The herald., 1918-04-18
CHARTER OF

WiERGATE NAVAL STORES CO, INC.
| United States of America State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans, City of New
Orleans.
day of the month of April. in the year
| of our Lord. One Thousand. Nine Hun
| dred and Eighteen and OF the Independ-
ence of the United States of America the
One Hundred and Forty Second. before
me, Charles l. Denechaud. Notary Pub
| lie, duly commissioned and qualified in
and for the Parish of Orleans, therein re-
siding. and in the presence of the witness
SEES hereinafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared:
The parties whose names are hereto
subscribed, all of full age and residents
of this Parish and City, who declared ::
That availing themselves of the laws of
the State of Louisiana in such cases made
and provided, and particularly of the pro-
visions of Act 26I of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
for the year 1914, they have covenanted
and agreed and do, by these presents.
covenant and agree and bind themselves
as well as such persons as may hereafter
join or become associated with them. to
form and constitute a corporation and
body polite in law, for the objects and
under the articles and stipulatiOns here
matter set forth and expressed, which they
adopt as the Charter of this corporation,
to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and style of this
corporation shall be "Wiergate Naval
stores Co. Inc.." and under its said cor
porate name ii shall have and enjoy cor
porate existence and succession for the
full term and period of ninetyni (99)
years from and after the date hereof; to
contract, sue and be sued, to make and
use a corporate seal, and the same to al
ter and break at pleasure; to hold, re-
ceive, lease, purchase and convey, as well
as mortgage and hypothecate property,
real, personal and mixed, corporal and
incorporeal; to own and hold stocks and
bonds of other corporations; to name and
appoint such managers, agents, directors
and officers as its business or convent
ence may require, and to make and estab
lish, as well as alter and amend, from
time to time. such bylaws, rules and reg
ulations for the proper government of the
affairs of said corporation as may be nee
essary and proper.
Article 1.-THE domicile of said corpor-
alton shall be in the City of New Orleans.
State of Louisiana, and all citations and
other legal processes shall be served upon
the President, or in the event of his alb
Sence or inability to act. then they shall
he served upon the Vice President, who is
acting President, of said corporation, and
in the event of his absence or inability to
act, then upon the Secretary Treasurer.
Article III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to be car
ried on by it. are hereby declared to be:
to own, possess, lease sell. operate and
work mines of any and all kinds; and to
own, lease. suitcase, buy and sell lands,
timber, turpentine, turpentine stills, saw
mills, planning mills, etc; and all the by
products of timber; to operate, establish
and lease turpentine stills or anything
connected Herewith; to own, build, oper
ate and lease railroads, tram-ways, steam
vessels, sailing vessels, or any nature of
watercraft that may be necessary in con-
nection with its business, and to operate,
sell or lease same; to engage in or con-
duct general mercantile business, both
wholesale and retail, at any point or
points desired, and to operate, buy, sell or
lease same; to manufacture machinery or
any kind of implements; to conduct, buy,
sell, lease or deal in agricultural proper
~: to engage in the raising of live stock
or to deal in same; and to operate, own
or lease any kind of manufacturing plant
or business, not specially prohibited by
law; to act as Agent or Attorney fact
for individuals or corporations, and as
such to conduct any kind of business for
persons or corporations, and buy and sell
on commission or otherwise, and conduct
general commission business; and gen
orally to do and perform any and all acts
or business not contrary to the laws of
the State of Louisiana; and all the rights
herein granted may be exercised, and bus
mess conducted. at any place or places
that the said company may see fit so to
do, without any restrictions whatever as
to States or Countries.
Article IV.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
$3.50 10000 divided into $500 shares of
$4,000 each. which said stock shall be
paid for in cash or its equivalent, at such
time and in such manner as the Board of
Directors may determine. or may be is
sued at par in payment of property actu
ally purchased and such stock so issued
shall be full paid and worcestershire. All
in conformity with and under the restric
tons of the presently existing corporate
laws of Louisiana.
This corporation shall be authorized to
commence business and be a going con-
Germ as soon as all of its capital stock is
subscribed and paid for.
The shares of stock shall be transfer
able only on the books of the corporation
and no transfer of stock shall be binding