The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-08-07
CHARTER OF THE GULF FARM TRAC-
TOR COMPANY, INCORPORATED

CHARTER OF THE GULF FARM TRAc-
/ TOR COMPANY, INCORPORATED.
United States OF America; State OF Loq;s-
! lana. Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
! leans Be it known. that on this the thirty
! first day of the month of July, in the year
/ of our Lord thousand nine hundred ana
nineteen. and OF the independence OF tni
and forty third, before me, Arthur b. Leo,
| pold a notary public, duly commissioned and
qualified within and for the Parish OF Or
leans, State of Louisiana, and in the pres,
/ ence of the witnesses hereinafter named ana
| undersigned, personally came and appeared
! the several persons whose names are hereun'
| Ia subscribed, who severally declared tnat'
availing themselves OF the dement's ana pro-
visions of the Constitution Of the State OF
! Louisiana and of the laws OF the SAID State
| relative to the organization OF corporations
! and particularly of the provisions OF Act NO
! 267 of the Acts of the General Assembly OF
the State of Louisiana for the year 1914, they
have united TO form, and do by these presents
form and organize themselves, as well as al.
! such other persons who may hereafter Jolu
or become associated with them OF tieL su E
! cessors into a stock corporation tor the CD
| iects and purposes and under the covenants
| stipulations and agreements following to-""'
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title OF tins
| corporation shall be Gull Farm tractor
! Company, Incorporated and under and by
said name, unless sooner ulssolNeu =" a,
| cordarce with law and this charter, II snaii
exist and continue, and shall have and ENJOY
corporate existence and succession lor d
! Deriod of ninety nine tS9) years from anu
after the date OF this act II may nav g
| hold receive borrow, loan, exchange, ac-
quire by grant, gilt or purchase, devise Vi
beouest SELL ALLEVIATE, dispose of, convey, lease
pledge pawn, hypothecate, cucumber or mort
gage property of any kind, whether real. per-
sonal or mixed, corporeal or incorporeaI,
movable or immovable, all subject to sucn
limitations as may be prescribed by law. IL
NAV make, issue and endorse bonds or notes
and ether evidences of debt. 1t may accept
mortgages, pledges or other forms OF security
for money loaned for other debts. 1t may
contract, sue and be sued, plead or be I'm
| pleaded 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 De
| issued for capital stock in other corporations.
| 1t may name, appoint and employ such man
ayers directors, officers, agents and other EN-
ployees as its said business and conveniences
may require, and may fix their compensation
having due regard to the nature, character
and value of their services 1t may make
and establish bylaws rules and regulations
not inconsistent with this charter or any
existing law, fixing or altering the man,
agement of its property, the regulation and
| government of its affairs, and the manner
of the certifcaton and registration OF its
stock 1t may wind up and dissolve ITSELF
or be wound up and dissolved in the man
ned prescribed by law. 1t may conduct
eral Districts, the Territories and possessions
Of the United States, and any foreign countries
it generally shall possess all the powers,
tights, privileges and immunities which cor
porations are and may hereafter be author.
lied to possess under the Constitution and
laws of this State, and particularly under
Act 267 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana for the year 1914,
Al "a. hall La,y tha m inv I :
Board of Directors with all OF its corporate
powers, subject to such restrictions as may
be named in this charter.
l. ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
poraton shall be at the City of New Or
leans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana,
and all citations and other legal process shall
be served upon its President, or in the event
of his absence, upon its Vice President, or IN
the event of the absnce of both of said Of
ficers, upon its Secretary.
ARTICLE III.-The purpose or purposes for
which this corporation is formed and the ma
ture of the business to be carried on by 1t
are hereby declared to be:
Section l. To plant, grow and cultivate all
kinds of fruits, plants and vegetables. 10
raise, buy, sell and deal in horses, mules
cattle, live stock and poultry of all kinds;
and generally to engage IN the business oil
tablish, maintain, operate and conduct hotels,
stores, canning factories, packing houses
warehouses, depots, cold storage plants, ice
factories, concrete or clay factories or works
and sawmills; and TO buy, sell, import. ex-
, port and genrelay deal and trade in, store
carry, transport and manufacture the pro
ducts of any all of the above operations
. and any and all kinds of goods, wares, mer.
chandise, machinery, tools, implements and
supplies.
Section II. To conduct the business of a
! real estate agent, and to deal in, buy, sell
acquire, lease, sublet or farm for its own
account for the account of others, real
estate, lands and tenements, and to survey
q | subdivide and plat such lands for the pur-
pose of sale and to improve and develop tine
2 same by the erection of houses or buildings
> thereon, and to do such other lawful acts as
may be needful desirable in and about
the said improvement or development thereof
r for any purpose; and generally to contract
purchase, own, hold, lease, convey, mort
gage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire
= or dispose of lands, water rights, mills, fac
tories, buildings and other structures, and al
other property, both real and personal, o.
e every class and description, or any interes
Z therein necessary or desirable for the carry
ing on of the aforesaid business or either o
them.
: Section III. To purchase. acquire, hold
: own, pledge sell, lease and dispose of, ant
: generally deal in, the stocks, bonds and othe
: securities or evidences of Indebtedness, prop
erty, rights, business, good will, franchise
and assets of every kind Of any firm, asso
2 citation, individual or corporation, foreign
: domestic or municipal, of any State, par
/, ish, county, ward road district, drainage o
: subdranagc district, any political sub
\ division in the State of Louisiana or else
= where. And to pay for any property, rights
!, business, good will franchises and assets S
!, acquired in the stocks, bonds, other Sc
= curities of this corporation or otherwise.
s Section ~ To carry on a general con
: tracing and construction business and OF
erations, consisting of entering into and exc