The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-10-02
CHARTER.
CHARTER COTTON MERCHANTS
REALTY COMPANY INC.

United States of America. State of
| Louisiana. Parish OF Orleans. City of New
/ Orleans. BE it known, that on this the
! Twenty First day of the month of August,
! in the year of Our Lord, one Thousand
/ nine hundred and nineteen. and of the
Independence of thu United Estates sf
| America. the one hundred and forty
| fourth, before me. ASahel Walker Cooper,
! a Notary Public duly commissioned, sworn
and qualified. in and for the city and
| Parish and State aforesaid, therein resid
ing. and in the presence of the witnesses
! hereinafter named and undersigned, per
| Sonally came and appeared the several
! persons whose names are hereuntO sub
! Scribed, who seyerally declared that,
awaiting themselves of the laws of the
! State of Louisiana, in such cases made and
| provided and particularly Act No. 261 of
| the General Assembly of the State OF
! Louisiana for the year 1914, relative to
| the organization Of corporations they
! have covenanted and agreed and do here
Iby covenant and agree to form them
| selves. as we'll as such persons as may
! hereafter become associated with them,
or succeed them, into corporation for
the objects and purposes and under the
| following articles, towit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of this corpora
ton shall be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Realty
! Company. Inc" and, such, shall have
succession for ninety nine years unless
sooner dissolved and shall have power to
contract, sue and to be sued: to make
and use a corporate seal, the same to
alter or break at pleasure; to elect and
| apDOint such officers. directors and agents
rs the interests of the corporation may
| require: to make all necessary bylaws
! rules ana regulations for the manage
! ment of its affairs and the same to alter
and amend at pleasure. and generally to
exercise all powers that are now conferred
or may hereafter be conferred on corpora
lions of the same kind and character.
/ ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this Cor
poration shall be in the city of New Or
| leans Parish of Orleans, State of LOniSi-
ana, and all citations or other legal pro
cess shall he served upon the president
of said corporation, and in the case of his
absence upon the Vice President. and in
case of the absence of both upon the Sec
rotary.
| ARTICLE III-The objects and pur-
! poses for which this corporation is or
ganized and the nature of the business to
he carried on by it are hereby declared
to be; to acquire by purchase, lease
exchange or otherwise, property, real and
personal and to sell, lease, mortgage,
pledge and hypothecate the same; to
construct, erect equip, repair and improve
buildings, houses. public and private
roads; to enter into and perform con
tracts for erecting, altering, decorating,
fitting up and improving buildings of
lease and deal in agricultural land and to
plant. cultivate and produce crops there
on. and to buy, store. sell or otherwise
deal and traffic in the same: to improve
lands for general or special purposes: to
operate plantations. factories and refine
rieS and to sell. exchange and lease the
same: to purchase sell construct. lease
and operate saw mills, grain elevators,
canning factories. warehouses and to OPP
crate switch tracks, railroads, barge and
boat lines. inconncCtion Herewith: to
draw. make and endorse bills of exchange
and prOmiSSOry notes: to own stock in
other corporations and to vote the same
and generally to do any and all things
incidental or germano to any of the
objects and purposes above set forth.
| ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of
this corporation is hereby fixed at the
sum of one hundred and twenty thOns-
and ($120 00000) Dollars to be divided
into twelve hundred U20O shares of the