The herald., 1919-10-02
CHARTER OF SUGAR & M0LASSES
TRADING COMPANY, INC.

1-,;,.d States Of America, State OF LOUIS.
;,na parish of Orleans. Be II known taA'
on the 10th day OF the month OF oePIe' H.
/ =, N. wear of our Lord One thousand NiIe
! Hundred and Nineteen, before me- rt :sI.L -
49, Notary Public duly commissioned
"a nnsIified in and for the Parish and State
sforesaid, and in the presence OF the WY
~esses hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared; the, seEe'5'
nersons whose names are heTeuh'o suoS0''olu ~
Who declared TO me, Notary, IN the presence
Of the undersigned Witnesses mat aVa'l'n <
themselves OF the provisions OF the laws 81
the State of Louisiana, they have nalNIalIy
agreed and contracted, and by these presents
do agree and contract, and bind ana oo!,sa,s
themselves their heirs and assigns, and a..
nereors who may hereafter become assoclaLel
,,,,i them herein, to form corporation under
The name and for the objects and purposes
and under the terms and stlpulatons and pro-
visions contained in the following articles
tO-wt
ARTICLE 1.-The name of the corporation
Ill he Sugar & Molasses Trading Company
Inc.
ARTICLE 1.-THE purposes for which the
cornoration is formed are hereby declared to
be as follows:
(al To buy, sell, handle and deal in mo.
.1asses. syrips, sugar and any products thereon
and to manufacture from same, ana 10 sen
and distribute such articles as II may deem
ouire transportation equipment OF any ma
ture whatsoever, necessary or advantageous
in connection with the carrying on OF sald
business; to acquire and operate such plants
as may be necessary or sdVan5ageous @s
adiuncts to the operation of said business;
to acquire, either by purchase, merger, lease
or exchange the property or entire plants OF
other corporations or individuals engaged IN
a business similar or incidental TO any part
of the business in which this corporation
-. import and
export any of the articles necessary or in
cdental 70 the proper operation OF said busl-
ness.
% To borrow money for any and all OF
the purposes hereinabove set forth and TO Is
sue from time to time to any extent neceS-
sary or convenient in the opinion of the Board
of Directors of this corporation, negotiable
notes, coupons, registered or other bonds or
obligations of this corporation and TO secure
the payment of the principal and interest
the same by mortgage or pledge OF all or
any part of the property, rights, franchises
and privileges of the corporation then owned
or which may be thereafter acquired, and
also with full power to do all things proper,
necessary, convenient or incidental to the
powers and purposes above expressed;
(c) To acquire by purchase, subscription,
or otherwise, and to hold, sell, assign, trans
fer, exchange, mortgage, pledge or otherwise
dispose of any shares of the capital stock,
bonds other evidences of indebtedness of
any other corporation or corporations, asSo-
citation or associations, domestic foreign,
engaged in any business in which this cor
poration may be authorized to engage, or the
ownership of whose securities would be ad-
vantageous convenient in the protection
or promotion of any of the purposes or in
terests of this corporation, but only TO the
extent authorized by the laws of the State
of louisiana;
Cd To carry on all or any part of the
foregoing objects as principal, factor, agent
broker or otherwise, either alone or in con-
junction with any person, firm, association or
corporation. and in any part of the
world, and in carrying on its business, and
tor the purpose of attaining of furtherinC
any OF its objects, to make and perform
such contracts of any kind and description;
to do such acts and things and to exercise
all such powers as a natural person would
lawfully make, perform, do or exercise, pro-
vided the same be not inconsistent with the
laws under which this corporation is orga-
nized;
(e) The enumeration of powers hereinabove
made shall not be construed as in any wise
Limitation upon the powers of this cor.
poration, but in furtherance thereof
ARTICLE III.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
Thirty Thousand Dollars ($5OOOOm to be
represented by three hundred shares of the
par value OF One Hundred Dollars (slOCM)
each; one hundred fifty $50 shars shall