St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-08-07
ACT OF INCORPORATION
PONTCHARTRAIN SHIP YARD,
INCORPORATED.
United State of America, State OF
Louisiana, Parish of
OrleanG.
of the

Be it known, that on this the 9th
day Of the month of June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hun
drcd and twenty, and of the hide
pendence of the United States Of
America the one hundred and forty,
fourth, before me, Charles F. Fletch-
ingeI, 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-
visions 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 well as such other
persons as may hereafter become as
ISOLATED with them to form and con-
stitute corporation and body poll
tic in law, for the objects and pur-
poses and under the stipulations,
articles and conditions, which they
hereby adopt as their charter, as fol
lows, to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title of said cor
poration shall he
'Pontchartrain Ship Yard, Inc.,"
and its domicile is hereby establish
ed in tho Town of jacksonville, State
of Louisiana, and under it's 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-
ceive, lease, purchase, improve,
ALLEVIATE, convey, sell, borrow, pledge,
mortgage, hypothecate, under its
said name, property, real, personal
and mixed; to own stock in other
corporations and sell the same; to
name and appoint such officers, d.
rectors and agents and managers or
employees, as the interest or convent
ence of said corporation may re-
quire; to make and establish by
laws, rules and regulations fer the
roper management and regulation OF
it's affairs, as may be deemed neces-
sary and proper, and the same te
| 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 OBJ
jects and purposes of said corpora,
tion
Sad corporation, unless sooner
dissolved, in accordance with its
charter, shall exist and continue fol
the period of ninety-nine years from
and after the date hereof.
The President, or in his absence
the Vice-President, shall be the prop
err person upon whom citation anC
other legal process shall be served.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes fel
which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to BIT
carried on by it are hereby declared
| to be:
To build, own, lease, repair an
operate ship yards, ways, vessel:
and tramways, to own, lease ant
operate lumber mills, to buy and sci
ships and other vessels; to own
lease and operate such factories a:
| may be necessary to produce the sup
plies and raw materials for tht
plants of the company, and to sci
it's finished products, and generally
to do and perform all such bushes
as may be necessary for or incidenta
to the objects and purposes herein
mentioned as fully as if set forti
herein.
ARTICLE III.
| The capital stock Of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at Fifty Thous
and ($50,000) Dollars, divided int
five hundred 5000 shares of On