The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-02-14
CHARTER

| FOKl LEON LAND q 1lMBER COMPANY,
INCORPORATED.
United States of America, State of Louis-
ana, Parish of Orleans, City of New
! Orleans.
Be it known, That on this 18th day of the
month of December, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand, nine hundred and seventeen,
and of the Independence of the United States
| of America, the one hundred and forty-sec
ond, before me, Herman Michel, Notary
Public, duly commissioned end qualified, in
and for the Parish of Orleans, State of
Louisiana, therein residing, and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appeared:
| The several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, the first four of whom ere
residents of the City OF New Orleans, and
the last Of whom is a resident of the Town
of Gretna, Parish of Jefferson, State of Lou
| isana, all of the full age of majority, who
severally declared, that availing themselves
of the provisions of the laws and Constitu-
ton of this State, relative to the organiza
tion of corporations, they have contracted
tract, agree, and bind and obligate them
selves, we'll as such persons as may here
matter become associated with them, to
under the agreements and stipulations here
| matter fully set forth, which they hereby
adopt as their charter, to.wit:
Article 1.-The name of this corporation
| shall be the Fort Leon Land & Timber Com
pany, Incorporated, and the said corporation
| shall have corporate existence for period
| of ninety nine years from the date hereof,
and shall have and exercise for the purpose
| of the business to be carried on by 1t, all
the powers conferred by law on simil ar cor
porations, including the power to make and
use corporate seal, and the same TO break
or alter at pleasure; to contract, sue and be
sued in its corporate name; to hold, own,
receive, purchase, ALLEVIATE, lease, convey,
mortgage, hypothecate, pledge and otherwise
cucumber property, both real and personal /;
to issue bonds, notes other obligations,
for the purpose of borrowing money, and to
secure same by mortgage or otherwise; to
name and Gppoint such officers, managers,
directors, agents and other employees as the
= interest of the said corporation may require
and to make and establish such bylaws,
rules and regulations as may be necessary
and proper, and the same to alter, amend OF
abolish at pleasure, and generally to do and
perform all such acts as may be necessary
to carry out and execute the purpose and
! objects of this corporation.
Article 1.-THE domicile of this corpora
, ton shall be in the City of New Orleans
State of Louisiana, but it may establish ant
maintain offices and agencies wherever i
Il may be deemed advisable. All citations o
, other legal processes shall be served on th'
.. President of this corporation, or in the even
OF his absence or inability to act, upon thu
! Vice President.
n Article III-The objects and purposes 70
: which this corporation is organized, and tn
nature of the business to be carried on b,
n il, are hereby declared to be: To buy, sell
n receive, hold, rent, lease, sub lease, mortgag
% and hypothecate, and to otherwise acquir
- and ALLEVIATE, as well as to deal m deye,Si
1t whether tmbered or uDtimbered, and reS
% estate of every description; to buy, sell
- receive hold, rent, lease, suitcase, mortgag
: and hypothecate, and otherwise acquire an
IS ALLEVIATE, as we'll as to manufacture and dea
NJ in logs timber cord wood, cross ties, an
:, timber products and by-products OF ever
" description; to maintain and operate live
t stock farm, and to buy, sell and deal I
"A such live stock; to build, lease, maintain
a charter and operate steam and SAILING snip
~ motor boats and barges; to construct, mar
N tain and operate ship-yards, either tor tn
e. purpose of building new ships, or repairin
= those already built; to construct, open an
maintain canals for the purpose OF navig
Up ton, drainage and the transportation OF con
xt modities; to construct, maintain and operal
10 locks and docks, either for the use OF IN
1o corporation or for lease for hire; to cree
~ maintain and operate sawmills, tramway
I'd and steam railroads in connection with u
g operation of such sawmills, and to lease an
-. hire the same; to build, maintain and ope
IN ate factories and machine shops for the col
u. structon and repair of boilers and machii
liz cry, and other appurtenances IN connecuG
70 Herewith, either OF iron or steel; 70 oull
&c maintain and operate lumber yards ar
ut sheds, and to buy and sell lumber eithed
er wholesale or at retail; TO buy and sell.
" wholesale and at retail, merchandise and ma
> ural other commodities OF every kind, and
n, conduct stores and commissSries for the pu
to chase and sale thereof, at wholesale and
of retail; to drill for gas, salt, oil, sulphur al
other mineral and earthen products and to o
90 crate mines and oil wells, either as owner
he lessee; to build, lease and operate hote
dix and boarding houses; 20 purchase and Sc
!, moss, at wholesale and at retail, al
ne operate ginneries for the manufacturinH al
Il Baskets aad 10,
I'M and generally to do every character of bu
ln ness not otherwise prohibited by the la'
II of the State of louisiana
as Article IV.-The Capital Stock OF this g
"a poration is hereby fixed at the sum Of Fl
Thousand CSO00OO) Dollars, divided in
and represented by, One Hundred Q(
shares, of the par value of Fifty Gsot
in cash. or may be issue in payment of prc
erty purchased by, or for services render
tn. the corporation.
The capital stock of this corporation m
be increased by a vote of three fourths
the outstanding stock, at a meeting of
stockholders called for that purpose, in
same manner as provided for the elect
he Of directors, and after giving QS fife
nv days notice prior to said meeting.
'Iy Article YAH the corporate powers
ng this corporation shall be vested in, and
ISIS ersised by, q board Of FIVE directors, each
whom shall be stakeholder OF this cor
ration, three of whom shall constitute
my quorum for the transaction of all busine
me and a majority vote at all meetings sh
ne. decide all questions voted upon. Said dill
tors shall be elected annually, from am'
December of each year; the first Board
Directors and the officers thereof shall
George G. Earl, President, w. S. Benz
VicelPresident, Meyer Eisemen, Secreta
Da- Treasurer, and LIP NJ. Dalgarn and c,
vas Gelbke, directors; and the said officers
At directors shall hold Office until the Ii
Monday of December 1918, or until Il
eV. successors shall have been duly elected
qualified All meetings for the election
vav directors shsll be held only sitter Tn d
-. Written notice theresf shall! g sivsn n '