The St. Mary banner., 1914-04-18

mOlaSSeS, SyrupS, and all lne plouuet>
! thereof. and to carry on any business
incidental thereto, and for the purposes
aforesaid, to acquire, construct, lease
own, maintain aud operate sugar Of
other plantations, sugar or other re-
fineries, and any buildings, mills, tacto'
ries. disiilleries, and other works neces'
sary therefor; to raise, buy. sell and
deal in horses, mules, cattle. llvestocs
and poultry of all kinds, and generally
to engage in the business of planter:
to build, buy, rent, sell, establlsh,
maintain, operate and conduct hotels,
stores, warehouses, depots, ETC., and to
do general merchandise business.
Section 2. To bid in, buy, sell, ac-
quire, lease, sublet, or farm for its own
account. or for the account of others,
real estate, lands and tenements, and to
survey, sub-divide and plat such lands
for the purpose of sale or otherwis!" and
to improve and develop the same by
the erection of houses or buildings
thereon, and to do such other lawful
improvements as may be needful or de-
sirabe in and about the improvements
and development thereof for any PUP
pose whatever, and particularly to drain
aud reclaim lands, and for that purpose
to form drainage or sub-drainage dis
trics, or to do any other act which an
individual might lawfully DO.
Section 3. To purchase, acquire, re-
ceive, hold, own, pledge, sell. and dis
pose of stocks, bonds, mortgages, de-
bentures, notes and other security, or
evidences of indebtedness of any firm,
association. individual or corporation,
or of any state, parish, county, ward,
drainage or subdrainagc district or any
political division in the State of Louisi.
ana or elsewhere.
Section 1 To carry ou general
constructing and Construction business
and operations, consisting of entering
into and executing contracts with per-
sons, firms, and public or private cor
porations, ano particularly to make all
contracts and do all things Incidental to
the construction under contract of
bridges, buildings, pipe lines, roads,
highways. and turn pixies: to drain. re-
claim and improve submerged, swampy
or other lands: to dig, construct, make,
straighten, widen, deepen or otherwise
work upon natural or other water
courses, canals, drains, sewers. bitches
and dikes, under contract or undH
the direction of public officers, or
courts: and to do and carry on gene
raj dredging and draining business, and
for that purpose to own and operate
construction, dredging and draining
plants, consisting of machinery, tools.
implements, dredge boats, ditching
machines, scows, lighters, derricks,
vessels, engines, cars, wagons and prop
erty of every class and description con-
venient or necessary thereto.
Section 5. To construct, purchase, lease or
otherwise acquire and own. maintain and ope-
rate steamboats, sailing vessels, barges and
other water crafts piers, barges and docks,
or Wharves. and such lines OF tramway or
railway within the State of Louisiana or else
where as may be convenient, necessary or inci~
dental to any business or enterprise of the
Company, with all necessary SidetrackS, loco
motives, cars, depots, round houses and other
equipment necessary to the operation of said
piers, docks, wharyes, tramways or railway
and the traffic thereon; provided that this
corporation shall not, without an amendment
of this charter, have the right to exercise the
power of eminent domain.
Section g. To locate, build, construct
establish, purchase, acquire, own, lease, rent
out. hold, use, maintain, and operate wares
houses, grain elevators and other buildings
for the storing of freight, grain and any and all
other commodities for hire or otherwise; to
make advances or loans upon the security of
such freight goods and commodities other
wise; to issue certificates aud warrants,
either negotiable nonsnegotiable to per-
sons storing goods with the company and
generally to do business as a public ware,
houseman, under the laws of the State of
Louis lana, or any other State, territory or
country in which it may operate, and to carry
on or undertake any business transactions or
operation commonly carried on or undertaken
by Warehousemen and any other business
which may from time to time be convenient.
ly carried on or in connection with the above |
Section Z. To carry on any other business
which under the law it mas be entitled to |
carry on which may seem to the corporation to |
be calculated directly Or indirectly to effectu-
ate the aforesaid objects, or either of them, or
to fac ilitate it in the transaction of it's aforc-
said business Or businesses, any part there |
of, or in the transaction of any other lawful |
business that may be calculated directly or |
to enhance the value to render |
any of the company's properties and
rights, and generally to hold and exercise all |
such incidental powers and privileges as relate |
to the objects and purposes hereinabove set
forth, or as may be necessary, useful or |
for affecting said objects and |
purposes.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation is |
hereby fixed at Forty Thousand Dollars, |
divided into and repre- .ented by Four
Hundred shares, OF One Hundred Dollars |
each; which capital stock may be increas- |
ed or reduced by proce edin,; $ taken in the |
prescribed by law.
This corporation shall be going con>
Germ and be considered as fully organized |
when Seven Thousand. Five Hundred |
Dollars of the capital stock of said corpo- |
ration shall have been subscribed for
The said stock shall be paid for in cash. |
Dr. in labor done, or property actually re.
;eived by the corporation, and all stock of |
this corporation not subscribed for in this
charter shall only be issued by the Board |
of Directors OF this Corporation and then
.or cash or labor done or performed, or
property received by the corporation.
The officers of this corporation shall
consist of a President. Vice President.
and Treasurer. rhe office of |
and Treasurer may be held by
)ne person.
ARTICLE
The corporate powers of this corpora
lou shall be vested IN and the business of