The herald., 1922-01-05
CHARTER OF THE BRAGMANs BLUFF
LUMBER COMPANY. INC.

United States of America State of Lou.
| siana. Parish of Orleans. City of New
Orleans, BE il known, that on this 18th
| day of the month of November, in the
| year of our Lord one thousand, nine hun
| dred and twcnty-One aud of the indepen-
| dence of the United States OF America
! the one hundred and forty sixth, before
me. Selim Il. Lemle, notary public, duly
commissioned and qualified, in and for
this city, parish and state. therein reSd-
| 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 and powers
of body corporate and polite in the
law, they do hereby form themselves
into such corporation and body
polite under the name and style and for
the objects and purposes hereinafter es-
pecially set forth.
ARTICLE THE name and title of this
corporation shall be BragmanS Blutf
Lumber Company, Inc, and its duration
shall be for term of ninety nine (99)
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-
tivating and developing farms and 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, cultivating,
growing and producing tropical fruits
and products, foods and food products
vegetable and farm products and kindred
products of every nature and description 4;
breeding, raising. buying. selling, leasing,
exporting. importing or otherwise dealing
i'm live animals of all classes and descrip-
ton; to carry on general dairy bust
ness; buying. selling. leasing, managing
and operating irrigation bitches, canals,
reservoirs. dams. fumes, aqueducts, pipes,
water and water rights and all machin-
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-
tablsh conduct and operate at one or
more places a general merchandise bust
ness and general commission bust
ness; to carry on a general contracting
business and to make and execute con
tracts for all kinds of construction work;
to buy, sell, lease, construct and estab-
lish docks, slips, buildings, machinery,
wharves, warehouses and other conven-
fences and operate them; to purchase, sell
and lease boats, barges, tugs. vessels and
water craft of every kind and description
whatsoever, and to operate them; to
drege with machinery, deepen channels
and in connection Herewith filling up
and retaining land; to purchase, sell
and lease hotels, apartment houses, res
taurants and cafe businesses and to carry
on the same; to search for and to explore
for ores and minerals and to locate min
ing claims or lodes to deal in minerals and
mineral lands of all kinds and to work,
explore. operate, and develop the same and
to carry on the business of mining in all
its branches to carry on the business or
buying. selling, producing and distribut-
ing petroleum and other oils and their
products and by-prOducts; to buy. sell.
lease, manage and operate saw mills and
&rick plants, and to buy, sell, export and
import, and manufacture brick, turpen-
tine and it's by-products, lumber. lumber
products, logs and timber of all kind and
of every description; to enter upon or
otherwise acquire in any lawful manner
any public domain of the United States
or any foreign country; to own, and con
troll letters patent and inventions, as well
as shares of its own capital stock and
that of other corporations and to vote
the stock owned by it in the manner pro-
vided by law; to sue and be sued: to have
a common seal; to buy and sell securities
to borrow money and contract debts and
to issue bonds, notes, debentures and any
other obligations, and to secure the pay
ment of the same or any Indebtedness
contracted by mortgage, pledge. pawn or
otherwise of its property, real. personal
or mixed; to improve apd dispose OF the
real, personal and mixed property of the
company; to do the business OF builders,
contractors. dealers in stone. brick. lum-
Der and other building material or re
quisites; to buy, sell, lease and build
railroads. tramways and other transpor-
tatiOn facilities by land or water for pur
poses incident to or connected with the
operation of the sawmill. lumber or any
other business operated by the company;
and in general to do and perform the
things herein enumerated and such other
acts and things In any part of the world
as the Board of Directors may deem to
the advantage Of the corporation, which
are not inconsistent with law and which
natural person could do.
The foregoing enumeration of specific
powers shall not be deemed to limit or
restrict in any manner the general powers
of the corporation and the enjoyment apd
exercise thereof, as conferred by the laws