The herald., 1918-03-21
CHARTER OF
THE ALLAN LAND COMPANY, INC.
United States of America. State of Lou
iSiana, Parish of Orleans, City OF
New Orleans.

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 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-sec0nd, before me, Arthur Il. Leo
| 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, availing themselves
| of the benefits and provisions of the Con
| stitution of the State of Louisiana and of
the laws of the said State, relative to the
| organization of corporations, and partic-
| ulariy OF the provisions of Act. No. 261
| 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 themselves as
well as all such other persons who may
| hereafter Join or become associated with
| them or their successors, into a stock cor
| pOratiOn 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
| said name, unless sooner dissolved in ac-
| cOrdance with law and this charter il
| shall exist and continue, and shall have
| and enjoy corporate existence and sue
| cession for period of ninety nine (99)
years from and after the date of this act.
| IL 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.
| At may make, issue and endorse bonds or
notes and other evidences of debt. 1t
| may accept mortgages, pledges or other
| forms or security for money loaned for
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
| 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
| 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
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| of the certihcatiOn and registration of its
stock. 1t may wind up and dissolve it.
| self, or be wound up and dissolved in the
man srIP; prescribed by law 1t may con
| 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. 267
| 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
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 l. To plant, grow and Guilt
vate 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
| 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.
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| 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, 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 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,
| 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
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-
quired in the stock, bonds, or other secur-
titles 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
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