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•-Y OUR Opportunity to Own a Home is Now If you are the owner of a building lot, any Homestead Associa- These fine lots are the only available lots adjoining the main tion will build your home on the weekly payment plan. entrance to the United States Naval Station. We Will Sell You That Fine Building Lot on the Easy Weekly Plan No other sub-division in the City has the facilities that, these lots offer to the HOME BUYERS. When you buy a lot in this sub division, you will have at hand Electric Car Service, City Filtered Water, Fire Protection, New City Electric Arc Lights in the streets, the new $38,000 School Building adjoining this property, no Key Lots as each lot has the free use of a 25 foot public alley way. MORE THAN 30 SUBSTANTIAL RESIDENCES are realdy built on this property and people living there in their own homes. An ideal place to raise your own TRUCK AND CHICKENS. Think of These Lots as An Investment Do you know that nearly two thousand civilians are employed at the Naval Station and that these men need houses to rent near their work? Do you know that there are no vacant houses over here to rent? Do you know that when the Natural Gas is brought here from Terrebonne fields, the added industries on our side of the river will increase the price of your lots from three to five hundred per cent. Look Ahead of You. No Man Ever Got Rich Working For a Salary Investments in Real Estate will give that chance to improve your opportunity to make enough money to be your own boss. Lots are $150, $175, $200, $250, lAMONTHLYA 0NO INTEREST TO PAY NO TAXES TO PAY GUARANTEED TITLE We have prepared a neat little booklet telling about this Property which will be sent to you on request. Write or Phone ALGIERS' LAND COMPANY, Inc. 500 VERRET ST. Phone Algiers 503 0. V. Cooper, Sales Mgr. gAiTsU OFI TII UiOuTiEBIN DREDGING OMPIANT, INC. of America, State of Louis ot Orleans. that on this sixteenth day te yoear eno thoeusand nine tesa, before me, Henry a Netary Public is and for of Orleasa and City of New of Loulsiana. therein re the presence of the wit named and undersign came and appeared: iginal persons whose names are _hedmlbed, all of the full age who severally declared that. of the provisions of hils tate relative to the or oe iaepratlons and more par 1i of the General Assembly approved July 9 1914, they oeveasted and agreed to sad costitute themselves, as d aeh other persons as ma or become asseclated with a eeprotio and body politicI ft object and purposes and "ialls, agreements and stipu .to-wit: name and style of this 4 shall be the "McWilliamsn hedging Company, Inc.," and,. 01151 t shall have and enjoy advantages and privileges 4 to corporations. It shall 4 ptlee of ninety-nine (99) I hI date; and shall have pow- 1 to contract, sue and be name; to make and , seal, and the same to, at pleOsare; to hold pur- l sll, mortgage, hypothecate teal, personal or mix- I tal or proper for the t at Ma business; and to that n heads, notes, mortgages, ne sa and other obllgal and hold stock in any oth or os pales that may assiat d 5t its ohbjects and purposes; snae notes and cortUSctes to name and appoint S ,rs, clerks, agents and to properly conduct Its ass the interest and I r said corporation may require - to make sad establish such and regulations as may be ry or desirable for the man the business of the corpora- I rally, to do all and every t or thing necessary and expe- i complete and proper carry the objects and purposes of I The domicile of this corpor in the City of New Orleans,. where all citations or t may be served on any ao this corporation, and, in spot the legally authorized objects and purposes ln corporation is orrgalsed ot the business to be car are hereby declared to be: oN and conduct a general ad ontracting business. In ,constructing. engnlaer removing or otherwise een work pon bulidinge, roads, Wa, ferries, water courses, t docks, wharves, mines, ta. hydraulic works. Sillads, railways, railway ( lncheturlig plants. sewers, nod peblc and private work own. lease and operate t machinery necessary to e leads, construet, deepen m canals and ditches; sad carry on all works a Slath drainage and reclama sad establish drainage dis- I systems on the lands I qstl; drain such dis Siud 'harge or tax on u ah districts for maintais- c systems. , and sell coal and I atd furnish mater- t Snressary for use in w plrpes hberelabefore I nelaim, eultivate, de- t we construct, own l ase; d o s snw ills, c adl esai, tease- t associations of the State of Louisiana, or any other state, district, territory or coun try, and while owner of such stock to ex ercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership including the right to vote thereon, to the extent permitted by law. 8. To acquire and hold shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stocks, bonds, obll gations and securities Issued or granted by any company, constituted in or car rying on its business in the United States, or in any colony or dependency or pos session thereof, or in any foreign country, and acquire, held, sell, transfer, mort gage, pledge or otherwise dispose of de bentures, debenture stocks, bends, obliga tlons and securities issued or granted by any government, municipality, district or other public body. 9. To enter into, extend and, receive any contract or assignment of contracts for or in connection with any of the above purposes; and, . n matters wherein this corporation shall be interested or con cerned, to guarantee full performance of contracts and sub-contracts made by other parties, and to advance money to such parties and to endorse and gulrantee pay ment of promissory notes and other ob ligations made or executed by them. 10. To buy, sell, lease, reclaim, culti vate, develop and improve lands and real estate, buildings, improvements and ma chinery necessary or convenient in connec tion with the business of this corporation. Article IV.