The herald., 1918-04-18
CHARTER OF
THE ALLAN LAND COMPANY INC

| CHARLES ROSEN. Not. Pub.
Apr. 1925 May 2-9-16-23
CHARTER OF
THE ALLAN LAND COMPANY, INC.
nlted States OF America, State of Lou
iSiana, Parish of Orleans, City of
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 second, before me. Arthur Il. Leo
pOld, a Notary Public duly commissioned
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-
ularly of the provisions of Act. No. 267
! 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
| cessi0n 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,
1 hN~N. OIL hoo
| erty of any kind, whether real, personal
or mixed, corporal or incOrpOreal, NOV
able or immOvable, 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. 1t
may accept mortgages, pledges or other
FORMS OF security for money loaned for
other debts. 1t may contract, sue and
be sued, plead or be implicated by it's 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
of their services. 1t may make and es-
tablsh 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 certihcation and registration of its
stock. 1t may wind up and dissolve it
self, or be wound up and dissolved in the
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
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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 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 its 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 /. To plant, grow and cult
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
sawmils; 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.
Section III. To conduct the business of
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-
velOp 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,
own, hold, lease, convey, mortgage,
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 ac-
quired in the stock, bonds, or other secur-
tiles of this corporation or otherwise.
Section Nv. To carry on general con-
tracing and construction business and OPP
erations, consisting of entering into and
executing contracts with persons, firms,