The herald., 1919-09-25
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 thu
Independence OF thG United Estates u
America, the one hundred and forty
fourth, before me, ASahel Walker Cooper,
Il 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
Sonaly came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereunto sub
scribed, who severally declared that.
awaiting themselves of the laws of tn"
State of Louisiana, in such cases made and
provided and particularly Act No. 26I of
the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1914, relative TO
the organization OF corporations, they
have coyenanted and agreed and do here
by covenant and agree to form them
selves as well 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 "COttonMcrchants Realty
Company, Inc and, as such, snail nave
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 10
| alter or break at pleasure; TO eject ana
appoint such officers, directors and agents
AS the interests of the corporation may
| require: to make all necessary bylaws,
rules and regulations for the manage
ment of it's affairs and the same TO alter
and amend ut pleasure, and generally TO
exercise all powers that are now conferred
| or NAV hereafter be conferred on corpora
of no character.
ARTICLE 1.-THE dOmicile of this Cor
| pOratiOn shall he in the City OF New Or
| leans Parish of Orleans, State of LOniSi-
ana and all citations or other legal pro-
cess shall be served upon the president
of said corporation, and in the case or MS
absence upon the Nice-President, and in
case of the absence of both upon the Sec
rotary.
ARTICLE UI.-The objects and pur-
| poses for which this corporation is or
gained and the nature of the business to
be 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
every sort and kind: to purchase, sell
lease and deal in agricultural land and tC
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; u
operate plantations. factories and refine
rieS and to sell, exchange and lease th'
same: to purchase sell, construct. leaS'
and operate saw mills, grain elevators
canning factories. warehouses and to op
crate switch tracks. railroads, barge an'
boat lines inconnection herewith t
draw, make and endorse bills of eNchang
and promisSOry notes; to own stock II
other corporations and to vote the sam
and generally to do any and all thing
incidental or germano to any of tn
objects and purposes above set forth.
ARTICLE IV-The capital stock o
this corporation is hereby fixed at tn
, sum of one hundred and twenty thous
: and CS1oO,O 100000 Dollars to be divide
into twelve hundred Q20O) shares of tn