-The capital stock of this corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand ($150,000. 00) dollars, divided into and represented by fifteen hundred (1500) shares of the par value of one hundred ($100.00) dollars each, of which shares two have been sub scrlbed for and paid for in cash, and four teen hundred and ninety-eight have been subscribed for and paid for in the equiva lent of cash in property and contracts, as shown by the detailed statement mark ed "Schedule A," attached hereto as part of these Articles of Incorporation, the property and contracts set forth therein being valued and appraised by the Board of Directors as being worth in excess of one hundred and forty-nine thousand, eight hundred ($149,800.00) dollars. Afl shares of stock shall be fully paid and non-assessable. No transfer of stock shall be binding upon the corporation un less made upon its books. All certificates of stock shall be signed by the President or First Vice-President and the Secretary and sealed with the corporate seal. All transfers must be made upon the books of the corporation by surrender of the original certificate properly endorsed for cancellation by the stockholder in whose favor the said stock is issued, or by his or her duly authorized agent, and upon receipt of said certificate, the See retary shall be authorized to cancel the same and issue a new certificate in lieu thereof. This corporation shall have the right to increase its capital stock from time to time, the limit of such increase to be the sum of six hundred thousand ($800,000.00) dollars, to be also divided into shares of the par value of one hundred ($100.00) dol lars each; and provided said increase in the capital stock or any part thereof shall in each case have been authorized by the vote of two-thirds of all its stock, at a meeting duly called and held in accord ance with the provisions of Article VI of this charter. Article V.-The corporate powers of this corporation shall be vested in and exer cised by a Board of Directors composed of not less than five (5) nor more than seven (7) stockholders. In the event of there being five Directors, three (3) of them shall constitute a quorum. In the event of more than five Directors four (4) shall constitute a quorum. The Directors shall be elected annually by ballot by the stockholders on the third Tuesday in May of each year, the first election to be held on that date in 1918, and the following shall compose three of the first Board of Directors to be elected, to-wit: R. H. McWilliams, cor. Bodley and Main streets. Memphis, Tenn.; A. W. Fisher. Jr. cor. Bodley and Main streets, Memphis. Tenn.: R. H. Burchell, 1818 Soniat street, New Orleans, Louisiana. All elections shall be by ballot, and no tice of each election shall be given as provided in Article VI of this charter. Each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing 1n his name on the books of this corporation, the vote to be east either an person or by I presxy. and it shall require a majority of the stock present or represeanted to elect. itockholders shall have the right of ce- 1 milative na the eleetioa et Dhae- 1 tees. T he t theas delta shall Ieetlame in for e year saG until a their ensemise as e -eeted sd qnais4 IAr 5astodss 3nm e f De sow r lure, an election shall be held as soon as - practiclble, after notice as provided in Article VI of this charter. a Any vacancies occurring on the Board e of Directors either from resignation, in ability to serve, or any other cause, shall, i, be filled by the Board of Directors at its next regular meeting after such vacancy I shall have occurred. Said Board of Directors shall at its first meeting as a complete Board elect from their number a President, a First Vice P'residCnt and a Second Vice-President. -and it shall also elect a Treasurer and a Secretary who may or may not be mem hers of the Board, at the option of the l Directors. The offices of Secretary and r Treasurer and Vice-President may be com bined in one person. c Any of the Directors shall have the right a to appoint., by written instrument, santh e er stockholder to act as his proxy and in a his stead at any and all meetings of the Board of Directors. [ The said Board, or such officer as it r may designate, shall have the power to fix and define the duties of every officer and employe;,and all officers and employ e-s shall hold office and employment at the pleasure of said Board. General meetings of the stockholders I shall be held whenever ordered by the Board of Directors or the holders of one fourth of the outstanding stogk; and no tice of the same shall.be given as provided B in Article VI ot this charter. f Article VI.