The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-01-19
CHARTER OF THE BRAGMANS BLUFF
LUMBER COMPANY, INC.

United States of America, state OF Lou
isiana, Parish of Orleans. City of New
Orleans BE it known. that on this 1ith
day of the month of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand, nine hun
dred and twenty-One and OF the lndepeh-
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 for
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, VINO
severally declared to me. notary in the
presence of the two undersigned com
petent witnesses, that. desiring to avall
them selves of the provisions OF law OF
the State of Louisiana relative to the
| formation of corporations, aud especially
| the statute known the General Cor
poration Act of 1914, and all amend
ments thereto, and TO acquire ana en-
! joy the rights, privileges and powers
| of a body corporate and polite In the
law, they do hereby form themselves
| into such corporation and Douy
polite under the name and style ana Tor
the objects and purposes hereinafter es-
pecially set forth.
ARTICU., THE name and title of this
| corpOratid shall be Bragmans Bun
| Lumber 6mpany. Inc, and its duration
shall be for a term of ninety-nine (o9)
! years from date.
| ARTICLE ll-lhe oDJtcts anu PURPOSES
! for which this corporation is formed are
| hereby declared to be:
| Buying, selling, leasing, acquiring, cul-
| tivating and developing farms ana farm
| lands, fruit orchards and fruit lands, STOCK
| farms and grazing lands and all other
| kinds of real property, and all rights, In
terests and easements therein; buying
| selling, importing, exporting, cultlvatlne'
| growing and producing tropical fruits
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 dealing
| in live animals of all classes and descrip-
| 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 machln-
cry and other property necessary for the
purpose of watering and irrigating; buy
| ing, selling, leasing, holding, managing
and operating ice plants. electric plants
canning and other factories and all other
| kinds of property, real and personal. nee
| essary to carry out these objects; TO es-
| tablish. conduct and operate at one or
more places a general merchandise Dusl-
| ness and general commission busl-
ness: TO carry on a general contracting
business and to make ana execute con
tracts for all kinds of construction work
to buy, sell, lease, construct ana estaD
Ish docks, slips, buildings, machinery
| wharyes warehouses and other conven
fences and operate them; to purchase, sell
and lease boats, barges, tugs, vessels ano
water craft of every kind and Description
whatsoever, and to operate them; u
drege with machinery, deepen chanhei'
and in connection Herewith Filling W
and retaining land; to purchase, sci
and lease hotels, apartment houses, res
taurants and cafe businesses and 10 carr!
on the same; to search for ana 10 eApl4r
for ores and minerals and to locate min
ing claims or lodes to deal in minerals an'
mineral lands of all kinds and to WORK
explore. operate, and develop the same an!
TO carry on the business of mining in al
: it's branches; to carry on the business .
buying, selling. producing ana distripu. u.
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, turpef
tine and its by-products. lumber, lumoe
\ products, logs and timber of all KIND an
| of every description; to enter upon
otherwise acquire in any lawful mannt
Y any public domain of the United state
4 or any foreign country; TO own, ana COZ
n troll letters patent and inventions, as we
as shares Of its own capital STOCK an
n that of other corporations, and to vol
!. the stock owned by it in the manner pr'
: vided by law: to sue and be sued; TO nav
a common seal; to buy and sell securities
II to borrow money and contract debts an
n TO issue bonds. notes. debentures and an
:. other obligations, and to secure the pa
4 | ment of the same or any indebtedne
contracted by mortgage. pledge, pawn
&c otherwise of its property. real, person
O or mixed: to improve apd dispose OF q
# real, personal and mixed property OF u
company; to do the business OF builder
d contractors, dealers in stone. brick, lun
!. Der and other building material or r
/: quisites; to buy, SELL lease and bui
o railroads. tramways and other transpo
,e tation facilities by land or water for pu
% poses incident to or connected with q
r operation Of the sawmill. lumber or al
II other business operated by the compan,
: and in general to do and perform G
things herein enumerated and such oth
p acts and things in any part of the wor
y as the Board of Directors may deem
the advantage of the corporation, whl
IF are not inconsistent with law and whi'
d. a natural person could do.
a. The foregoing enumeration OF speci
8 powers shall not be deemed to limit
restrict in any manner the general powe