The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-07-30
State Of Louisiana,
Parish Of Orleans.
C;txy 80 No,,v 0rlanr

State OF Louisiana,
Parish Of Orleans,
City Of New Orleans.
BE IT KNOWN. that on this. the 22nd
day Of June, in the Year of Our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one, be-
fore me,
WARREN v. MILLER,
, duly commissioned, qualified and act
ing Notary Public in and for the Parish
of Orleans, State Of Louisiana, and IN
and undersigning witnesses, personally
came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed
and severally declared that. awaiting
themselves and those they represent of
the general laws of the State OF LOUIS
lana, in such cases made and PROVIDED,
they have formed and organized' ana a EX
as those they represent and such others
as may hereafter become associated WIN
them, into a corporation and BODY pom
tic in law. for the objects and purposes
in the following articles set forth ana
expressed, which they adopt as their
charter.
ARTICLE 1.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be the
LAWSON CONTRACTING COMPANY.
NC"
and it shall exist and enjoy succession
by it's corporate name for a period OF
ninety-nine (99) years from the date
hereof With all the r,gn.sf po~ cons
ferred by law upon trading corpora
lions. Its domicile shall be in the Par,
ish Of ST. Charles. and all citations ana
legal services shall be made upon the
President and Secretary, and in the
event of his inability to act, upon the
Vice-President, or Secretary. in the or
der named.
The capital stock of this corporation
THo oGIsai oN DoLLARs fs5,ooo.oo5, all
of which shall be divided into and rep
resented by Fifty 1897 Shnre no 81 rs
tS1O0.O0) each. Stock may be paid for in
money, in services rendered the corp0,,,
ration. or in property and good VIII
regularly transferred to the corpora
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 8.
The objects and purposes Of this cor,
peration and for which it is organized
are declared to be, the construction.
erection. building. and operation OF
roads pixies PUBLIC works. raiir oaSa1
such works of public or private ma
ture; owning, operating. leasing auto
mobiles, trucks, motor boats. dredges'
ments generally used in the construction
and erection Of roads. buildings, etc.
to buy, lease, and to operate stores
commissaries and general merchandise
businesses; hypothecate real estate and
in general to do any and all acts ger.
name or pertaining to the above Sc,
forth objects and not contradictory
thereto.
ARTICLE 4.
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in Board OF thret
(3) Directors, a majority of whom shall
constitute a quorum for the TRANSLATOR
of business. Absent Directors may vots
at any meeting OF the Dlrectory' %,
proxy, through any other DIRECTOR, 10
that particular meeting
The first Board Of Directors shall o.
and consist Of John P. Lawson, 10!
Lawson and Blanchard Lawson. the SAL
John P. Lawson as President and Treas
urer. Roy Lawson as Vice-President
and Blanchard Lawson as Secretary
Monday in July, 1928. or until their sue
cessors are duly elected and qualified.
Meetings of the stockholders for tn
election of Directors shall DC neid year ear
/. ly on the second Monday in July, begin
The Board Of Directors shall have thu
right to elect, without reference TO
stockholders meeting. any stockholde
to be a Director. whenever vacanc.
shall exist on the Board of Director
through death or resignation.
ARTICLE 5.
ton are expressed and set forth by Sec
ton Seven 60 Of Act 267 of the Louis
lana LEGISLATURE Of the year 1914, an.
s shall h be duly Gf 0y ana
The duties of the several officer
shall be set forth in the bylaws, which
will be, adopted by the Board OF Direc
will.
ARTICLE s.
No stakeholder Of this corporation
shall ever be liable for any debts OF thu
corporation other than the unpaid por
ton Of the subscriptions to stock, an
no informality herein shall subject o
render them liable for same.
ARTICLE T.
Amendment to this charter, or liquid
alton Of the corporation shall be sub
iect to the rules lain down in Act 267
the Louisiana Legislature for the yea
The Capital Stock Of this corporation
may be Increased. by amendment t
5 oNE cn HuNbRE D. THOUSAND DOL
LARS ($100.00o.00).
THUS DONE AND SIGNED on tn
day and date first hereinabove written
ence Of q. o. Sperier and Prentice E
a Not s seeP ans readings
the whole; the subscribers setting op
posite their names, the amount of stool
they subscribe for, making this an orig
ipal subscription list.
Names Addresses. Stock
J. p. Sellers, La--.-.--..-.2
blanchard Lawson Sellers. La------------
Roy Laws0n----------Sell La------------
per J. p. Lawson.
Witnesses:
PRENTICE e. EDRINGToN. JR.,
C. o. sPERIER.
WARREN ". MILLER,
(sEAL) Notary Public