-fJo stockholder shall ever be held liable or responsible for the debts, I contracts or faults of this corporation; nor shall any mere informality in the or s ganization have the effect of ryndering this charter null, or of exposing any shareholder to any liability whatever, be t yond any unpaid balance due on his stock, nor shall the stock be subject to assess ments. Besides the annual meetings hereinabove referred to, the stockholders shall hold special or general meetings, whenever the I same shall be called by the President of the corporation, but no stockholders' meet Ing shall be held until after at least fif teen days written notie of such meeting has been given personally, or been depos Ited in the post office at New Orleans, La., properly addressed, to each share holder at his last known address, as shown by the books of the company; provided that such notice and such delay may be waived at any meeting at which every stockholder shall be present or represented. Article VI.--If, at any time, in the Judgment of the Board of Directors, it shall be deemed advisable, or for the ben efit of the corporation, that it be dissolv ed. the Board, within ten days after the adoption of a resolution to that effect, by a majority of the whole board, at any meeting called for that purpose, of which meeting each Director shall have received at least three days notice, shall cause no tice of the adoption of such resolution to 0 be mailed to each stockholder, together with a notice of a meeting of the stock holders to be held at the office of the cor n poration, on a day named in said notice, to take action upon the resolution so adopted by the Board of Directors. This meeting shall be held at any hour fixed by said Board between the hours of ten o'clock In the forenoon and three o'clock in the afternoon of the day so named: and, on the day so appointed, the meeting may, bi consent of the majority in Interest of the stockholders present, be adjourned from time to time, and if, at any meeting, original or adjourned, two thirds in interest of all the stockholders of the corporation shall vote that a disso lution take place. a certified copy of such resolution, signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the meeting, shall be filed in the glice of the Secretary of State. with a list of the names and residences of the Directors and officers, certified to by the prealdent and secretary of the corporation. Thereupon, the Secretary of State, when satsfied by. due proof that the require ments aforesaid have been complied with, shall issue a certificate that the foregoing documents have been filed; and the cor poration shall then stand dissolved, and the Board shall publish a notice of said dissolution not less than three times in a paper published in the parish of the cor poration's domicile, and the corporation shall proceed to settle up and adjust its business and affairs: Provided that whenever all the stock holders of the corporation shall consent, ia writing, to such dissolutien, no meeting or notice thereof shall be necessary; but on liang such consent in the oicee of the ,ecretar y Itate, he shall forthwith is mse his e ie andt thereaupe the mat "tr shaU he proeee with as if the din saltis hed takes pine at a meeting call- 4 r nllmn om he Y 1 ]entire capital stock, at a general meeting I of the stockholders convened for such pur pose, after notice shall have been given I as provided in Article VI of this charter; provided that any change proposed or made in referenc to the capital stock [shall be made In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana regulating or providing for such change. Article IX.-Whenever said corporation may be dissolved, whether by limitation or otherwise, its business and affairs shall be liquidated by three liquidators, to be chosen by the stockholders at a general meeting convened for such purpose, at which meeting each stockholder shall be entitled to vote according to his holdings. and of which meeting notice shall be given to the stockholders as provided in Article VI of this charter; and the votes of the owners of a majority in amount of the capital stock of said corporation repre sented at such meeting shall be requisite to elect. Said liquidators shall act as receivers and remain in office until the affairs of said corporation shall have been fully li quidated; and, in case of death or disabil ity or any one of said liquidators, the re maining liquidators shall appoint a suc cessor to such liquidator. Said liquidators shall act either with or without court proceedings, as they may see fit, and are hereg given full power to collect all amounta nue the corporation, sell or otherwise dispose of its assets, pay its debts and liabilities, and compromise and settle all disputed questions and mat ters: and they shall act as receivers, and shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, powers, privileges and compensa tion conferred by law upon receivers, and especially those conferred by Act 267 of 1914 of the (leneral Assembly of Loulsi ana. and are also given all other powers necessary and usual to fully and finally settle, wind up and liquidate all the busi ness and affairs of the corporation, and distribute Its-net assets or funds among its $tockholders; provided, however, that the rights herein conferred upon the Ii quidating commissioners may be modified, changed or denied by the owners of a ma jority of the shares of the capital stock of the corporation it such change is made prior to the actual appointment of liquid ating commissioners. The said liquidat ing commissioners. shall be held liable, in solido, to any creditor or stockholder for the moneys and property of the cor poration which shall come to their hands or possession as liquidators, and for the proper application and distribution there of. Article X.