The herald., 1919-07-10
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE NEW
ORLEANS GRAVEL COMPANY,
INCORPORATED.

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 25rd dav
of the month of June 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, Charles T.
Starkey, Notary Public duly commissioned
| 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 obligate themselves to form
, and organize themselves as we'll 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, tor the objects and purposes and
under the conditions, covenants, stipulatons
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 bv
| 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
a period of ninety-nine years from and after
| the date of this Act. 1t may have hold,
receive, borrow, loan, exchange, acquire by
grant git or purchase, devise or Request,
| Eal oil Il,
pledge, pawn, hypothecate, cucumber and
mortgage property of any kind whether real,
personal or mixed, corporeal or incorporeal
movable or mmOvable, all subject to such
limitations as may be prescribed by law
1t may make, issue and endorse bonds ~
| notes and other evidences of debt 1t NAV
accept mortgages, pledges other forms OF
| security for money loaned or other debts
| II may contract, and be sued, plead or
be implicated by its corporate name in any
court OF competent jurisdiction. 1t may
make adopt and use a common seal and alter
| the same at pleasure. 1t may hold stock in
other corporations and its capital stock NAV
| be issued for capital stock in other corpora
| tons. 1t may name, appoint and employ
such managers, directors. officers, agents and
other employees as its business and conven-
fence may require, and may fix their compen-
satlon, having due regard to the nature. char
acter and value of their services 1t NAV
make and establish by laws. rules and regu-
latlOllS MOI inconsistent Win inns CndTtcr
any existing law, fixing or 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. It 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 70
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corporate powers subject to such restrictions
as may he 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.
pOraton shall be at the City Of New Orleans
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and
all citations or other legal process shall be
served upon the President Of this Corpora
ton, or in case of his absence, upon the
Nice-President. or in the absence of both
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
ial in Louisiana and elsewhere. to lease,
own and operate sand and gravel beds, de-
posts and lands and any other beds, de-
posts 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 I
business and further TO do a contracting
constructing and engineering business and
especially to bid upon, accept and execute
If al ind |
and sub-contract sub-let any or all of
the said work, to construct and maintain
roads, etc, and to furnish all
material necessary therefor.
Section 3 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 and branch
offices as may be found necessary and de-
srable.
Section 3. To apply for, purchase or other
wise acquire and use, operate, sell, assign,
transfer and otherwise dispose of, processes,
formulas, patents, licenses and other rights
in any and all inventions or improvements,
whether secured not, under letters pat
emit, domesic foreign.
Section 4. To carry on all allied and as
sooiated lines OF business which may be d.
rectly connected with or may further and
assist the conduct of its main business as
above specified.
Section 5 To construct, purchase, lease, or +:
otherwise acquire and own, maintain and
operate, steamboats,, sailing vessels, barges
and other water craft, piers, docks, wharves
and such lines of tramway or railway as
may be convenient necessary incidental !
10 any business enterprise of the cor
Doraton, with all necessary sidetracks, loco |
motives cars, depots, round houses and other
equipment necessary to the operation of said
vessels, piers, docks, wharves, tramways or
always and the traffic thereon; provided
hat this corporation shall not, without an