The herald., 1916-10-05
CHARLES SCHNEIDAU,
CHARTER
OF ALLEMANIA PLANTING COMPANY

State OF Louisiana, Parish of Orleans.
he It known, that this the 25rd dav OF
| September III the year of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and sixteen, before me
lohn [. Dayey, Jr; notary public. duly quail
med. commissioned and sworn in and Ia,
| the above parish and state, personally camf
and appeared the subscribers hereinafter
named and undersigned who declared tha,
| svaiIIng themselves Of the provisions of the
laws of Louisiana relative to the formation
OF corporations, and particularly of those OF
Act No. 267 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.
form a body corporate and polite under the
to-wit:
Article, 1.-The name of this corporation is
hereby declared to be the Allemania Plant
ing Company, Inc, and its domicie shall be
IN the city OF New Orleans, Louisiana.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes for
T IliIcn ms corporation IS formed are hereby
declared to be, 10 acquire and operate sugar
ana other plantations, and sugar houses,
own and operate railroads in connection
herewith and to sell the same and do all
2ther things connected with or appertain-
ing to the objects for which this corpora
ton has been formed
Article IlI.-The capital stock of this cor.
poration is hereby fixed at the sum Of thirty
thousand dollars, divided into three hundred
snares OF the par value of $1,000 each, all
OF which has been fully paid as shown by
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 IV.-All the corporate powers of
TINS corporation are. vested in a board of
shall be Achille !. Picard, Michael Hey-
mann, Henry A. Testard, Jos. V. Ferguson.
and ID. Villa, who shall serve as hereinafter
provided or until their successors are elect
Il n ham
president and A. l. Picard. vice-president
and general manager, and the said board shall
meet al least once every three months or
oftener, as may be determined by the BY.
laws to be adopted, and the president at any
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. l. Picard, who resides in Gonzales, Lou
isiana, and said directors and officers shall
serve from September %, 1916, TO January
elected and qualified.
Article V.-Said board of directors shall
nave the power to enter into contracts and
obligations for the business of the CORPORA.
ton, and may authorize the president. or in
ms absence the vice-president and general
manager 10 enter into such contracts for and
on behalf OF the corporation
Inc board shall have the right to make by
tne said corporation, and TO change same as
tnerein 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-presdent and general manager shall
be the proper officer upon whom citation or
other legal process may be served
All othcers and employees shall be elected
and engaged by the board and all shall hold
office at the pleasure thereof and said board
snail INK 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 NAV be
elected by the board who need not Be a
member thereof
Article vI.--This corporation shall continue
for the period of fifty years unless sooner
dissolved and liquidated 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 hereinaboye 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 sigr
with said appearers, and me, notary, after
due reading OF the whole, on the day and
date aforesaid.
Original signed: H. A. Testard, for fifty
shares; A. /. Picard, for one hundred and
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 OF
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of Incorporation Of the
Allemania Planting Co., Inc, was this day
duly recorded in my Office in book l20l, folio
-. New Orleans, Sept. Is, 1916.
(Signed) EMILE ]. LEONARD, by. r.
A true copy.
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