The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-04-04
G H A r. II e r.
or THE
Cypremort Land Company.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STArE<O1 LOUISIANA,
PARISH or ST.. Mary.
-OF THE


STArE4O1 LOUISIANA,
PARISH or ST. May.
Be it known, That on this, the Ord day
OF March, in the year Of our Lord, one
thousand, nine hundred and fourteen.
States of America, the one hundred and
thirty seventh before me, Rene Il. Himel,
a notary public, duly commissioned and
qualified, within and for - Parish Of St.
Mary, State of Louisianaea land in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came
and appeared the several pGfyDns whose
names are hereunto subscribers who seve-
rally declared unto me, said Noeery, that,
provisions Of the laws and Copstitution of
the State Of Louisiana, relative t. tie or.
ganization Of corporations, they have
formed and organized. and do, by tAese
presents, form and organize themselves,
as we'll as all such other persons Wtsmay
hereafter join or become associated 9Th
them, or their successors, into corpora.
under the covenants, stipulatiOns and
agreements following, to wit:
ARTICLE l,
The name and title Of this corporation
shall be the ..GYPREMURT LAND COM
PANY", and under said name, unless
sooner dissolved, in accordance with its
charter, it shall exist and continue, and
shall have and enjoy corporate existence
for period OF ninety. nine 1897 years from
and after the date OF this act. 1t may
have, hold, receive, borrow, loan, eX.
change, acquire, purchase, sell. ALLEVIATE.
convey, lease, pledge, pawn, hypothecate,
cucumber or mortgage, property OF any
kind, whether real, personal or mixed,
corpOreal or incOrportai, movable or i'm
NOVA bic; it may accept mortgages,
pledges, or other forms of security for
money loaned or other debts; it may con-
tract. sue and be sued, plead or be i'm
pleaded, and may make, adopt aud use a
corporate seal; 1t may name and appoint
such managers, directors and officers as
It's interest and convenience may require,
and may make and establish such by. laws
for she proper management and regula.
ton Of its affairs as may be necessary and
proper. and generally shall possess all the
powers and privileges which corporations
are and may hereafter be authorized to
possess understhe Constitution aud laws
Of the State.
ARTICLE III.
:. The domicile OF this corporation shall
be the Town Of Franklin, Parish OF St.
Mary, Louisiana, and all citations or other
legal process shall be served upon the
President Of said corporation, or, in the
event OF his absence. upon the Vice Pres
id3nt thereof, or in the absence of both of
Said officers, upon the Secretary of said
ARTICLE Ill.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature Of
the besiness to be carried on by it are
hereby declared to be as follows, namely:
Section l. To plant, cultivate, grow,
produce, manufacture. refine, buy sell,
import, export, ship, transport and gene
rally deal in sugar cane, sugar. molasses,
syrups, and all the products thereof. and
to carry on any business incidental there
to. and for the purposes aforesaid, to ac-
quire, construct, lease. own, maintain and
operate sugar or other plantations, sugar
or other refineries, and any buildings,
mills, factories, distilleries, and other
works necessary therefor: to raise. buy,
sell and deal in horses. mules, cattle, live.
stock and poultry Of all kinds, and gene.
rally to engage IN the business of plant
er; ~ build, buy. rent. sell, establish,
maintain, opef1te and conduct hotels,
stores. warehodses. depots, etc., and to do
Q general Mpschandise business.
Section 2. To bid In, buy, sell, acquire,
leaGo, sublet, on farm for its own account,
or Tor the acco1nt Of Others, real estate,
lands and tenementa, and to survey, sub.
divide and plat such lands for the purpose
OF sale or otis fwise, and to improve and
develop the SAME BY the erection of houses
5r buildings thereon, and to do such other
lawful improvements as may be needful
or desirable in and about the improves
ments and developments thereof for any
purpose whateveg, and particularly to
drsin and reclaim, hpds, and for that pur-
pose to forlnA drainage or sub.dratnage
or to do amy other act which an
Individual might lawfully do.
Section 3. 10 purchase, acquire, re-
ceive. hold, own, pledge, sell, and dispose
OF stocks. bonds, mortgages, debentures,
notes and other security, or evidences OF
any. fEin. ssociation, in
dividual or corporation, or Of any state,
parish, county. ward, drainage or sub
drainage district, or any political division
in the State OF Louisiana or elsewhere.
SeetiDn A. TO carry on general con-
atrycting and construction business and
operatiOns. consisting Of entering into and
axecut1ng contracts with persons. firms
ana pubic Or pr1vats corporations, and
parttcu lar e0s makesal contracts and do
all things incidentslsN the construction
under contract of bridges, buildings, pipe
lines, roads, highways, and turn pixies; to
drain, reclaim and improve submerged,
or other lands; to dig, construct,
make, straighten, widen. deepen or other.
wise work upon natural or other water
courses, Canals, drains, sewers, bitches
and dikes. under contract or under the
direction of public officers, or courts; and
to do and cary on a general dredging and
business, and for that purpose
to own and operate construction, dredging
and draining plants, consisting Of machln-
cry, tools, indictments, dredge boats
machines, scows, lighters, der.
ricks, vessels, engines, cars, wagons and |
property OF every class and description,
convenient or necessary thereto.
Section 8. To construct, purchase, lease
or otherwise acquire and own, maintain
Ind operate steamboats,, sailing vessels, |
0arKes and other water crafts, piers.
docks or wharves, and such lines of tram.
way or railway withjn.the State of Louisi. |
ana or elsewhere as may be convenient, |
necessary or incidental to any business or |
enterprise Of the Company. with all neces- |
sary sidetracks, locomotives, cars, depots. |
round houses and other equipment neces.
sary to the operation OF said piers, docks, |
tramways or railway and the |
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