St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-02-14
CHARTER OF THE
RIVERSIDE LUMBER COMPANY,
INCORPORATED.

RIVERSIDE LUMBER COMrANA'
INCORPORATED.
United States of America, State OF
Louisiana, Parish OF
St. Tammany.
Be 1t known, That on this four
teenth (14th) day of the month Oh
January, in the year OF our Lord,
One Thousand Nine Hundred ana
Twenty, before me, Arthur L. Bear,
a Notary Public in and for the Par
ish OF st. Tammany, State OF Loulss-
ana, duly commissioned and QuaAla-
ed and therein residing, and In the
presence Of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the several per-
sons whose names are hereunto suu-
scribed, who severally declared tnat
availing themselves OF the provisions
of the Laws Of the State OF Loulsl-
ana, relative to corporations aau
their organization, and especially Oh
Act 267 of the General Assembly Oh
the State of Louisiana, for the year
1914, they have coVenanted anu
agreed, and by these presents do COW
enant and agree, and bind themselves
as we'll as such other persons as may
hereafter become associated WIN
them, or their successors, to form
and constitute body polite in law,
for the purposes and objects, and
under the stipulations and agree
ments, hereinafter set forth, which
they hereby adopt as their Charter
to-Wit:
ARTICLE !.
The name and title Of this corpora
ton Ia hereby declared to be "R1Ver-
side Lumber Company, lncorporat-
ed" and its domicile shall be in the
Town of Madisonville, in the Parish
of St. Tammany, in the State OF Lou
isiana, and by this name 1t shall have
and enjoy existence and succession
for a period of ninety-nine (99l
years from and after the date here
Of, unless sooner dissolved by law
or by the consent Of the stockhold-
ers as hereinafter provided.
Under this name this corporation
shall have the power and authority
to contract; to sue and be sued' 10
make and use a corporate seal WIFE
such inscription and device as may
be selected therefor by the Board OF
Directors, and the same to break or
alter at pleasure; to hold, lease, re-
ceive, purchase, sell, convey, alien
ate, borrow, pledge, mortgage ana
hypothecate, under its corporate
name, property, real, personal ana
mixed, movable and immoVable; to
issue bonds as the law permits, as
we'll as notes and other obligations,
to name and appoint such officers,
directors, managers, agents and en-
ployees as the interest and convent
ence of said corporation may require;
to make and use such bylaws and
rules and regulations for the proper
MANAGEMENT of its affairs as may De
deemed necessary and proper, and
the same to reasonably change, al
pleasure: and to do all other acts
and things permitted by law, or such
as may be necessary for the proper
conduct of its affairs, or to carry In
to effect any of the powers, PRIV
leges and immunities it Is permitted
to hold and exercise under the laws
Of the State Of Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
ALL citations, or other legal pro-
cesses shall be served on the pres1-
dent, or in his absence, on the vice.
president, or in his absence, on ths
secretary-treasurer Of this corpora
ton, at its domicile, in accordance
with the statutes Of the State OF Lou
isiana, relative to making service on
corporations.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation 10 organized snd 81
tablished, and the nature OF the 'bus1
ness to be carried on by It, are de-
clared to be: To engage In and
carry on the business o. acquiring
owning, buying, selling, leasing
mortgaging, exchanging, manufac'
turing, distributing, marketing OF
otherwise dealing IL timber, lumber
and the various products and by-pro
ducts thereof, and to carry on in any
capacity any business oppertaintng &c
or which In the judgment OF the con-
pany may at any time be convent
emily and lawfully conducted in con
junction with any of the matters
aforesaid, and to own such real es'
tate as may be necessary or proper
in connection Herewith.
ARTICLE W.
The capital stock of this organ1-
zation is hereby fixed at Fifteen
Thousand ($15,000) Dollars, divid-
Ell into and represented by one hun
dred and fifty (150) shares OF stock
of the par value Of One Hundred
$4,000 Dollars each, which shall be
paid for in cash, or the same may be
issued and delivered in payment for
actual services rendered the corpora
ton, or in exchange for property d
rights transferred to or received by
said corporation; but no stock shall
ever be issued or delivered except al
its par value for cash, or for services
actually rendered, or property actual
ly transferred.
All Of said stock shall be Common
Stock.
The capital stock Of this corpora