The herald., 1922-01-26
CHARTER OF THE BRAGMANS BLUFF
LUMBER COMPANY, INC.


United States of America. State of Lou
isiana, 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 twenty and of the indepen-
dence of the United States of America
the one hundred and forty sixth. before
me, Selim Il. Lemle, a notary public, duly
! commissioned and qualified. in and for
this city, parish and state. therein resid-
! 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
pecially set forth.
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title of this
corporation shall be Bragmans Bluff
Lumber Company, 1nc and its duration
shall be for term of ninety-nine 500
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
breeding, raising. buying. selling, leasing.
exporting. importing or otherwise dealing
in 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- |
tablish. 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. |
llSH uOckS, SLIPS, macnlnery, |
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 |
min 10 md To ,,,fr,
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 of
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
brick 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 IL in the manner pro-
vided by law; to sue and he 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
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
luisites; to buy. sell, lease and build
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
'ther business operated by the company:
and in general to do and perform the
hlngs herein enumerated and such other
lcts and things in any part of the world
rs the Board of Directors may deem to
he advantage of the corporation, which
IRE not inconsistent with law and which
| natural person could do.
The foregoing enumeration of specific
powers shall not be deemed to limit or
estrlct in any manner the general powers