The herald., 1922-06-15
CHARTER OF
ARDOYNE PLANTING Co, INC.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans
| City of New Orleans. BE it known that
| on this tenth day of May, in the year
one thousand nine hundred and twenty
YOUNG, a Notary Public, in and for the
| Parish Of Orleans, State of Louisiana.
duly commissioned and qualified. and in
the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned. personally came
and appeared the several persons whose
names are hercuntO subscribed. all above
the full age of majority, who severally
declared that. avaling themselves of the
laws of the State of Louisiana, particu-
larly Act 261 of 1914, relative to the
organization of corporations, they do, by
these presents, agree and bind them
selves, as well as such other persons as
may hereafter become associated with
them, to form and constitute a cOrpor-
alton for the objects and purposes and
under the articles and stipulatiOns fol-
lowing, tO-wit:
ARTICLE 1. The name. style and title
of this corporation shall be ARDOYNE
PLANTING CO, INC, and under that
name it shall have and enjoy all the
rights, advantages and privileges granted
by law to corporations, and shall exist
for the full term and period of ninety
nine years from this date. 1t shall have
power to contract, sue and be sued; to
make and use corporate seal. and the
same 10 alter and break at pleasure; to
hold. receive, lease, purchase, sell and
convey, as well as mortgage, hypOthecate
and pledge property, real, personal and
mixed, corporal and incOrpOreal; to
name and appoint such managers, direc-
tors, officers agents and other en-
ployeeS as its interests and convenience
may require, and to make and establish
as well as alter and amend, from time
to time, such bylaws, rules and regu-
lations as may be necessary and eXpe-
dent for the proper management and
government Of the affairs of said corpOr-
alton.
corporation is hereby fixed in the City
of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and
all citations or other legal process shall
be served upon the President of this
corporation, or, in his absence, upon its
Secretary Treasurer.
ARTICLE III The objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation is es-
tablished and the nature of the business
| to be carried on by il are hereby de-
clared to be: To do a general plantation
| business; to plant. grow, cultivate, pro-
| duce, buy, import, manufacture, refine.
| sell, export and market within the State
| of Louisiana and elsewhere, rice. corn.
sugar. and farm and plantation products.
and kindred crops and products of every
nature and description, and to buy, store
| sell or otherwise to deal or traffic in
same, either at wholesale or retail; to
buy and sell contracts for the future de-
| livery of sugar; to hire, lease, purchase
own and operate farms and plantations
live stock, tools, implements machinery
boats, cars and other property neces-
sary or convenient for said purposes
and in connection Herewith to establish
general mercantile and planting bust
ness within the State or elsewhere and
70 carry on any other business, planting.
mercantile, manufacturing or otherwise
which can be conveniently carried on
with any of the company's objects: TO
own ana operate cOmmissary: to ac-
quire and hold by purchase. lease or
otherwise, property. real and personal,
movable, immovable and mixed, in the
State of Louisiana and elsewhere and
the same to sell. lease, mortgage, pledge.
hyp"thecate or otherwise dispose of in
any and every way whatsoever: to buy
lease, rent. erect construct. maintain and
operate buildings necessary or incident
10 the business herein contemplated and
TO buy, sell, rent or lease real estate or
personal property in the course and con-
duct OF said business, either in connec-
ton with said business or otherwise:
and generally to do and transact all bust
ness properly connected with. incidental
or convenient to any of the said objects
and purposes.
ARTICLE ". The capital stock of
this corporation is hereby fixed at the
sum SUD- OF Two Hundred thousand Dollars
$500 100000, to be divided into and rem
resented by Two Thousand q OOOI shares
IN the sum of One Hundred Dollars
lslOo.OOl each; said stock shall only be
issued Tor cash or In payment of prop
erty actually received or purchased nv
said corporation. The capital stock OF
this corporation may be increased to the
sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
$500. OO0OO).
ARTICLE V. All the corporate DOW
ers of this corporation shall be exercised
by Board OF Directors consisting of four
stockholders, a majority OF whom shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction
OF business. The directors may vote in
person or by written proxy in favor OF
another director. The Board of Direc-
tors shall elect annually from among
their number a President, Vice-Presi.
dent. and a Secretary Treasurer
The first Board Of Directors shall con-
sist Of four stockholders. and shall be
composed of X. r. Barrow, d. NJ Kill
patrick, Horace Brownell and George