The herald., 1911-11-02
CHARTER
OF THE ESTATE OF LEWIS s. CLARKE.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF OR.
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

Be 1t known. that on this twenty eighth
day of the month Of October. in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
eleven, and of the independence of the Unit
ed States of America the one hundred and
thirty-sixth, before me, Philip Gensler, Jr.,
a notary public in and for the parish of Or
leans, state of Louisiana, aforesaid duly
commissioned and qualified and in the pres
ence OF the witnesses hereinafter named and
Undersigned personally came and appeared
the persons whose names are hereunto sub
scribed and who declared that availing
themselves of the statutes and laws of the
state OF Louisiana, including Act No IS of
1904, providing for the incorporation of cor
poratiOns, they have covenanted and agreed
to and they do hereby form and constitute
themselves and their successors into a cor
poses. and under the following terms and
conditions
ARTICLE I.
The name, style and the title of this cor
poration shall be THE ESTATE OF LEWIS
;. CLARKE. and under that name shall
have and enjoy all the rights and privileges
granted by law to corporations. 1t shall ex-
LIST for period of ninety nine (99) years
from the day and date hereof, subject, how
ever, TO a liquidation of the affairs of this
corporation twelve (12) years from the date
hereof under the terms and conditions of
Article VII 90. 1t shall have the power
and authority in its corporate name to sue
and be sued, to make and use a corporate
seal, the same to break, alter or amend at
pleasure; to own hold, receive. purchase.
convey, deliver, mortgage hypothecate and
pledge property. both real and personal i'm
proved and unimproved, and to lease planta-
tons; TO issue bonds. notes and other obli-
cations, negotiable instruments and other
evidences of debt, the same to secure by
corporation.
This corporation may also acquire hold,
own, buy, sell, and pledge stocks bonds
mortgage notes, and other evidences of debt
and borrow and lend money on same; II
may own and acquire stock In other corpo-
rations and vote the same (; 1t shall have the
right to invest and lend money and shall
have the power to do and perform any and
all other acts incident and necessary to the
business to be carried on by 1t and the OBJ
Jects and purposes named in this charter
ARTICLE II.
The domicie Of this corporation shall be
In the city of New Orleans. state Of Louisi-
ana all citations and other legal process
| shall be served upon the president, and, in
the absence of the president, upon the vice.
president, and, in the absence of both of
these upon the secretary-treasurer of said
corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation Is organized, and the nature of
the business to be carried on by it, are
hereby declared to be as follows:
Fbst-To administer, invest and manage
the property belonging to this corporation.
Second-To do any carry on a general
planting business to do any and all things
necessary and incidental to the raising. cul-
tivating and gathering of corn, rice cotton.
sugar cane, or any other crops or produc-
tions OF the soil that the corporation nav
desire to plant; to build, erect construct
and maintain. with all necessary incidents
thereto. dwellings, barns, sheds warehouses
and buildings OF any and all kinds to be
used in the carrying out of the objects and
purposes of this corporation
Ihtrd-To engage In the raising selling
breeding and buying of live stock of ali
kinds and descriptions, and to do any and
all things necessary and incident to said
live stock business
Fourth-To purchase, erect, operate, own
and manage rice mills, cotton gins and
presses, oil mills, saw mills sugar mills,
corn and grist mills, and to rent and lease
same; and to manufacture and convert said
products OF Its own, or of any other farm or
plantation, whether said products are vege-
table, animal or mineral, into any form and
to market same: and generally to do any
and all things necessary and incident to the
operation and management of said mills.
Fuh-T0 excavate, dig and maintain
canals, and to build, construct and main
tain levees for the purpose Of said planting
operations; TO own, manage and operate
stores for the purchase and sale of mer.
chandise, and generally to do and engage
In any other business undertaking or enter.
prise, connected with or growing out of. in
cident or germane to any of the objects and
purposes for which this corporation Is or
ganized or set forth in or contemplated BY
this charter.