The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-02-23
CHARTER OF MAssMAN AND CON-
PANY, INC.

United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish of Orleans, City of New Or
! leans, Be 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., a 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 OF
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 well as such
| other persons who may hereafter join or
become associated with them, into a cor
poration and body polite in law for the
| objects and purposes, and under the agree
ments and stipulatiORs following. to-wit
ARTICLE 1.-The name and style of this
| corporation shall be "Massman and Com
pany, Inc, and under that name 1t shall
| have and enjoy all the rights, advantages
and privileges granted by law to corpora
| tions; Ii shall exist for a period of ninety
| nine years; II 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-
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 Kew 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 c0operage, cooperage stocks.
lumber, timber, box and barrel shocks,
and general merchandise; to manufacture
ana 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 win
and In brief, to produce, acquire handle.
trade in, and sell, all goods, wares and
merchandise OF every description; to have
hoid acquire possess. sell, let, ALLEVIATE
oiu tiahsieI trdue Hdrks ana patents ana
patent rights. privileges and inventions;
10 build. own and operate railroads and
tramways incidental to its business; to
own, control and acquire by purchase,
lease, charter or construction, steamships,
steambots, sailing vessels, tugs. barges.
lighters, vessels and water craft of all
kinds, or interests therein, and to oper-
ATE the same; to purchase, own,
lease, control, construct and oper-
docks and dock machinery, appliances
ana appurtenances of all kinds; to hold
stock in other corporations and bonds of
the same and Of the United States and
state OF Louisiana; and generally to do
and perform all things, needfui, neces-
sary, proper and useful for the accom-
plishment of the purposes Of the corpora
uon, the whole In the State of Louisiana,
tne states, Territories and possessions of
the United States, and in foreign States
ana territories, with the right to have Of
noes and places of business, and agents
ana representatives In any and all Of the
ARTICLE Iv-The capital stock of this
corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of
one hundred thousand dollars (s1OO, OOO. OO),
divided into one thousand shares of the
par value Of one hundred dollars each.
which shares shall be paid for in cash
or In the purchase Of property, and the
SAID capital stock may be increased to the
sum OF hve hundred thousand dollars
tSooo.OO0OO). All shares of stock shall
be full paid and worcestershire. No trans
Ier OF stock shall be binding upon the
corporation unless made upon its books
and all certificates of stock shall be signed
oy such officers as may be Designated by
he board Of directors.
All stock In this corporation shall be-
ieid upon condition precedent and under |