The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-04-07
BANK COMPANY, INCORPORATED,
FEBRUARY 18TH, 1921.

United States of America. State of Lou
lana, Parish of Orleans City of New Or
leans. BE il known. That on this eighteenth
day of the month of February in the year
of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred
and twenty -One; before me. Charles
Theodore Starkey. notary public, duly
commissioned and qualified, in and for
this city and the Parish of orleans. there
in residing. and in the presence of the
witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed. personally came and appearedJhe
several persons whose name are hereuntO
subscribed, who severally declared that.
ayailing themselves of the benefits
and provisions of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana and of
the laws of said State relative to
the organization of corporation and par
ticularly of the provisions of Act No. 26I
of the General 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 TO bind and Obligate themselves TO
form and organize themselves as well as
all such other persons who may hereafter
join or become associated with them or
their successors into stock corporation
and body polite in law, for the objects
and purposes and under the conditions.
covenants. stipulatiOns and agreements of
the articles following to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be Burbank Company. In
cOrpOrated and under and by said name
unless sooner dissolved in accordance with
law and this charter, it shall exist and
continue. and shall have and enjoy cor
pOrate existence and succession for a
period of ninety nine years from and after
the date of this act. 1t may have, hold
receive, borrow. loan, exchange, acquire by
grant, gift or purchase, devise or bequest
sell, ALLEVIATE, dispose of, convey, lease
pledge. pawn, hypOthecate cucumber and
mortgage property of any kind. whether
real personal or mixed. corporal or in
corporal, movable or immovable. all sub
ject to such limitations as may be pre-
Scribed by law.
1t may make, issue and endorse bonds
or notes and other evidences of debt. 1t
may accept mortgages, pledges or other
forms of security for money loaned or
other debts. 1t may contract, sue and be
sued, plead or be implicated by its cor
porate name in any court of competent
Jurisdiction. 1t may make, adopt and
use common seal and alter the same at
pleasure. 1t may hold stock in other cor
porations. and its capital stock may be
issued for capital stock in other corpora
tons. 1t may name, appoint and employ
such managers, directors. officers agents
and other employees as its business and
convenience may require and may fix their
compensation, having due regard to the
nature, character and value of their serv-
ices. Ii may make and establish by laws
rules and regulations not inconsistent with
this charter or any existing law fixing
or altering the arrangements of its DROP
erty, the regulation and government Of its
and registration of its stock 1t NAV wind
up and dissolve itself or be wound up and
dlssolved in the manner prescribed by law
IL may conduct business in this State, other
states. the Federal District. the territories
and possessions of the United States and
any foreign country. 1t shall have the
power to invest in Board of Directors
win an OF its corporate powers, subject
10 such restrictions as may be named in
this charter, and II generally shall possess
all the powers, rights, privileges and i'm
munitles which corporations are and NAV
hereafter be authorized to possess under
particularly under Act No. a67 of the Acts
OF the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1914
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of this cor.
porat1On shall be at the City of New Or
leans, Parish of Orleans State of ouis
lana and all citations or other legal nrocess
snail be served upon the president of this
corporation or in the case of his absence
upon the vice-president or in the absence
ot D1th OF these Officers. upon the secretary
OF this corporation.
ARTICLE III.-The objects and DUR
poses for which this corporation is formed
ana the nature of the business to be car
RED on by 1t are hereby declared to be:
oectlon 1. To purchase, buy. SELL deal in
ana operate any building and paving ma
terial In Louisiana and elsewhere, to lease
own ana operate sand and gravel beds de-
posts and lands and any other beds and
" thter INTO OOugat1OnS, undertakings and
engagements and to make and do all things
necessary and proper in connection with
the sand and gravel business and further
70 do contracting. constructing and en-
glneerlng business, and especially TO hid
upon, accept and execute contracts for
WORK OF all kinds, give out and sub-con-
tract or sub-let any or all of the said
work to construct and maintain Highways
roads, etc.. and to furnish all material
necessary therefor. -"'
Section 2. To store transport and soil
all and any of the said products above
speclhed and for the convenient conduct
OF the same. to maintain such control and
and desirable -eNeSs"is
section 3. To apply for, purchase mr.
otherwlse acquire and use. operate. sell
assign, transfer and otherwise disposa of
processes; formulas, patents licenses and
other rights in any and all inventions or
Improvements whether secured or NOT nm
der letters patent. domestic or foreign.
section 4. To carry on all allied and as
soclated lines of business which NAV he
directly connected with or may further and
assist the conduct of its main business as
above specified. 80
Section 3. To construct purchase lease
or otherwise acquire and own, maintain
ana operate steamboats,, sailing vessels,