The herald., 1919-02-27
CHARTER OF EUREKA LAND COM
PANY, INCORPORATED.

United States of America, State OF Louis
lana. Parish OF Orleans, City of New Or
leans. Be it known. that this 10Th day
OF the month OF January, in the year OF our
Nineteen, and OF the independence of the
United States of America, the One Hundred
and forty third; before me, Francis DAssis-
SEES Charbonnet, Notary Public. duly com
missioned and qualified, in and for this
City and the Parish OF Orleans. therein re-
siding, and in the presence OF the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, person
ally came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hreuntO SUBSCRIBE, who
severally declared that awaiting themselves
| of the laws of the State Of Louisiana and
| especially the laws relative TO the organi-
zation OF corporations, they have cOvenanted
| and agree and do by these presents covenant
and agree and bind themselves, as well as
! all such other persons as may hereafter be-
| come associated with them, TO form a cor
| poraton for the objects and purposes and
| under the articles, agreements and stipula-
| tons following, to-wit:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and style OF this
corporation shall be, Eureka Land Company,
| incorporated, and by and under that name it
shall have and enjoy all of the rights, privi-
| leges powers, authority and advantages
granted by law to corporations; it shall
exist for period of ninety years from
| date hereof; to make and use a corporate
| corporate name; to have and employ such
| managers, directors, officers, agents and
! other employees as the board Of directors
may deem necessary; to hold, receive, lease,
purchase, convey, mortgage, hypothecate or
| pledge property, real personal or mixed;
| to issue bonds, notes other obligations,
and to secure the payment thereof by pledge
or mortgage; and to make and establish such
bylaws, rules and regulations for the cor
| porate management and control of its bust
ness and affairs as may be deemed neces-
| sary, proper eXpedient.
| ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this /cor-
poration shall be in the city of New Or
| leans, State of Louisiana, and all citations
and other legal process shll be served upon
| the President of said corporation or in case
| of his absence or inability to act, upon the
! Vice-President, and in case of the absence
| or inability of both the President or Vice
| urer on this corporation, and in his absence,
in the manner provided by Section "a OF
Act 267 of the General Assembly, State of
| Louisiana for 1914.
| ARTICLE III-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is formed and the
| nature of the business TO be carried on and
conducted by it are hereby declared to be:
to deal in, buy, acquire and hold, movable
| and lmmoveable property of every descrip-
| ton in the State of Louisiana, elsewhere
| whether by purchase, lease, donations, ex-
change or otherwise, and the same to SELL
lease, mortgage, exchange, rent, or donate; &c
| reclaim and improve landed property; TO lay
out town lots suburbs and farms; to lay
| streets, construct sidewalks and alleys; tC
erect buildings and dwellings other i'm.
provements; deal in, buy, sell, borrow and
stocks, mortgage notes and other securities
to do any all of the foregoing, either for
its own account or for account of others
And generally to do and perform or engage
| in any kind of business undertaking con
nected with, grow ing out of, pertinent t.
the purposes hereinabove set forth and no
ARTICLE Iv-The capital stock of thi,
Ninety Eight Thousand and no/lOO (soS,
0Oo.00) Dollars divided into and represented
by Nine hundred and eighty $500 shares
of the par value of One Hundred $500 Dol
lars each which said stock shall be paid TO
and issued in the purchase by the compan,
of the following described real estate lyins
and being in the Parish of Jefferson ant
State of Louisiana to wit: x certain por
ton of land together with all the rights
ways, privileges, etc, thereunto belongin,
or appertaining, situated adjacent to LAX
Ponchartrain and extending south over al
area to contain one thousand acres, being tn
entire north section of the Riparian Ian,
Company, Inc, Formerly Colonial Land Co.
tract, situated in the Parish of Jefferson
Louisiana, and more fully described as fol
lows:
Beginning at an iron pipe which mark
the intersection of the L. R. & N. right-of
Riparian Land Company Formerly Colonia
Land Coz run N IS 30 E for a distanc
of 3,ll4, which is the beginning of tn
thousand acre tract; thence N "a, 80 E 70
a distance of 2,2S0' to the west line of tn
Riparian Land Company formerly Colonia
Land Coz tract; thence along said line
10, 46 w, for distance of $1,000 to tn
edge Of Lake Ponchartrain; thence 80,
{ along the shore of Lake Ponchartrain 70
a distance of 5000; thence S IS, 30 alon
the East line of the Riparian Land Com
. pany formerly Colonial Land Coz tract 70
, a distance of 1883 to the point of closur
. which is 3,ll4' from the L. r. & N. Ry
on the East line of the Riparian Land Com
pany formerly Colonial Land CO.. trac
. All of which of the above contains On
, Thousand Acres. The said value being tn
value as appraised by the directors in a,
D cordance with Section of Act No. 267 of tn
General Assembly of the State of Louisiana
for 1914. All shares of stock shall be fu
: paid and non-assessable and all certificate
4 | of stock Of this corporation shall be signe
t by the President and Secretary Treasurer
e the corporation; all transfers OF stock
e be binding upon this corporation shall
e made upon the books of said corporatio
n The capital stock OF this corporation ma
f be increased from time to time, in the maj
It ner provided for by the laws of the Sta