The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1905-07-01
CHI HARTER,.
ENTERPRISE OYSTER
iCOMPANY, Limited.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF; TtRREBONNE.

/ i May, In the year Of Our Lord One
thousand Nine Hundred and Five and
Af the independence Of the United
/ hates the One Hundred and Twenty
! inc; before me HENRY M. BOuRG,
s3 Notary Public duly COM
! aissioned and qualified iii and
4 or the parish of Terrebonne, State
# Louisiana, and in the presence OF the
4 witnesses hereinafter named and IN
1 lersigned, personally came and ap,
oeared: The persons whose names are
hereto subscribed, who declared that,
availing themselves of the provisions OF
the laws of Louisiana III such cases
made and provided relative to the
organization Of corporations, they do
covenant and agreed and bind themselves
and those who may hereafter become
associated with them, to form corpora
ton for the objects and purposes and
under the stipulations following, to-wit:-
ARTICLE |.
The name of this corporation shall be
"Enterprise Oyster Company, Limited, .
and under its said corporate name n
Shall have power and authority to have
and enjoy corporate existence and shc-
'cession for the full term and period OF
Ninety nine years from and after tile
date hereof; to contract, sue and be
! sued; to make and use corporate seal,
and the same to break and alter at
pleasure; to hold, receive, lease, pur-
chase, convey, as well as pledge,
mortgage and hypothecate property,
real, personal and mixed, corporal and
.incorporeal; to lend or borrow money;
TO name and appoint such managers,
agents, directors, and officers as it's
business, interest, and convenience
may require, and to make and establish
"a xell "a alter and amend. from time
to time, such bylaws, rules and re-
,gulations for the proper government OF
the affairs of said corporation, as may
be necessary and proper.
ARTICLE III.
The domicile of said corporation shall
be in the town Of Houma, in the Parish
of Ternebonne, State of Louisiana, and
oil citations or other legal process shall
be served upon the President of said
corporation or, in his absence, upon the
secretary thereof.
.ARrfcTE III,
The objects and purposes for Witch
this corporation is organized and ses-
tablished and the nature OF the business
TO he esstrled Oh by it, are hereby de-
.clared to be: 70 fish, take, catch, bed
and raise oysters and either slrll fish;
also other game or marketable fish in
habitants or either salt or fresh water;
and other game, suchas duck, geese,
ssnipe, quail, doves etc, frequenting
either the coast or other sections OF the
country; to lease, acquire, bed, cultivate
and operate water bottoms OF the State
of Louisiana as oyster or other water
farms to fish and operate on the natural
oyster reefs OF the State of Louisiana
to buy. sell, open, can, preserve, plant
or otherwise dispose of oysters il
the she'll or open; upon their beds where
grown or in open market, either fol
cash or commission or upon such terms
as it may deem advisable; to own ane
operate boats, skiffs, 'barges, co4delt
lines ETC., and such shops, canning
preserving or shipping plant or ap
paratus as the eXigencics OF its business
may require or it may deem necessary
to own and operate such stores o
mercantile establishments, telephone
telegraph and other lines 0
communication or transportation
as it may find useful in tn
prosecution OF its business; to leas
or TO sell its plants or properties il
whole or in part to other companies, o
to lease and acquire other plants 0
properties either in their entirety Q
in part; to acquire and hold the stocks
bonds and securities of other corpora
ton organized under the laws of Louis
lana or any other competent sovereignty
to establish electric plants, storag
plants; to furnish light or ice for hire 9
lease; to own and operate wharve'
warehouses or canals; and genera
ly to hold and exercise oil such il
cidential powers and privileges rs relat
to the objects herelnbefose set forth.
ANk4E ~.
The capital of this corporation
hereby fixed at the sum of ;Fiftee
thousand Dollars t$l5, 5,00O.OO), divide
into and represented by Three hundre
1900. shares Of stock of the par valu
OF Fifty dollars ($50. each. Said stoc
shall be paid for in cash or in sue
installments and at such tim
and after such notice to the subscriber
us the Board of directors may fix, {
same may, be Issued at not less than ps