The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-04-10

. CHARTER OF GULF COAST CATTLE
COMPANY, INC.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans City
of New Orleans. Be it known, that on tn
I Eighteenth day of March, in the year one
thousand. nine hundred and nineteen, before
me, William Waller Young, a Notary Pub
lie in and for the Parish Of Orleans, State
Of Louisiana, duly commis soned and quail
fed and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned; person
all came and appeared, the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed al
above the full age OF majority. who sever
ally declared that, availing themselves OF
the laws of the State OF Louisiana, and
especially the laws relative TO the Organza-
ton OF corporations. they have covenanted
and agreed to bind. form and constitute
themselves. as well as all such other persons
as may hereafter join or become associated
with them. into a corporation and body
polite in law, for the objects and purposes
and under the articles. agreements and stipu-
latons following. to-wit:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name, style and title of
This corporation shall be The Gulf Coast
Cattle Company, Inc. and under that name,
il shall have and enjoy all the rights, ad-
vantages and prescriptions granted by law
| 10 corporations and shall exist for the full
term and period OF ninety-nine years from
this dav. 1t shall have power to contract,
sue and he sued: 10 make and use cor
porate seal, and the same TO alter and break
| AZ pleasure: to hold. receive. lease. purchase,
thecate and pledge proDerty, real. personal and
! mixed corporeal and incorporeal to name and
appoint such managers. directors. officers,
| agents and other employees as its interest
and establish. as we'll as alter and amend,
from time TO time, such bylaws. rules and
! regulations as may be Necessary and eNpedi-
ert for the prnner MANAGEMENT and govern
ment ~ the affai-s of said corporation.
! ARTICLE 1.-THE domcile of this cor
noration is hereby fixed in the City Of New
Orleans. State Of Louisiana. and all cita.
ton or other legal process shall be served
upon the president Of said corporation. or.
in his absence, upon its secretary and treas
urer.
| ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized and
! the nature of the business to be carried on
by it are hereby declared TO be to buy,
sell, and trade in. horses, mules, cattle,
sheep, hogs. and live stock of every kind
and character whatsoever, and the breeding
and raising thereof throughout the State
| OF Louisiana, the various States, Territories
and Colonies of the United States, and all
foreign countries. and TO engage in the bust.
| ness of transportation of every kind and
character whatsoever in said places and
countries, and to that end 10 acqpire, con-
struct, own, and operate steamships, rail-
roads, depots, stock-yards. ferries barges,
tug boats abbatoirs. packing plants, transfers
and such other adjuncts as are or may be
| found desirable or ecessary to carry out the
| objects and purposes herein enumerated, and
20 purchase. sell and deal in. lands and real
estate Of every kind and character whatso-
ever throughout the places and countries
a general merchandise and commissary bust
ness. To acquire by discovery, location.
lease, license, bond. option, purchase, fran
| chise, grant gift devise conveyance, agree
| ment otherwise. and to hold. possess, en-
JOY, improve, survey, subdivide. mortgage,
pledge. let. SELL assign and transfer or other
wise dispose Of invest trade, deal in and
deal with agricultural. timber, mineral pc
| troleum and other lands. To own, lease and
| onerate farms and plantations throughout the
State of Louisiana, the various States Terri
| tories and Colonies of the United States.
and all foreign countries. To preserve.
pack, manufacture, cure, purchase or other
wise acquire, turn to account, deal in and
| sell or otherwise dispose of all kinds of
meats, beef, ham, pork, bacon, sausages,
lard, fat, tallow, fertilizers and provisions
and all or any products or by-products of
| livestock of every nature and kind. To
carry on the business of cold storage and
warehousng and all or any business neces-
sarily or implicitly incidental thereto; to
operate and maintain a packing house for
preserving and packing meats and provisions
| of all kinds and TO produce, buy or other
wise acquire, sell or otherwise dispose Of
| deal in and with products of the same. To
| manufacture, prepare for market, market and
| transport, purchase, and otherwise acquire,
deal in and with, sell and otherwise dis.
pose of, ice and all cooling and refrigerating
| compounds and materials and all products
| and by-products thereof and therefrom, and
| TO carry on all or any business convenient
ly necessarily or implicitly incidental there
| to. To purchase or otherwise acquire own
and sell or otherwise dispose of the prop
| erty assets and business including trade
marks trade names and good will of any
person, firm, association or corporation.
| of any person, firms, associations cor
! poratons in this state and in any other
state of states, and in any territory or col
| onial possession of the United States, and
| in any foreign country countries, and to
pay for the same in cash, or in shares of
the capital stock, bonds or debentures of this
| corporation. To subscribe for purchase or
otherwise acquire hold sell or other
wise dispose of assign transfer mortgage,
| pledge, and exchange, shares of the capital
stock, bonds, debentures, securities, obliga-
| tions and evidence of Indebtedness of any
| kind, of any other corporation or corpora
tons created under the laws of this State.
| or of any other state or states or of any
foreign country countries, and to receive.
| collect and dispose of dividends interest and
income derivable therefrom; and to exercise,
with respect thereto any and all of the
| rights. powers and privileges of ownership
thereof including the rights to vote thereon,
| to the same extent as a natural person might
or could do.
| To manufacture, purchase, or otherwise &C.
quire, to hold, own, mortgage, pledge, sell,
assign and transfer, of otherwise dispose of,
| to invest, trade, deal in and deal with goods,
wares and merchandise, and real and per
sonal property of every class and descrip-
| ton; and in particular lands, buildings,
| business concerns and undertakings mort
| cages, shares, stocks, debentures, securities,
concession, produce, policies, book debts and
claims and any interest in real or personal
property and any claims against such prop
erty, or against any person orconpany, and to
| carry on any business, concern or undertake
| ing so acquired.
To acquire the good will, rights and
property, and to undertake the whole or any
part of the assets and liabilities, of any
person, firm, association or corporation, and
| to pay for the, same in cash, stock or bonds
| of this corporation or otherwise. To &C
quire, hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant
| licenses in respect of, mortgage, other
wise dispose of letters patent of the United
| States or any foreign country patents, pa
| tons, improvements and processes, trade
marks and trade names, relating TO or use
ful in connection with any business of this
corporation. To enter into, make, perform
and carry out contracts of every kind, for
any lawful purpose, without limit as to
| amount, with any person, firm, association
or corporation. To draw, make, accept, en-
| dorse, discount execute and issue promis-
sorry notes, bills of exchange, warrants and
other negotiable or transferable instruments.
To issue bonds debentures or obligations of
this corporation from time to time for any of