The herald., 1916-05-04
April Goth. 1910.
CHARTER
OF NEW ORLEANS SUGAR COMPANY.
INC.

OF NEW ORLEANS SUGAR COMPANY.
INC.
United States Of America, State Of Louisi-
ana. Parish Of Orleans, City Of New Or
leans.
BE II known. that on this 10Th day Of the
month OF April, IN the year OF our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and sixteen lglb),
and OF the Independence OF the United States
81 America, the one hundred and fortIcih,
before me, ASahel Walker Cooper, a notary
public. duly commissioned and qualified in
and for the parish Of Orleans. CITY of New
Orleans, therein residing. and IN the pres
encc OF the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appeared:
the following persons, all OF the age OF legal
majority, whose names, residences and post
office addresses are a. follows. to-wit:
William W. Westerneld, SO5 Ileuueu Build
ing, New Orleans, La; George !. Ricau, Ej
North Peters Street, New Orleans, La; Paul
Best, N5 TChpupitpulas Street, New Orleans.
La; Maurice l.. DeSiorgcs, 225 North Peters
Street, New Orleans, La.
Who declared that, awaiting themselves
of the provisions Of the laws OF the State of
Louisiana. particularly Of Act No. 2o7 OF
the General Assembly OF said State for the
year 1914, they have covenauted and agreed,
and do by these presents covenant and agree,
bind, form and constitute themselves, as
well as such other persons as may hereafter
join or become associated with them, into a
corporation and body polite in law, for the
~ eHNA 800 f'N~ 49, NN''ANA $50 b.
u.cnts and stipulationS following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and style Of this cor
p]oratiOn shall be the New Orleans Sugar
Company, Inc, and by said corporate name
it shall have and enjoy succession for a
period Of nInety-nine years unless sooner
dissolved, and have all the rights, priv
ileges and immunltles granted by law to
corporations, and under said corporate name
it shall have power to contract, sue and be
sued, to make and use a corporate seal, TO
hold. receive, purchase, convey, hypOtheCate,
lease or pledge, property, either real or per
SOral, TO issue bonds, notes and other evi-
dcnces of debt; to have and employ such
managers directors, officers, agents and other
employees as the interest and convenience
Of the corporation may require, and TO make
rules and regulations for Its corporate man
agement and control.
Article 1.-THE domicile of this corpora
ton shall be in the city OF New Orleans,
State of louisiana, and all citations or other
legal process shall be served upon the preSi-
dent, or in case Of his absence or inability
to act, upon the viCe-presIdent, or IN the
absence OF both, upon the ecretdry-treasurer
Article III.-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation i formed and the
nature Of the business to be carried on by 1t
are hereby declared to be as follows:
To do business as dealers, brokers, agents,
commission merchants and factors in agrl-
cultural products, particularly sugar, mo-
lasseS, rice and coffee, and their by products.
To plant, cultivate, grow, produce, manutac-
ture, buy and sell such agricultural products;
TO purchase, tease ana OtneT"iSe' 70 acquire
and operate sugar and rice plantations, re-
hneries, buildings, mills and machinery; TO
carry on the business OF refining, preparing,
buying, selling. importing and exporting
| sugar, sugar cane, molasses and rice, and
their by products, and generally to. do and
perform all things necessary or incidental to
the purposes herein expressed.
Article IN.-The capital stock OF this cor
p~oration is hereby declared to be the sun
Of fifteen thousand dollars, divided into one
hundred and hftv shares of the par value
of one hundred dollars each; said stock only