The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-09-02
CHARTER DIME ALCOHOL COMPANY,
INCORPORATED.

United States of America. State of Lou
isiana, Parish Of Orleans. City OF New Or
leans. BE it known, that on this twenty
first day of the month of July. in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and twenty, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the one
hundred and fOrtyfOurth. before me,
Roger Meunier, n Notary Public, duly com
missioned and qualified within and for the
Parish of Orleans. State of Louisiana. and
in the presence of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned. personally
came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereuntO subscribed. who
severally declared that. availing themselves
of the benefits and provisions of the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana and the
laws of said State relative to the Organi-
ZatiOn of corporations, and particularly of
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 mine 500 years.
from and after the date of this act. II
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 immov-
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 or
other debts. 1t may contract, sue or be
sued, plead or be implicated by its cor
porate name in any court of competent
jurisdiction. 1t may make, adopt and use
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. 1t
may name, appoint and employ such man
ayers, directors, officers, agents and other
employees as its business and convenience
may require, and may fix their compensa-
ton, having due regard to the nature.
character and value of their service. 1t
may make and establish bylaws, rules and
regulations not inconsistent with this
charter or any existing law. fixing or al
tering the management of its property, the
regulation and government of its affairs,
and the manner OF the certification and
registration of its stock. 1t may wind up
and dissolve itself, or be wound up and
dissolved in the manner prescribed by law.
1t may conduct business in this State,
other States, the Federal Districts and
Territories and possessions of the United
States, and any foreign country. 1t shall
have the power to invest its Board Of
Directors with all OF its corporate powers,
subject to such restrictions as may be
named in this charter And il generally
ileges and immunities which corporations
are and may hereafter be authorized to
possess under the Constitution and laws of
this State, and particularly under Act 261
of the Acts of the General Assembly of the
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 of
this corporation, or in case of his absence,
upon the Vice-President, or in the absence
of both of these officers, upon the Secre-
tary of this corporation.
ARTICLE III-The object and purposes
for which this corporation is formed and
the nature OF the business to be carried on
by II are hereby declared to be:
Section /. To manufacture, produce,
adapt, buy, sell, import, export, and gen
orally deal and trade, either at wholesale
or retail, in real and personal property of
every kind and description, and particu-
compounds and deriviations Carrying high
percentage of sugars, starches and oils, in
GLIDING refiners wastes and by-products
and manufacture therefrom denatured
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 the
foregoing substances. and any and all ma
chinery, materials and articles that may
be now or hereafter used or required in or
in connection with the manufacture or
handling thereof.
Section .. To store, transport and sell
all and any of said products above speci-
fled and for the convenient conduct of the
same. to maintain such central and branch
offices as may be found necessary and
desirable.
Section 8. To apply for, purchase or
otherwise acquire and use, operate, sell,
assign, transfer and otherwise dispose Of
processes, formulas, patents, licenses and
other rights in any and all inventions or
improvements, whether secured or not,
under letters patent. domestic or foreign.
Section 4. To survey, sub-divide and
plat lands for the purpose of lease or sale.
and to improve and develop the same by