The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-10-13
CHARTER OF EPLEN-QJIN LUMBER
COMPANY. INC.

United states of. America. State of Louis
lama. city of New orleans. t." II known,
that on this twenty t21thD day OF
the month of September, in the year OF
oUr Lord one thousand. nine hundred and
twenty-ouc G92n. before me. oscar
Schroeder a notary public duly commlS-
stoned and qualified in and for the Tar
i~h Of Orleans. State of Louisiana. ana
in III" presence of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned. personally
came and appeared the persons whose
names are hprpUutu subscribed. who de
rlarei. that. awaiting themselves of the
provisions ~ the laws of the state or
Louisiana. relative To ia" organization ~
corporations, and more particularly OF the
provisions of Act 2GI of the General As
~rmlEy of the state of Louisiana for the
year 1914. they have couyruaut"d and
agreed and do by these presents covenant
and agree ANA constitute themselves. a.
wen as such other persons who may here
after Join or become associated with them.
into a corporation aud body polite ia law
for the objects and purposes and under tn"
agreement and >Iipulatiou~ following, to-
wit.
ARTICLE I-The name and title Of thi,
corporation shall be Eplcy-Quiu Lumber
Company. Inc. of New Orleans, and under
this name il shall have and enjoy all the
rights advantages and privileges granted
10y law to corporations. II shall exist for
a period of ninety mine years unless sooner
dissolved in accordance with law or with
| the provisions of this act Of incorporation ;
| il shall have power to sue and be sued in
/ Us corporate name 10 make and use a
| corporate seal. and the same to break or
/ alter ut pleasure, to contract and obligIte
| itself. to hold. receive. purchase. convey,
| mortgage, pledge, hypothecate. ALLEVIATE
and otherwis" acquire and dispose of pro
/ perty. movable and imuOvablr, corporal
and incorPoreal: to issue bonds. notes or
! other obligations. To have and employ
! managers. directors, Officers, agents and
other employees. - the interest and con
ycnicncc of the corporation may require
10 make. have ana establish such bylaws
rules and regulations for the management
and control Of its affairs H. its director,
may deem rNpCdi"nt or necessary. and. I,
do All things whatsoever that are permit
ted by law To be- done hy corporations
ARTICLE ii The objects and purpose,
for which this corporation j. organize,
and the nature of it, business is declared
To Ice as follows
! To engage in the wholesale and retail
lumber business. and to buy. own and sci
real estate; to build, own and sell i'm
proved or Unmproved property: to .bu,
and sell timber and timber lands. to main
tain lumber camps and Offices retail an,
wholesale: To borrow money and execute
notes and mortgages necessary TO tn
business of the company, and to do an,
%
lana, and in any other state or territOr,
. of the United States or in Canada, with it
principal Office, for the present. in the cit,
Of New Orleans, state Of Louisiana
t. ARTICLE III-The capital stock of thi
{ corporation is hereby fixed at ten thOus
and dollars (Sl0.0O0.OO). divided into Oh
j hundred (lN) shares of the value of on
I hundred dollars t$1OOO0D each-all com
mon stOrk-and which capital stock ma
he increased to one hundred thousand dol
. lars (Sl0oOOOOOD
l. ARTICLE IV-The said stock shall h
: fully paid and worcestershire and repre-
X scented by certificates of stock signed b
n the president and secretary of the com
= pany, and said stock may be paid for j
l. money or property actually received by tn
o. company or for labor done.
$ ARTICLE V-No transfer of stock sha
d be binding on the corporation unless an
r. until same is made upon the books of tn
| company, and no stakeholder shall Sc
4 his said stock without first giving tn
r board thirty days written option to bu
70 said stock. unless consent of the board
: obtained in writing therefor.
r ARTICLE NI-DOmcile of this cOrpOr.
ton shall be in the City of New Orlean
g State of Louisiana, and citation and otht
legal process shall be served on the pres
- dent, or, in his absence on the vice pres
| dent
ARTICLE VII-Ml the corporate power
VI &aiH NpIphIdllbI, anu IHe Hl1hdSenlPI
and control of its affairs and business al
hereby vested in and are to be exercise
by its board of directors. which shall COZ
siSt of not less than three nor more tina
| five stockholders, majority of who
shall constitute quorum for the tran
action of the corporate business
ARTICLE NIII-The first board Sha
consist of the three incOrpOratOrs. T.
, wit: NJ. J. Epley, New Orleans La
twenty-five shares; c. NJ. Quin, New o
l leans. La, twenty-five shares; JOSEF
Ilelery, New Orleans, La, one share, wit
NJ. J. Epley, president; c. NJ. Quin, vic
president and Joseph Delery, secretal
and treasurer.
ARTICLE IX-Annual meetings of Il
stockholders fOH the purpose of electiI
directors shall be held on the third Mo
day Of October, that is not a holiday,
each year. The first board of directO
snail serve until the annual meeting to
held in October, 1922. or until their su
ces>OrS are duly elected and qualified.
:, Immediately after their election the &
c rectUrS shall choose from among the
= number president, a vice-president and
secretary treasurer. and may appoint
executive committee therefrom.
ARTICLE Mo stakeholder shall ey
be held liable or responsible for the ca