The herald., 1917-03-08
CHARTER.

IMAM EN-.
OF
| LOUISIANA LIVE STOCK COMPANY
INCORPORATED.
United States OF America, State OF Louisiana
Parish OF Orleans, City Of New Orleans
! BE 1t known that on this. the 2nd day OF
the month Of February, in the year OF oui
/ Lord, One thousand, nine hundred and six.
| teen, and OF the Independence OF the United
| States OF America, the One hundred and
| forty-frst, before ne, Wear F. Milling a
notary public, duly commissioned and quail
/ fed, within and for the Parish of Orleans
| State of Louisiana, therein residing, and in
! the presence OF the witnesses hereinafter
| named and unders igned, personally came and
| appeared the several persons whose names
| are hereunto subscribed, who severally de-
! clared that, availing themselves Of the bene-
! TITS and provisions OF the constitution OF the
/ State of Louisiana and OF the laws Of said
| State relative 10 the organization of cOrpor-
| atoms, and particularly Of the provisions OF
! Act No. 267 of the General Assembly OF the
| State of Louisiana for the year 1914, they
have united to form, and do, by these pres
/ ertS, form and organize themselves, as well
| as all such other persons who may hereafter
! join or become associated with them or their
| successors, into a stock corporation for the
| objects and purposes and under the covenants,
| stipulations and agreements following,
! to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title of this cor
! poration shall be Louisiana Live Stock Com
pany, Incorporated, and under and by said
name, unless sooner dissolved in accordance
with law and this charter it shall exist and
continue, and shall have and enjoy corporate
existence and succession for period Of
nlnety-nine (99) years from and after the
date of this act. 1t may have, hold, receive,
| borrow. lend, exchange, acquire by grant,
gift purchase, devise or bequest, sell,
ALLEVIATE: dispose Of convey, lease, pledge,
pawn, hypothecate, cucumber or mortgage
property OF any kind whether real, personal
or mixed, corporeal or incorporeal. movable
or immovable, all subject to such limitations
may be prescribed by law. 1t may make,
issue and endorse bonds or notes and other
evidences OF debt 1t may accept mortgages,
pledges or other forms of security for money
loaned or other debts. 1t may contract, sue
and be sued, plead or be implicated by its
corporate name in any court of competent
jurisdiction. II may make, adopt and use a
corporate seal and alter the same at pleasure
it may hold stock in other corporations and
its capital stock may be issued for
capital stock in other corporations. 1t
may name, appoint and employ such mana
gers, directors, officers, agents, and other en-
plOyes as its said business and convenience
may require and may fix their compensation.
having due regard to the nature, character
and value of their services. 1t may make and
establish bylaws, rules and regulations not
inconsistent with this charter or any existing
law, fixing or altering the management Of
its property, the regulations and government
Of its affairs, and the manner of the certif-
cation and registration of its stock. 1t may
wind up and dissolve itself, or be wound up
and dissolved in the manner prescribed by
law. 1t may conduct business in this State,
other States, the Federal Districts the Terri
tories and Possessions of the United States,
and any foreign country. 1t generally shall
possess all the powers, rights, privileges and
lmmunities which corporations are and may
hereafter be authorized to possess under the
particularly under Act No. 267 of the Acts
OF the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1914; and it shall have
the power to invest its board of directors
with all OF its corporate powers, subject to
such restrictions as may be named in the
Charter.
Article 1.-THE domicile of this corpora
tion shall be the City of New Orleans, Par
lsh OF Orleans, State of Louisiana, and all
citations other legal process shall be
served on its president, or in the event of his
absence, upon the First Vice President or
IN the event of the absence of both of said
officers, upon the secretary.
Article III.-This corporation is organized
Principally for the purpose of carrying on
and doing general live stock business, and
shall have the power to conduct its business
IN all of its branches in all of the States
Territories and possessions of the United
may have one or more Offices outside Of the
State OF Louisiana In the carving on of its
business and conducting OF its affairs, it is
especially empowered and authorized to do
First: To acquire by purchase, lease or
otherwise, cattle, sheep and hog farms or
ranches, and to operate the same either indi-
vldually OF, through agents. To buy, sell.
grow, breed, raise, import and export, and
generally deal in cattle, horses, mules, hogs.
sheep, live stock and poultry of all kinds,
and to carry on general cattle raising, live
stock and agricultural business.
Second: To erect and build abattoirs, cold
storage warehouses, sheds and other buildings
necessary fnr tLa
Company and to slaughter cattle, sheep, hogs,
and poultry. To pack and preserve meats
10 BUY and sell at wholesale or retail in the
InIted States or elsewhere, all kinds of
meat and generally to carry the trade and
BUSINESS OF meat dealer in all of its
branches. To manufacture and deal in talloH.
lard and kindred products. To manufacture
the offal of animals into merchantable pro-
duets and sell the same To cure and deal
IN hides, pelts and skins. To manufacture,
buy and sell provisions and other articles
OF merchandise commonly manufactured, |
bought or sold by packing or provision houses
and to slaughter cattle, swine, sheep and
other animals for food
lhird; 10 carry on dairy business and |
70 manufacture, buy, and sell, and otherwise |
deal in and to export and import produce of |
all kinds, butter, oleomargarine and butter |
Inc; to establish construct maintain and |
operate refrgerating plants and plants for |
me manufacture of ice; to equip, maintain |
and operate refrigerating cars, and to do any /
and all things necessary and incidental to |
Inc operation OF the company in the premises /
Fourth: To carry on the business of cold |
storage and warehousing and all the business |
necessary or implicitly incidental thereto;
and to further carry the business of gem
eral warehousing in all its several branches: |
to construct, hire, purchase, operate and main
tam all or any conveyances for the trans
portation IN cold storage or otherwise by land |
Or by water Of any and all products, goods /
Or manufactured articles; to issue Certificates
and warrants, negotiable or otherwise, to |
persons warehousing goods with the Com
pany, and TO make advances or loans upon
the security of such goods or otherwise: TO
sell and trade in all goods
usually dealt in by warehousemen; to con-
'truct, purchase, take on lease or otherwise
acquire any wharf, pier, dock or works cara.
Die OF being advantageously used in connec-
ion with the shipping and carrying or other
business Of The company.
ruth: 10 construct, purchase, lease or
'therwise acquire, and own, maintain and
'perate, steamboats,, sailing vessels, barges
mo other water craft, piers, docks, wharves