The herald., 1916-09-28
CHARLES SCHNEIDAU,
CHARTER
OF ALLEMANIA PLANTING COMPANY.


State OF Louisiana, Parish of Orleans.
be II known, that on this the 25rd day of
September IN the year of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and sixteen. before me.
John c. Davey. Jr., notary public, duly quail
med commissioned and sworn in and for
the above parish and state. personally came
and appeared the. subscribers hereinafter
named and undersigned who declared thar
avaling themselves of the provisions OF the
laws Of Louisiana relative to the formation
OF corporations, and particularly of those of
Act No 2o7 OF the General Assembly of 1914,
approved July 9. 1914 they do bv these
presents, for themselves and for others who
may hereafter become associated with them.
TORN a body corporate and polite under the
io!Iowing terms, conditions and stipulations
Article 1.-The name of this corporation is
hereby declared to be the Allemania Plant
ing Company Inc, and its domicile shall be
III Ine cry OF New Orleans, Louisiana.
Article 1.-The objects and purposes for
whlch this corporation is formed are hereby
declared to be, TO acquire and operate sugar
ana other plantations, and sugar houses
herewith and TO sell the same and do ali
other things connected with or appertain.
ing 10 the objects for which this corpora
ton has been formed
Article llI.-The capital stock of this cor.
pOration is hereby fixed at the sum of tbirtv
thousand dollars, divided into three hundred
shares OF the par value of $1,000 each, all
Of WHICH has been fully paid as shown by
'''N SUpHNIibtI signatures hereto, and said
capital stock may at any time be increased
to the sum of hundred thousand dollars
by complying with the provisions of the laws
mace and provided for in such cases.
Article lE-All the corporate powers Of
this corporation are vested in a board of
directors of five members; and the first board
shall be Achille |. Picard, Michael Hey
mann mar HEenry A. Testard, Jos. ". Ferguson.
provided or until their successors are elect
ed, and OF whom Henry A. Testard shall be
president and A. l. Picard, ce-president
and general manager, and the said board shall
meet at least once every three months, or
oftener. as may be determined by the by-
laws to be adopted, and the president at anv
time shall have the, right to 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 to be resi-.
dents Of the city of New Orleans, except
A; ]. Picard, who resides in Gonzales. Lou.
isiana, and said directors and officers shall
serve from September %, 1916, to January
LIST, 1913 or until their successors are duly
elected and qualified.
Article N.-Said board of directors shall
have the power to enter into contracts and
obligations for the business Of the corpora-
tion, and may authorize the president, or in
ms absence the vice-presdent and general
manager TO enter into such contracts for and
on behalf of the corporation.
Inc board shall have the right to make by
avs and regulations for the government Of
.re odiu corporation, ana TO change same as
therein provided; to adopt common seal and
change and alter same at pleasure; and the
president of the corporation or in his absence
the yice-president and general manager, shall
De me proper ofhcer 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
snail nix their compensation and may charge
same from. time to time, and between cleo
tons the board shall have the right to fill
any vacancy which may occur in its mem
bership. a secretary and treasurer may be
elected by the board who need not be a
Article VI.-This corporation shall continue
for the period OF fifty years unless sooner
dissolved and liqudated 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
this state
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 the officers hereinabove provided for
Thus done and passed at my office in the
city of New Orleans, in the presence Of the
| undersigned competent witnesses, both OF
the city of New Orleans, who hereto sign
with said appearers, and me, notary, after
due reading of the whole, on the day and
| date aforesaid.
Original signed: Fl. A. Testard, for fifty
twenty-five shares; NJ. Heymann, for twenty
FIVE shares; d. Villa, for fifty shares; Jos
v. Ferguson, for fifty, shares. Witnesses
Jos A. Wisong, w. E. Adolph.
JOHN c. DAVEY, Jr., Notary Public
I, the undersigned recorder. of mortgages
in and for the parish of Orleans, State O.
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the abov'
and foregoing act of incorporation Of tn
Allemania Planting Co., Inc, was this da,
duly recorded in my Office in book l2Ol, foli
- New Orleans, Sept. Is, 1910.
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
JOHN {. DAvEY, JR. Notary Public
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