St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-02-08
Charter of
GEO. H. KOEPP, INC.
United States of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of
St. Tammany.

Be it known, That on this 22d day
of January, A. D., 1919, before me,
Thomas NJ Burns, a Notary Public,
duly commissioned and sworn, in
and for the parish of st. Tammany,
State of Louisiana, therein residing,
personally came and appeared the
persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed, who declared that, avail
ing themselves of the laws of the
State of Louisiana, relative to the
organization of corporations, they
have covenanted and agreed, and by
these presents do covenant and agree,
bind and form and constitute them
selves, as well as such other persons
who may be hereafter joined or be-
come associated with them into a
corporation and body polite in law,
for the objects and purposes, and
under the agreements and stipula-
lions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and style Of this cor
poration shall be the
Geo. III. Koepp, Inc.,"
and under that name it shall have
and enjoy all rights and privileges
granted by law to corporations; it
shall exist for a period of ninety
nine years from this day; it shall
have power to contract, sue and be
sued in It's corporate name; to make
and use corporate seal and the
same to alter at pleasure; to hold,
receive, purchase, convey, mortgage,
hypothecate or pledge property, both
vno1 t1
notes and other obligations; to have
and employ such managers, directors,
officers, agents and other employees
as the interests and convenience of
said corporation may require; and
to make and establish such bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper
management and control Of the af-
fairs of the corporation as may be
reasonable and expedient.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of said corporation
shall be at Covington, in the parish
Of st. Tammany, State of Louisiana;
and all citations and other legal pro-
cess shall be served on the President,
and in his absence on the Vice-Presi-
dent, and in the absence Of both on
the Secretary-Treasurer.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is establish
ed, and the nature of the business
to be carried on by it, are hereby de-
clared to be:
To manufacture, buy and sell lum-
Der and piling and other wood pro-
ducts, both wholesale and retail and
generally to do and perform any and
all acts and things pertaining to the
business above mentioned, connected
Herewith or arising therefrom, in
this state and elsewhere
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock of this cor9o-5
ton is hereby fye1 at the sun,
Five Thousand (s5,000.00) Dollars
divided into and represented by fst
(50) shares of the par value Of n
Hundred ($100) Dollars each, whir'
shall be paid for in cash, when s.
scribed, or for the purchase OF Pc
erty as said Board may cleo, al
which shall be common stock.
That this corporation shall be
going concern when al Of its can't
Sloch is actually pdlu LOT. All SHaTCF
Of stock shall be full paid AMI nor
assessable, which capital stock ra-
be increased to a sum not to evcaed
Twenty-Five Thousand (s25, 00O0O)
Dollars, at the pleasure of the Board
Of Directors, in which event during
the period between the call for the
for such increase and the
meeting, the person holding stock at
The time sahll have the right to take
shares Of the additional or increased