The Opelousas courier., 1905-06-10
OH R
UNION IRRIGATION COMPANY.

OF The
UNION IRRIGATION COMPANY.
United States of America, State Of Louisiana, !
Town of Opelo,lsas, Parish OF st. Landry. )
Be it Known, that on this Twenty-ninth day
of the month OF April. in the year Of Our Lord.
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Five, and OF
the Independence of the United States of Am
erica, the One Hundred and Ninth, be
fore me, Henry L. Estorge, a Notary Public in
and for the Parish OF st. Landry, State OF Louis
lana, duly commissioned and qualified, and III
the presence Of the witnesses hereinafter nam
ed and undersigned, personally came ana ap'
pcared the several persons whose names are
hereunt0 Subscribed. who seyerally declared,
that avaiiiag themselves of the provisions OF
the Laws and Constitution OF the State or Lou
isiana, in such cases made and provided, they
have convenanted and agreed, and do hereby
| covenant, agree and bind themselves. as well as
| all other persons as may hereafter become as.
ISOLATED with them, and do hereby form and
constitute q body polite In law, FOR the puf-
poses and objects and with the powers, agree
| ments and stipuiatiOns as contained in the Az
ticles of this Charter, as follows, to-wit:
ARTICLE I-This corporation shall be known
| and designated. and its dealings and business
carried on under T. the name sm1aS style Te,f ana NJ we %, OF
| domiciIe is hereby established in the Town OF
Opelousas, Parish of st: Landry. State OF Lou
isiana, and it shall continue ana ENJOY success
| ion under such corporate name for III term OF
| Ninety. nine years from and after the date mere
| OF, unless sooner dissolved by the action OF the
| Stockholders in the manner provided by Law
| and in tbs Charter. Under said corporate
name, it shall have, enjoy and exercise all
rights, powers ana privileges hereinafter SET
forth, as well as those granted Or which may
hereafter be granted by law to corporations Oh
| This character, with full authority to contract,
sue and be sued, plead and be implicated, ap..
pear, answer and N2secute in all Courts OF
Justice ear and n elseTh seps n to = m eirc1e a of th hse words 's rds,
'tThe Union IrrigatlonE Ompany," ana III tHe
center. "COrp0rate Seal 1905, La" to name and
annoipt such officers. Managers and directors
tn administer its affairA as may he deemed nee
essary and proper; 10 make ana aaopt shtn
bylaws for the PROM management or the ar.
fairs of said eorIfsdtion as may n necessaty
ions Of law and 1As Charter. and the same to
repeal. alter and AMEND at pleasure
All citations or d2Rler legal process shall be
served upon the PlA sldent, and in his absence,
upon one Of the ViedA Presidents. or in the az
upon the Treasurer osSShe Company.
| Article This corporation shall have and
possess all the powers, privileges ana lmmuni'
ties granted and conferred upon such corpora
tons by virtue or the Laws OF the stare oi Lou
isiana.
Article III-The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organized, and the
nature OF the business to be carried on by II
shall be =
Section 1 - TIC purchase, lease, acquire. de-
velop, build, construct repair, enlarge, extend
improve, equip, maintain and operate, rent OF
sell pumping plants, canals, cOnduits. water
courses, water rights, bitches, fumes tunnels,
irrigating systems, drainage systems, discharge
systems, reservoirs, dikes, basins, sluices, ways,
locks, guard gates. entertainments. walls. dams.
water works, electrical works, rice mills, mill
sites, warehouses, machinery, plant, apply
anees, equipments, fixtures, riparian rights,
rights of way, easements, appurtenanees, fran
chises, licenses, charter and other property or
rights to property, real, personal or mixed.
Sec. ITO divert water from any public
source of water supply within the State OF Lou
isiana, be it lake. reservoir, bayou or streams
| of any kind to impound water and to develop
sources of water supply TO pump water from
underground sources or from any or the Tore
going named sources; to buy, lease, rent, own,
appropriate and otherwise acquire water from
| any source, and to use, sell, rent or lease such
water or water rights. and the right to use wa
ter and distribute such water for the irrigation
of lands, or for any other purpose.
