The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-08-05
CHARTER DIXIE ALCOHOL COMPANY
INCORPORATED.

United States or America, state OF Lou
isiana, Parish of Orleans. City of New Or
leans Be ii known, that on this twenty
first day of the month of July, IN the
year of our Lord one thousand nine nun
dred and twenty, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the one
hundred and forty-fourth. before me,
Roger Meunier, Notary Public, duly COM
missioned and qualified within ana 1or the
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, ana
in the presence of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed, who
seyerally declared that. availing themselves
of the benefits and arovisions OF the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana and the
laws of said State relative to the organ.
zation Of corporations, and particularly or
the provisions of Act No. 26I of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
for the year 1914, they have contracted
and agreed and united to form, and do by
these presents, contract and agree and
bind and obligate themselves to form and
organize themselves, as well as all such
| other persons who may hereafter join or
| become associates with them or their sue
cessors. into a stock corporation and body
| polite in law, for the object and purposes
and under the conditions, covenants; stipu-
lations and agreements Of the articles fol-
] lowing, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
| corporation shall be "DIXIE ALCOHOL
| COMPANY, INCORPORATED" and under
and by said name, unless sooner dissolved
| in accordance with law and this charter,
| IL shall exist and continue. and shall have
and enjoy corporate existence and success
sion for a period of ninety nine (99) years.
from and after the date of this act. 1t
| may have, hold, receive, borrow, loan, eX-
change, acquire by grant gift or purchase,
devise or bequest, sell, ALLEVIATE dispose of,
| convey, lease, pledge, pawn, hypothecate-
| cucumber or mortgage property of any
kind. whether real personal or mixed, cor
poreal or incorporeal, movable or immoy-
| able, all subject to such limitations as may
| be prescribed by law.
| 1t may make. issue and endorse bonds
! or notes and other evidence of debt. II
may accept mortgages, pledges or other
| forms of security for money loaned oil
| other debts. 1t may contract, sue or bt
sued, plead or be impleaded by its cor
porate name in any court of competent
Jurisdiction. 1t may make, adopt and us,
| a common seal and alter the same at pleas
| ure. 1t may hold stock in other corpora
tons. and its capital stock may be ISSUED
for capital stock in other corporations. Il
may name, appoint and employ such man
ayers, directors, officers, agents and othe
employees as its business and conyenienc,
may require, and may fix their cOmpensa
ton, having due regard to the nature
character and value of their service.
may make and establish bylaws, rules an,
regulations not inconsistent with thi
charter or any existing law. fixing or al
tering the management of its property, tn
regulation and government of its affairs
, and the manner of the certification an,
registration of its stock. 1t may wind NJ
and dissolve itself, or be wound up an,
, dissolved in the manner prescribed by law
, Ii may conduct business in this State
other States, the Federal Districts ant
: | Territories and possessions of the Unite,
States, and any foreign country 1t shall
, have the power to invest its Board o
, Directors with all of its corporate powers
/ subject to such restrictions as may b
named in this charter. And it general.
shall possess all the powers, rights, priv
ileges and immunities which corporation
are and may hereafter be authorized &
, possess under the Constitution and laws o
I this state, and particularly under Act 90
( OF the Acts of the General Assembly of tn
State of Louisiana for the year 1914.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor
, poration shall be at the City of New Or
leans, Parish of Orleans, State of Lou
isiana, and all citations or other legal pro
cess shall be served upon the President o
this corporation, or in case of his absence
upon the Nice-President, or in the absenc
OF both of these officers, upon the Secre
tary of this corporation.
ARTICLE Ill.-The object and purpose
for which this corporation is formed an,
the nature of the business to be carried OF
by il are hereby declared to be:
Section l. To manufacture, produce
adapt, buy, sell, import, export, and gen
orally deal and trade, either at wholesal
or retail. in real and personal property o
every kind and description, and particu
larry all vegetables and other products
compounds and deriyiations carrying higl
percentage of sugars. starches and oils, in
Guiding refiners wastes and by-product
ana manufacture therefrom denature,
alcohol and other spirits and oils, to
gether with foods, fertilizers and other by
products and any and all ingredients
products and compounds OF any of tn
foregoing substances. and any and all ma
chinery, materials and articles that ma,
De now or hereafter used or required in o.
IN connection with the manufacture o.
handling thereof.
Section ,. To store. transport and sci
all and any Of said products above speci
lied and for the convenient conduct OF tn,
same, TO maintain such central and branch