The herald., 1919-07-17

IdrlSn OF orleans
l hereby certify that the above and fore
going and attached act of incorporation OF
| L. NJ. Cohen Company, Incorporated,
| true and correct copy OF the original act OF
! incorporation OF said corporation, passed be-
fore the 2Sth, day OF June, 1919, and
| on file in my office. at New Orleans, La.
In witness whereof l have hereto set my
hand and affixed my seal. this Srd day of
July, 1912 at New Orleans La.
HERMAN L. BARNETT,
! July I0I7-24-5l; Aug ia
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
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, a Notary Public duly commi ssoned
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 APP
peared, the several persons whose names
| 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 10 form
and organize themselves as well as all such
other persons Who may hereafter join or be-
come associated with them 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
said name, unless sooner dissolved in &C
cordance with law and this charter, it shall
exist and continue, and shall have and en-
joy corporate existence and succession for
the date of this Act 1t may have. hold,
receive, borrow, loan, exchange, acquire by
grant, gift or purchase, devise bequest.
sell. ALLEVIATE, dispose of, convey, lease,
pledge, pawn, hypoothecate,. cucumber and
mortgage property of any kind whether real.
personal mixed corporeal incorporeal,
movable immovable, all subject to such
limitations may be prescribed by law.
1t may make, issue and endorse bonds or
notes and other evidences of debt. 1t may
security for money loaned or other debts
1t may contract, sue and be sued, plead or
be implicated by its corporate 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 may
be issued for capital stock in other corpora
tions. II may name, appoint and employ
such managers, directors. officers, agents and
other employees as its business and conven-
MAJ NAV fly their OeT1-
sation, having due regard to the nature, char
| acter and value of their services. II may
make and establish by laws, rules and regu-
latons not inconsistent with this charter or
any existing law, fixing or altering the
homogeneous 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 imnunities which corporations
I are and may hereafter he 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 domcile of this cor.
poration shall be at the City OF New Orleans
Parish of Orleans. State of Louisiana, and
all citations other legal process shall be
. served upon the President of this Corpora
ton, or in case of his absence, upon the
Vice-President 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 aud the
nature of the business to be carried on by II
are hereby declared to be:
Section !. To purchase, buy, sell, deal in
and operate any building and paving mater
raj 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 obiga
make and do all things necessary and proper
! in connection with the sand and gravel
business and further to do contracting
constructing and engineering business and
| especially to bid upon, accept and execute
contracts for work of all kinds, give out
and sub-contract or sub-let any or all oil
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 speGi
fled and for the convenient conduct OF thu
same, to maintain such control and branch
! offices as may be found necessary and de-
: srable.
S Section 3. To apply for, purchase or other
: wise acquire and use, operate, sell, assign
7 transfer and otherwise dispose of, processes
E formulas, patents, licenses and other right:
in any and all inventions or improvements
whether secured not, under letters pat
6 ent, domesic foreign.
Section 4. To carry - all allied and as
I sociated lines of business which may be d.
' rectly connected with may further ant
assist the conduct of its main business a.
] above specified.
S Section 5. To construct, purchase. lease, o.
: otherwise acquire and own, maintain ant
: operate, steamboats,, sailing vessels, barge
and other water craft, piers, docks, wharve
K and such lines of traInway or railway a
S may be convenient, necessary or incidenta
y to any business or enterprise OF the cor
: poration, with all necessary sidetracks, loco
motives, cars, depots, round houses and othe
equipment necessary to the operation OF san
4 vessels, piers, docks, wharves, tramways o
. railways and the traffic thereon; provides
that this corporation shall not, without al
> mendment of the charter, be common car
rier or have the right to exercise the powe
J, of eminent domain.
: Section 6. To enter into, make, perform an
carry out contracts of every kind not con
= trary to law, with any person. firm, asso