The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-23
CHARTER
OF PALM FIBRE MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, INCORPORATED.

| United States of America. State of Lou
lSiana, Parish of Orleans, City of New
Orleans.
BE it known, that on this second day
| OF the month of May. in the year of our
! Lord one thousand, nine hundred and eigh
! teen, before me- EdOuard +. Henriques a
Notary Public. duly commissioned and
| qualified in and for the Parish of Orleans.
| City of New Orleans. State of Louisiana.
! therein residing. and in the presence of
| the witnesses hereinafter named and un-
dcrSigned. personally came and appeared
The several persons whose names are
hereuntO subscribed, who scverally declare
that, availng themselves of the laws OF
the State of Louisiana, in such eases made
and provided. they have cOvenanted and
agreed, and do by these presents covenant
and agree and bind themselves, as well
as all such persons as may hereafter be
come associated with them, to form n cor
pOratioa for the objects and purposes
ana under the articles an dstipulatiOnS
following. tO-wit:
Article THE name of this corporation
shall be Palm Fibre Manufacturing Com
pany, Incorporated" and under its said
corporate name il shall have power and
authority to have and enjoy corporate ex-
iStence and succession for the full term
and period OF ninety-n nine. years from and
AFTER the date hereof; to contract, to sue
and be sued, to make and TO use n cor
pOrate seal and the same to alter and
break at pleasure: to hold. receive lease
purchase and convey, as well as mortgage
and hypOthecate property, real, personal
and mixed, corporal and incorpOreaI: to
name and appoint such managers agents
directors and officers as its business in
tereSt and convenience may require and
to make and establish, as well as alter
and amend from time to time such by
laws, rules and regulations for the proper
government of the affairs of said corpora
ton as may be necessary and proper
Article 1.-THE dOmicile of this corpor-
alton shall be in the City of New Or
leans. State of Louisiana, and all citations
or other legal process shall be served up
on the President of said Corporation, or
IN the event OF his absence. upon the
Vice-President thereof, and in the alb
senee Of both of said officers, upon the
Secretary of said corporation.
Article III-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized
and established and the nature of the bus
mess to be carried on by it are hereby
declared to be:
To buy. sell, manufacture and general
~ deal In all kinds of brooms, brushes.
handles, baskets, and all kinds of wooden
and willow ware, and in furtherance
thereof to buy, lease or acquire such real
property as may be necessary to properly
conduct and prosecute said business; in
the establishment and maintenance of fac
tories, plants or otherwise; and generally
to do and perform all things pertinent
and incident and which may be proper
ana necessary to carry out and execute
the objects and purposes of this corpora
ton.
Article Iv.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
twenty-five thousand 49,. OOO.OO) dollars.
divided into and represented by two hun
dred and fifty (250) shares of the par
value of one hundred (s1OOOO) dollars
each. Said stock shall be paid for in
cash, or in such instauments and at such
time and after such notice to subscribers
as the Board OF Directors may fix, or
same may be issued at not less than par
for labor done or services performed for
said corporation. or for property or rights
actually received by said corporation.
Fifteen thousand (S15,OO0.OO) Dollars Of
the capital stock has been subscribed to
the corporation at the time of the pass
ing Of this act of Incorporation, and this