The herald., 1912-06-06
CHARTER
OF THE LOUISIANA FRUIT & GARDEN
LAND COMPANY, LIMITED.

STATE OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF OR
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be 1t known, that on this second day of
May, In the year one thousand nine hundred
and twelve, before me, Arthur B. Leopold.
a Notary Public In and for the Parish of
Orleans, State of Louisiana, duly commits
stoned and qualified, and in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and under
signed. personally came and appeared the
persons whose names are hereunto sub
scribed, all above the full age OF majority,
who severally declared that, availing them
selves Of Act SO of 1883, as we'll as the gen.
eral laws of the State Of Louisiana relative
TO the organization of corporations, they
hereby form themselves Into and constitute
q corporation for the objects and purposes
and under the stlpulations hereinafter set
forth.
ARTICLE I.
The name and title Of the corporation
Fruit and Garden Land Company, Limited.
Its domicile shall be In the City Of New
Orleans, State of Louisiana, and 1t shall
name for a period of ninety nine (99) years
from and after the date hereof.
This corporation shall have power and
authority to contract, sue and be sued in
corporate seal; to hold, receive, hire and
purchase real and personal property and
to sell, mortgage, or pledge the same, and
to borrow money and issue bonds, notes and
All citations or other legal process shall
be served upon the president, and In the
event OF his absence or Inability to act from
any cause, the same shall be served upon
the vice-president or any other officer In
New Orleans, Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation Is organized, and the nature of
the business to DO carried on by Ii are here
by declared to be:
To purchase, or otherwise acquire, erect,
construct, equip, improve, extend, work, de-
velop, operate. maintain, own, repair, con-
troll sell, lease or otherwise dispose of
water-rights, reservoirs, dams, canals, tun-
nels, bitches, fumes, drainage systems, con-
trolling works, power plants and irrigation
works or plants, OF whatsoever kind or ma
ture, for the purpose of irrigating lands, re-
claiming submerged lands, or storing waters,
and the draining and conveying Of waters
from one place or places to another place or
places.
erect equip, improve, extend, work, develop,
operate, maintain, own, repair, control, sell,
lease, or otherwise dispose of water-rights,
reservoirs, dams, canals, tunnels, bitches,
fumes, drainage systems, controlling works,
power plants. or plants of whatsoever kind
or nature, for the purpose OF purchasing,
leasing or otherwise acquiring, and selling,
leasing, or otherwise disposing of power,
light, heat, or energy in whatsoever form
or nature and the exercise OF the customary
and necessary powers incident thereto. .
To acquire by purchase or otherwise. own,
hold buy, sell, convey, lease, mortgage or
cucumber real estate or other property, per-
sonal or mixed, and to survey, subdivide,
plat, improve and develop irrigated, sub
merged and other lands for purposes Of sale
or otherwise, and to do and perform all
things needful and lawful for the develop
ment and improvement of the same for agri-
cultural, planting, cattle raising, residence,
trade and business.
To purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to
hold own or control, receive, store, convey,
deliver, sell, lease or otherwise dispose OF
water, ice or moisture in any form, or
rights of any nature In and to water, OF
the usage thereof.
Generally to carry on or undertake any
other business Of the same general nature
which from time to time seems to the di
rectors OF this corporation capable of being
conveniently carried on In connection with
the above objects, or calculated directly OF
indirectly to render valuable or enhance the
value of any Of the company's privileges OIL
rights. and which Is lawful In Louisiana
for corporation so organized.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation IA
hereby fixed at the sum Of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars (S15O,00000), divided
into and represented by fifteen hundred
(1500) shares of the par value of one hun
bred dollars ($100).
Said stock shall be paid for In Install
ments Of such amounts and at such times
as the Board Of Directors may determine