St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-05-30

and be sued; to make and use a corpor-
ate seal, and to break and alter the
same at pleasure; to purchase, rent,
lease, hold, sell, mortgage, and other
wise receive or dispose of property,
real or personal and of every nature
and description; to borrow and loan
money, to grant and receive pledges
and securities of any and every char
acter; to issue mortgage bonds, and
notes secured and unsecured by mort
gage, pledge or otherwise; to make and
enter into any and every manner OF
contract and obligation, with the same
force and validity as an individual
might; to name and appoint and elect
such directors, officers, agents and en-
ployees andrepresentatives as the in
terests or convenience of this corpora
ton NAV require; to make and establish
rules and bylaws for the proper gov
eminent of this corporation, and to alter
or amend the same at pleasure; and
generally to do and perform all such
acts and things as r permitted by the
law and as may be deemed necessary
or proper to carry out the principal OBJ
iects and purposes of this corporation.
ARIICLE Ii.
The domiciIe of this corporation shall
be in the parish of ST. Landry, State OF
Louisiana, and its principal office and
business establishment shall be in or
within five 81 miles of the corporate
limits of the City of O~pelousas; and all
the citations and other legal process
shall be served upon the President, Or
in his absence upon the Vlce-Presldent,
or in the absence of both OF these Of
fieers upon the Secretary; and, in the
absence of all these officers, then in
the ann provided by statute.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized and the
nature of the business to be conducted
and carried on by it are the following,
viz:
To purchase or construct a complete
sugar-manufacturing establishment, to
be erected upon a tract of land to be
purchased or otherwise acquired by
this corporation, in st. Landry Parish,
Louisiana, and to manufacture OF and
from sugar cane, sugar or syrup, and
all other products and b~y-products
thereof, to purchase sugar cane, TO ad.
vance money thereon, and to take
pledges thereof; to acquire sugar lands,
to develop and cultivate lands, TO con.
struet and operate tramways, railroads,
and other means of transportation, with,
out. however, the right OF eminent DO.
main; to buy and sell and generally dea
in sugar cane, sugar and all other pro.
duets and by-produets; and, if deemed
advisable by the directors, to establish
alcohol distlls, paper factories, and any
other factories establishments for utlliz.
ing or disposing OF the products or by
products of sugar-cane; to manufacture
and place upon the open market foi
sale syrups or molasses reduced or OBJ.
tanned from sugar cane, OF its products
or b~y-products, and to patent, register,
own and use trademarks, trade pictures
wrappers, covers, cans, jars or Other
recepticles, and to obtain from the gov
|ernment protection from imitation o.
infringement thereof, and generally +
do and perform any and all acts AMI
transactions as may be directly or IN
directly. Immediately or remotely con
nected with the manufacturing OF suga
and other products or by-products Q
sugar cane and the dealing in said art
cles; provided, that the foregoing
enumeration of specific purposes AM
objects and powers shall not be con
strued or held to limit Or restrict tn
general and legal powers of this cor
poration.
ARTICLE nv.
The capital stock of this ~corporatio
is fixed at Thirty Thousand (s30,000.0C
Dollars, to be divided into and repre-
scented by Three Hundred 1900 shares
Of the par value of One Hundred Do