The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-08-14
CHARTER OF THE GULF FARM TRAC-
TOR COMPANY, INCORPORATED.

lana, Parish OF Orleans, City of New Or
leans. Be it known. that on this the thirty
first day of the month of July, in the veal
of our Lord thousand nine hundred anC
nineteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America, the hundred
and forty third, before me, Arthur B. Leo
pold, notary public, duly commissioned and
qualified within and for the Parish of Or
leans, State of Louisiana, and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
| undersigned, personally came and appeared
the several persons whose names are hereun
| to subscribed, who severally declared that
availing themselves of the benefits and pro
visions of the Constitution of the State OF
| Louisiana and of the laws of the said State
relative to the organization of corporations
and particularly of the provisions of Act No
267 of the Acts of the General Assembly OF
| the State of Louisiana for the year 1914, they
have united to form, and do by these present:
form and organize themselves, as well as al
such other persons who may hereafter join
or become associated with them or their sue
cessors, into a stock corporation for the OBJ
jects and purposes and under the covenants
! stipulations and agreements following, to-wlt;
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
| corporation shall be Gull Farm Tractor
| Company, Incorporated and under and by
| said name unless sooner dissolved in &c
| cordance with law and this charter II shall
exist and continue, and shall have and ENJOY
| corporate existence and succession tor
period of ninety-n mine (9o) years from and
after the date of this act. 1t may have
| hold, receive, borrow, loan, exchange, &C
qure by grant, gift or purchase, devise or
bequest sell, ALLEVIATE, dispose of, convey, lease,
| pledge, pawn, hypothecate, cucumber or mort
gage property of any kind, whether real, per-
sonal or mixed, corporeal or incorporeal,
movable immovable, all subject to such
| limitations may be prescribed by law. 1t
may make, issue and endorse bonds notes
| and ether evidences of debt. 1t may accept
mortgages, pledges other forms of security
| for money loaned for other debts. 1t may
| contract, and be sued, plead or be I'm
| pleaded by its corporate name 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 corporations
1t may name, appoint and employ such man
ayers, directors, officers agents and other
ployees as its said business and convenences
may require, and may fix their compensation,
having due regard to the nature, character
and value of their services. 1t may make
and establish bylaws rules and regulations
not inconsistent with this charter or any
existing law, fixing or altering the man
agement of its property, the regulation and
government of its affairs, and the manner
of the certification and registration of its
stock. 1t may wind up and dissolve itself,
or be wound up and dissolved in the
ned prescribed by law. 1t may conduct
business in this State, other States, the Fed
eral Districts, the Territories and possessions
OF the United States, and any foreign countries.
1t generally shall possess all the powers,
rights, privileges and mmunities which cor
lied to possess under the Constitution and
laws of this State, and particularly under
Act 267 of the Acts of the General Assembly
OF the State of Louisiana for the year 1914
And it 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
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
poration shall be at the City Of New Or
leans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana.
and all citations and other legal process shall
be served upon its President, or in the event
of his absence, upon its Vice-Presdent, or in
the event of the absnce of both of said Of
ficers, upon its Secretary.
ARTICLE III.-The purpose or purposes for
which this corporation is formed and the ma |
ture of the business to be carried on by it |
are hereby declared to be:
Section !. To plant, grow and cultivate all
kinds of fruits, plants and vegetables To
raise, buy, sell and deal in horses, mules, |
cattle, live stock and poultry of all kinds; |
and generally to engage in the business OF |
farming and planting. To build, buy. es |
tabEsh, maintain, operate and conduct hotels, |
stores, canning factories, packing houses, !
warehouses, depots, cold storage plants, ice |
concrete or clay factories or works |
and sawmills; and to buy, sell, import, ex-
port and genrellay deal and trade in, store.
ducts of any or all of the above operations
and any and all kinds of goods, wares, mer. |
chandise, machinery, tools, implements and |
supplies.
Section II. To conduct the business of a |
real estate agent, and to deal in, buy, SELL |
acquire, lease, sublet or farm for its own |
account or for the account of others, real |
estate, lands and tenements, and to survey, /
subdivide, and plat such lands for the pur- |
pose OF sale and TO improve and develop the ,
same by the erection of houses or buildings
thereon, and to do such other lawful acts as |
may be needful or desirable in and about |
the said improvement or development thereof |
for any purpose; and generally to contract
purchase, own, hold, lease, convey, mort
gage, pledge, transfer otherwise acquire
or dispose of lands, water rights, mills, fac /
tories, buildings and other structures, and all
other property, both real and personal, of |
every class and description, or any interest
therein necessary desirable for the carry
ing on of the aforesaid business or either of
them.
Section III. To purchase. acquire, hold
1wn, pledge, sell, lease and dispose of, and
deal in, the stocks, bonds and other
securities or evidences of Indebtedness, prop
>rty, rights, business, good will, franchises
and assets of every kind of any firm, asso-
citation, individual or corporation. foreign,
domestic municipal, or of any State, par
sh, county, ward, road district, drainage or
,ubdrainage district, or any political sub
division in the State Of Louisiana or else |
where. And to pay for any property, rights,
acquired in the stocks, bonds, or other Sc
urities of this corporation or otherwise
Section ". To carry on a general con-