The herald., 1919-02-20
CHARTER

Riparian Land Company formerly Colonial
Land Coz run IS 80 + for distance
of 5,ll4', which is the beginning Of the
thousand acre tract; thence u, 80 for
a distance OF 2.2S0' TO the west line OF the
Riparian Land Company formerly Colonial
Land Coz tract; thence along said line n
70. 70 W, for a distance Of 5000 to the
edge of Lake Ponchartrain; thence s so, II
E along the shore of Lake Ponchartrain for
a distance of 5000; thence s IS, 80 along
the East line of the Riparian Land Com
pany formerly Colonial Land Coz tract for
distance OF 1898 to the point of closure
which is 3.l14' from the L. r. & \. Ry.,
on the East line of the Riparian Land Com
pany Formerly Colonial Land Coz tract.
All of which of the above contains One
Thousand Acres. The said value being the
value as appraised by the directors in
cordance with Section OF Act No. 267 of the
General Assembly OF the State of Louisiana,
for 1914. All shares of stock shall be full
paid and worcestershire and all certificates
of stock of this corporation shall be signed
by the President and Secretary Treasurer of
the cOrporation; all transfers of stock to
be binding upon this corporation shall be
made upon the books of said corporation
The capital stock of this corporation may
be increased from time to time, in the man.
ner provided for by the laws of the State
OF Louisiana, to an amount not to exceed
Two Hundred Thousand and no/lOo $780,
10000 Dollars.
ARTICLE V.-All of the corporate powers
of this corporation shall pe vested in and
exercised by a Board of Directors, COM
posed of not less than five 81 nor more than
stitute quorum for the transaction of
business. The Board of Directors of this
corporation shall be elected annually at a
meeting OF the stockholders the second
Wednesday in January of each year. Until
the second Wednesday in January, 1921, the
following persons shall constitute the Board
OF Directors OF this corporation, to-wit: Fer
dinanz Katz, Allen II. yohness, Francis d.
t. I
with Ferdinand Katz as President; Allen H
Johness as Vice-President and Francis ID.
Charbonnet, Jr., as Secretary Treasurer. All
elections shall be by ballot and each stock
holder shall be entitled to one vote for each
share of stock standing in his name on the
books of the corporation, the vote to be
cast either IN person or by proxy, and il
shall require a majority of the stock present
the Board Of Directors on the day specified,
thereafter. shall not dissolve or effect this
corporation. but the old Board of Directors
shall remain in office until their successors
are elected and qualified. The Board of
Directors at its first meeting shall elect
from among its number President, Vice.
President and Secretary and Treasurer,
and the latter two offices may be combined
into one. Any vacancy occurring in the
Board OF Directors, either from death, resig-
nation or inability to serve, shall be filled
for the unexpired term by the Board of
Directors at its next regular meeting. No
given by the Secretary Treasurer in writing
and mailed to each stakeholder at his last
known address at least fifteen G9 days
PRIOR T TO the date Of such meeting or election.
ARTICLE NL-This act of incorporation
may be changed, modified or amended, or
the capital stock increased or decreased in
accordance with the laws of the State of
Louisiana. change in the objects and
purposes may be made, and increse of
the capital stock in excess of the amount
originally named herein as the sum to which
the capital may be increased, and the com
pany dissolved in accordance with the
laws OF the State of Louisiana In case of
dissolution or termination of this Charter,
either by limitation otherwise, its af-
fairs shall be ,liquidated by three liquida-
eral meeting held as hereinabove provided
for: Said commissioners shall remain in
office until the affairs Of the corporation
shall have been fully iquidated, and in case
OF death resignation or ineapaeity of one
survivors shall continue to act.
ARTICLE VII.-No stakeholder shall ever
be held liable or responsible for the contracts
or faults of this corporation on the shares
OF stock subscribed for by him, nor shall
any mere informality in organization have
the effect of rendering this Charter null
or OF exposing its stockholders to any liza
biiity beyond the unpaid balance, if any, due
his stock.
ARTICLE VIII.-In order that this Charter
my oioV oCiFC dS original 5ODSCrip-
ton list, the subscribers herto have writ
ten opposite their names the number of
shares subscribed for by them, as follows:
Ferdinand Katz, 40 Camp 81, New Orleans,
40 shares; F. ID. Charbonnet, Jr, ga Grav.
Ter St, New Orleans, l40 shares; A. II.
Johness, go Gravier ST., New Orleans, 40
shares; c. A. Buchler Gretna, La, 40
shares; J. P. Schaffer. 100 Carondelet St,
New Orleans, lao shares; Otto J. Mayer, 325
Baronne ST., l40 shares; James Fotte, 400
Camp St, New Orleans, 10 shares.
Thus done and passed at New Orleans, this
twenty ninth day of January, 1919, in the
presence of Douglas w. Harrell, and Maude
ID. krider competent witnesses, who reside
in this Parish, and who have signed these
and me, Notary, after due reading Of the
whole.
Witnesses: D. w HarreIl. NJ D. Krider.
Original Signed Ferd. Katz F. d. Char
bonnet, Jr.,. A H. Johness, c. A. Buchle-,
J. P. Schaeffer, Otto J. Mayer lanes Flo,te'
F. D. CHARBONNET,
Notary Public.
l. the undersigned. Recorder of Mortgages.
IN and for the parish of Orleans, State Of
Louisiana. do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Act of Incorporation Of the
Eureka Land Company, Inc, was this day
duly recorded in my office in Book lz22
| New Orleans. January 18th. 1919
.(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD. by. R.
F D. CHARBoNNET.
Notary Public.