-The undersigned, whose re spective post office addresses are given be low, have respectively subscribed for the number of shares of stock set opposite their names, as follows: R. H. McWilliams, Memphis, Tennesgee, 1498 shares; A. W. Fisher, Jr., Memphis, Ten esee, 1 share; I. II. Burchell, New Orlelus, Louisiana, 1 share. The following named stockholders shall constitute the Board until the first elec tion and shall also be three members of said Board when election is made and shall hold office until the third Tuesday in May, 1919, and until their successors are elected and qualified, viz.: R. H. McWilliams, Memphis, Tennessee; A. W. Fisher, Jr.. Memphis. Teatnessee; and It. H. Burchell, New Orleans, Louis lana. The officers shall be elected at the first meeting of the Board after election of the latter, and shall hold office until the third Tuesday in May, 1919, and. ntil their suc cessors have been elected f qualified. Thus done and passed, Imy office, at New Orleans, Louisiana, on the day, month and year herein first above written, in the presence of Messrs. Charles Carroll and Aszo 3. Plough, competent witnesses, who have signed their names with the said parties and me, Notary, after due reading of the whole. (Original signed). R. H. McWilliams, A. W. Fisher, Jr.; R. H. Burchell. Witnesses: Charles Carroll, Atio J. Plough. (signed) HENRY 0. McCALL, Not. Pub. I, the undersigned, Recorder of Mort gages, in and for the Parish of Orleans. State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing act of iseorpera ti of the McWilliams Southern Dredg ins Company, Inc., was this day duly re corded in my ofice in Book 1m. Polio New Orleans, May lth, 118. (asigned) EMILI J. LIONARD, Dy. R. I hereby certify the above and felge to be a tre and correct ey e the act of reseed and eo Le Is my tdMet MY . .t: -. S CHARTER - OF INDUSTRIAL IRON WORKS, INC. t State of Louisiana, Pariah of Orleans, City bf New Orleans. r Be it known, that on this 17th day of May. 1918, before me. Herbert W. Kaiser. sa Notary Public, duly commissioned and Squalified, in and for the Parish and State aforesaid, and in the presence of the wit nesses hereinafter named and uddersalgn ed, personally came and appeared the per sons whose names are hereunto subscrib ed, who declared that. availing themselves of the provisions of the laws of the State of Louisiana, and more particularly of the provisions of Act No. 267 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the yer 1914, they have covenanted and agreed, and do by these presents coven ant, agree, bind and constitute themselves. as well as such persons who may hereaf ter join or become associated with them. Into a corporation and body politic in law, for the objects and purposes and un der the agreements and stipulations fol lowing, to-wit: Article I.-The name and style of this corporation shall be "Industrial Iron Works. Inc." and under that name it shall have and enjoy all the rights, advantages and privileges granted by law to corpora tions. It shall exist for a period of nine ty-nine years from date hereof, unless sooner dissolved; it shall have power and authority to sue and be sued in its cor porate name; to make and use a corpor ate seal, and to break and alter the same at pleasure; to hold. receive, convey, buy, sell. mortgage and hypothecate real, per sonal and milqd property; to issue bonds. notes and other obligations: to have and employ such managers, officers, agents and employees as the interest and conveni-t. ence of said corporation may require; and to make and establish such laws. rules and regulations for the corporate manage ment and control as the business and af fairs of the corporation as may be deemed necessary and expedient. The domicile of this corporation shall be in the City of New Orleans. State of Lou isiana. All legal process shall be served on the President and in his absence upon the Secretary-Treasurer. Article III.-The objects and purposes for which this corporation is organized and the nature of the business to be car ried on by it are hereby declared to be: To engage in the general contracting bus iness. to do engineering work and to act as manufacturers' agent; to buy, sell. manufacture and install all size storage tanks. structural steel work. smoke stacks and boilers: to buy. sell. manufacture and install steel plates, steel sheets, angle Iron. I beams, channels, bar iron rivets. pipes and fittings. cast iron and steel flanges, boiler tubes and other stock kin dred thereto; and generally to do and en gage in any other business, undertaking or enterprise connected with or growing out of and incidental to the objects as set forth or contemplated in this charter. Article IV.