St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-02-14
CHARTER OF THE
LOUISIANA SHELL AND GRAVEL
COMPANY, INC.
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
particularly of Act No. 267 of the
General Assembly Of Louisiana of
1914, relating to the creation, or
ganiza;ion and formation Of corpora
lions, they have covenanted ard
agreed, and by these presents do COW
enant and agree and bind them selves
as well 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, toWit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style
Of this corporation shall be Louisiana
She'll s. Gravel Company, Inc, and
under its corporate name it shall
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 a 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 Incorporate; 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 its business interests may dequire,
and to make and establish, alter and
amend, bylaws, rules and regula-
tons for its proper government as
may be deemed necessary and proper
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 I1.-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 abb
sence Of both, upon the Secretary
Treasurer.
ARTICLE IH.-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 az
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 engage
generally in the contracting, building
and construction business, and for