The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-02-11
CHARTER
or The
N. A. PATOUT g. SON Limited.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH on IRERIA

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF IBERIA.
Be it known, that on this End da,
OF August A. D. 1910, befoorc me
Walter F. VOORHEES,, Notary Pub.
lie, duly commissioned and quail
fled in and for the Parish ami Stat,
hereinbefOre mentioned, and in the
presence OF the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned,
Personally came and appeared
the persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, the married ladie.
being duly authorized and assisted
by their respective husbands, who
declared that, awaiting themselves
OF the general laws of this State
providing for the creation and 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-
ciatcd with them, and their sue
cessors, into a corporation and
body petite for the objects and
pun ROoCo dIIu Tic ltIUlS ana
conditions hereinafter set forth, 10
wit
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation
shall be M. 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
jectB 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 mann
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 and oil,
teams and all class Of farming i'm
plements and 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, 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 any
and all things pertaining to and
necessary for the successful run
ming OF a sugar plantation and re-
finery.
Also to establish, run, and con-
duct a mercantile business or COM
missary department., for the pur-
pose OF trading with the employees
Of the corporation and with such
others as 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 such deals as
are authorized to make.
TO ship, sell and dispose of all sug-
ar, syrup, sugar cane or other
crops purchased or manufactured
BY the said corporation and also
Dy-products, either directly
through the Manager or through
he Agents or employees as he may
1eem proper to engage. All en-
,loyees, all agents, managers, as
Instant managers and other en-
1loyees, proper and NECESSARY for
he conducting OF any portion of
aid business.
ARTICLE III.
This corporation shall enjoy sue
ession in its corporate name with
III the powers granted in Article
!, and with all powers which could
'e exercised by an individual. The
erms OF its existence is fixed at
ifty years from the date of this
ct: 1t shall have power to sue
nd be sued, to contract, to make
nd use a corporate seal, and the
anne to break or alter at its pleas
re. To hold, receive, lease, pur-
base, ALLEVIATE, and convey, as well
. to hire, mortgage or otherwise
property, both real and
ersonal, and to appoint such of
lcers and employees as its bust
ess may require.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock of this cor
Grafton is fixed at Three hum
red and fifty thousand and 90
10 1886, 100000 Dollars, divided in
} thirty five hundred (35OO) shares
the par value OF one hundred
nd 00-100 (S10O.0O) Dollars each.
he corporation shall begin bust
ess only after the shares of the
lpital stock shall be subscribed
nd paid for and not earlier than
'e first day Of January, 1911. No
:ock shall be issued for less than
9 par value, nor shall it be is
led until paid for in full; provid-
!, however, that stock may be
Aid for cash or its equivalent in
'rvices rendered or in property
fair valuation.
ARTICLE v.
No transfer OF stock shall be
nding upon this corporation I'M I
80 same is made on the books OF I
10 corporation; and in case any !
shall desire to sell or
ansfer this stock, he shall give ]
a (10) days notice to the officers
the Corporation. The stock
Dldero Of which shall have the I
ut option of purchasin1 the said (