St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-01-31
CHARTER OF THE
LOUISIANA SHE'LL AND GRAVEL
COMPANY, INC.
United States of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of Orleans,
City of New Orleans.

Be it known that on this oath day
of the month Of December, in tho
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 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
She'll g. Gravel Company, Inc, and
under its corporate name 1t shall
have the power and authority to have
and to enjoy corporate existence for
a 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, corporeal 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 it's business interests may dequire,
and to make and establish, alter and
amend, bylaws, rules and regula-
tions for it's 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 H.-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 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 az
count of others, all kinds of building
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
that purpose to contract for the orec-
ton, construction and maintenance
of buildings, bridges, roads and
highways; and also to engage gen
orally in the manufacturing Dusi-
ness and to manufacture all kinds OF
building and road matedial by crush
ing or otherwise treating shells and
gravels, so as to make the asme suit
able for commercial purposes; and |
generally to do such other thing or
things and to conduct such other |
business or businesses, either for it's
own account or as agents for others,
as may be found necessary or con-
venient properly to effectuate tne
aforesaid purposes or to enhance |
the prosperity and the value of the
rights and privileges OF
this corporation.
ARTICLE IV.-The capital stock |
Of this corporation is hereby fixed at
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars
($15,OO0), divided into, and repre-
sented by, one hunded and fifty
shares, of one hundred ($1OO) dol
lars each. Said stock shall be pail
for in cash or its equivalent as pro-
vided by law, and in such manner
and at such time and in such install
ments as may be prescribed by the
Board of Directors. The capital
stock may be increased to fifty
thousand ($5O,OOO) dollars, to ne
represented by five hundred shares |
at one hundred (s100) dollars each.
All stock Of this corporation shall
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