The herald., 1919-02-27

United States OF America. State of Louis
lana, Parish OF Orleans, City OF New Or
day of February, A. D., thousand nine
hundred and nineteen, and of the Indepen-
dence of the United States OF America. the
one hundred and forty third, before me. Oscar
Schneider, a Notary Public, duly commits
stoned and qualified within and for the
Parish aforesaid. and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed: Personally came and appeared, the
several persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed, who severally declared, that
availng themselves of the benefits and pro-
visions of the Constitution of this State, and
the laws relative 10 the organization of cor
porations, and particularly of the provisions
of Act 267 OF the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1914. they
have contracted and agreed and united to
form and do, by these presents, contract and
agree and bind and obligate themselves to
form and organize themselves, as well as
such other persons who may hereafter JOIN
or become associated with them their sue
cessors into a stock corporation and body
polite in law, for the Ouyects and purposes
and under the conditions, covenants, stipu-
lations, and agreements of the articles fol-
lowing to-wit:
corporation shall be: West Pearl River
Lumber Company, Incorporated, and under
and by said name, unless sooner dissolved
in accordance with law and this charter, it
shall exist and continue, and shall have
and enjoy corporate existence and succession
for a period of ninety-nine years from and
after the date of this act 1t may have,
hold, receive, borrow, loan, exchange, &C.
quire by grant, gift or purchase devise or
bequest, sell, ALLEVIATE, dispose OF, convey.
lease, pledge, pawn, hypothecate, cucumber
or mortgage property Of every kind, whether
real, personal or mixed, corporeal or incor-
poreal, movable immovable, all subject to
such limitations as may be prescribed by
law. 1t may make, issue or endorse bonds
or notes and other evidences of debt. II
may accept mortgages, pledges or other forms
of security for money loaned or other debts.
II may contract and be sued plead or
be implicated by its corporate name in any
Court of competent jurisdiction. It may
make, adopt and use a 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 employ
such managers, directors, officers, agents and
other employees as its business and con.
venience may require, and may fix theii
compensation, giving due regard to the ma
ture, character and value of their services
1t may make and establish bylaws, rules and
regulations not inconsistent with its charter
| or any existing law, fixing altering the
management of its property, the regulation
| and government of its affairs, and the man
ner of the certification and registration o.
| its stock. 1t may wind up and dissolve ii
| may conduct business in this State, othel
States, the Federal Districts and Territories
| and Possessions of the United States, or any
| foreign country. 1t shall have the power Of
| invest its Board of Directors with all of it:
| corporate powers, subject to such restric
| tions as may be named in this Charter. AnC
| it generally shall possess all the powers
| rights, privileges and immunites whicl
corporations are and may hereafter be All
| thorized to possess under the constitution
and laws of this State. and particularly un
| der Act No. 267 of the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana for the year 1914
| ARTICLE 1.-THE donicile of this cor
| poration shall be the City of New Orleans
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, will
the privilege of having an office at Alton
Louisiana, and all citations or other lega
process shall be served upon the Presiden
| Of this Corporation, at its domicile. and il
| case of his absence, on the Vice-Presiden
| and in case of the absence of both of thes
officers, upon the Secretary of this cor
poration.
ARTICLE IH.-The objects and purpose
for which this corporation is formed and tn
| nature of the business TO be carried on b.
it, are hereby declared to be:
Sec. /. To buy and sell, either at whole
| sale or retail, as owners thereof or on com
mission, and to export and import, lumbe
logs and building Materials TO buy and Sc
timber lands. and generally to do all. thing
necessary and proper pertaining or incider
TO such business; to construct. maintain
sell or purchase mills, and all necessar
machinery therefore TO operate the same, an
generally to acquire and dispose of all m;
terials and articles that may be now or her
after used or required in or in connectio
. with the lumber business and the manufa
ture of the same.
Sec 2 To survey, sub-divde and pl
lands for the purpose or lease or sale. al
. to improve and develop the same by q