The herald., 1917-12-13
ACT OF INCORPORATION

AL Ot IN INCORPORATION
VI BRACD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.,
INC.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, CITY
OF New Orleans
Be 1t known, That on this, the 10Th day
OF the month of November, 1917 and of the
independence OF the United States of Amer
ica the one hundred and forty second, before
me, CharIes +. Fletchinger, a notary public
duly commissioned and qualified in and for
the city, parish and state aforesaid, therein
residing, and IN the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereunto subscribed
who declared that, availing themselves of
the provisions of the laws OF this State rel
alive to the formation and organization of
corporations, they have covenanted and
agreed, and do, by these presents covenant
agree and bind themselves, as we'll as those
who may hereafter become associated with
them, TO form themselves into a corporation
tor the objects and purposes, with the name
and under the stipulations following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and style of this cor
poratlon shall be Braud Hardwood Lumber
Co., Inc, and by said corporate name it
shall have and enjoy succession and exist
ence tor period of ninety-nine years, I'M
less sooner dissolved, and shall have all the
rights, privileges and immunities which are
now or may hereafter be granted by law TO
corporations OF the same kind and character,
and under said corporate name it shall have
be sued to make and use a corporate SEAL
the same TO break or alter 4. pleasure, and
to make all necessary rules and regulations
tor ITS corporate management and control.
Article 1.-THE domicile OF this corpora
ton shall be in the City of New Orleans,
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and
citation and other legal processes shall be
served upon the Secretary, or in case of his
absence inability to act, upon any other
officer of the corporation.
Article III.-The objects and PURPOSES for
which this corporation is organized and the
nature of the business to be carried on by
it, are hereby declared to be: to manufacture
hardwood and other lumber, and the products
thereof; to buy and sell timber, timber lands,
lumber and other forest products; to acquire
by purchase otherwise, and to own and
operate, saw mills, planning mills, and other
manufacturing plants germane to its bust
ness; to acquire by purchase otherwise,
and to own and operate logging roads, tram
ways, Skidders, tug boats, barges and other
water craft in connection with its said BUSH
ness, but not as common carrier; to own
and operate commissaries for the sale by
retail and to do and perform all such acts
and things connected with appertaining
to the manufacture and sale of lumber and
other wood products as are or may be ger
name to the objects and purposes above ex-
pressed.
Article IV.-The capital stock of this cor
poration is hereby fixed at the sum of FIVE
thousand $4,000 dollars, divided into fifty
(S10O Dollars each, all of which shall be
common stock, and the amount to which the
capital stock may be increased is hereby
fixed at the sum of fifty thousand (50,0J0)
Dollars; the said stock shall be issued only
tor cash or in payment OF property or SER
vices actually received by or rendered to
said corporation; said stock shall be fully
paid for at the time of its issuance and
thereafter be worcestershire:
This corporation shall commence business
and become going concern as soon as the
whole of its Five thousand (S5,0O0) Dollars,
of capital stock shall have been subscribed
and paid for.
The parties to this act hereby declare that
they subscribe for the number of shares of
the capital stock of said corporation, set OPP
posite their respective signatures hereto, so
that this act of incorporation shall serve as
the original subscription.
Edward r. Braud, one of the said sub
scribers to the extent OF Forty-seven shares
Of the capital stock of said CORPORATION, in
full payment and liquidation Of said SUBJ
scription, does hereby convey, transfer, as
sign and set over and deliver to this cor
poration all of his right, title and interest
in and to those two certain timber contracts
described as follows:
First. All the right, claims, title and in
terest acquired by E. r. Braud from c. F.
Borah in and to that certain contract dated
October II, 1916, between w. II. Slaydon,
Of the first part and A. G. Little of the
second part, the interest of the said A. G.
Little in said contract being assigned by the
Nicholson Lumber & Manufacturing Co., on
on March Is, 1917, and the interest of the
Nicholson Lumber & Manufacturing Co. be-
ing conveyed to Chas. F. Borah, on April
9. 1917, which assignment. together with GER
tilted copy of the original contract, were
recorded on April II, 1917, in Conveyance
Book g. p. ali, on the records of the Parish
of ST. Tammany, La.
Second: All the right, title, claim and
interest of the said E. R. Braud in and to
L. ~
between A. G.. Little and J. T.. Coney, J.
s. Sexton and George w. Covington, the
rights to which contract have by various
assignments passed unto the said E. r.
Braud, the original contract being filed for
recordation in the Office of w. E. Blosman,
by. Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder, at Cow
ington, on March 9, 1917; said contract COW
ering timber on what is known as the "Ha-
zlehurst Tract"
The said Edward R. Braud. John T. Clo-
linger, Thomas D. Mobley, Clark w. Storrs
and Byrd II. Mobley compose all the men,
bers OF fine Board of Directors of this cor
poration in accordance with the require
ments of the law, and particularly Act No.
267 of 1914, of the Legislature of the State
of Louisiana. hereby value and appraise the
right, title and interest of the said Edward
r. Braud in and to the timber contracts
aforesaid at the sum Of Forty-seven hundred
($470O) Dollars.
No present or future stakeholder of this
corporation shall ever sell, assign or trans
fer. other than by inheritance, any of the
capital stock of this corporation until the
same shall have been first offered to the
remaining stockholders for the benefit of
those stockholders who may desire to pur-
chase the same through the Board of Direc-
tors, for period of ten days, at the book
value of such stock as shown by the books
of the corporation, on the 31st day of De-
cember. preceding the date Of such offer. It
shall be the duty of the Board of Directors.
promptly upon receiving an offer of sale of
any Of the capital stock of this coruoration,
70 communicate the same to the stockholders,
in writing, through the Secretary of the
Company, and each of the said stockholders
shall be entitled to purchase such proportion
of the stock so offered for sale as the num-
Der of shares owned by him, bears to the
number of shares owned by all other stock
holders .deiring to participate in the pur-
shares. No sale under foreclosure. attachment
or other process. or by virtue of any power
of attorney. pledge or hypothecation, shall be
validly made until the foregoing require
ments have been complied with by the per-
son or persons, firm or corporation provoking
such foreclosure or sale. The Board of Di.
rectors shall have authority, however, to
waive the above requirements as to any par
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