The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-03-06
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 on this 10Th day
OF the month OF January. in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and
nineteen, and OF the Independence of the
United States OF America, the One Hundred
and forty-third; before me, Francis OASIS
ses 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 hreunto SUBSCRIBE. who
severally declared that availing themselves
of the laws Of the State of Louisiana and
especially the laws relative to the organ-
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-
poraton for the objects and purposes and
| under the articles, agreements and stipula-
| tons following, to-wit:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and style of thi.
| corporation shall be, Eureka Land Company,
| Incorporated, and by and under that name it
| shall have and enjoy all of the rights, prvi-
| leges, powers, authority and advantages
| granted by law to corporations it shall
date hereof; to make and use corporate
| seal, to contract, sue and be sued in its
corporate name; 70 have and employ such
| managers, directors, officers, agents and
| 0tner employees as the DoarQ or directors
| may deem necessary; TO hold, receive, lease,
| purchase, convey, mortgage, hypOthecate or
| pledge property, real, personal mixed;
| to issue bonds. notes or 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 may be deemed neces-
| sary, proper or expedient
| ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile OF this cor.
1
| 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 absenc,
or inability of both the President or Vice
President TO act, upon the Secretary-Treas
urer OF this corporation, and in his absence
in the manner provided by Section "a o.
Act 267 of the General Assembly, State o.
Louisiana for 1914
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purpose
for which this corporation is formed and tn,
nature of the business to be carried on anC
conducted by it are hereby declared to be
to deal in, buy, acquire and hold, moveabl,
! and immoveable property of every descrip
ton in the State Of Louisiana, or elsewhere
whether by purchase, lease. donations, ex
change or otherwise and the same to sell
lease. mortgage, exchange, rent, or donate; t
reclaim and improve landed property; to la!
out town lots suburbs and farms; to la.
streets. construct sidewalks and alleys; +
erect OullulORS anu dwellings, OF OLllSl I'M
provements; deal in, buy, sell, borrow ant
to lend money on personal property, bonds
stocks, mortgage notes and other securities
to do any or all of the foregoing, either 70
its own account for account of others
And generally to do and perform engag
in any kind of business or undertaking con
nected with, growing out of, or pertinent +
the purposes hereinabove set forth and no
prohibited by law.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock of thi
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum o
Ninety Eight Thousand and no 100 1898,
000.00) Dollars divided into and represente,
by Nine hundred and eighty (oS0) share
of the par value of One Hundred ($l0O Dol
lars each which said stock shall be paid 70
and issued in the purchase by the compan
of the following described real estate lyin
J and being in the Parish of Jefferson an
J State of Louisiana to wit: A certain poi
ton of land together with all the right:
ways, privileges, etc, thereunto belongin
or appertaning, situated adjacent to LAX
Ponchartrain and extending south over a
; area to contain one thousand acres, being tn
I entire north section Of the Riparian Ian
r Company, Inc, formerly Colonial Land Co
tract. situated in the Parish of Jefferson
Louisiana, and more fully described as TO
lows:
: Beginning at an iron pipe which mark
! the intersection Of the L. X. & " right-o
E way line and the East property line of II
l Riparian Land Company Formerly Coloni;
\ Land Coz run n IS 30 E for distanC
Y of 3,1l4', which is the beginning of II
r thousand acre tract; thence n "a, 80 E fl
5 J a distance of 22SV TO the west line of Il