The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-04-11
CHARTER OF
THE ALLAN LAND COMPANY. INC.


THE ALLAN LAND COMPANY, INC.
United States of America. State of Lou
iSiana, Parish of Orleans, City of
| New Orleans.
BE it known that on this the eighth
| day of March, in the wear of Our Lord
| one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
and of the Independence of the United
states OF America, the one hundred and
foTty-second, before me, Arthur Il. Leo
pOld, Notary Public duly commissioned
| and qualified within and for the Parish of
! Orleans, State of Louisiana, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came
and appeared the several persons whose
names are hereuntO subscribed, who sew
orally declared that, ayailing themselye
| OF the benefits and provisions of the Con
Stltutlon of the State of Louisiana and Of
| the laws of the said State relative to the
| organization of corporations, and partic-
ularly of the provisions of Act. No 267
| of the Acts of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana for the year 1914.
they have united TO form, and do by these
presents form and organize themselve as
well as all such other persons who may
hereafter join or become associated with
pOratiOn for the objects and purposes and
under the covenants, stipulatiOns and
agreements following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title of this
pany, Incorporated" and under and by
said name unless sooner dissolved in ac-
cOrdance with law and this charter, it
shall exist and continue, and shall have
and enjoy corporate existence and sue
cesSiOn for a period of ninety nine (99)
years from and after the date of this act.
| 1t may have, hold, receive, borrow, loan,
exchange, acquire by grant, gift or pur-
| dispose of, convey, lease, pledge pawn,
| hypOthecate, cucumber or mortgage prop
| erty of any kind, whether real, personal
| or mixed, corporal or incOrpOreal NOV
able or immOvable, all subject to such
limitations as may be prescribed by law.
| Ii 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 for
other debts. 1t may contract, sue and
be sued, plead or be impleaded by its cor
porate name in any court of competent
! Jurisdiction. 1t may make, adopt and
use common seal and alter the same at
pleasure. 1t may hold stock in other
corporations, and its capital stock may be
issued for capital stock in other corpora
tons. 1t may name, appoint and en-
plOy such managers, directors, officers,
agents and other employees 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 eS-
tabliSh bylaws, rules and regulations not
inconsistent with this charter any eX-
ment of its property, the regulation and
government of its affairs, and the manner
of the certihcatiOn and registration of its
stock. 1t may wind up and dissolve it
self, or be wound up and dissolved in the
manner prescribed by law. 1t may con-
duct business in this State, other States,
the Federal Districts, the Territories and
possessions of the United States and any
foreign countries. 1t generally shall pos
sess all the powers, rights, privileges and
immunities which corporations are and
may hereafter be authorized to possess I'M
der the Constitution and laws of this
State, and particularly under Act. No. 2G7
of the Acts of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana for the year 1914.
And II shall have the power to invest its
board of directors with all of its cOrpOr-
ate powers, subject to such restrictions
as may be named in this charter.
Article 1.-THE domicile of this cOrpor-
alton shall be at the City of New Orleans,
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and
all citations and other legal process shall
be served upon its President, or in the
event of his absence, upon its Vice-Presi-
dent, or in the event of the absence of
both of said officers, upon its Secretary
treasurer.
Article III.-The purpose or purposes
for which this corporation is formed and
the nature of the business to be carried
on by ii, are hereby declared to be:
Section l. To plant, grow and cult
waite all kinds of fruits, plants and yege-
tables. TO raise, buy, sell, and deal in
try of all kinds; and generally to engage
in the business of farming and planting.
To build, buy, establish, maintain, Oper-
ate and conduct hotels, stores, canning
factories, packing houses, warehouses, de-
pots cold storage plants, ice factories,
concrete or clay factories or works and
sawmills; and to buy, sell, import, ex-
port and generally deal and trade in,
store, carry, transport, and manufacture
the products of any or all of the above
operations and any and all kinds Of goods,
wares, merchandise machinery, tools, i'm
plements and supplies.
Section III. To conduct the business OF
a real estate agent, and to deal in, buy.
sell, acquire, lease, sublet or farm for its
own account or for the account of others.
real estate, lands and tenements, and TO
survey, subdiyide, and plat lands for the
purpose of sale and to improve and de-
velOp the same by the erection of houses
or buildings thereon, and to do such 9TH
er lawful acts as may be needful or de-
sirable In and about the said improve
ment or development thereof for any pur-
pose; and generally to contract, purchase,
pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or
dispose of lands, water rights, mills, fac
tories, buildings and other structures, and
all other property, both real and personal,
OF every class and description. or any in
terest therein necessary or desirable for
the carrying on Of the aforesaid business
or either of them.
Section III. To purchase, acquire, hold.
and generally deal in, the stocks. bonds
and other securities or evidence of indebt-
edness, property, rights, business, good
will, franchise and assets of every kind
of any firm. association, individual or
corporation, foreign, domestic or munich
pal, or Of any State, parish, county, ward,
road district, drainage or subdrainage
district, or any political subdivision in
the State of Louisiana or elsewhere. And
to pay for any property, rights, business,
good will. franchises and assets so ac-
CURED in the stock. bonds, or other secur-
tiles Of this corporation or otherwise.
Section ~. To carry on a general con-
tracing and construction business and OPP
erations, consisting of entering into and
executing contracts with persons, firms
and public or private corporations, and
particularly to make all contracts and do
all things Incident to the construction I'M
der contract of railroads, bridges, roads,
highways and turnpikes. To drain, re-
claim and improve submerged, swampy or
other lands, and to do and carry on
general dredging and draining business
and for that purpose to own and operate
dredging and draining