The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-01-28
CHARTER
OF ThH
NJ. A. PATOUT & SON Limited.
STATE OF IDIISIAN
HAEISu OLE IEEEIA

tUs ~ HIUOt " CUV liltiisVu'
STATE or LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF IBERIA.
BE it known, that on tina 2nd day
Of August A. -. 1910, hcioorc me.
Walter II. VOORHEES,. n Notary Pub
lie. duly commissioned and quail
fled IN and for he Parish arAl stat"
hcroinhcfore mentioned, and ~ the
presence of the W,tucascg herein
after named and undersigned.
Personally came and appeared
the persong whose names are here
unto suhscrihed, the married ladies
being duly authorized and aaaiEtcH
by their respective husbands, who
declared that. awaiting th"ma"lvca
of tho general lava of this state
providing for the creation and or
Eani2ation Of private corporations.
and particularly of Act No 81 ri
1888, and Of the Act ri 1901, they
have formed and organized, and
Ivy these prescnta do form. organ
i've. aud constitute thcmsclvcs, and
such Othcra as may become asao-
Ciatcd with them. and their Huc-
CcasOra, into corporation and
body pOlitiG for the objects and
purposes and under the tcrma and
conditions hereinafter Rci forth, to
wit =
ARTICLE !.
The name Of this corporation
shall be NJ. A. Patout & Son. Lin
tied, and it's domicile and principal
place Of business shall be ut the
rcaidcncc situated on the Enter
prize plantation in the Parish Of
Iberia, state Of Louisiana
ARTICLE ".
The business. pnrposca. and oh
Jccts OF thus corporation are de
clared to he any one and all of the
following, to wit = 70 cultivate
sugar cane and any and all crops
suitable to the climate, to manu-
facture cane into syrup aud sugar,
to refine same, to lease, buy or
sell real estate in connection with
farming operations, to ctuirc and
own railways, tramwayH, with
steam motive power, pipe lincs for
transferring juice. ayrup and oil
teams and all class Of farming im~
Elements and all live atock. use
fuI for the purposes of this cor
poration; to cultivate with hired
labor or for shares of the crops.
or by tenant system: to cut, haul
and manufacture sugar cane pro
duced by other parties into sugar
or syrup and refine the same, or
To purchase same or manufacture
same for given price or on Civ
en- terms, and generally to do my
and all things pertaining to and
necessary for the aucccssful run
ming OF sugar plantation and re
fincry.
Also to establish, run, and con
duct mercantile business or com.
miasary department, for the pur-
pose of trading with the employees
OF the corporation and with such |
others M may deal herewith and |
in connection with such merchan
tile business to buy and sell goods
and merchandise not prohibited by
law, and make all alch deals ~
are authorized to mike
TO ship, sell and dispose Of all s,1y-
ar. syrup, sugar cane or other
crops purchased or manufactured
by the said corporation and also
by-products, either directly
Trough the Manager or through
he Agents or employees as he may
Ieem proper to engage. All en-
'lOyees, all agents, managers. as
'istant managers and other en-
)l0yees, proper and necessary for
he conducting Of any portion of
aid business.
ARTICLE III.
This corporation shall enjoy suc-
'cssion in it's corporate name with
III the powers granted in Article
J, and with all powers which could
10 exercised by an individual The
erms OF its existence IL fixed Mt
fifty years from the date o, this
lct. 1t shall have power to auo
md be sued, TO contract, to mako
ND use a corporate seal, and the
anne to break or alter mt its pleas
ire. 10 hold, receive, lease, bur
base, ALLEVIATE, and convey. IA vel
8 10 hire, mortgage or otherwise
ncumber property, both real and
ertonal. and to appoint such of
'cers and employees as its bust
ess may require.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this cor
Grafton is fixed mt Three hun
red and fifty thousand and 90
10 fx350,O00.001 Dollars, divided in
, thirty five hundred $500 shares
I the par value Of one hundred
nd 00-10O fs10O.OOl Dollars each
he corporation shall begin bust
ess only after the shares of the
apital stock shall be subscribed !
nd paid for and not earlier than
he first day of January, 1911. No
ock shall be issued for less than ;
3 par value, nor shall it be is
led until paid for in full; provid-
], however, that stock may be :,
aid for cash or it's equivalent in =
'rvices rendered or in property !,
fair valuation. !.
ARTICLE V. n
No transfer Of stock shall be b
nding upon this corporation un- a
IS same is made on the books OF G
is corporation; and in case any A
OckhOlder shall desire to sell or a
ansfer this stock, he shall give n
n Q0) days notice to the officers \
the Corporation. The stock
'lders OF which shall have the n
at OOtiOn Of mt, rch asinU tho aa;d a