The herald., 1922-09-07
CHARTER OF
SHREWSBURY HEIGHTS LAND
CO. INC

! CHARTER OF
SHREWSBURY HEIGHTS LAND
CO. INC.
United States of America. State of
louisiana, Parish OF Orleans CIV nj
New Orleans. BE II known that on
inns ilrst day OF the month Of July.
III the year Of our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred ana twenty-five, and or
t!e Independence of the United STATES
Oh america the one hundred and forty
S!Nlh' before me, Oscar SChrelber 4
/ Notary Public in and for the PARISH an
| orleans, state OF Louisiana. uulv com
| Htissloued, sworn ana qualified and In
| 'tc presence OF the Witnesses herein
after named and Undersigned, person
! any came and appeared the s,y,r.t
/ PeIs"hS whose names are heTeunto sub
| S'Ilbtu' VINO SCvcrdlly declare that
! awaiting themselves OF the laws of tlls
state relative 10 corporations, ana par
| uculdI4y Act NO. @G7 of the General
! Assembly OF the state OF Louisiana fnr
me year 1914, they have coyeuauted
ana agreed, and Go by these present
! covenant and agree, and bind ana ohII-
gate themselves, as well as ali other
! persons who may hereafter become
| associated with them, TO form and con-
| Sl!tutt Il body polite in law Tor the
| ohJecJS and purposes hereinafter sci
| lolih, ana under the articles and stipt.-
! IatlohS herein following, which they
! ADOPT as their charter, LO-WIt:
| ARTICLE l. The name and style of
| TINS corporation shall be the S6reyys-
buly Heights Land Co, Inc.
Article ii. The objects and purposes
Tor Mhlch TINS corporation Is organized
are declared TO be: To buy, sell, re-
! ctiNe' mona, rent hypothcCate, lease,
! suitcase, mortgage ana otherwise en-
/ culHbef, ALLEVIATE, as well as To deal
! IN, develop. SuhdIVIdc and cultlyJt,.
| lands OF All kinds, timbcred or unIlm-
! btitd, ana real estate OF every dcscr.p-
| zion, 10 buy, sell, receive. hold. rr;it
/ lease suitcase, mortgage and hypotur-
| cate or any other way cucumber, ac-
! quire and alternate, manufacture and
| zeal IN lumber, and all Of its nv
! products; TO exploit, reclaim improve
/ or otherwise benefit real estate. and Ia
! lay the same out IN town lUIs town
! sites, villages, cities, farms, lots. SunlIr-
/ pan sites, 10 make streets, cutters, side
| walks and canals, to issue notes and
/ any othcT evidence of debts. and gen
| orally TO do any and all things, ana TO
engage IN any and all business Incl
! dental TO. and connected with, or grow
| ing out of said business, with all priv
| iicgeS and powers now conferred or
/ hereafter to be conferred upon such
| corporations.
ARTICLE Ill The amount Of the
capital stock of this corporation is
! hereby fixed at Fifty Thousand Dol
! Iars, represented by 500 shares OF stock
| OF the par value of one Hundred Dol
| lars edcn. said stock snail be paid
! Tor IN cash, or given at par, IN pay
Hcht Tor property actually received by
Sald corporation. The shares of stool.
Shdll be transferable only on the book
! OF the corporation, and no transfer OF
STOCK snail he binding Or have any
effect upon this corporation unless and
until made upon the books. No stock
holder shall be liable for any further
sum than the amount of his subscrIp-
| ton. The capital stock of this cor
! poartlOn may be increased to One Hun
dred Thousand Dollars, or any portion
! thereof
ARTICLE ". The comiciIe Of this
corporation shall be in the city of New
! Orleans, state Of Louisiana. All eta
/ tons or other legal process shall be
served on its president: or, ~ his alb
sence, on the viCe-president.
ARTICLE V. This corporation shall
continue TO exist and enjoy life for
period OF ninety-nine years from the
| date hereof, and shall enjoy all the
| ed by law 10 such corporations; they
] shall have the power to sue and be
sued use corporate SEAL the same to
alter and amend at pleasure; to own
and hold personal, real or mixed prop
/ erty; 10 make notes, bonds, mortgages
or other evidence of debt.
| ARTICLE Vi All corporate powers
OF this corporation shall be vested IN
| ana exercised by Board of Directors
! composed Of five stockholders, elected
| annually at meeting to be held on
the first Thursday of June of each
/
OF any business. They shall be elected
! by ballot at said meeting, either by
! proxy or in person. Notice of said
4 meeting to be given to each stock
holder at least fifteen days prior TO
! said meeting, by written notice by
| mail, addressed 10 each stockholder at
his last known address. Within 4
/ week after the election of said Board
! OF Directors, as above provided for,
/ they shall elect from among their num-
Der president, vice-presldent, and
a secretary and a treasurer, or the
| last two offices of secretary and treas
| urer may be held by the same person,
at the will of the Board of Directors,
and said board may appoint managers,
/ clerks, agents. employees, as they see
| fit, and regulate the salaries to be
| paid them. All officers and members
! of the Board of Directors shall hold
| ottice Tor one year from the date of
| their election, or until their successors
have been duly elected and qualified.
| The board may he increased to ten
| members or any fraction thereof, by
| the stockholders at an annual meet
| ing, providing previous notice thereof
| has been given. y majority of the
| members OF the meeting shall cOnsti-
| tute quorum. Until the annual meet
| ing to be held on the first Thursday
| in June, 1924, or until their duly quail
! fled successors are elected and installed,
| the Board of Directors shall be COM
posed of Gowan Harris, DIR. George f.
| ROelling, Henry j. LedOuX, John III.
! Watermelon and Oscar Schneider, with
! Gowan Harris as president, DIT. George
r. Roelling as vice-presideut, and Oscar
! Schneider as secretary-treasurer.
! This charter may be amended or
altered by a vote of twO-thirds of all
| the stockholders present at a special
meeting called for that purpose, after
| fifteen days prior notice of said meet
| ing have been given to each and every
! stakeholder of record on the books of
| the corporation, by written notice sent
by mail to his last known address.
! In order that his charter may serve
as the original subscription list, the
| subscribers thereof have written oppO-
/ site their names the amount of the
| capital stock subscribed for by each of
them, with their address.
Thus done and passed at my office
| in the city of New Orleans, on the day
and date first above written, in the
presence of Theresa SWEET and Emma
Cornay, competent witnesses, who have
| hcreunto subscribed their names, to-
gether with said appearers and me.
Notary, after due reading of the whole.
| (Here follow signatures of subscrib-
| erS and number of shares subscribed.)
| Witnesses: Emma Cornay, Theresa
SWEET.
OSCAR SCHREIBER,
| Notary Public.
I, the undersigned Notary, hereby
! certify the above and foregoing to be
a true and correct copy of the original
on file in my Notarial Register.
OSCAR SCHREIBER,
Notary Public.
| I. the undersigned Recorder of Mort
| cages in and for the parish of Orleans,
| state of Louisiana, do hereby certify
81, 81, Of IN,