The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-05-04
CHARTER
CHARTER OF

FOREST MORO PLANTATION, INC
State OF Louisiana, Parish of Orleans.
City of New Orleans. BE it known that
on this thirtieth day of March, i'll the
year one thousand, nine hundred and
twenty-five, before me, WILLIAM WAL
LER YOUNG, a Notary Public, in and
for the Parish of Orleans, State of Lou
isiana, duly commissioned and qualified,
and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, per-
sonally came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereuntO sub
scribed, all above the full age of ma
jority, who severally declared that, avail
ing themselves of the laws of the State
of Louisiana, particularly Act 267 of 1914,
relative to the organization of corpora
tions, they do by these presents agree
and bind themselves as well as such
other persons as may hereafter become
associated with them, to form and con-
stitute a corporation for the objects and
purposes and under the articles and stip-
ulations following. to-wit:
ARTICLE /. The name, style and title
of this corporation shall be FOREST *
MORO PLANTATION, INC, and under
that naem 1t shall have aG enjoy all
the rights, advantages and privileges
granted by law to corporations, and
shall exist for the full term and period
of ninety-n nine years from this date. 1t
shall have power to contract, sue and
be sued; to make and use a corporate
seal and the same to alter and break
at pleasure; to hold, receive, lease, pur-
chase, sell and convey, as we'll as mort
gage, hypothecate and pledge property,
real, personal and mixed, corporal and
incorporeal; to name and appoint such
managers, directors, officers, agents and
other employees as its interests and con-
yenience may require, and to make and
establish well as alter and amend
from time to time such bylaws, rules
and regulations as may be necessary
and expedient for the proper manage
ment and government of the affairs of
said corporation.
ARTICLE ii. The domicile of this
corporation is hereby fixed in the City
of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and
all citations or other legal process shall |
be served upon the President of this |
corporation; or, in his absence, upon its
Secretary-T Treasurer.
ARTICLE III. The objects and pur- |
poses for which this corporation is es- !
tablished and the nature of the business |
to be carried on by it are hereby declared |
to be: To plant, grow, cultivate, pro- |
duce and market, within the State of
Louisiana and elsewhere, rice, corn,
sugar and farm plantation products, and !
kindred crops and products of every |
nature and description, and to buy, store |
sell or otherwise to deal or traffic in !
same, either at wholesale or retail; to /
hire, lease, purchase, own and operate |
implements, machinery, boats, cars and |
other property necessary or convenient |
for said purposes; and in connection |
Herewith to establish a general mer-
camille and planting business within the
State Of Louisiana or elsewhere, and to |
carry on any other business, planting,
mercantile, manufacturing or otherwise.
which can be conveniently carried on
with any of the company's objects; to
acquire and hold by purchase, lease or
otherwise, property, real and personal.
movable, immovable and mixed. and the
same to sell, lease, mortgage, pledge,
hypothecate or otherwise dispose of in
any and every way whatsoever; to buy,
lease, rent, erect, construct, maintain
and operate buildings necessary or in
cident to the business herein contem-
plated, and to buy, sell. rent or lease
real estate or personal property in the
course and conduct of said business
either In connection with said business
or otherwise, and generally to do and
transact all business properly connected
with. incidental or convenient to any Of
the said objects and purposes.
ARTICLE Nv. The capital stock of
this corporation is hereby fixed at the
sum Of Two Hundred and Twenty five
Thousand Dollars (s225,0OO.0O). to be
divided into and represented by twenty
two hundred and fifty (225O) shares. in
the sum of One Hundred Dollars
tSlOO.OO) each; said stock shall only be
issued for cash OF In payment of prop-
erty actually received or purchased by
this corporation may be increased to the
$500. 10000. ''"'
ARTICLE V. All the corporate pow
ers Of this corporation shall be exercised
~ Board OF Directors consisting of
ree stockholders, a majority of whom
all constitute a quorum for the trans
ction of business. The directors NAV
vote In person or by written proxy in
favor Of another director. The Board of
directors shall elect annually from
among their number President. a Vice
PRESIDENT and Secretary Treasurer.
The first Board OF Directors shall con-
sist OF three stockholders. and shall be- 1
composed OF George s. Frierson, Richard ;
T.. Harriss and Henry Lampe with the !
said George s. Frierson as President
Richard T. Harriss as Vice President. I
and Henry Lampe as Secretary Treasurer. !
The postoflce addresses of said direc-
tors are as follows: George s. Frierson.
500 Marine Bank Building, New Orleans,
La; Richard T. Harriss. Is William .
Street. New York, N. Y: Henry Lampe.
100 Marine Bank Building. New Orleans. ! !
"a.
These directors shall serve until the q
bird Tuesday in March. 1923. or until
heir successors have been duly elected Q
nd qualified. The annual meeting of t
for the election OF directors S
hall be held on the third Tuesday in S
iarch OF each year, unless said day be 7
legal holiday, and then on the next I
ank day thereafter. Any vacancy oc- c
urring among the directors by death.
esignation or otherwise shall be filed !,
y election for the unexpired term by a
he remaining directors Each subscriber =
ereto sets after his name his postofice L
fdress and a statement Of the number =.
shares Of stock which he agrees to r.
Ike In the corporation. At all elections G,
'ery stakeholder shall be entitled to one W
,te for each share OF stock standing in D,
Il name on the books Of the corpora 81
on, to be cast In person or by his WRIT I'll