New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-12-03
Act of Incorporation
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YERQIu0ubaYC0uPBNY
United States Of America, State
OF Louisiana. Parish Of Orleans,
City of New Orleans.

oLitN' tDtobNo VI tOthlN
OF Louisiana. Parish Of Orleans,
City of New Orleans.
Be 1t Known, That on this Sixth
(6th) day of The month Of Octo-
oDer, IN the year of Our Lord, one
thousand, nine hundred and ten
(19f0), and of the Independence
of the United States of America
the 135th,
Defore me, Alvin Edward He
bert, a Notary Public, duly COM
missioned and qualified in and for
the Parish OF Orleans, City Of New
Orleans ard therein residing, and
ii. the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter undersigned,
Personally came and appeared
tle sevelaI persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed, wh
O. ally declared that avaLlng
themselves OF the provisions OF the
laws OF the State vi Lou slana rel
ative TO the organization and for
matlon Of corporations, they DO by
these presents, foi themselves,
theft associates, successors and as
signs as well as for such ether
persons who may hereafter be-
come associated with them, form
and organize themselves INTO and
const tue themselves under the
,aws of the State of Louisiana, a
corporation for the purposes and
under the stipuiations and agree
ments hereinafter setfOrth and ex-
pressed, which they do hereby
adopt as their charter or articles
Of interpretations, towit.
Article I.
The name and title of this cor.
poration shall be,
Vermilion Bay Company
and under that corporate name,
it shall have and enjoy cor
pOrate existence and succession
for the term Of n.nty-nine (99)
years from and after the date
hereof; to contract. sue and be
sued; to make and use a corporate
seal, and the same to break OF
change at pleasure; to hold IN fee
or otherwise, receive, hypothecate
pledge and sch property real and
personal 10 issue stocks and bonds
therefor; to borrow money and tc
issue notes or bonds therefor; t.
own hold and sell stock and bonds
Of other corporations; to name
!. AMI appoint such managers, dl-
rIktors, officers or agents as the
interest Of said corporation may
require; 10 establs such bylaws
rules and regulations for the prop
er management of the affairs OF
this corporation as may be neces
sary and proper, the same to alter
at pleasure, and generally. to dc
and perform all such acts as may
be proper and necessary to carr,
out and execute the purposes ot
this corporation.
Article II.
The objects and purposes fol
which this corporation is formed
and the general nature of the bus
mess to be carried on by it ar,
hereby declared and specified t
be,
70 purchase, lease, own, hole
or sell real estate Of all kinds, ant
to improve, reclaim, develop OF
cultivate same; TO carry on agrl
cultural pursuits of all kinds; t.
convert agricultural products int
manufactured products; TO rails
sugar cane and refine sugar, t.
deal in and manufacture timbe
and lumber of all kinds and t.
opera. lumber mills; to build an,
operate public and private drain
age and irrigation canals. and t
hild own and operate railroad
for the purpose Of the business 0
the corporation, but not as com
mon carrier; to deal in merchan
disc of all descriptions in connec
ton with the enterprise of tn
companp and Independently; t
mine for, produce, refine or sci
minerals of al descript ons; t
conduct and carry on all kinds o
fisheries industries, and in con
nection Herewith, to own and ope
rate all necessary boats, vessel
and factories. The Corporai 10
shall have the power to conduc
it's operations and carry on its bus
mess at such places in the Unite
States of America as it may dt
termine, and generally it sha
have full power no do each an
everything incidental to said bus
ness or necessary to the accom-
lishment of the objects and pul
poses herein stated as fully as
the same were set-forth at lengt
herein.
Article III.
The domicile Of tn $ Corporatio
shal be at Avery Island, in tn
Parish Of iberia, State of Louis
ana. The President of this Co
poration. and in his absence, tn
Secretary is designated as the 0
ficer upon whom service Of cit
ton or other legal process shall /
made.
Article ~.
The capital stock of this GO
ptration is hereby fixed at On
killion ($1,0Oc, ,O0000l Dollar
divided il Ten Thousand Share
OF . par value of One Hundre
(41OO.OO) Dollars each, whit
shares shall be paid for in ca'
Il such times. and in such amoun
8 the Board Of Directors may d
term:ne, and fun paid stock ms
be issued at no less than par !
{ hoard of Directors in paymel
okproperty or things Of value I
~a:r.1 a. rurchnerd hv said ca