St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-02-15
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 we'll 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-
tons following, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and style of this cor
poration shall be the
Geo. H. Koepp, Inc.,"
and under that name it shall have
and enjoy all rights and privileges
granted by law to corporations; it
shall exist for o period of ninety
nine years from this day; it shall
have power to contract, sue and be
sued in its corporate name; to make
and use a corporate seal and the
same to alter at pleasure; to hold,
receive, purchase, convey, mortgage,
hypothecate or pledge property, both
real and personal; to issue bonds,
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 at
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 ecretary-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 ".
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum q.
Five Thousand (s5,000.001 Dollars
divided into and represented by fit,
(50) shares of the par value Of O.
Hundred $4,000 Dollars each, whicl
shall be paid for in cash, when sgS
scribed, or for the purchase Of p"aI
erty as said Board may eleer, Az
which shall be common stock.
That this corporation shall te
going concern when all of ifs can't
stock is actually paid for All share@
of stock shall be full paid and ron
assessahle, which capital stock r1aV,
be increased to a sum not 70 excoef
Twenty-Five Thousand (s2E, 100000
Dollars, at the pleasure of the Board
of Directors. in which event during
the period between the call for the
meeting 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