St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-02-07
CHARTER OF THE .s
LOUISIANA SHELL AND GRAVEL.
COMPANY, INC. s*s7@1s,
United States of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of Orleans,
City of New Orleans.

Be it known that on this Gath day
of the month of December, in the
year one thousand, nine hundred and
nineteen, and of the Independence Of
the United States of America, the
one hundred and forty-fourth, before
me, Eldon S. Lazarus, a notary pub
lie, duly commissioned and qualified
in and for the Parish of Orleans.
therein residing, and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came
and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscrib-
ed, all of the. full age of majority,
who severally declared to me, notary,
that availing themselves of the laws
of the State of Louisiana in such
cases made and provided, and more
| particularly of Act No. 267 of the
General Assembly of Louisiana of
1914, relating to the creation, Or
ganization and formation Of corpora
tions, they have coVenanted and
agreed, and by these presents do COW
enant and agree and bind themselves
as we'll as all such other persons as
may hereafter become associated
with them, to form a corporation for
| the objects and purposes. and under
| the articles and stipulations follow
| ing, to-wit:
| ARTICLE 1.-The name and style
of this corporation shall be Louisiana
Shell g. Gravel Company, Inc, and
under its corporate name 1t snail
have the power and authority to have
and to enjoy corporate existence for
period of ninety-nine years from
this date, unless sooner dissolved by
| liquidation or otherwise; it shall
| have power to contract, to sue and
to be sued, to make and use cor
porate seal, and to alter and break
| same at pleasure; to hold, release,
receive, purchase, transfer, assign,
convey, mortgage, hypothecate,
pledge, or otherwise receive or dis
pose Of property, real, personal and
mixed, corporal or incorporeal; to
issue bonds, and If desired to secure
the same by mortgage; to buy and
hold stock in other companies; TO
name, elect and appoint such man
ayers, agents, directors, or officers
as it's business interests may dequire
and to make and esta blish, alter and
amend, bylaws, rules and regula-
tions for it's proper government as
may be deemed necessary and prope!
and generally to do any and all
things incident to, or necessary and
proper for, the proper conduct and
expansion of the business in which
the corporation is engaged.
| ARTICLE U.-This corporation
shall be domiciled at Dunbar, St
Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and all
citations or other legal process shall
be served upon the President Of this
corporation, and in the event Of that
officers absence, upon the Vice-Pres-
ident, and in the event of the alb
sence of both, upon the Secretary
Treasurer.
| ARTICLE III.-The objects and
purposes for which this corporation
is organized and created, and the
nature of the business to be carried
ON by it, are hereby declared to BE
as follows:
To buy, sell, or otherwise acquire
or dispose Of, at wholesale or retail
either for its own account or for a.,
count of others, all kinds of buildin:
and construction material, such as
lumber, laths, shells, gravel, lime
stone, cement, and such other ma
terial or merchandise usually carried
| in such line Of business; to engag;
generally in the contracting, building
and construction business, and fcl