-The capital stock of this corporation is hereby fixed at the sum of thirty thousand (h30,000) dollars, which capital stock may be increased in the manner provided by law to the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand ($2i0.000) dollars. Said capital stock shall be divid ed Into three hundred shares of the par value of one hundred ($100) dollars each. Said stock may be issued full paid and non-assessable for cash, or for property transferred for value, or for services actu flly rendered said corporation. No trans fer of stock shall be binding upon the cor poration unless made upon its books, and all certificates of stock shall be signed by the President and the Secretary-Treasurer. Article V.-No stockholder of this cor poration may offer for sale, sell. assign or transfer his stock in this corporation without giving to the other stockholders thirty days prior notice of such intention, which notice shall be given in writing to the President of the corporation and shall by said President be immediately made known to the Directors of ahe corporation. and the other stockholder? shall have the privilege of purchasing said stock at the book value thereof said privilege to be exercised within thirty days from date of delivery of said notice to the President. Article VI.-All corporate powers of this corporation shall be vested in. and the management and control of its business and affairs shall be exercised by, a Board of Directors composed of three stockhold ers. A majority of the directors shall con stitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. The Boeard of Directors shall, after eeah eleetlo select from their num ber a Presidest. a V.e-Presldent and a Secretary-Tresnmer. Immediately after the eseutleous this set of ineerporatloe the eari of D ets this coporati whish Dos of Diract e shua hold oes Snm thoks ls(l osa ry. 1% uly sheD iv Shari M helect ed annually by ballot on the first Wed nesday of January of each year. All elections shall be held under such rules and regulations as may be determin ed by the Board of Directors but after at least ten days' notice of such election shall be given to each stockholder by mail sent to his last known address or by pub lication in one of the daily English news papers in New Orleans. No failure to hold an election shall be regarded as a forfeit re of this charter. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be filled by the remaining directors for the unexpired term. Article VII.-No stockholder shall ever be liable or responsible for the contracts, faults or debts of this corporation, nor shall any mere Informality in its organ ization have the effect of rendering this charter null or of exposing a stockholder to any liability beyond the unpaid bal ance due on the shares of stock subscribed for by him. Article VIII.-This act of incorporation may be changed, modified or amended, or this corporation may be dissolved. In ac cordance with the provisions of Sections Nos. 6 and 28 of Act No. 267 of the Gen eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the year 1914 and in accord with the provisions of any other Sections of said act as may be applicable. Article IX.-The subscribers hereto have respectively written opposite their names the amount of stock In this corporation subscribed for by each of them together with their a 4 es. so that this act of incorporation my also serve as the orig inal subscril9tlon list. Thus done and passed in my notarial office afrealid, in the presence of the aforesaid witnesses who have hereunto signed their names with the said appear ers and men, said Notary Public, after due reading of the whole. (Original signed). If. W. KAISER, Not. Pub. I. the undersigýed Recorder of Mort gages in and for the Parish of Orleans. State of Louisiana. do hereby certify that the above and foregoing act of incorpora tion of the Industrial Iron Works, Inc.," was this day duly recorded in my Office in Hook No. --. Folio No. New Orleans. La., May 17. 1918. (Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, Dy. R. A true copy. H. W. KAISER. Not. Pub. May 23-30 Jun 6-13-20-27 I· a The MOST for Your Money OUR BREAD LOAF IS ALWAYS OVER SIZE M. BLANCK THE BAKER OF FINE CAKES AND WHOLESOME BREAD Phone Algiers 168 922.924 TECHE ST. FYe Go Baer Ceed. fir Lee. Meey Phone Algiers 378 ; Open An Account With I. W EIN ER, The Algiers Furniture Man He Gives Plenty of Time to Pay For It At Cash Prices 137-141 DELARONDE STREET Liberty Bank & Trust Co. 229 Baronne Street We invite inquiry from an official source about our organization, aims and personalty of our stock holders and directors. We are open for business and will receive commercial and savings accounts. Our large selective list of stockholders insure * businesu. Childish Foresight. Freddy and Benny were brothers, Freddy being but two years older than Benny, and their uncle presented them each with a rabbit, the rabbits beaing exactly alike. One morning Freddy went into the basement to feed the rabbit, and found that one of -them was dead, so he hurried upstairs to his mother and said: "Oh, mamma Benny's rabbit is dead." Daily Thought. Life is a struggle, but not a warfare; it is a day's labor, but labor on God's earth, under the sun and stars with other laborers, where we may think and sing and rejoice as we work. John Burroughs. 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