The herald., 1919-08-14
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE NEW
ORLEANS GRAVEL COMPANY,
INCORPORATED.

United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
leans. Be it known that on this 23rd day
OF the month of June in the year of our
Nineteen and of the Independence of the
United States OF America, the one hundred
and forty third. Before me, Charles 7.
Starkey, a Notary Public duly commits stoned
and qualified, within and for the Parish of
Orleans, State of Louisiana, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned; Personally came and ap.
peared, the several persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, who severally declared
that, availing themselves of the benefits and
provisions of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana and of the laws OF said State
relative to the organization of corporations
and particularly of the provisions of Act
No. 267 of the General Assembly of the State
of louisiana for the year 1914, they have
contracted and agree and united to form and
do, by these presents, contract and agree
and bind and obGgate themselves to form
and organize themselves as well as all such
other persons who may hereafter join or be-
come associated with them or their success
sors, into stock corporation and body poll
tic in law, for the objects and purposes and
under the conditions, covenants, stipulations
and agreements of the articles following, to-
wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be New orleans Gravel
Company, Incorporated and under and by
said name, unless sooner dissolved in ac-
cordance with law and this charter, it shall
exist and continue, and shall have and en-
JOY corporate existence and succession for
period of ninety nine years from and after
the date of this Act. 1t may have, hold,
receive, borrow, loan, exchange, acquire by
grant, gilt or purchase, devise or bequest,
sell, ALLEVIATE, dispose of, convey, lease,
pledge, pawn, hypothecate, cucumber and
mortgage property of any kind whether real,
personal or mixed corporal or incorporeal,
movable immovable, all subject to such
limitations as may be prescribed by law.
1t may make, issue and endorse bonds or
notes and other evidences of debt 1t may
accept mortgages, pledges or other forms of
security for money loaned or other debt
1t may contract, sue and be sued, plead or
be implicated by dts 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
be issued for capital stock in other corpora
tons. 1t may name, appoint and employ
such managers, directors, officers, agents and
fence may require, and may fix their compen-
sation, having due regard to the nature, char
acter and value of their services. 1t may
make and establish by laws, rules and regu-
lations not inconsistent with this charter or
any existing law, fixing altering the
arrangements of its property, the regulation
and government of its affairs and the man.
ner Of the certification and registration of its
stock. 1t may wind up and dissolve itself,
or be wound up and dissolved in the man
ner prescribed by law. 1t may conduct
business in this State, other States, the
Federal Districts. the Territories and pos
sessions of the United States and any for
eign country. 1t shall have the power to
invest its Board of Directors with all of its
corporate powers subject to such restrictions
as may be named in this Charter. And IN
general shall possess all the powers, rights,
privileges and immunities which corporations
are and may hereafter be authorized TO pos
sess under the Constitution and laws OF this
State and particularly under Act No. 267 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1914
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
poration shall be at the City of New Orleans,
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, AMI
all citations other legal process shall be
served upon the President of this Corpora
ton, or in case of his absence, upon the
of these officers, upon the Secretary of this
corporation.
ARTICLE III-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is formed and the
nature of the business TO be carried on by it
are hereby declared to be:
Section /. To purchase, buy, sell, deal in
and operate any building and paving mater
fal in Louisiana and elsewhere, to lease,
own and operate sand and gravel beds, de-
posits and lands and any other beds, de-
posits and lands, and to enter into obliga
tions, undertakings and engagements, and to
make and do all things necessary and proper
in connection with the sand and gravel
business and further to do a contracting.
constructing and engineering business and
especially 10 bid upon, accept and execute
contracts for work of all kinds, give out
and sub-contract or sub-let any or all of
the said work. to construct and maintain
highways, roads. etc, and to furnish all
material necessary therefor.
Section 2. To store, transport and sell all
and any of the said products above speci-
fled and for the convenient conduct of the
same. to maintain such control aad branch