St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-01-20
CHARTER
of the
PEARL RIVER VENEER CON-
PANY, INC.
CHATTER
United States of America, State OF
Louisiana, Parish of Orleans
City of New Orleans.

Be it known that on this second
day of the month Of January, in the
year one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen, before ME, John K. Upton,
a Notary Public in and for the City
and the Parish of Orleans, State OF
Louisiana, therein residing, dull.
commissioned and qualified, and in
the presence of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned,
Personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, who declared
to me, Notary. that availing them
Selves of the provisions of the laws
Of this state relative to the organiza-
ton of corporations, and more es-
pecially Of Act 267 of 1914, they
have covenanted and agreed, and by
these presents do covenant and agree
for themselves, their successors and
assigns, to form themselves into a
corporation and body polite, for the
objects and purposes, and under the
stipulations hereinafter set forth, to-
wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name an title of this corpora
ton shall be the Pearl River Veneer
Company, Inc, and under such title
it shall have and enjoy succession
and existence for a period of ninety
nine years from the date hereof I'M
less sooner dissolved; it shall have
power and authority to contract, sue
and be sued; to make and use cor
porate seal, the same to break and
alter at pleasure; to have, hold, buy,
sell, lease, mortgage, hypothecate Or
pledge property, real, personal or
mixed, necessary, proper or Incl
dental for the carrying on OF its bus
ness, as we'll as to issue bonds Sc
cured by such mortgages; to make
and issue notes and other certii-
Gates of Indebtedness; to name,
elect and appoint managers, direct
ors. clerks or other employees ~
properly conduct it's corporate bus
ness, and to make such bylaws,
rules and regulations as may be nee
essary or found desirable for the
management of the business and at
fairs Of this corporation and gen
orally to do every other act, matter
or thing necessary or desirable for
the complete and proper carrying out
of said business.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be at Pearl River, in the parish
of St. Tammany, State Of Louisiana,
where all citations or other legal
process shall ,be served upon the
president, or in his absence on the
vice-president, or in the absence OF
both upon the secretary.
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 anu
stated to be to manufacture, buy
and sell veneer, lumber, shingles
timber, logs, box shocks and wood
en- packages of all kinds, and al,
other timber products, for either do
nestle sale or export; and to that
end, to purchase, lease or otherwie'
acquire and operate veneer mills,
box factories and sawmills in the
State of Louisiana and elsewhere
to construct, acquire and use rail-
ways, tramways and other roads OF
rights of way for the transportation
of veneer, boxes, shocks, lumber.
timber, logs, and other products;
TO buy, lease or otherwise acquire
timber lands and timber rights OH
land, and to acquire, lease. hold and
buy lands for the use of sawmills
and factories and timber yards, in
the State of Louisiana, or elsewhere;
to acquire by purchase, lease or 9th
erwise, patents or ynventions that
might be used for the purposes of the
business of this corporation; ana
generally to do and perform any and
I'll things necessary or convenient
to carry on said objects and pur-
poses.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corpora
ION is hereby fixed at the sum of
Twenty Thousand (s20.000) Do
lars. divided into Two Hundred
(20O) shares of the par value of One
(S1OO) Dollars each. pro-
vided, that the amount to which the
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