The herald., 1921-04-28
CHARTER.
ACT OF INCORPORATION OF EVAN
BELLE PLANTATIONS, MOOR
PORATED.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans,
City of New Orleans. Be 1t known, That
on this the 2lst day of the month OF
April, in the year of our Lord, one thous-
and nine hundred and twenty-One and
of the Independence of the United States
of America, the one hundred and forty
NTH; before me. Charles +. Fletchinger, a
notary public, duly commissioned and
qualified in and for the City of New Or
leans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louis
lana, therein residing, and in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came and APP
peared the several persons whose names
are hereuntO subscribed, all of lawful age
and all residents of the City of New Or
leans, State of Louisiana, and ayailing
| themselves of the laws of the State of
Louisiana AUD particularly of Act 261
! of the General Assembly of the State of
/ Louisiana, for the year 1914, relative to
! the organization of corporations, state that
! they have cOvenanted and agreed and do
hereby covenant and agree to form them
| selves, as well as such persons who may
become associated with them or succeed
them into a corporation for the objects
and purposes and under the following ar
| ticles, to-wit:
TICLE 1.-The name Of this cor.
pOration shall be Evan-Belle Plantations
Incorporated and by said corporate name
il shall have and enjoy succession for a
| sooner dissolved in the manner provided
by law, and under said corporate name il
shall have power and authority to con-
tract, sue and be sued, to make and use a
corporate seal, the same to alter or break
! at pleasure, to make all necessary rules
and regulations for its corporate manage
ment and control; and it shall have and
enjoy all the rights, privileges and immuni-
| ties which are now conferred upon OF
which may hereafter be granted to cor
porations of the same kind apd char
acter.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of the cor
pOration shall be in the City of New Or
| leans, State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and purposes
for which this corporation is organized
and the nature of the business to be car
| ried on by it are hereby declared to be
| to own. lease, buy and sell lands and real
gage the same, to improve lands for gen
eral or special purposes; to purchase, lease
and operate plantations, factories and re-
tineries and to sell and lease the same; tC
purchase, sell, construct, lease and operat,
said mills, canning factories and ware
houses and to operate switch tracks, ran
roads, barge and boat lines in connection
| Herewith, to purchase, sell, manufacture
produce, refine, prepare, import, export
and generally, to deal in sugar, sugar cane
molasses, syrups and all products or by
products generally; to plant. cultivate
produce and raise sugar cane, corn, oats
rice and other food crops; to purchase
sell, breed and deal in cattle and hv'
mercantile business, wholesale and retail
in the State of Louisiana, or elsewhere
to engage in the business of public ware
houseman; to make, draw, endorse bills o.
exchange, promissory notes and to issu
bonds, to sell, assign, transfer, mortgage
pledge or otherwise dispose of bonds, Sc
curities or shares of capital stock In othe
corporations; to own stock in other cor
porations. to vote the same, and, generally
to do any and all things incidental o
germane to any of the objects and pur
poses above specified.
ARTICLE Iv.-The capital stock Of thi
corporation Is hereby fixed at the sum o
five hundred thousand dollars, divided int
, five thousand $4,000 shares of the pa
. value of one hundred ($10O) dollars each
all of which shall be common stock, an
, the amount to which the capital stock ma
be increased is hereby fixed at the sur
of one million $1,000. 000.0O) dollars; sal
, stock shall be issued only for cash o
in payment of property or services act
psfation; and shall be fully paid for a
the time of its issuance and thereafter b
non assessable.
Said corporation shall commence bus
) ness and become q going concern as 500
. as four hundred thousand (SfOO,OOO.Ot
dollars of the capital stock shall have bee
: subscribed and paid for.
, The parties hereto hereby subscribe fc
: the number OF shares of the capital stoc
of said corporation set opposite their n
. spective signatures hereto, so that this az
!. of incorporation shall serve as an orig
. nal subscription.
ARTICLE v.-The Evan-B Belle Compan.
Inc, a subscriber to four thousand snare
| Of the capital stock Of this corporation
! in full payment Of said subscription an