The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-08-09
CHARTER
June u, 1917.
ST. BERNARD CATTLE COM
PANY- INC

United States of America, State of Louisiana,
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans.
Be it known, that on this twenty-seventh
day of the month of June, in the year Of
seventeen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America, the one hundred
and forty-first; before me, Gustave A.
Llambias, a notary public, duiy commits
Parish of Orleans, and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed; personally came and appeared: Mr..
Joseph Frank Kerr, Mr.. George Link Hack
ney, and Mr.. John Lopez;
All of them of full age and residing in this
city, who declared that availing themselves
of the laws of this State, particularly OF the
provisions of Act No 267 of 1914, relative TO
the organization of corporations, they do by
these presents, agree and bind themselves
as we'll as such other persons as may here
after become associated with them, to form
and constitute corporation for the objects
and purposes and under the articles ana
stipulations following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title of this cor
poration shall be the st. Bernard Cattle
COmpaay, incorporated" In ITS SAID name
| enjoy succession for the term of ninety-nlne
| years from the date hereof, and shall possess
each and every power, capacity, and PRIV,
lege or immunity, now or hereattek granted
| by law to trading commercial corporations.
Article II.-This corporation shall be domi-
ciled in the City of New Orleans, Louisi-
| ana; and the president, and, in his absence,
| the vice-president, are designated as the
| officers upon whom citation or other legaI
| process can be served
Article III-The objects and purposes of
| this corporation and the nature of the bust
| ness to be carried on by it are hereby de-
| clared to be: to raise cattle and all kinds of
| stock, and diversified farming in all of its
branches, and to that end to buy and sell, at
wholesale or retail, cattle and stock and all
| farm products; to acquire, lease, maintain
| nth
| essary to carry on the said business; TO ac-
| quire, lease and operate farms and in connec'
| ton Herewith to acquire, lease. maintain
| and operate canning factory and ice plant
any and all farm products, and to dispose
| at wholesale or retail, of such canned, pre-
served or fresh products of said farm. And
generally to do any and all things above
enumerated and all other objects and pur
poses Herewith connected or incidental
thereto, 20 do any and all acts and thing:
which co-partnership or natural person
could do or exercise, and which now o.
hereafter may be authorized by law.
Article IV-The capital stock of this cor
poration is now fixed at five thousand dol
lars (sS,0O00O), divided into fifty shares $50
Of the par value of one hundred dollars pc
share $4,000. Subscriptions to stock shall
be paid for in cash and subject to any limi
tations placed thereon by law, and no certi
hcate shall issue TO any person until the pay
ment in full of the shares subscribed for b!
him.
Article V.-All the powers of this corpo
ration shall be vested into board of direc
tors composed of the president, vice-presiden
and secretary and treasurer. which othcer
shall be elected at a meeting of all tn
stockholders held for that purpose, annually
on the second Monday of July, at the domi
cile OF the corporation. The first election o
officers of this corporation which form IN
board of directors, shall take place on tn
second Monday of July 1913, and, until then
the following members shall serve as othcer
and members of the board OF directors o
this corporation, to-wit: Mr.. George Linl
Hackney, president; Mr.. John Lopez wee
president, and Mr.. Joseph Frank Kerr, sec
rotary and treasurer and manager. They shall
remain in Office until their successors hay
been duly elected and qualified:
Article VI-The appearers declared tina
they have subscribed, respectively, to tn
Mr. Joseph Frank Kerr, New Orlean:
fifteen shares: Mr.. George Link Hackney
New Orleans, nine shares; Mr.. John Lopez
Done and passed in my Office, at New Or
leans, the day, month and year first abov
written, an presence of Messrs. Delvaille d
Theard and Eugene L. Chappuis,. competen
witnesses, who have signed with the az
Original Signed: Geo. L. Hackney,
shares. John Lopez, l share; ]. F. Kerr,
shares. E. l. Chappuis, Dslvaille II ThearC
GUS. A. LLAMBIAS, Not. Pub
i, the undersigned recerder OF mortgage
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the aboy
and foregoing act of Incorporation OF the s
Bernard Cattle Co., Inc. was this day dull
recorded in my Office, in Book l2i2, folio IL
S eax S5'e'n EM lie ]. LEONARD. D. R.
true e GGs A. LLAMBIAs, Not. Pub.
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