St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-01-31
CHARTER OF THE
RIVERSIDE LUMBER COMPANY,
INCORPORATED.
United States of America, State OF
Louisiana, Parish Of
St. Tammany.

St. Tammany.
Be it known, That on this four
teenth (14th) day of the month or
January, in the year of our 1Aord,
One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Twenty, before me, Arthur l.. Bear,
a Notary Public in and for the Par
ish of st. Tammany, State Of LOulil-
ana, duly commissioned and analla-
ed and therein residing, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally
came and appeared the several per-
sons whose names are hereunto sub
scribed, who severally declared that
awaiting themselves of the provisions
of the laws of the State OF sLoulEt-
ana, relative to corporations anu
their organization, and especially OIL
Act 267 of the General Assembly OIL
the State of Louisiana, for the year
19l4, they have coVenanted and
agreed, and by these presents do COW
enant and agree, and bind themselves
as we'll as such other persons as may
hereafter become associated with
them, or their SUCCESSORS, to form
and constitute q body polite in law,
for the purposes and objects, and
under the stipulations and agree
.ments, hereinafter set forth, which
they hereby adopt as their Charter
.to-Wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of this corpora
ton is hereby declared to be River
side Lumber Company, 1ncorporat-
ed" and it's domicile shall be in the
Town of lMadisonville, in the Parish
Of st. Tammany, in the State OF Lou
.isiana, and by this name it shall nave
and enjoy existence and succession
for a period of ninety-nine (99)
years from and after the date here
of, unless sooner dissolved by law
@or by the consent of the stockholm
ers as hereinafter provided.
VI Under this name this corporation
shall have the power and authority
to contract; to sue and be sued; to
make and use corporate seal with
such inscription and device as may
be selected therefor by the Board Of
Directors, and the same to break or
alter at pleasure; to hold, lease, re
eaeive, purchase, sell, convey, alien
ate, borrow, pledge, mortgage and
hypothecate, under its corporate
name, property, real, personal ana
mixed, movable and immoVable; to
issue bonds as the law permits, as
we'll as notes and other obligations;
to name and appoint such officers,
directors, managers, agents and en-
ployees as the interest and convent
ence of said corporation may require;
to make and use such bylaws and
rules and regulations for the proper
MANAGEMENT of its affairs as may be
deemed necessary and proper, and
the same to reasonably change, at
pleasure; and to do all other acts
and things permitted by law, or such
as may be necessary for the proper
conduct of it's affairs, or to carry in
to effect any of the powers, priv
leges and immunities it is permitted
to hold and exercise under the laws
Of the State Of Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
All citations, or other legal pro-
cesaes shall be served ON the presi-
dent, or in his absence, on the vice
president, or in his absence, on the
secretary Of this corpora
tion, at its domicile, in accordance
with the statutes of the State of Lou
isiana, relative to making service on
corporations.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corpora ton is organized and e'-
tahlished, and the nature of the bust
ness to be carried on by it, are de-
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carry on the business of acquiring.
owning, buying, selling, leasing,
.mortgaging, exchanging, manufac-
turing, distributing, marketing or
otherwise dealing in timber, lumber
and the various products and by-pro-
ducts thereof, and to carry on in any
capacity any business oppertaining TO
or which In the Judgment OF the cout-
pany may at any time be convent
entity and lawfully conducted dn con-
junction with any OF the matters
aforesaid, and to own such real e3-
tate as may be necessary or proper
in connection Herewith.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock Of this organi-
cation is hereby fixed at Fifteen
AuVuSdnu SPAotOouJ DNL4aiS ., aiSlu-
ed into ana represented by one hun
dred and fifty {1599 shares OF stock,
of the par value Of One Hundred
0$100) Dollars each, which shall be
paid for in cash, or the same may be
issued and delivered in payment for
actual services rendered the corpora
ton, or in exchange for property d
rights transferred to or received by
said corporation; but no stock shall
ever be- issued or delivered except at
it's par value for cash, or for services
actually rendered, or property actual
ly transferred.
All of said stock shall be Common
Stock.
The capital stock of this corpora