St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-07-03
ACT OF INCORPORATION
of the
PONTCHARTRAIN SHIP YARD. o.
INCORPORATED.
United State Of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of
Orleana,

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 indie
pendence of the United States Of
America the one hundred and forty.
fourth, before me, Charles F. Fletch-
niger, 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, awaiting 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 1.
The name and title of said cor
poration shall be
''Pontchartrain Ship Yard, 1nc.,'
and it's domicile is hereby establish
ed in tho Town of Madisonville, State
Of Louisiana, and under its corporate
name, said corporation shall have
power and authority to contract, sue
and be sued; to make and use cor
porate sea-, 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 for the
proper management and regulation of
it's affairs, as may be deemed neces-
sary and proper, and the same to
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 Cd
jects and purposes Of said corpora
ton.
SAID corporation, unless sooner
dissolved, in accordance with its
charter, shall exist and continue for
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
er person upon whom citation and
other legal process shall be served.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized
and the nature Of the business to be
carried on by it are hereby declared
to be:
To build, own, lease, repair AMI
operate ship yards, ways, vessels
and tramWays, to own, lease and
operate lumber mills, to buy and sci!
Ships and other vessels; to own,
lease and operate such factories as
may be necessary to produce the sup
plies and raw materials for the
plants Of the company, and to sell
it's finished products, and generally.
to do and perform all such business
as may be necessary for or incidental
to the objects and purposes herein
mentioned as fully as If set forth
herein. k
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton Ia hereby fixed at. Fifty Thous-
and (s50,000) Dollars, divided into
Ave hundred 5000 shares Of One