The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-17

borrow, loan, exchange, acquire by grant,
gift or purchase, devise or bequest, sell,
ALLEVIATE, dispose of, convey, lease, pledge,
pawn, hypothecate, cucumber, or mortgage
property Of any kind, whether real, personal
1r mixed, corporal or incorporeal, movable
or immovable, all subject TO such limitations
as 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. 1t may
make, adopt and use common seal and al
ter the same at pleasure. 1t may hold stock
in other corporations, and its capital stock
may be issued for capital stock in other cor
porations 1t may name, appoint and employ
such managers, directors, officers, agents and
other employees as its business and conve-
nience may require, and may nix their conf
pensatiOn, 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 CHAR
ter or any existing law, fixing or altering
the management of its property, the regula-
ton and government of its affairs, and the
manner of the certihcation 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 Fed
eral District, the Territories and possessions
of the United States, and any foreign eoun-
Board of Directors with all of its corporate
powers, subject to such restrictions may
be named in this charter. And it generally
shall possess all the powers, rights, privi-
| leges and immunities which corporations are
and may hereafter be authorized 10 possess
| under the Constitution and laws of this
State, and particularly under Act No. 267
of the Acts of the General Assembly Of the
| State of Louisiana for the year 1914.
Article 1.-THE domicie of this corpora
/ ton shall be at the City of New Orleans,
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and
| all citations or other legal process shall be
served upon the President of this corpora
ton, or in case of his absence, upon the
Vice President, in the absence of both OF
these officers, upon the Secretary of this
| corporation.
Article III.-The objects and purposes fer
which this corporation is formed and the
nature of the business to be carried on by
it are hereby declared to be:
Section ]. To manufacture, produce, adapt,
buy, sell, import, export, and generally. deal
| and trade, either at wholesale or retail, in
| real and personal property of every kind and
description, and particularly all vegetables
| and other products, compounds and deriva-
tions carrying high percentages OF sugars,
starches and oils, including rehners wastes
| and by-products and manufacture therefrom
| denatured alcohol and other spirits and oils,
| together with foods, fertilizers and other by
| products incident to and arising from such
| manufacture, and by-products and any and
all ingredients, products and compounds OF
any of the foregoing substances, and any
and all machinery, materials and articles
| that may be or hereafter used or re-
quired in in connection with the manu-
facture or handling thereof.
Section 2. To store, transport and sell all
! and any of the said products above specified
and for the convenient conduct of the same,
| to maintain such central and branch Offices
as may be found necessary and desirable.
Section $40 apply for, purchase or other
! wise acquire and use, operate, sell, assign
transfer and otherwise dispose of, processes
| formulas, patents, licenses and other rights
| in any and all inventions or improvements
whether secured or not, under letters patent
| domestic or foreign.
Section 4. To survey, subdivide, and plat
| lands for the purpose Of lease or sale, and
| to improve and develop the same by the
erection of houses or buildings thereon and
| TO do such other lawful acts may be need
full or desirable in and about the improve
ment and development thereof for any. pur
| pose; to plan, grow and cultivate all kinds
Of fruits, plants and vegetables; TO raise
| buy, sell and deal in horses, mules, cattle
live stock and poultry of all kinds, and
generally to engage in the business OF :
| planter.
Section S. To carry on all allied and asso
| cated lines of business which may be di
rectly connected with may further and
assist the conduct of its main business as
| above specified.
Section 6. To construct, purchase, leas,
or otherwise acquire and own, maintain and
operate, steamboats,, sailing vessels, barge:
and other water craft, piers, docks, wharve:
and such lines of tramway or railway a:
may be convenient, necessary or incidental
to any business or enterprise of the corpo
| ration with all necessary side-tracks, loco
motives, cars, depots, round houses and othel
equipment necessary to the operation of saiC
vessels, piers, docks, wharves, tramways OF
railways and the traffic thereon; provided
that this corporation shall not, without ar
| amendment of this charter, be a common
carrier or have the right TO exercise the
power of eminent domain.
Section 7. To enter into, make, perform
! and carry out contracts of every kind moi