The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-10-19
CHARTER
OF ALLEMANIA PLANTING COMPANY.
INC

|
State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans.
! lie II known. that on this the 23rd day O
| september IN the year of our Lord one thou
! SaRd nine hundred and sixteen, before me
John [. Davey, Jr., notary public. duly quail
med commissioned and sworn in and fo
! the above parish and state, personally cam
and appeared the subscribers hereinafter
| named and undersigned who declared thai
| ayailing themselves of the provisions of The
laws OF Louisiana relative to the formation
OF corporations, and particularly of those OF
| Act No. POI OF the General Assembly of 1914
approved July Q, 1914, they do by these
presents, for themselves and for others who
may hereafter become associated with them
torn body corporate and polite under the
following terms, conditions and stipulations
tO-wit:
Article The name of this corporation is
hereby declared to be the Allemania Plant.
ing Company. Inc, and its domicle shall be
IN the city Of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Article 1.-The objects and purposes for
Thich this corporation is formed are hereby
declared TO be, TO acquire and operate sugar
and other plantations, and sugar houses,
own and operate railroads in connection
Herewith and 10 sell he same and do ali
other things connected with or appertain.
iion has been formed
Article llI.-The capital stock of this cor.
poration IS hereby fixed at the sum of thirty
thousand dollars, divided into three hundred
m. a
OF which has been fully paid as shown bv
the subscribers signatures hereto; and said
capital stock may at any time be increased
to the sum of one hundred thousand dollars
by complying with the provisions of the laws
made and provided for in such cases
Article lV.-All the corporate powers of
TINS corporation are vested in board of
directors OF hve members; and the first board
snail be Achille ]. Picard, Michael Uey.
mann, Henry A. Testard, Jos. " Ferguson.
ana ID. via, who shall serve as hereinafter
provided or until their successors are elect.
ed. and OF whom Henry A. Testard shall be
and general manager, and the said board shall
meet at least once every three months. or
oftener, as may be determined by the BY.
Jaw! TO be adopted, and the president at any
TIME snail have the right 10 call special
meetings thereof, and must do so upon the
written request OF three members thereof
All OF the said members of the board of
directors are hereby declared 10 be resi-.
A: l. Picard, who resides in Gonzales, Lou.
iSians, and said directors and officers shall
serve from September D, 1916, to January
elected and qualified.
Article V.-Said board of directors shall
nave the power 10 enter into contracts and
obligations for the business of the corpora
ton, and may authorize the president. or in
ms absense the vice-president and general
manager TO enter into such contracts for and
on behalf of the corporation.
me BOARD shaIl nave the right to make by
laws and regulations for the government of
the said corporation, and to change same as
therein provided; to adopt a common seal and
change and alter same at pleasure; and the
president OF the corporation or in his absence
the vice-president and general manager. shall
be the proper officer upon whom citation or
other legal process may be served
All officers and employees shall be elected
and engaged by the board and all shall hold
ONCE at the pleasure thereof and said board
shall TX their compensation and may charge
same from TING to time, and between cleo
tons the board shall have the right TO fiji
any vacancy which may occur in its men,
bershiP. A secretary and treasurer may be
elected by the board who need not be a
member thereof.
Article VI.--This corporation shall continue
dissolved and lquidated as provided by law,
and said appearers further declare that in
all respects not herein provided for said cor
poration shall be governed by the laws of
Article. VII.-The election for directors
shall take place on the third Monday OF
December 1917, and annually thereafter, and
said directors shall elect from among their |
number me othcers hereinabove provided for. |
Thus done and passed at my Office in the !
atty Of New Orleans, in the presence of the |
undersigned competent witnesses, both of |
he city, OF New Orleans, who hereto sign |
iue reading. OF the whole, on the day and |
late aforesaid. |
Original signed: II. A. Testard, for fifty
shares; A. ]. Picard, for one hundred and |
twenty-five shares; M. Heymann, for twenty
i've shares; d.. Villa, for fifty shares; JOS /
Y. Ferguson, for fifty shares. Witnesses:
los. A. Wisong. w. E. Adolph.
JOHN c. DAVEY, Jr, Notary Public.
], the undersigned recorder of mortgages,
n and for the parish of Orleans, State of
louisiana, do hereby certify that the above |
md foregoing act of incorporation of the
Allemania Planting Co., Inc, was this day I
:: New Orleans, Sept. Is, 1916.
lSigneO EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
A true copy.
JOHN c. DAVEY, JR.. Notary Public
sept % oct II l9 Is nov