St. Tammany farmer., 1917-05-19
CHARTERS.
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CHARTER
of the
iLEXICS BROTHERS & PCOMANY
INCORPORATED.
CHARTERS.
United States of America, State OF
Louisiana, Parish of st.
Tammany.

Be it known that on this twenty
fifth day of the month of April, in
the year of our Lord One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Seventeen, be-
fore me, Arthur l.. Bear, a Notary
Public in and for the parish of st.
Tammany, State of Louisiana, duly
commissioned and qualified and
therein residing, and in the pres
ence OF the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned,
Personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, who severally
declared that availing themselves OF
the provisions OF the laws OF the
State of Louisiana relat.ye>to cor
porations and their organization, and
especially of Act No. 267 Of the Gen
eral Assembly, for the year 1914,
they have covenanted and agreed,
and by these presents do covenant
and agree and bind themselves as
we'll as such other persons as may
hereafter become associated with
them, or their successors, to form
and constitute body polite in law,
for the purposes and objects, and
under the stipulations and agree
ments hereinafter set forth, which
they adopt az their charer, to-wlt:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title OF this
corporation Is hereby declared to be
Alexius Brothers & Company, 1ncor'
porated, and its domiciIe shall be in
the town of Covington, in the parish
Of St.-Tammany, in the State OF Lou
isiana, and by this name it shall have
and enjoy existence and succession
for q period of ninety-nine (9e)
years from and after the date here
Of, unless sooner dissolved by law
or by the consent of the stockholders
as hereinafter provided.
Under this name this corporation
shall have the power and authority
to contract; to sue and be sued; to
make and use a corporate seal with
such inscription and device as may
be selected therefor by the Board O.
Directors, and the same to ureak o.
alter at PLEASURE; to hold, lease, re-
ceive, purchase, sell, convey, alien
ate, borrow, pledge, mortgage anf
hypothecate, under its corporate
name, property, real, personal and
mixed, movable and immovable; to
issue bonds as the law permits, a
well as notes and other obligations;
to name and appoint such officers
directors, managers, agents and en-
ployees as the interest and conveni-
ence of said corporation may re-
quire; to make and use such bylaws
and rules and regulations for the
proper management Of its affairs as
may be deemed necessary and prop
er, and the same to reasonably
change, at pleasure; and to do all
other acts and things permitted by
'aw, or such as may be necessary
for the proper conduct Of its affairs
or to carry into effect any of the
powers, privileges and immunitfes it
permitted 20 hold and exercise un-
Ter the laws OF the State OF LOU
isiana.
ARTICLE II.
All citations, or other legal pro-
cesses shall be served on the pres
.cnt. or in his absence, On the first
-ice-president and general manager,
or in his absence on the second vice
resident, Or in his absence, on the
secretary-treasurer Of this corpora
on, a. its domicile, in accordance
with the statutes of the State Of Lou
isiana, relative to making service on
corporations.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized and es-
tablished, and the nature Of the busi-
ness to be carried on by it, are de-
clared to be: To carry on general
hardware business; to deal in ,um-
ber, brick and M kinds Of building