The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-27
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Or THE
UNION IRRIGATION COMPANY.

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Or THE
UNION IRRIGATION COMPANY.
United States of America, State of louisiana, !
Town of OpelOusas, Parish Of st. Landry. )
Be it known, that on this T~wenty-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 Hundr and Twenty Ninth, be-
fore me, Henry E. Estorge, a Notary Pubic IN
and for the Parish of st. Landry, State OF LOUIS
the presence of the witnesses hereinafter nam
ed and undersigned, personally came and APP
pcared the several persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed. who seVeraiiy aeclareui
the Laws and Constitution OF the State or Lou
isiana, in such cases made and provided, they
have cOnVenanted and agreed, and 40 herepy
covenant. agree and bind themselves. as well as
all other persons as may hereafter become as,
ISOLATED with them, and do hereby form ana
constitute a body polite in law, for the puf-
poses and objects and with the powers, agree
ments and stipulations as contained in the Ar
ticles of this Charter, as follows, t0-Wlt:
ARTICLE This corporation shall be known
and designated. and its dealings and business
carried on under the name, style and Title or
THE UNION IRRIGATION COMPANY. Its
domicile is hereby established In the IoWn OF
Opelousas, Parish OF st. Landry, State or Lou
isiana, and it shall continue and enjoy success
ion under such corporate name for a term OF
Ninety. ain wears from and after the date here
unless sooner dissolved by the action or the
steek h 1hGg GlRRSne manner 9fnd pros sai9 ca ny naw
name, it shall have, enjoy and exercise an
rights, powers and privileges hereinafter set
forth, as well as those granted or which MAJ,
be granted by law to corporations or
this character, win full authority TO contract,
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded. APP
pear, answer and ISesecute in an Courts OF
j Justice and elsewheIXf to make and use n cor.
porte seal, which shan he q circle of the words,
The Union IrrigatlSh Compa,J," and III tha
corporate sSal. 1905 La" to name and
appoint such ofice1% managers and directors
to administer it's a(4irs, as may bedeemed nee
essary and pr9fer to make al@ adopt such
bylaws for tlidS 'foper manaseme4 OF the ar,
and proper, andVn conformity with the provis-
ions of law and his Charter, and the same to
alter and amend at pleasure.
All citations or ther legal process shall be
served upon the Nesldentnand in his absence,
one Of the vice Presidents. or in the alb
sence of the President and Vice Presidents,
the Treasurer Of the Company.
Article TT-This corporation shall have and
possess all the powers, privileges and mmunl-
granted and conferred upon such corpora
tons by virtue of the Laws OF the State OF Lou
isiana.
Article uI-The objects and purposes for
this corporation is organized, and the
nature Of the business to be carried on by it
shall be -
section 1 10 purchase, lcdSC, acquire, "C-
build, construct. repair, enlarge, extend.
improve, equip, maintain and operate, rent or
sell pumping plants, canals, cOndults. water
courses, water rights, bitches, hnmes, tunnels,
.irrigating systems, drainage systems, discharge
systems, reservoirs, dikes, basins, slulces, ways,
locks, guard gates. entertainments. walls. DAMS.
works. electrical works. rice mills, mill
warehouses, machinery, plant, Apply
ances, equipments, fixtures, riparian rights,
of way, easements, appurtenances, fran
chises, licenses, charter and other property or
rights to property, real, personal or mixed.
Sec. q To 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 aud to develop
of water supply to pump water frem
underground sources or from any OF the lore
going named sources; to buy, lease, rent, own,
and otherwise acquire water from
any source, and to use, sell, rent OF 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. 8 - To buy, sell, store. warehouse and
handle rough or clean rice, grains and cereals
Of every description, and to grind, mill and
the same into the various products
tors, mills. graineries and structures for stor-
handling, utilization and sale of rice,
grains, cereals of agricultural products of every
nature and kind; to carry on a milling and
manufacturing business, and the business OF
agricultural products,
Sec. 40 acquire. buy, hold, own, maintain,
work, develop. sell, convey, lease, mortgage,
exchange, improve and otherwise deal in and
OF lands improved and unimproyed, ana
he products thereof; tenements, heredlta-
nents, chattels, real or personal property, or
my interest therein, concessions, grants, rights,
and privileges which may seem to the
Company CAPABLE of being turned to account
20 erect and construct houses, buildings on any
and of the Company or upon any other land
% sub-divide, improve and develop lands for
of farming OR otherwise; to convert
on,ranriofa anu sl1rh land into rnQhl |
treets, water ways and other conveniences,
nd to do and perform all things needful and
awful for the development and Improvement
the same for any lawful purpose.
in all its branches; to issue GER
and warrants, negotiable or otherwise.
o persons storing OF warehouslng goods with
he Company, or make advances or loans upon
may see fit and generally. To carry
n and undertake any business undertaking,
transaction or operation commonly carried on
T undertaken by such warehousemen.
Sec. 6-To carry on in all or any of its bran
mes, the business of farmers, planters and
hippers of any and all kinds of farm and other
Sec. To form and assist financially and
firms, companies, syndicates, part
and associations, and to give any
uarantee in connection Herewith, for the pay
lent of money or for the performance of any
or undertaking.
Sec. 8-T0 purchase, to hold and re issue the
lares of its capital stock.
Coz o-To horro,y monav. ,ss,e bonds. nrom.
~ ~ ,o+os on nhl;oa tons ~ the Cnmnsnv from
m ~ ~ t;me for aSv nf the ohieets or nnrnasas
Az anrnnrat,on and to sacnra the same hp
n = 'oiodna ~ ntharwisa on any or ali ~
=, y in sa or lnersonoi nronertv of the cornoro.
e nr hoth :" ,"ate bv'iaSs for the gopern.
10 of the corporation, and to amend or repeal
le same at pleasure,
Sec. l0-In general, to carry ON any other
lsiness with the foregoing, and have. exercise
nd enjoy all the powers conferred upon such
by the laws Of the State or Louisi-
M.
The foregoing clauses shall be construed both