The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-12-31
CHARTER
OF The
N. A. PATOUT & SON Limited.
STATE OF l. LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF IBERIA,

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/ Walter +. VOORHEES,, Notary Pub
lie, duly commissioned and quail
| fled in and for the Parish AMI STAT,
/ hcreinbefore mentioned, and in til,
presence OF the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned,
! Personally came and appeared
the persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, the married ladies
being duly authorized and assisted
by their respective husbands, who
declared that, avai.ing themselves
of the general laws OF this state
providing for the creation ana or
ganization of private corporations,
and particularly of Act No. 36 Of
1883, and of the Act of 1904, they
have formed and organized, and
by these presents do form, organ
ize, and constitute themselves, and
such others as may become asso-
ciated with them, and their sue
cessOrs, into a corporation and
body polite for the objects and
purposes and under the terms and
conditions hereinafter set fortl, to
wit
ARTICLE /.
The name Of this corporation
shall be NJ A. PatOut & Son, Linn
tied, and its domicile and principal
place of business shall be at the
residence situated on the Enter
prise plantation in the Parish of
iberia, State of Louisiana.
ARTICLE II.
The business, purposes, and OBJ
jects of this corporation are de-
clared to be any one and all Of the
following, to Wit To cultivate
sugar cane and any and all crops
suitable to the climate, to manu-
facture cane into syrup and sugar,
to refine same, to lease, buy or
sell real estate in connection with
farming operations, to acquire and
own railways, tramways, with
steam motive power, pipe lines for
transferring juice, syrup andwoi4>
teams and all class of farming i'm
plements ard all live stock, use
full for the purposes OF this cor
poration; to cultivate with hired
labor or for shares of the CROPS
or by tenant system; to cut, haIlj
ana manufacture sugar cane prog
duced by other parties into sugR
or syrup and refine the same. e.
10 purchase same or manufacture
same for given price or on giv-
en- terms, and generally to dosanv
ana all things pertaining toSand
necessary for the SUGGESTED RIM
ning OF q sugar plantationsyand re-
finery.
Also to establish, run and cor
duct a mercantile business or com
department., for thofpur-
pose OF trading with the em1Goyees
OF the corporation and With such |
others as may deal thetGwith and |
m connection with suc/ mercban-
Tile business to buy Nd sell goods1
and merchandise n4 prohibited ~
aW, and make az such deals rs
are authorized to make
10 ship, sell and dis pose Of all sng-
If, syrup, sugar cane or other
'ropss purchased or manufactured
~ the said corporation and alsoI
1y-products, either direcfIv
trough the Manager or throupb
ne Agents Or employees as he NAV
leem proper to- engage. All EN-.
,loyees, all agents, managers. as
istant managers and other en-
,loyees, proper and necessary for
ne M conducting of any portion of
aid business.
ARTICLE III.
ms corporation shall eniov suc-
Ession In It's corporate name with
II tne powers granted in Article
!, ana with all powers which could
e exercised by an individual. The
rim. ~ Oh It's existence is fixed at
Ivy years from the date of This
CT; IL shall have power to sue
no be sued, to contract, to mako
no use corporate seal, and the
ame 10 break or alter at it's pleas
re. 10 hold, receive, lease. p1r-
nase, ALLEVIATE, and convey, as well
10 hire, mortgage or otherwise
ncumber property, both real and
ersonal, and to appoint such Of
GERS ana employees as it's busi-
ess may require. "''
I'M ARTICLE ".
Inc capital stock of this cor
oratlon is fixed at Three bnn-
red and fifty thousand and en-.
y l$S3O, OO0.0O) Dollars, divided IN
thirty five hundred (35OOl shares
the par value of one hundred +
ia 0O-10O ($1OO.0O) Dollars each
ne corporation shall begin busi.
'ss only after the shares Of tha S
Pltal stock shall be subscribed
10 pad for and not earlier than
e iirst day of January, 1911. No .
ock shall be issued for less than o 9,
par value, nor shall it be is +! =
eo until paid for in full; provid- !! !.
, however. that stock may be IL IL
ia Tor cash or its equivalent in - -
rvlces rendered or in property ~
fair valuation. a.
ARTICLE v. A
NO transfer OF stock shall be al
lolng upon this corporation I'M m
. same is made on the books of N
= corporation; and in case any
'cknolder shall desire to sell or n;
lnsier this stock, he shall give d;
l1O) days notice to the officers