The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-03-06
CHARTER OF WEST PEARL RIVER
LUMBER COMPANY, INCoR-
pORATED

United States OF America, State of Louis
iana Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
day of February, A. d., one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen. and of the lndepen-
dence of the United States of America, the
one hundred and forty-third, before me- Oscar
Schneider, 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
availing themselves of the benefits and pro-
visions of the Constitution of this State, and
the laws relative TO 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
or become associated with them or their sue
cessorS into a stock corporation and body
polite in law, for the oUJects and purposes
and under the conditions. covenants, stpu-
lations, and agreements of the articles fol-
| lowing to-wit:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
| 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
| beuuest, 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 or 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
1t may contract sue and be sued, plead OF
be implicated by its corporate name in any
Court of competent jurisdiction. 1t may
make adopt and use 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 anc
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 ano
regulations not inconsistent with its charter
or any existing law, fixing or 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 It
self in the manner prescribed by law. L
may COnuuCt business III lllS otdtC, Oliic
States, the Federal Districts and Territorie
and Possessions of the United States, an!
foreign country. 1t shall have the power o
invest its Board of Directors with all of it
corporate powers, subject to such restric
tons as may be named in this Charter. An
it generally shall possess all the powers
| rights, privileges and mmunties whic
: corporations are and may hereafter be al
thorized TO possess under the sonstitutio
and laws of this State. and particularly UT
. der Act No. 267 of the General Assembl
of the State of Louisiana for the year l9i.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicle of this col
. poraton shall be the City Of New Orleans
. Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, wit
r the privilege of having an office at Alton
: Louisiana, and all citations or other leg;