The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-03-28
CHARTER OF
THE ALLAN LAND COMPANY, INC.
United States Of America. State of Lou
ISiana, Parish of Orleans, City o
New Orleans.

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United States of America. State of Lou
, iSiana Parish of Orleans, City o
New Orleans.
BE it known that on this the eight
day of March, in the year of our Lor,
one thousand nine hundred and eighteen
and of the Independence of the Unite,
states of America, the one hundred an,
torty-Second. before me. Arthur Il. Leo
pold, Notary Public duly commissioned
ana qnalifed within and for the Parish o
Orleans, State of Louisiana, and in tn,
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned. personally cam,
and appeared the several persons who's,
names are hereuntO subscribed. who sew
orally declared that, availing themselve,
OF the benefits and provisions of the Con
stltution 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 261
of the Acts of the General Assembly OF
the State of Louisiana for the year 1914
they nave united to form, and do by these
tpreSentS form and organize themselves as
well as all such other persons who NAV
hereafter join or become associated with
them or their successors, into stock cor
poratlon for the objects and purposes and
under the covenants, stipulations and
agreements following, to-wit:
Article 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be ALLAN Land Com
pany, Incorporated" and under and by
cordance with law and this charter ii
| shall exist and continue. and shall have
and enjoy corporate existence and sue
| cessl0n for period of ninety nine (99)
years from and after the date of this act.
| II may have, hold, receive, borrow, loan,
| exchange, acquire by grant, gift or pur-
chase, devise or bequest, sell, ALLEVIATE,
| 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 immoyable, 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 IL
may accept mortgages, pledges or other
other debts. 1t may contract sue and
be sued, plead or be implicated by its cor
porate name in any court of competent
jurisdiction. 1t may make adopt and
| pleasure. 1t may hold stock in other
corporations, and its capital stock may be
( issued for capital stock in other corpora
TONS. IL may name, appoint and EN-
plOy such managers, directors, officers,
agents and other employees as its said
business and convenience may require, and
may nix 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 or any ex-
listing law, fixing or altering the manage
ment of its property, the regulation and
government of its affairs, and the manner
of the certifcation and registration of its
stock. 1t may wind up and dissolve it.
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
la ri nd AIT
of the Acts of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana for the year 1914.
And it 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 it's 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 it, are hereby declared to be:
Section i. To plant, grow and Guilt
yate all kinds of fruits, plants and vege-
tables. To raise, buy, sell, and deal in
horses, mules, cattle, live stock and poul-
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
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
PIGMENTS and supplies.
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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, subdivide, and plat lands for the
purpose of sale and to improve and de-
yelop 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 i'm and about the said improve
ment or development thereof for any pur-
pose; and generally to contract, purchase
OWL own hold, lease. convey, mortgage.
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,
own, pledge, sell, lease and dispose of,
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
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- |
quired in the stock. bonds, or other secur- |
tiles of this corporation or otherwise.
Section Nv. To carry on a general con- |
tracing and construction business and op- |
consisting of entering into and |
contracts with persons, firms |
and public or private corporations. and |
to make all contracts and do |
all things incident to the construction I'M
der contract of railroads, bridges, roads,
and turnpikes. To drain, re-
claim and improve submerged, swampy or
other lands, and to do and carry on a
general dredging and draining business.
and for that purpose to own and operate
dredging and draining