The herald., 1918-05-16
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE
LIBERTY SAND AND GRAVEL CO.,
INCORPORATED

| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
| STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF
! ORLEANS. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
| BE it known. that on this 22nd day
| of the month of April, 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-second, before me,
| Oscar Schneider, a notary public. duly
! commissioned and qualified, within and
/ for the Parish of Orleans, State of Lou
| iSiana, and in the presence of the wit
| neSSeS hereinafter named and under
! signed personally came and appeared.
| the several persons whose names are
| hereuntO subscribed, who SeVerally de-
| Clared that, awaiting themselves of the
| benefits and provisions of the COnstitu-
| ton of the State of Louisiana and of the
| laws of said State relative to the organ
| ization of corporations. and particular
| ly of the provisions of Act No. 267 of
| the General Assembly of the State of
| Louisiana for the year 1914, they have
| contracted ana agreed and united to
| form and do, by these presents. contract
and agree and bind and obliEate them
| selves to 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 corporation and body polite in
| law, for the objects and purposes and
! under the conditions, covenants, stipula-
| tons and agreements of the articles fol-
! lowing, tO-wit:
| ARTICLE l.
| The name and title of this corpora
| ton shall be Liberty Sand and Gravel
| Company, incorporated" and under and
| by said name. unless sooner dissolved in
! accordance with law and this charter. ii
| shall exist and continue. and shall have
! and enjoy corporate existence and sue
| ceSSiOn for a period of ninety-nine $3.50
| years from and after date of this act. 1t
| may have, hold, receive, borrow. loan. eX-
| change, acquire by grant, gift or pur-
| chase, devise or bequeSt, sell. ALLEVIATE.
dispose of, convey, lease, pledge, pawn.
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| property of any kind, whether real. per
| SOnal or mixed, cOrpOreal or incOrporeal.
| movable or immovable, all subject to
such limitations as may be prescribed
by law.
1t may make, issue and endorse bonds
or notes and other evidences of debt. 1t
may accept mortgages, pledges or other
forms of security for money loaned or
other debts. 1t may contract, sue and
be sued. plead or be impleaded by it's
corporate name in any court of cOmpe-
tent jurisdiction. 1t may make, adopt
and use a 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
employ such managers. directors, Off
GERS, agents and other employees as its
business and convenience may require,
and may fix their compensation, having
due regard to the nature, character and
value of their services. 1t may make
and establish bylaws, rules and regula-
tiOnS not Inconsistent with this charter
or any existing laws, fixing or altering
the Management of it's property, the
regulation and government of its af-
fairs, and the manner of the certifica-
tion and registration of it's stock. 1t
may wind up and dissolve itself, or be
wound up and dissolved in the manner
prescribed by law. 1t may conduct bust
ness in this State, other States. the Fed
eral districts. the territories and pos
sessions of the United States. and any
foreign country. 1t shall have the pow
re to invest it's Board of Directors with
all of its corporate powers. subject TO
such restrictions as may be named in
this charter. And it generally shall pos
sess all the powers, rights. privileges
and immunities which corporations are
and may hereafter be authorized to pos
sess under the Constitution and laws of
this State. and particularly under Act
No. 267 of the Acts of the General As
sembly of the State of Louisiana for the
year 1914.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be at the City of New Orleans. Parish
of Orleans. State of Louisiana, and all
citations or other legal process shall be
served upon the president of the cor
poration, or in case of his absence, upon
the, vice president, or in the absence of
both of these officers, upon the secre-
tary of this corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is formed and the ma
ture of the business to be carried on by
il are hereby declared to be:
Section l. To purchase, buy, sell. deal
in and operate any building and paving
material in Louisiana and elsewhere, to
lease, own and operate sand and gravel
beds, deposits and lands and any other
beds, deposits and lands, and to enter
into obligations, undertakings and en-
gagements, and to make and do all
things necessary and proper in connec-
tion with the sand and gravel business.
And further, to do contracting, con-
Structing and engineering business, and
specially to bid upon, accept and execute
contracts for work of all kinds, give out
and sub-contract or sublet any or all of
the said work, to construct and main
tain highways. roads. etc, and to fur
nish all material necessary therefor.
Section 2. To store, transport and
sell all and any of the said products
above specified and for the convenient
conduct of the same, to maintain such
central and branch offices as may be
found necessary and desirable.
Section 3. To apply for, purchase or
otherwise acquire and use, operate, sell.
assign, transfer and otherwise dispose
Of processes, formulas, patents, licenses
and other rights in any and all inven-
tionS or improvements, whether secured
or not, under letters patent, domestic or
foreign.
Section 4. To carry on all allied and
associated lines of business which may
be directly connected with or may fur
Their and assist the conduct of it's main
business as above specified.
Section 5. To construct, purchase.
lease or otherwise acquire and own,
maintain and operate, steamboats,, sail
ing vessels, barges and other water
craft, piers, docks, wharves and such
lines of tramway or railway as may be
convenient, necessary or incidental to
any business or enterprise of the cor
poration, with all necessary side-tracks.
locomotives, cars, depotS, round houses
and other equipment necessary to the
operation of said vessels, piers. docks.
wharVeS, tramwayS or railways and the
traffic thereon; provided that this cor
poration shall not, without an amend
ment of this charter, be a common car
rier or have the right to exercise the
power of eminent domain.
Section 6. To enter into, make. per-
form and carry out contracts of every
son, firm, association or corporation, and
to carry on any other business which
under the law 1t may be entitled to
carry on, which may seem to the cor
poration to be calculated. directly or in
directly, to effect the aforesaid objects
the transaction of its aforesaid business
or businesses or any part thereof. or in
the transaction of any other lawful
business that may be calculated, direct
ly or indirectly, to enhance the value of
or to render profitable, any of the cor
poration's property and rights, and gen.
orally to hold and exercise all such in
to the objects and purposes hereinbefore
set forth or as may be necessary, use
full or convenient for effecting said OBJ
jects and purposes.
ARTICLE ".
The authorized capital stock of this
Corporation is hereby declared to be the
sum of Fifteen Thousand (s15,000.O0)