St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-02-01
Charter of
GEO. I'll. KOEPP, INC.
United States of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of
st, Tammany.

Be it known, That on this 22d day
Of January, A. D., 1919, before me,
Thomas M Burns, Notary Public,
duly commissioned and sworn, in
and for the parish of st. Tammany,
State of Louisiana, therein residing,
personally came and appeared the
persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed, who declared that, avail
ing themselves of the laws of the
State of Louisiana, relative to the
organization of corporations, they
have covenanted and agreed, and by
these presents do covenant and agree,
bind and form and constitute them
selves, as well as such other persons
who may be hereafter joined or be-
come associated with them into a
corporation and body polite in law,
for the objects and purposes, and
under the agreements and stipula-
tions following, to-Wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name and style of this cor
poration shall be the
Geo. III. Koepp, Inc.,"
and under that name it shall have
and enjoy all rights and privileges
granted by law to corporations; it
shall exist for a period of ninety
nine years from this day; it shall
have power to contract, sue and be
sued in it's corporate name; to make
and use a corporate seal and the
same to alter at pleasure; to hold,
receive, purchase, convey, mortgage,
hypothecate or pledge property, both
real and personal; to issue bonds,
notes and other obligations; to have
and employ such managers, directors,
officers, agents and other employees
as the interests and convenience of
said corporation may require; and
to make and establish such bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper
management and control of the af-
fairs of the corporation as may be
reasonable and expedient.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of said corporation
shall be at fCovington, in the parish
of st. Tammany. State of Louisiana;
and all citations and other legal pro-
cess shall be served on the President,
and in his absence on the Vice-Presi-
dent, and in the absence of both on
the Secretary-Treasurer.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is establish
ed, and the nature of the business
to be carried on by it, are hereby de-
clared to be:
To manufacture, buy and sell lum-
Der and piling and other wood pro-
ducts, both wholesale and retail and
generally to do and perform any and
all acts and things pertaining to the
business above mentioned, connected
Herewith or arising therefrom, in
this state and elsewhere.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock of this CORPORA
ton is hereby fixed at the sum
Five Thousand (S5 ,000.00( Dollars
divided into and represented by fit
(50) shares of the par value of o.
Hundred t$100) Dollars each, whic1
shall be paid for in cash, when sub
scribed, or for the purchase of prcn
erty as said Board may cleo, al
which shall be common stock.
That this corporation shall be
going concern when all of its capita
stock is actually paid for. All shares
Of stock shall be full paid and non
assessable, which capital stock MAJ
De increased to sum not to exceed |
Twenty-Five Thousand (s25,000.00)
Dollars, at the pleasure of the Board |
If Directors, in which event during |
he period between the call for the |
meeting for such increase and the |
meeting, the person holding stock at |
he time sahll have the right to take |
shares Of the additional or increased