The herald., 1922-04-27
CHARTER
CHARTER OF
FOREST a. MORO PLANTATION, INC.

FOREST 4 MORO PLANTATION, INC.
State OF Louisiana, Parish of Orleans.
City of New Orleans. BE il known that
on this thlrtieth day of March, in the
year one thousand, nine hundred and
twenty-five, before me, WILLIAM VAL
LER YOUNG. n Notary Public, i'll and
for the Parish of Orleans, State of Lou
isiana, duly commissioned and quallned,
and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, per
sonally came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereuntO sub
scribed, all above the full age of ma
jOrty, who severally declared that, avail
ing themselves of the laws of the State
of Louisiana, particularly Act 26' of 1914,
relative TO the organization OF corpora
tiOns, they do by these presents agree
and bind themselves as well as such
other persons as may hereafter become
associated with them, to form and con
stitute a corporation for the objects and
purposes and under the articles and sup-
ulatiOns following. tO-wit:
ARTICLE |. The name, style and title
of this corporation shall be FOREST "
MORO PLANTATION, INC, and under
that naem 1t 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
he sued; to make and use corporate
seal, ana the same TO alJeT duu DIedh
at pleasure; to hold, receive lease, pur-
chase, sell and convey, as well as mort
gage, hypOthecate end pledge property,
real. personal and mixed, corporeal and
incOrporeal TO name and appoint such
managers, directors, officers, agents and
other employees as its interests and CON
venience may require, and to make and
establish well as alter and amend
from time to time such bylaws, rules
and regulations as may be necessary
g. h
ment and government of the affairs Of
said corporation.
ARTICLE H. The dOmlcile of this
corporation is hereby fixed in the City
of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and
all citations other legal process shall
be served upon the President of this
corporation; or, i'm his absence, upon its
Secretary Treasurer.
ARTICLE Ill The objects and pur-
poses for which this corporation is es-
tablished and the nature of the business
to be carried on by it are hereby declared
to be: To plant, grow, cultivate, pro-
duce and market, within the State OF
Louisiana and elsewhere, rice, corn,
sugar and farm 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
hire, lease, purchase, own and operate
farms and plantations, live stock, tools,
implements, machinery, boats, cars and
other property necessary or convenient
for said purposes; and in connection
Herewith TO establish a general mer-
camille and planting business within the
State of Louisiana or elsewhere, and to
carry on any other business, planting,
mercantile, manufacturing or otherwise,
which can be conveniently carried on
with any of the company's objects; to
acquire and hold by purchase, lease or
otherwise property, real and personal,
movable. immovable and mixed, and the
same to sell, lease, mortgage. pledge,
hypothecate or otherwise dispose of in
any and every way whatsoever; to buy,
lease, rent, erect construct, maintain
and operate buildings necessary or in
cident to the business herein cOntem-
plated. and to buy, SELL rent or lease
real estate or personal property in the
course and conduct of said business,
either in connection with said business
or otherwise, and generally to do and
transact all business 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 Of Two Hundred and Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($225, ,00000), to be
divided into and represented by twenty
two hundred and fifty (225O) shares, in
the sum of One Hundred Dollars
($1O000l each; said stock shall only be
issued for cash OF In payment of prop
erty actually received purchased by
said corporation. The capital stock of
this corporation may be increased to the
sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
$500, 100000.
ARTICLE V. All the corporate pow
ers of this corporation shall be exercised
by Board OF Directors consisting Of
three stockholders, a majority of whom
shall constitute a quorum for the trans
action OF business. The directors may
in nv in
favor OF another director. The Board of
Directors shall elect annually from
among their number President. a Vice
President, and a Secretary Treasurer.
The first Board of Directors shall con-
sist OF three stockholders. and shall be
composed of George S. Frierson, Richard
I. Harriss and Henry Lampe, with the
said George S. Frierson as President.
Richard t. Harriss as Vice-President
and Henry Lampe as Secretary Treasurer.
The postoflce addresses of said direc-
tors are as follows: George S. Frierson,
500 Marine Bank Building, New Orleans.
La; Richard T. Harriss. Is William
Street. New York, N. Y; Henry Lampe.
500 Marine Bank Building. New Orleans,
La.
These directors shall serve until the
third Tuesday in March. 1923. or until
their successors have been duly elected
and qualified. The annual meeting OF
stockholders for the election of directors
shall be held on the third Tuesday in
March OF each year, unless said day be
a legal holiday, and then on the next
bank day thereafter. Any vacancy oc-
curing among the directors by death.
resignation or otherwise shall be filled
by election for the unexpired term by
the remaining directors. Each subscriber
hereto sets after his name his postoffce
address and a statement Of the number
of shares Of stock which he agrees to
n m on n1a
every stockholder shall be entitled to one
vote for each share Of stock standing in
his name on the books of the corpora
tion, to be cast in person or by his writ |