The herald., 1916-09-21
or THE LOUISIANA-MISSIS LAM
DEVELOPMENT co, INC.

| nItcd States OF America, State of Louisiana
City OF New Orleans
Be II known, that on this tenth day Of the
month 81 August, in the year Of our Lord
1910, before me, Pierre ID. Olivier. a notary
public duly commissioned and qualified in
aud Tor the parish OF Orleans, State Of Lou.
is'dnI, therein residing, and in the presence
OF the witnesses hereinafter named and un-
dcrssEned, perst ally came and appeared
the persons whose names are hereunto sub.
scrbd, all Of III full age Of majority and
residents Of the city OF New Orleans, who
severa!.y declared that, ayailing themselves
o. the general laws Of the State Of Louisi-
ana, and particularly OF Act 267 Of the Gen.
crdI Assembly OF 1914, they do by these
presents covenant and agree and bind them.
selves, a. well as all other such persons as
may become associated with them, in order
70 form and constitute corporation for the
ooJtciS and purposes, and under the stipula-
tons following. tO-wit:
Article The name and title Of this cor.
p'Fai.or shall be louisiana Mississippi Land
Development Company, incorporated. 1t shall
have ard enjoy succession aud existence 70.
date hereof.
The domicie Of tins corporation shall be
IN the city OF New Orleans, State Of Lou
lslaua- All citation and other legal p-5ces,
snail be served on the president and in case
OF MS absence, on the vice president
Article 1.-The objects and purposes for
which th:S corporation is organized, and the
nature Of the business to be carried on by
It are hereby declared TO be:
To engage in buying and selling lands and
real estate situated throughout the United
states, and Particularly in the states OF Lou
isiana and Mississippi. And this corpora.
ton shall have power to buy, sell, lease and
mortgage lands and other real estate, 10 erect
bIlld'ngS and make improve rlents Of all kinds
upon lands, and generally 20 do all things
necessary and proper pertaining 70 the busi.
ness ~ buying, selling and improving lands
Article lll.-Ihe capital stock Of This coz.
Pordiion = fixed a. the sum Of FIVE thousand
dollars tS5,D0OOp divided into ffty tSg sbares
OF one hundred dollars each
The capital stock OF this CORPORATION may
he increased to tve hundred thousand dol
lars tSNu,crnOI.
Article lN.--AIl the powers Of this corpo.
ration shall be vested in board OF direc.
tors % be composed of three directors two
Of whom shar constitute a quorum for m.
transaction of business, 10 be elected by the
stockholders at general meeting to be held
on the second Monday Of June of each year
Until the election held in June, 1917, the fol.
loving shall constitute the directors and
officers Of the corporation 10 serve until their
sueSe SS0rs ara elected and qualifed: Craw.
lord lord II. Ellis New Orleans, La; Emilen
Perrin, New Orleans, La; Philip s. Gidiere
New Orleans, La, with said Crawford II
Eiils as president Emilieu Perrin as vice.
president and Philip :. Gidiere as secretary.
treasurer
The directors shall make all bylaws. ruIe,
ana regulations necessary for the conduct OF
the business OF the corporation. a failure al
any time TO hold meetings or TO elect direc.
tots or of!cers, as herein provided, shall not
WORK the forfeiture Of this charter or dissolve
the corporation, but the existing board OF
directors and officers shall continue in office
until their successors have been elected In
ne event OF the death, disability or resigna.
tion OF one or more OF the directors the re.
naming directors or director shall have the
power TO appoint from among the stockhold
eIS a successor or successors to such director
The incorporators have set opposite their
names their respective addresses, the number
OF shares to which they respectively sub.
scrlbed. and attached hereto is a descrip.
lion OF the property transferred to said cor.
poTation in payment OF William c. Dufour's
subscription to the capital stock, together with
directors.
Thus done and passed in my Office in the
city OF New Orleans on the day, month and
year first above written in the presence oil
MessrS. Esmond Phelps and Frank A. Miller
both OF the full age of majority and residing
signed hereto with the said appearers and me
notary, after due reading of the whole
The original is signed: VIM. c. Dufour
q shares, Whitney Bldg, New Orleans, La.
St, New Orleans. La; Philip S. Gidiere, on,
% share, 70S Union ST., New Orleans. La.
Crawford II. Ellis,one share, 32l St. Charlie,
ST., New Orleans, La;
Witnesses IS, ESmond fheips, Frank n. Miller
PIERRE d. OLIVIER, Notary Public
/, the undersigned recorder of mortgage.
IN and for the parish of Orleans, State o.
louisiana, do hereby certify that the abov,
and. foregoing act of incorporation of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Land Development Co.
Inc, was this day duly recorded in my Of
fee III book 1901, folio 90.
New Orleans, August IL, 1916
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. r
A true copy of the original on file anC
OF record in my office, New Orleans, Angus
Is, 1910.
(Sgned) PIERRE d. OLIVIER,
Notary Public.
aug II "a 81 sept "a Fl