The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-13
CHARTER
OF THE LOUISIANA FRUIT 4 GARDEN
LAND COMPANY, LIMITED.
STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF Or
LEANS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF Or
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be II known, that on this second day Of
May, In the year one thousand nine hundred
and twelve. before me- Arthur B. Leopold.
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 1888, as well as the gen.
eral laws Of the State Of Louisiana relative
to the organization of corporations, they
hereby form themselves into and constitute
a corporation for the objects and purposes
and under the stipulations hereinafter set
forth.
The name and title Of the corporation
hereby formed Is declared to be Louisiana
Fruit and Garden Land Company, Limited.
Its domlcile shall be In the City OF New
have and enjoy succession by its corporate
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
its corporate name; to make and use a
corporate seal; to hold, receive, hire and
purchase real and personal property and
to borrow money and issue bonds. notes and
other obligations.
All citations or other legal process shall
be served upon the president, and In the
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 be carried on by 1t are here
by declared to be:
To purchase, or otherwise acquire, erect,
tvx,w. varH n
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.
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 OIL
places.
To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire
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 or 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.
hold, buy, sell, convey, lease, mortgage Of
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 sal,
or otherwise, and to do and perform al
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 Il
hold, own or control, receive, store, convey
deliver sell, lease or otherwise dispose o.
water, ice or moisture in any form, o.
rights of any nature IN and to water, o.
the usage thereof.
Generally to carry on or undertake an,
other business of the same general natur
which from time to time seems to the dl
rectors Of this corporation capable of beinl
conveniently carried on In connection witt
the above Objects or calculated directly o
indirectly to render valuable or enhance tn
value of any Of the company's privileges o
rights. and which Is lawful In Louisiana
for a corporation so organized.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock Of this corporation
hereby fixed at the sum Of one hundred an
fifty thousand dollars ($150, 0000o), divide
into and represented by fifteen hundre
(1500) shares Of the par value OF one hur
dred dollars ($100). !.
Said stock shall be paid for In install
ments OF such amounts and at such time
as the Board Of Directors may determine