Sec. 3-To buy, sell, store. warehouse and
handle rough or clean rice, grains and cereals
of every description, and to grind, mill and
| convert the same into the various products
thereof; to OWL, lease or otherwise hold, eleva-
tors, mills, graineries and structures for stor-
ing, handling, utilization and sale OF rice,
grains, cereals of agricultural products ofevery
nature and kind; to carry ON a milling and
manufacturing business, and the business OF
transporting agricultural products,
Sec. 40 acquire. buy, hold, own, maintain,
| work, develop. sell, convey, lease, mortgage,
exchange, improve and otherwise deal in and
dispose OF lands improved and unlmproved, ana
the products thereof; tenements, heredita-
ments, chattels, real or personal property, OF
any interest therein, concessions, grants, rlgngs,
powers and privileges which may seem to the
Company capable Of being turned to account
to erect and construct houses, buildings on any
land of the Company or upon any other land /;
to sub-divide, improve and develop lands for
purposes OF farming or otherwise to convert
and appropriate any such land into roads,
streets, water ways and other conveniences,
and to do and perform all things needful and
lawful for the development and improvement
of the same for any lawful purpose.
Sec. 5rTo carry on the business of general
warehouaing in all its branches; to issue GER
~tit1eates and warrants. negotiable or otherwise.
to persons storing or warehousinS goods with
the Company, or make advances or loans upon
such goous or upon such other security as the
Directors may see fit and generally. To carry
on and undertake any business undertaking,
or undertaken by such warehOusemen.
Sec. 6-To carry on in all or any of its bran
ches, the business of farmers, planters and
shippers OF any and all kinds OF farm and other
Sec. 7 form and assist financially and
otherwise, firms, companies, syndfcates, part
nerships and associations and to give any
guarantee in connection Herewith, for the pay
ment OF money or for the performance OF any
obligation or undertaking.
Sec. s-To purchase, to hold and re issue the
shares of its capital stock.
Sec. a-To borrow money, issue bonds, prom
lSOFY HOLES OI UUIEdIlUlsc u II Sohn hhJ
time to time, for any OF the objects or purposes
of the corporation, and to secure the same by
mortgage. pledge or otherwise. on any or all of
ton, or both ; to make bylaws for the govern
ing of the corporation, ana to amend or repeal
the same at pleasure.
Sec. 10-In general, 10 carry on any otner
business with the foregoing, and have, exercise
and enjoy all the powers conferred upon such
corporations by the laws of the State OF Louisi-
ana.
as objects and powers, and it is hereby express
" provided that the foregoing enumeration OF
specific powers shall not be held to limit or re-
strict, in any manner. the general power OF the
Article IV-see. THE total authorized cap
ltal stock of this corporation is hereby declared
to be one million, si5 hundred thousand dollars
twenty Thousand. (320,000t shares of the par
value Of five dollars, $500 each, and of such
total authorized capital stock, n hundred
and sixty thousand 100000 shares, amounting
to eight hundred thousand dollars 1900. 000eshal
be six per cent 10 oIo1 cumulative preferred
stock, and one hundred and sixty thousand
n6OLO0l shares, amounting to eight hundred
Thousand dollars t$s00.000l, shall be common
stock; both the preferred and common stock
shall be divided into shares of the par value of
voting power at all stockholders meetings OF
Sec 2-Tie holders of the preferred stock
shall be entitled to receive, and the Company
5A4Al y EsuJ WAS
ed, from the surplus or net earning s of the COR
.poratiOn, an annual dividend at the rate of Six
per cent. t6 oIol, per annuffl. payable on such
date as shall be ixedb by the Board Of Directors
The said six per cent t6 0Io). dividend on the
preferred stock, shall be cumulative and shall
be payable before any dividends on the COM
mon stock shall be paid or set apart, 30 that, ii,
in any year, dividends amounting TO Six per
cent, is 0Iol. shall not have been paid ON the
preferred stock ,thedeiciency shall be q charge
on the net earnings of the Company, but with
.-A - &onz.,k -, IN raid or,T shall 1a noia hafn,n