The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-03-02
CHARTER OF MAssMAN AND COM
pNNX

fAN1, I'M.
United States of America. State of Louis
lana. Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
leans, lie il known. that on this tenth day
of the month of February, in the year one
thousand, nine hundred and twenty-five
before me, Henry p. Dart, Jr., notary
public. duly commissioned and sworn in
and for the Parish of Orleans and City of
New Orleans, therein residing; personally
appeared the persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, who declared that.
availing themselves of the provisions or
the laws of this State relative TO the or
ganiZatiOn of corporations, they have
co, enanted and agreed, and do, by these
presents, covenant and agree, bind, form
and constitute themselves, as we'll as such
other persons who may hereafter join or
become associated with them, into cor
pOratiOn and body polite in law for the
objects and purposes, and under the agree
ments and stipulations following. to-wit {:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style of this
corporation shall be "Massman and Com
pany, Inc, and under that name IL shall
have and enjoy all the rights, advantages
and privileges granted by law to corpora
tiOns; IL shall exist for period of ninety
nine years; IL shall have power to con-
tract. sue and be sued in its corporate
name; to make and use a corporate seal,
and the same to break or alter at pleas
ure; to hold, receive, purchase, convey,
mortgage hypothecate or pledge property,
both real and personal; to issue bonds.
notes and other obligations; to have and en-
ploy managers, directors, officers, agents
and other employees as the interests and con-
veniences of said corporation may require
and to make and establish such bylaws,
rules and regulations for the corporate
management and control of the affairs of
said corporation. as may be deemed neces-
sary and expedient.
ARTICLE 1.-THE domicile of said cor
poration shall be in the City of New Or
leans. in this State, and citation and other
legal process shall be served on the presi-
dent. and in his absence, on the vice
president. In case of the death of the
president of this corporation, or in the
event of his inability to act as such, his
duties and functions shall devolve upon
and be fulfilled by the vice-president.
ARTICLE III-The objects and pur-
! poses of this corporation are to engage in
trade and commerce in all its forms
shapes and phases; to import and export
to deal and operate at wholesale and re-
tail, as principal, agent on commission
or otherwise in cooperage, cooperage stocks
| lumber, timber, box and barrel shocks
/ and general merchandise; to manufacture
i and sell the same and the finished pro-
| ducts thereof; to own, operate and con-
| duct mills, machinery, tools and appli-
| ances for the uses and purposes of the
business and the same to change. alter
| substitute, sell and hypothecate at will
| and in brief, to produce, acquire, handle
trade in. and sell, all goods, wares and
merchandise of every description; to have
/
and transfer trade marks and patents, and
patent rights, privileges and inventions
| TO build. own and operate railroads and
| tramways incidental to its business; Il
own, control and acquire by purchase
| lease, charter or construction. steamships
| steambots, sailing vessels, tugs, barges
lighters, vessels and water craft of al
kinds, or interests therein, and to oper
ate the same; to purchase, own
lease, control, construct and oper
ate docks, warehouses, wharves. dr.
| docks and dock machinery, appliances
and appurtenances of all kinds; to hole
stock in other corporations and bonds O.
State of Louisiana; and generally to d,
and perform all things, needful, neces
| sary, proper and useful for the accom-
plishment of the purposes of the corpora
ton, the whole in the State of Louisiana
the States. Territories and possessions O
the United States, and in foreign State
ana territories, with the right to have of
fees and places of business, and agent
and representatives in any and all of tn
i same.
ARTICLE Iv-The capital stock of thi
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum o
one hundred thousand dollars $500 900 .O0)
divided into one thousand shares Of tn
par value Of one hundred dollars each
winch shares shall be paid for in casl
or In the purchase Of property, and tn
| said capital stock may be increased to tn
| sum of five hundred thousand dollar
| lS5OOOOO.00). All shares of stock shall
be full paid and non assessable. No trans
fer Of stock shall be binding upon tn
corporation unless made upon fits book
and all certificates Of stock shall be signet
by such officers as may be designated b,
| the board Of directors.
All stock In this corporation shall b.
held upon condition precedent and undel