The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-10-30
CHARTER OF THE BELKNAP-PARkEF
LUMBER AND EXPORT
COMANY, INC.

limited States OF America, State OF LOUIS
IOWA parish of Orleans, City OF New orleans
Re Il known that on this twenty SIAN -
of the month of September, IN the year y,
our Lord one thousand nine nuhuie 90,
:ateen before me- Joseph kenton balley'
- r,otarv nublic duly commi ssioned ana guar
f;ed in and for the Parish of Orleans stare
of ou;s;ana and in the presence OF the WI,
nesses hereinafter named and unuerslsneu;,
personally came and appeared: the seNed
persons whose names are ;Ian.s ~ the
scr;hed all of full age, and residents Oh ny
nar;sh of Orleans, who declared thar ayali.
70 themselves of the provisions OF the laws
Of this state relative to corporations my ~
NV these presents, unite to torn ana coiist.-
t,,te corporation and body polite IN law, uli-
der the stipulations and agreements
after set forth, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be the "Belknap-Parker LUMBER anu
mort Company, Inc.," and its corporate ekis
tence shall be for a PERIOD OF nine n rtad
years. with all the cooperate powers granteu
bv Act 267 of the General Assembly OF 'his
State, Session of 1914. ,:o;,.
ARTICLE 1.-THE corporations domiclle
shall be in the parish of Orleans, ana service
of all legal processes shall De on any Va
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purpose,
Cor which this corporation is organized ana
the business to be carried on by II are
hereby declared to be the purchase ana sale
| of timber land, timber logs and al lulnpel
nrod,cts and the manufacture of same into
the finished products, also the purchase ano
sale. manufacturing and dealing IN naVa'
stores of all kinds; the owning and 3peI "a.
ting of a commissary in connection WIN the
above business. e .h;s
| ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock OF uils
| cornoration is hereby fixed at the sum oil
| TWENTY Thousand (s20OO,00) Dollars
divided into and represented by two hundred
shares of a par value of one hundred Slo0I
dollars each, which may be paid tor IN casn
or said stock may be issued tuli pald 1oi
property, labor done or good WIZ, ie.rlvee
or turned over to perform for SAID corpora
| ton, and in accordance with law.
| The board of directors shall have the pow.
er to issue sad stock on such terms anS
under such conditions (not prohibited by law
| as it may see fit. o--
az soon as authorized in accordance with law
! ARTICLE Vail the corporate power:
of the corporation shall be vested IN ane
exercised by board of five directors, three
of whom shall constitute quorum Ior ~. .ti'
transaction of business. Meetings for thu
election of directors shall be held on the frs
Monday in September of each year:
| The first board of directors shall be com
posed of, Samuel Logan Beiknap; Edwii
Belknap; Alfred Leblanc; William }. Near
ney; Allen Parker.
the said Allen Parker shall be vice presiden
and the said Edwin Belknap shall be Sec
retary-treasurer. All election shall be un
der the supervision of the board of director
and shall be held in accordance with law.
Any and all alterations, amendments ant
changes in this charter, including the increas
or decrease of the capital stock shall be mad
in accordance with law. The liquidation 0
the affairs of the corporation shall De mao
by two liquidators elected according to law
ARTICLE VII.-No stakeholder shall eve
L. fnr contract
or faults of said corporation in any turthe
sum than the unpaid balance due on tn
shares of stock owned by him; nor shal
any mere informality in organization nav
. the effect of rending this charter null o
exposing the stakeholder to any , tiaGiii'y oe
ARTICLE VIII.-In all matters not here
inabove provided for, the provisions OF sal
Act 267 of the General Assembly, State c
Louisiana, Session 1914, shall govern.
Thus done and passed in my office at tn
CITY of New Orleans on the day, month an
wear first hereinabove written in the pr
sence of Lesseps Stcry and Erenest ]. lrvi
competent witnesses who have hereunt
signed together with said appearers and nj
notary, after due reading Of the whole
Original Signe0 Names Of subscriber
Witnesses Lesseps Story. ] Irwin;
: J. KENYON BAILEY.
: Notary Public.
I. the undersigned Recorder of Mortgage
in and for the parish of Orleans, State I
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the abo,
: and foregoing act of Incorporation of II
> Belknap Parker Lumber and Export Co, Int
was this day duly recorded in my office
; Book 1881 folio 4lS.
New Orleans September 26th 1919.
! Signed EMILE J. LEONARD, by, r.
1 hereby certify that the above and for
: going is true and correct copy Of the orig
E nal act on file and record in my office.
5 ]. KENYON BAILEY.
1 Notary Public.