St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-08-14

'AY, AUGUST J Il,
ACT OF INCORPORATION
LES C0QUILLEs COMPANY, IN
CORPORATED.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Or
leans, City Of New Orleans.
Be it known that on this the LIST
day Of the month Of July, in the
year Of our Lord, nineteen hundred
and fifteen, and of the independence
Of the United States Of America, the
one hunded and thirty-ninth.
Before me, Charles F. Fletchinger.
q Notary Public duly commissioned
and qualified in and for the State,
parish and city aforesaid, therein
residing, and in the presence OF the
witnesses hereinafter named and IN
dersigned, personally came and ap-
peared the several persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed, who
declared that. availing themselves
of the laws of this State relative to
the formation and organization of
corporations. they have covenanted
and agreed, and do, by these pres
ents, covenant, agree and bind them
selves, as we'll as those who may
hereafter become associated with
them, to form themselves into a
corporation for the objects and pur-
poses, with the name and under the
stipulation following, to-Wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and style of this cor
poration shall be lies COquilles
Company, Incorporated and by
said corporate name it shall have
succession and enjoy existence for a
period of ninety-nine years, unless
sooner dissolved in the manner pro-
vided by law and the articles of this
charter; and under said corporate
name t shall have power and au-
thority to contract, sue and be sued.
to make and use corporate seal,
the same to alter or break at pleas
ure, to make all necessary rules and
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agement and control, and shall have
and enjoy all the rights, privileges
and immunities which are now con-
ferred upon, or may hereafter be
granted to corporations of the same
kind and character.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile Of this corporation
shall be the island known as Les
Coquilles Island in the parish Of St.
Tammany, State of Louisiana, and
all citations and other legal process
ses shall be served upon the presi-
dent, or, in his absence or inability
to act, upon any other officer Of the
corporation. 1
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation Is organized
and the nature of the business to be
carried on by it are hereby declared
to be to buy, sell, own, lease, culti-
vate or otherwise use or deal in
lands in the State Of Louisiana and
elsewhere; to buy, sell, lease, breed
or otherwise handle or deal in cattle
or other animals; to own, lease or
operate canning factories or other
manufacturing business; to import
or export or otherwise handle or
deal in agricultural products or
other merchandise; to own, charter
or otherwise acquire or operate yes
sells of any character for the pur-
pose Of shipping or Transporting
products or merchandise dealt in by
the corporation, or otherwise; and to
procure insurance on such vessels or
for its own account or
or organization, and to
have such general and individual
powers as may be necessary in fur
therance of the objects and purposes
herein set forth or such as q natural
person might have or exercise, and
to have and be vested with such
powers as are conferred upon cor
porations of the same kind and
under the laws Of the
State Of Louisiana.
ARTICLE Nv.
The authorized capital stock of
this corporation is hereby fixed at
nifty thousand ($5O,O0O) do lars,
by five hundred (5O0)
shares of the par value of one hun
bred ($1O0) dollars each, to be paid
1t such time and in such manner
rs the board Of directors may re-
Quire and may be issued for cash or
in payment for property or services
received by or rendered to
said corporation.
This corporation shall become
going concern as soon as fifty thous-
md dollars of its capital stock shall
have been subscribed for and paid.
The parties hereto declare that they
hereby subscribe for the number Of
shares set opposite their respective
signatures hereto, or an aggregate of
$50, 900.
The capital stock of this corpora
ion may be increased to the sum Of
$3.50, 900 in accordance with the pro-
1isions Of the law pertaining there
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ARTICLE v.
All the powers of this corpora
ion shall be vested in and be exer-
Used by q board Of not less than
hree nor more than i've directors,
% be elected at the stockholders
annual meeting. The persons 50
FAMED as directors, all of whom
hall be bona fide stockholders. may
.lect from their own number presi-
lent, a vice president and q secre-
The first board of