The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-06-01
April 10Th, 1916
CHARTER
OF NEW ORLEANS SUGAR COMPANY,

United States OF America. State OF Lousi.
ana. Parish Of Orleans, City Of New Or
leans
Be it known, that on this 10Th day of the
| month OF April in the year OF our Lord one
| and of the independence OF the United States
tof America, the one hundred and forteth,
| before me. Asahcl 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
ence 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 as follows. to-wit:
william ". Nesterfeld, 9Oj Hennen Build.
North Peters Street, New Orleans, La; Paul
Best, S4S Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans,
| La; Maurice l.. DesforgeS, 2j5 North Peters
| Street, New Orleans, La.
Who declared that. ayailing themselves
OF the provisions of the laws OF the State Of
Louisiana, particularly Of Act No. 267 OF
the General Assembly of said State for the
year 1914, they have covenanted and agreed,
and do by these presents covenant and agree,
bind, form and constitute themselves, as
well such other persons as may hereafter
join or become associated with them, into a
corporation and body polite in law, for the
objects and purposes and under the agree
! men,s and stipulations following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and style OF this cor
poration shall be the New Orleans Sugar
Company, Inc, and by said corporate name
il shall have and enjoy succession for a
period OF ninety-nine years unless sooner
iSsolved, and have all the rights, priv
| ileges and immunitieS granted by law to
corporations. and under said corporate name
it shall have power toscontract, 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-
sOnal. 10 issue bonds, notes and other evil
NJ debt IN emOlOV such
managers directors, officers, agents and other
employees as the interest and convenience
OF the corporation may require, and to make
rules and regulations tor 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 ali citations or other
| legal process shall be served upon the presi-
| dent. or in case of his absence or inability
10 act upon the vice president the
absence Of both, upon the secretary treasurer.
| Article III.-The objects and purposes for
| which this corporation is 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 agri-
| 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, lease and otherwise, TO 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 70
| the purposes herein expressed.
Article IV-The capital stock of this cor.
poration is hereby declared TO be the sum
| Of fifteen thousand dollars, divided into one
hundred and fifty shares of the par value
of one hundred dollars each; said stock only