St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-06-26
ACT OF INCORPORATION
of the
INCORPORATED. -
Louisiana, Parish Of
Orleana.

Be it known, that on this the 9th
day of the month of June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hum
dred and twenty, and of the indie
pendence of the United States Of
America the one hundred and forty
fourth, before me, Charles F. fetch
niger, a Notary Public, duly COM
missioned and qualified in and for
the City, Parish and State aforesaid,
therein residing, and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the persons
whose names are hereunto subscrib-
ed, all of full age, who declared
that, ayailing themselves o. the pro-
vsions of the laws of this State, rela-
tive to corporations, they have cove
nanted, agreed and do, by these pres
ents, covenant and agree. and bind
themselves as we'll as such other
persons as may hereafter become as
ISOLATED with them to form and con-
stitute a corporation and body poll
tic in law, for the objects and pur-
poses and under the stirulations.
articles and conditions, which they
hereby adopt as their charter, as fol-
lows, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title Of said cor
poraticn shall he
'sPontchartrain Ship Yard, Inc,
and it's domicile is hereby establish
ed in tho Town of Madisonville, State
of Louisiana, and under its corporate
name, said corporation shall have
power and authority to contract, sue
and be sued; to make and use a cor
porate seal, and the same to break
and alter at pleasure; to hold, re-
ceiye, lease, purchase, improve,
ALLEVIATE, convey, sell, borrow, pledge,
mortgage, hypothecate, ander It's
said name, property, real, personal
and mixed; to own stock in otner
CORPORATIONS and sell the same; to
name and appoint such officers, a.
rectors and agents and managers OF
employees, as the interest or convent
ence Of said corporation may re-
quire; to make and establish by
laws, rules and regulations for the
proper management and regulation OF
| it's affairs, as may be deemed neces-
sary and proper, and the same tc
change and alter at pleasure; and
| to do all other acts and things per
mitted by law, or as shall be neceS
sary and proper to carry out the Cd
| jects and purposes of said corpora
| ton.
| Sad corporation, unless sooneI
dissolved, in accordance with 1t:
charter, shall exist and continue FOL
the period Of ninety-nine years from
AID after the date hereof.
The President, or in his absence
the Vice-President, shall be the prop
er person upon whom citation ant
other legal process shall be served.
| ARTICLE II.
| The objects and purposes TO
which this corporation is organizes
and the nature Of the business to b
carried on by 1t are hereby declares
to be:
To build, own. lease, repair an:
operate ship yards, ways, vessel
and tramways, to own, lease an
Ioperate lumber mills, to buy and sci
ships and other vessels; to OWL
lease and operate such factories a
may be necessary to produce the SUP
plies and raw materials for tn
plants of the company, and to Sc
its finished products, and generally
to do and perform all such bushes
as may be necessary for or incident
to the objects and purposes herei
mentioned as fully as If set fort
herein.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this copper;
ton ia hereby fixed at Fifty Thou
and $3.50, 000) Dollars, divided int
five hundred 5000 shares of Or