The herald., 1919-10-02
CHARTER
CHARTER OF THE PARKER
LUMBER AND EXPORT
C0MANY, INC.

United States OF America. State of Louis.
lana, parish OF Orleans, City of New Orleans.
Be it known that this twenty-sixth day
of the month OF September, in the year OF
Lord thousand nine hundred and
nineteen, before me, Joseph Kenton Bailey,
a notary public duly comm ssioned and quail.
fled, in and for the Parish of Orleans. State
of Louisiana, and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared: the several
persons whose names hereinafter sub
scribed all of full age, and residents OF the
parish of Orleans who declared that avail
ing themselves of the provisions of the laws
of this state relative to corporations. they do
by these presents, unite to form and consti-
tute corporation and body polite in law I'M
der the stipulations and agreements herein
after set FORTH to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be the "Belknap- Parker Lumber and Ex-
port Company, Inc" and its corporate exis-
tence shall be for a period of ninety nine
years, with all the coporate powers granted
State, Session of 1914.
shall be in the parish of Orleans, and service
of all legal processes shall be on any Of
ficer of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized and
the business TO be carried by it are
OF timber land, timber logs and all lumber
products and the manufacture of same into
the finished products, also the purchase and
sale, manufacturing and dealing in naval
stores of all kinds; the owning and opera
ting of commssary in connection with the
above business.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
Twenty Thousand ($2OOCOGO) Dollars,
divided into and represented by two hundred
shares of a par value of one hundred (SlOO
dollars each, which may be paid for in cash,
or said stock may be issued full laid for
property, labor done good will received
or turned over to perform for said corpora
uon, and IN accordance with law.
The board of directors shall have the DOW
er to issue said stock on such terms and
under such conditions mot prohibited by law
as it may see fit.
The corporation shall be a going concern
as soon as authorized in accordance with law
ARTICLE V.-All the corporate powers
OF the corporation shall be vested in and
exercised by board of five directors, three
OF whom shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction OF business. Meetings for the
election of directors shall be held on the first
Monday In September of each year
The first board of directors shall be com.
posed of, Samuel Logan Belknap, Edwin
Belknap; Alfred Leblanc: William J. Rear
ney; Allen Parker.
The said S. L. Belknap shall be president.
the said Allen Parker shall be vice president
and the said Edwin Belknap shall be Sec
rotary treasurer. All election shall be I'M
der the supervision of the board of directors
and shall be held in accordance with law
ANY and all alterations, amendments and
changes IN this charter, including the increase
or decrease of the capital stock shall be made
IN accordance with law. The liquidation of
the affairs of the corporation shall be made
by two liquidators elected according TO law.
AKi!CLE Nll.-No stakeholder shall ever
De held liable or responsible for the contracts
or faults Of said corporation in any further
sum than the unpaid balance due on the
shares OF stock owned by him; shall
any mere informality in organization have
the effect of rending this charter null or
exposing the stakeholder to any liability he
yond the amount of his unpaid stock
ARIlCLE Villa all matters not here.
inaboye provided for. the provisions of said
,ea %, OF the General Assembly, State of
Louisiana, Session 1914 shall govern.
mus done and passed in nv office AZ the
.Iy OF New Orleans on the day. month and
year first hereinabOve written in the nre
senee OIL Lesseps Story and Erenest ]. Irwin
competent witnesses who have hereunto
signed together with said appearers and me
notary, after due reading of the whole
Original Signed Names 5f s,,hs.r,h.~s
witnesses Lesseps Story, ]. Irwin.
J. KENTON BAILEY.
Al Notary Public
l, the undersigned Recorder of NoTtgagas
IN and for the parish of Orleans. STATE Of
LOUISIANA ANA do hereby certify that the above
ana foregoing act of incorporation, az a.
Beiknap Parker Lumber and Export Co Inc
was this day duly recorded in my Office in
Book 1881 folio AIS. '''N' /"
New Orleans September 10Th 1910
signed EMILE J. LEONARD. by, r.
l hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct copy of the o~igi.
nal act on file and record in my office
J. KENTON BAILEY.
n. ~ Notary Public.