The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-10-23
CHARTER OF THE BELKNAP-PARKER
LUMBER AND EXPORT
COMANY, INC.

United States of America, State OF Louis
lana. parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans.
Re Il known that on this twenty-sixth day
of the month of September, in the year OF
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
nineteen, before me, Joseph kenton Bailey'
notary public duly commi ssioned and quail
fled in and for the Parish of Orleans, State
of Louisiana, and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned;
personally came and appeared: the several
persons whose names are hereinafter SUP
scribed, all of full age, and residents OF the
parish of Orleans, who declared that avail
ing themselves of the provisions of the laws
of this state relative to corporations, they do
nv these presents unite to form and consti-
tute a corporation and body polite in law, I'M
der the stipulations and agreements herein
after set forth, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be the "Belknap- Parker Lumber and Ex-
port Company, Inc.," and its corporate exis-
tence shall be for a period of ninety-nine
years, with all the coporate powers granted
by Act 267 of the General Assembly of this
State, Session of 1914.
ARTICLE 1.-THE corporations domicile
shall be in the parish of Orleans, and service
of all legal processes shall be on any Of
ficer of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized and
the business to be carried on by it are
hereby declared to be the purchase and sale
of timber land, timber logs and all lumber
products and the manufacture Of same into
the finished products, also the purchase and
sale, manufacturing and dealing in naval
stores of all kinds; the owning and opera
ting of a commissary in connection with the
above business.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
Twenty Thousand (S20,OOOO0) Dollars,
:, ;JaJ into md ted NV twO
shares of par value of one hundred GlO0)
dollars each, which may be paid for in cash.
or said stock may be issued full paid for
property, labor done or good will, received
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 said stock on such terms and
under such conditions (not prohibited by law
as it may see fit.
The corporation shall be a going concern
as soon as authorized in accordance with law.
ARTICLE Vail the corporate powers
of the corporation shall be vested in and
exercised by a board of five directors, three
of whom shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. Meetings for the
election of directors shall be held on the first
Monday in September of each year.
The first board of directors shall be COM
posed Of Samuel Logan Belknap; Edwin
Belknap; Alfred Leblanc; William J. Kear-
The said S. L. Belknap shall be president,
the said Allen Parker shall be vice president
and the said Edwin Belknap shall be Sec
rotary treasurer. All election shall be un-
der the supervision of the board of directors
and shall be held in accordance with law.
Any and all alterations. amendments and
changes in this charter, including the increase
or decrease of the capital stock shall be made
IN accordance with law. The liquidation of
the affairs of the corporation shall be made
by two iquidators elected according to law
ARTICLE V1I.-No stakeholder shall ever
be held liable or responsible for the contracts
or faults of said corporation in ane further
sum than the unpaid balance due on the
shares of stock owned by him; nor shall
any mere informality in organization have
the effect of rending this charter null or
exposing the stakeholder to any liability be-
yond the amount of his unpaid stock
ARTICLE VIII.-In all matters not here
inaoove provided for, the provisions of said
Act 267 of the General Assembly, State of
Louisiana, Session 1914, shall govern.
thus done and passed in my office at the
City of New Orleans on the day. month and
year first hereinabove written in the pre.
sence OF Lesseps Story and Erenest ]. Irwin
competent witnesses who have hereunto
signed together with said appearers and me,
notary, after due reading of the whole.
Original Signed Names of subscribers
J. KENYON BAILEY,
Notary Public.
1, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages
IN and for the parish of Orleans, State of
louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act of incorporation of the
Belknap Parker Lumber and Export Co. Inc,
was this day duly recorded in my office in
Book 1921 folio 41S.
New Orleans September 18th 1919.
Signed EMILE ]. LEONARD, by, R.
hereby certify that the above and fore
gong is true and correct copy of the origi.
nal act on file and record in my office.
]. KENYON BAILEY,
~ Notary Public.
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