of this cor
poration shall be: "Kracke & Flanders Com
pany, and its dOmicle shall be in the City
of New Orleans parish of Orleans, and state
Of Louisiana. Under its corporate name the
said corporation shall have the power and au-
thority to exercise and enjoy succession for
n period of ninety-nine years from the date
hereof, unless sooner dissolved; to contract,
and be sued; to make and use a corporate
seal, and to break, alter and change the same
at pleasure; TO have, hold, use, purchase, own,
receive, lease, sell, convey, mortgage and by
pothecate or pledge property real, personal and
portion Of its income, proceeding from its
capital stock otherwise, and to give and
receive securities therefor; to make advances
on real and personal securities; to purchase
receive, hold, sell its stock, or otherwise deal
IN bonds mortgages, notes, shares of capital
stock and other securities, obligations, con-
tracts, and evidences OF Indebtedness Of any
private, public or municipal corporation, or OF
the government of the United States, or of
any state, territory or colony thereof, or of
any foreign state or country in which this
corporation may have lawful interest; to
receive, collect and dispose of interest, dvi-
bends and incomes upon, of, and from, any
such bonds, mortgages, notes, shares OF cap
ital stock, securities, obligations, contracts,
evidences of Indebtedness, and other property
held, managed, or owned by it, and TO exer.
else in respect of all such bonds mortgages
notes, shares of capital stock, securities, OBJ
legations, contracts, evidences of indebted
ness and other property, any and all rights,
powers and privileges of individual owners
thereof; to do any and all lawful acts and
Things tending to increase the value of the
properties, assets or interest at any time
held. owned, controlled or managed by the
corporation; to issue bonds and to secure the
same by pledges, deeds of trust, mortgages.
or trust indentures, of. or upon, the whole, or
any part, of the property owned by the cor.
poratIon, and to sell, pledge such bonds for
the proper corporate purposes of the corpora
ton, IN such manner, and at such time as
the BOARD OF directors shall determine; and
IN me promotion OF its said corporate business
and to the extent authorized by law, to lease
purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, pledge
mortgage, and convey, real, and so far as in,
eldental to these purposes, personal property
OF any name, kind, or nature; to sell, or issue
or buy, all or any part of its capital stock or
any bonds or other evidences of Indebtedness
authorized by its board of directors in nav.
ment for the good will, rights, business. Der.
sonal property, real estate, or leases thereon
OF any person, firm, association or corpora-
ton, and the judgment of its board of direc.
tors, as TO the value of such goodwill, rights
business, property, real estate, or leases
thereon, shall, in the absence of fraud be
conclusive; to cause or allow the legal title
estate and interest in any property acquired
established or carried on by the corporation
to remain or be vested or registered in the
name OF or carried on by any other company
or companies, foreign or domestic. formed or
10 be formed, and either upon trust for, or
as agent, or as nominees, Of this corporation.
or upon any other terms conditions which
me board OF directors may consider for the
cement oil TINS corporation, and 10 manage the
aHalrs and take over the business OF such
company or companies so formed or IN he
formed, either by acquiring the shares stocks
or other securities thereof, or otherwise how
SoeVer, and TO exercise all or any of the now
eIs OF holders OF shares, stocks, or securities
thereof, and to receive and distribute as
prohts, the dividends and interest on such
snares, stocks or securities to guarantee the
payment OF dividends or interest on anv
shafes' stocks, bonds or other securities. own.
60 oy, or any other contract or obligation nf
any corporation whenever proper or necessaTy
ior the business Of this company, and SO lar