The St. Charles herald., 1921-07-16
State Of Louisiana,
Parish Of Orleans,
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State of Louisiana, ,
Parish Of Orleans,
City of New Orleans.
BE IT KNOWN, that on this. the 22nd
Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one, De-
fore me,
WARREN v. MILLER.
a duly commissioned, qualified and act
ing Notary Public in and for the PaTlsIi
of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and IN
the presence of the hereinafter nanSu
and undersigning witnesses, personaIIy
came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed
and severally declared that, avalIlng
themselves and those they represent o.
the general laws OF the sta.S ., rnVided
they have formed and organized anu "
these presents form themselves as Wen
as those they represent ano sucn 9tmG 9;th
as may hereafter become ASSOCIATED WIZ
them into a corporation and Dody poll-
tic in law, for the objects and purposes
in the following articles set fortn anu anu
expressed, which they ADOPT as 'ho'i
charter.
The name and title Of this corporation
shall be the
LAWSON CONTRACTING COMPANY,
NC"
and If shall exist and enjoy SUCCESSION
by it's corporate name TOT d pGriodd ha dafe
hereof, with all the rlghts, powers
and privileges now or hereafter con-
ferred by law. upon tTadlng tha tOapPar Par-
ish of St Charles, and all citations anu
legal services shall be made upon tne
President and Secretary, and In the
event of his inability to act, upon the
der named.
ARTICLE 2.
The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum OF tlV
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5.OOO.OO all
of which shall be divided into and rep o
rsseRagu rar Ralue o Of one ss HUHDRED Dollars
lS10O.OO) each. Stock may be paid Tor IN
money in services rendered the corp0
ration, or in property and good Will
regularly transferred to the corpora
tion. all as shall be determined Dy the
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 8.
The objects and purposes of this cor,
poration and for which 1t is organized
are declared to be. the construction,
erection, building and operation OF
roads, pixies, public works, railroaos,
road beds. levees, buildings and other
such works of public or private ma
ture; owning, operating, leasing auto
mobiles, trucks, motor poats, areagHs' ;,., ssia'
teams machinery, and all otner lInpie-
ments generally used in the constructor
and erection Of roads, buildings, ETC.;
to buy, lease, and to operate STORES,
commissaries and general merchandise
businesses; hypothecate rea! estate ano
in general to do any and all acts ger.
name or pertaining to the ABOVE SCI
forth objects and not contradictory
thereto.
ARTICLE 4.
The corporate powers Of this corpora
tion shall be vested in a Board OF thret
n whom
constitute quorum for the transactlor
Of business. Absent Directors may Vote
at any meeting of the Directory, o!
proxy, through any other Director, Iol
that particular meeting.
The first Board Of Directors shall o.
and consist of John 2. Lawson, Ro!
John P. Lawson as President and Treas
urer, Roy Lawson as Vice-President
and Blanchard Lawson as Secretary
who shall serve as such until the secon'
Monday in July, 1928, or until their sue
cessors are duly elected and qualified,
Meetings of the stockholders for tn
election Of Directors shall be held year
ly on the second Monday IN July, pesln
ming with the year 1928. =,
The Board of Directors shall have tn
right to elect, without reference to
to be a Director, whenever vacanc!
shall exist on the Board of Director
through death or resignation.
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton are expressed and set forth by sec
ton Seven Cd of Act 267 Of the Louis
lana Legislature of the year 1914, an,
shall be duly employed by and through
The duties Of the several officer
shall be set forth in the bylaws, whfc
will be adopted by the Board of Direc
tors, and amended or altered at thei
will.
ARTICLE 6.
No stockholder of this corporation
shall ever be liable for any debts of thl
corporation other than the unpaid por
tion of the subscriptions to stock, an
no informality herein shall subject
render them liable for same.
ARTICLE T..
Amendment to this charter. or liquid
alton of the corporation shall be SUB
1914.
The Capital Stock of this corporation
may be increased. by amendmendd t.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS ($1O0 000.00).
THUS DONE AND SIGNED on tn
day and date first hereinabove written
in the City of New Orleans, in the pres
enee Of &. o. sperier and Prentice T
Darlington. Jr., competent witnesses
and me, Notary, after due reading o
the whole; the subscribers setting op
posite their names, the amount of stocl
they subscribe for, making this an orig
inal subscription list.
Names Addresses. Stock
J. p. Lawson-----.-.--.--.Sell La------------2
Blanchard Lawson Sellers, La----.-------
Roy LawsOn-----.-------Sell La-----------.
per J. p. Lawson.
Witnesses:
PRENTICE E. EDRINGTON, JR.,
C. o. SPERIER
WARREN v. MILLER,
(SEAL) Notary Public
CHARTER
State Of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Charles.
BE TT KNOWN AND REMEMBERE.