The herald., 1922-08-10
CHARTER OF
NEW ORLEANS COMPRESS CO., INC.
July 27-Aug. 81

United States of America, State of
Louisiana, Parish of Orleans. Be it
month of August in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-five U922), and of the indie
pendence of the United States of
sixth, before me, Watts X Leverich,
a Notary Public duly commissioned and
qualified in and for the parish of
Orleans. state of Louisiana, therein re-
siding, and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and under
signed, personally came and appeared
the several persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed. who declared that
availing themselves of the laws of
this state relative to the organization
OF corporations they have coyenanted
and agreed and do by these presents
covenant, agree, bind, form and con-
stitute themselves as we'll as such per-
sons as may hereafter Join or become
associated with them, into a corpora
ton or body polite in law, for the
objects and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations following,
to-wit:
ARTICLE I. The name and title of
this corporation shall be New Orleans
Compress Co, Inc, and under it's cor
porate name ii shall enjoy succession
for the full term and period of ninety
nine years from and after the date
hereof, and shall have power and
authority to contract sue and be sued:
to accept and receive mortgages
pledges or other hypothecations; to
make and use corporate seal, and
the same to break and alter at pleasure:
TO purchase, receive, lease hold or
otherwise acquire and convey, as well
as mortgage and hypothecate under
its corporate name, property, both real
personal and mixed; to borrow money
and make and issue bonds, and other
evidences of debt, and to secure the
same by mortgage or otherwise; to
subscribe to and hold stock in other
corporations; to acquire hold and re-
issue shares of it's capital stock: tn
carry out all of the objects and pur-
poses hereinafter set out; to name and
appoint such managers and directors
Officers and agents as the interest and
convenience of said corporation NAV
require; and to make and establish as
well as alter and amend at pleasure
such bylaws, rules and regulations
Tor me management and regulation of
the affairS of the corporation as NAV
be necessary proper or convenient;
anu generally to do all such other acts
and things as trading corporations are
authorized to do under the laws of the
state of Louisiana
ARTiCLE II. The domicile of this
Orleans. state of Louisiana, and all
citations or other legal process shall
be served upon the president of the
company; or, in his absence, upon the
ARTICLE Ill The objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation is
organized and the nature of the BUSH
ness to be carried on by 1t are hereby
declared to be: To conduct a cotton
COMPRISING. storage and warehouse
business; to carry on the business of
public warehousemen, and to issue
warehouse receipts, negotiable and Tor
non-negotlable; to do a general cotton
merchandising and export business; to
export and deal in cotton and other
agricultural products, spot and future:
to, purchase. hold. improve. develop
deal in and dispose of real and /or per-
sonal property; to exchange it's entire
capital stock. or any part thereof, for
property which IL is authorized to
and business, or any part thereof, for
property, stocks, bonds or other obli-
cations of other companies firms or
individuals; and generally to do all