The herald., 1919-07-24
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE NEW
ORLEANS GRAVEL COMPANY,
INCORPORATED.


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
Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and
| Nineteen and of the Independence of the
| United States of America, the hundred
| and forty third. Before me, Charles T.
Starkey, a 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, awaiting 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 all such
! other persons Who may hereafter join or be-
come associated with them or their success
sors, into a 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
I 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-
a 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, gift or purchase, devise or bequest
sell, ALLEVIATE, dispose of, convey, lease
,har ay,i
d mortgage property of any kind whether real
personal or mixed, corporeal incorporeal
n movable or immOvable, all subject TO sucl
Y limitations as may be prescribed byl law.
: 1t may make, issue and endorse bonds oil
S notes and other evidences of debt. 1t may
e | accept mortgages, pledges or other forms o
h security for money loaned other debt
y 1t may contract, sue and be sued, plead o
e be implicated by its corporate name in any
= court of competent jurisdiction. 1t ma,
IS make, adopt and use common seal and alte
n the same at pleasure. 1t may hold stock il
h other corporations and its capital stock ma!
l. be issued for capital stock in other corpora
& tons. 1t may name. appoint and emplo.
1t such managers, directors, officers, agents an
,e other employees as its business and conven
h, fence may require. and may fix their compen
& sation, having due regard TO the nature. char
a acter and value of their services. 1t ma
DR. make and establish by laws, rules and regu
lations not inconsistent with this charter O
k any existing law. fixing or altering I'll
N arrangements of its property, the regulatio
he and government of its affairs and the mar
ne ner of the certificaton and registration of il
in stock. 1t may wind M and dissolve itsel
or or be wound up and dissolved in the mar
* ner prescribed by law. 1t may condu'
d. business in this State, other States. til
lie Federal Districts, the Territories and po!
is sessions of the United States and any fo
lie eign country 1t shall have the power
be invest its Board of Directors with all of il
IN corporate powers subject to such restriction
he as may be named in this Charter And !
general shall possess all the powers, right
privileges and immunities which corporation
of are and may hereafter be authorized to po
x. sess under the Constitution and laws OF tn
OF State and particularly under Act No. 267
n. the Acts of the General Assembly of Il
OF State of Louisiana for the year 1914
at ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this co
C. poration shall be at the City of New Orlean
e Parish of Orleans. State of Louisiana, ar
he served upon the President of this Corpor
lat ton, or in case of his absence, upon Il
Vice-President or in the absence of DO
,;s of these officers, upon the Secretary of tn
a, corporation
IN. ARTICLE III.-The objects and purpos
MS, for which this corporation is formed and 4
lis nature of the business to be carried on by
IN, are hereby declared to be:
re- Section l. To purchase, buy, sell, deal
and operate any building and paving mate
ID raj in Louisiana and elsewhere. to lea;
es- own and operate sand and gravel beds, q
&C. posts and lands and any other beds, q
* posits and lands, and to enter into oblls
nth tons, undertakings and engagements, and
re- make and do all things necessary and prop
zen in connection with the sand and gray
ing business and further to do contractor
ok constructing and engineering business a
lch especially to bid upon, accept and execr
or contracts for work of all kinds, give, @
led and sub-contract sub-let any or all
ich the said work, to construct and mainta
,ns highways, roads, ETC., and to furnish
Ia material necessary therefor
err Section 2. To store, transport and sell
and any of the said products above spe
old fled and for the convenient conduct OF
ors same, to maintain such control and bran
md offices as may be found necessary and {
OK sirable.
ors Section 3. To apply for, purchase or 9th
lar wise acquire and use, operate, sell, assn
1ey transfer and otherwise dispose of, process
DC formulas, patents, licenses and other rigl
red in any and all inventions improvement
whether secured not, under letters p
of ent, domestic or foreign.
al Section A. To carry on all allied and
ent sociated lines of business which may be
any rectly connected with may further a
,ur- assist the conduct of its main business
rial above specified.
as Section S. To construct, purchase, lease,
de- onarats stramboats. sailing vessels, bar,
set and other water craft, piers, docks, whar'
ocK and such lines of tramway or railway
as may be convenient, necessary or inciden
nay TO auy business or enterprise of the c
but poration. with all necessary sidetracks. 10
motives cars, depots, round houses and OF
act. equipment necessary to the operation OF S
- vessels piers, docks, wharves, tramways
- railways and the traffic thereon; provit
lon that this corporation shall not, without