The herald., 1918-05-30
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE
LIBERTY SAND AND GRAVEL CO.,
TNCnRp0RAT


! UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
! STATE OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF
/ ORLEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
BE il known that on this end day
| of the month of April, in the year of our
! Lord one thousand. nine hundred and
! eighteen. and of the Independence of
! the United States of America, the one
/ hundred and forty-SeCOud, before me,
| oscar Schneider, a notary public, duly
! com m issiOned and qualified. within and
| for the Parish of Orleans, State of Lou
| iSiana, and in the presence Of the wit
| nesSeS hereinafter named and under
! signed personally came and appeared.
| the several persons whose names are
| hereuntO subscribed. who SeVerally de-
| Clared that, availing themselves of the
| benefits and provisions of the COnStitu-
! ton of the State of Louisiana and of the
| laws of said State relative to the organ
| iZatiOn of corporations, and particular
| ~ of the provisions of Act No. 26I of
| the General Assembly of the State of
| Louisiana for the year 1914, they have
| contracted and agreed and united to
| form and do, by these presents. contract
| and agree and bind and Obligate them
| selves to 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 and body polite in
| law, for the objects and purposes and
! under the conditions, covenants, Stipula-
| tiOnS and agreements of the articles fol-
! lowing, tO-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of this corpora
| ton shall be Liberty sand and Gravel
| Company. Incorporated" and under and
| by said name. unless sooner dissolved in
| accordance with law and this charter. 1t
| shall exist and continue, and shall have
| and enjoy corporate existence and sue
| ceSSion for a period of ninety-nine C99)
years from and after date of this act. 1t
| may have, hold, receive, borrow, loan. eX-
| change, acquire by grant, gift or pur-
| chase, devise or bequeSt, sell, ALLEVIATE,
| dispose of, convey, lease, pledge, pawn,
| hypotheCate, cucumber or mortgage
| property of any kind. whether real, per-
| sonal or mixed, corporal or incorpoTeal.
! 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 it's
| corporate name in any court of cOmpe-
| tent jurisdiction. 1t may make, adopt
| and use a common seal and alter the
| same at pleasure. 1t may hold stock in
| other corporations, and it's capital stock
| may be issued for capital stock in other
| corporations. 1t may name, appoint and
| employ such managers. directors. Off
GERS, agents and other employees as its
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 regula-
lions not inconsistent with this charter
or any existing laws, fixing or altering
the management of its property, the
regulation and government of its af-
| fairs, and the manner of the certitica-
! ton and registration OF it's stock 1t
may wind up and dissolve itself, or be
wound up and dissolved in the manner
prescribed by law. 1t may conduct bust
ness in this State. other States. the Fed
| eral districts. the territories and pos
| sessions of the United States, and any
fnFpiUn shall -
re to invest it's Board of Directors with
| all of its corporate powers, subject to
such restrictions as may be named in
| this charter. And it generally shall pos
sess all the powers, rights, privileges
| and immunitieS which corporations are
and may hereafter be authorized to pos
| sesS under the Constitution and laws of
| this State. and particularly under Act
No. 267 of the Acts of the General AS
sembly of the State of Louisiana for the
| year 1914.
ARTICLE IL
The domicile of this corporation shall
| be at the City of New Orleans. Parish
| of Orleans. State of Louisiana, and all
| citations or other legal process shall be
| poration, or in case of his absence, upon
| the vice president, or in the absence of
| both of these officers, upon the secre-
| tary of this corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
| this corporation is formed and the ma
| ture of the business to be carried on by
it are hereby declared to be:
Section l. To purchase, buy, sell, deal
| in and operate any building and paving
| material in Louisiana and elsewhere, to
lease, own and operate sand and gravel
beds deposits and lands and any other
| into obligations, Undertakings and en-
gagementS, and to make and do all
| things necessary and proper in connec-
| tion with the sand and gravel business.
| And further, to do a contracting, con-
structing and engineering business, and
| specially to bid upon, accept and execute
contracts for work of all kinds, give out
and sub-contract or sublet any or all of
| the said work, to construct and main
| tain highways, roads. etc, and to fur
nish all material necessary therefor. :,
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 3. To apply for, purchase or
otherwise acquire and use, operate, sell,
assign, transfer and otherwise dispose
of, processes, formulas, patents, licenses
and other rights In any and all inven-
tionS or improvements, whether secured
or not, under letters patent, domestic or
foreign.
Section T. To carry on all allied and
associated lines of business which may
be directly connected with or may fur
Their and assist the conduct of it's main
business as above specified.
Section 5. To construct, purchase
lease or otherwise acquire and own
maintain and operate, steamboats,, sail
ing vessels, barges and other water
craft, piers, docks, wharves and such
lines of tramway or railway as may be
convenient, necessary or incidental to
any business or enterprise of the cor
poration, with all necessary side-tracks.
locomotives, cars, depotS, round houses
and other equipment necessary to the
operation of said vessels, piers, docks
wharveS tramways or railways and the
traffic thereon; provided that this cor
poration shall not, without an amend
ment of this charter. be common car
rier or have the right to exercise the
power of eminent domain.
Section 6. To enter into, make, per-
form and carry out contracts of every
kind not contrary to law, with any per-
son, firm, association or corporation, and
to carry on any other business which
under the law it may be entitled to
carry on, which may seem to the cor
poration to be calculated. directly or in
directly, to effect the aforesaid objects
or either of them, or to facilitate ii in
or businesses or any part thereof, or in
the transaction of any other lawful
business that may be calculated. direct
ly or Indirectly, to enhance the value of
or to render profitable, any of the cor
poration's property and rights, and gen.
orally to hold and exercise all such in
cidental powers and privileges as relate
to, the objects and purposes hereinbefore
set forth or as may be necessary, use
full or convenient for effecting said OBJ
jects and purposes.
ARTICLE ".
The authorized capital stock of this
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