The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-12-29
CHARTER OF THE BRAGMANs BLUFF
LUMBER COMPANY, INC.

United States of America, state OF Lou
isiana, Parish of Orleans, city of New
Orleans, lie il known, that on this lith
day of the month of November, i'll the
year of our Lord one thousand, nine nun
dred and twenty one aud OF the lndcpeh-
dence of the United States Of America
the one hundred and forty -SiNth, before
me- Selim l.. Lemle. a notary public, duly
commissioned and qualified. in and Tor
this city. parish and state, therein resid-
ing, and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, per
sonally came and appeared the parties
whose names are hereto subscribed, who
severally declared to me, notary, IN the
! presence of the two undersigned com
| petent witnesses, that, desiring to avail
! themselves of the provisions of law OF
| the state of Louisiana relative TO the
! formation of corporations, and especially
| the statute known as the General Cor
| pOratiOn Act of 1914, and all amend
ments thereto, and to acquire and en-
| joy the rights, privileges ana powers
| of n body corporate and polltlc In the
| law, they do hereby form themselves
| into such a corporation and body
| polite under the name and style ana Tor
| the objects and purposes hereinafter es-
| pecially set forth.
ARTICLE THE name and title of this
corporation shall he Bragmans Blum
! Lumber Company, Inc. ,and its duration
| shall be for term of ninety-nihe (y9J
| years from date.
ARTICLE 1.-THE objects and purposes
for which this corporation is formed are
hereby declared to be:
Buying selling, leasing. acquiring, cul
tiyating and developing farms and farm
lands, fruit orchards and fruit lands, stocl
farms and grazing lands ana all otne
kinds of real property, aud all rights, In
tereSts and easements therein; buying
selling, importing, exporting, cultivatlng
growing and producing tropical frult
and products, foods and food products
vegetable and farm products and kindred
products of every nature and description
breeding raising. buying. selling, leasing
exporting, importing or otherwise deallni
i'm live animals of all classes and descrlp
: ton; to carry on general dairy Dusl
ness: buying. selling. leasing. managing
and operating irrigation bitches, canals
, reservoirs. dams. fumes aqueducts, pipes
water and water rights and all machin
ery and other property necessary for tn
, purpose of watering and irrigating; buy
ing, selling, leasing. holding, managln
and operating ice plants, electric plants
, canning and other factories and all othe
| kinds of property, real and personal nee
, essary to carry out these objects; to es
- tablish. conduct and operate at one o
more places general merchandise Dusl
ness and 4 general commission bnsi
/ ness: to carry on general contractin
business and to make and execute cor
tracts for all kinds of construction work
: to buy, sell, lease, construct ana estau
lish docks. slips. buildings. machinery
wharves warehouses and other conven
fences and operate them; to purchase, sci
. and lease boats, bargeS tugs, vessels an
water craft of every kind and description
whatsoever. and to operate them; I
I drege with machinery, deepen channel
and in connection herewith filling u
and retaining land to purchase SCI
and lease hotels, apartment houses, res
: taurants and cafe businesses and TO carr
, on the same; to search for and TO eNpior
for ores and minerals and TO locate min
= ing claims or lodes to deal In minerals an
mineral lands of all kinds and 10 WORE
eXplore operate. and develop the same an
to carry on the business of mining In a
its branches; to carry on the business
buying, selling. producing ana dlstrlbu.
ing petroleum and other oils and thel
products and by-prOducts to buy, sci
lease. manage and operate saw mills an
= brick plants. and to buy. sell, export an
! import. and manufacture brick. turpel
= tine and it's by-products. lumber. lumD'
, | products. logs and timber of all kind an
: | of every description; to enter upon
u otherwise acquire in any lawful mann'
=, ! any public domain of the United Stat'
). | or any foreign country; to own, ana COZ
troll letters patent and inventions, as we
as shares Of its own capital stock an
:, that of other corporations, and to vo
- the stock owned by IL in the manner pr
= yided by law; to sue and be sued; 10 ma
y a common seal; to buy and sell securitie
VI to borrow money and contract debts al
to issue bonds. notes. debentures and al
other obligations, and to secure the pa
~ | ment of the same or any indebtedne
u contracted by mortgage. pledge, pawn
/, otherwise of its property. real, person
III or mixed; to improve apd dispose OF I
real personal and mixed property OF |
:, company; to do the business OF builder
y contractors, dealers in stone. brick, luI
" Der and other building material or
~ 1uisites; to buy. sell, lease and hui
- railroads, tramways and other transpf
tation facilities by land or water Tor pl
poses incident to or connected with l
operation of the sawmll lumber or a
= other business operated by the cOmpan
- and in general to do and perform |
things herein enumerated and such 9th
- acts and things in any part of the woi
" as the Board of Directors may deem
u the advantage of the corporation, viii
:, are not inconsistent with law and Will
a natural person could do.
b. The foregoing enumeration OF speci
NV powers shall not be deemed to limit
We restrict in any manner the general pow'
~ | of the corporation and the enjoyment a
nv exercise thereof. as conferred by the Ia