The herald., 1914-12-24
CH AR TER

OF THE NEW ORLEANS PLANTATION
COMPANY. INCORPORATED.
State Of Louisiana, Parish OF Orleans, City
Of New Orleans.
BE it known. that on the fourth day Of De
Cember, in the year OF our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and fourteen. before me, vii
liam J. Formento, a notary public, in and for
the Parish OF Orleans. State OF Louisiana, duly
commissioned and qualified, and IN the pres
, cnCe of Witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
dersigned, personally came and appeared the
persons whose names are hereuutO subscribed,
all above the full age Of mdJOritIy, who sever
ally declared that, avahng themselves OF Act
POI Of 1914. well a. the general laws OF the
State Of Louisiana relative to the organization
Of corporations, they hereby form themselves
into. and constitute a corporation Tor the OBJ
JeCts and purposes. and under the Supuld-
tiOnS, hereinafter set forth.
Article The name and title OF the cor
poratiun hereby formed i declared to be the
New Orleans Plantation Company, lncor-
pOratcd.
Orleans and II shall have and enjoy succession
hy its corporate name for period OF ninety
nine (99D years from and after the date hereof.
This corporation shall have power and au-
thority to contract, sue and be sued III MS
corporate name; TO make and use corpor-
ate seal; to hold, receive, hire and purchase
real and personal property, and to sell, mort
gage or pledge the same. and TO borrow mo-
ncy and issue bonds, notes and other obliga-
tlOnS.
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 he served upon the
vice president, or any other ofhcer IN Ne"
Orleans, Louisiana.
Article 1.-THE objects and purposes tor
which this corporation Is organized, and the
nature OF the business To he carried on by H.
are hereby declared to oe:
To purchase, or otherwise acquire. erect,
construct equip, improve, extend, Work, De
velop operate, maintain. own, repair, control,
sell lease or otherwise dispose OF water
rights, reservoirs, dams, canals. tunnels
dItchcs. fumes. drainage systems, controlling
works. power plants, and irrigation works or
nIants Of whatsoever kind nature, tor the
purpose Of irrigating lands, reclalmlng SUP
merged lands or storing waters, ana the
draining and conveying OF waters from one
pIace or places to another place or places.
To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire
rrcct. equip. improve. extend. work, develop,
operate maintain, own, repair, CONTROL SeII'
lease. or otherwise dispose OF wdter,rlghts'
reservoirs dams, canals, tunnels ditches'
fumes drainage systems, controlling Woths'
power plants or plant of whatsoever klnd OF
nature for the purpose OF purchasing, leasing
ar otherwise acquiring, and selling, leasing
or otherwise disposing OF power, light, neat;
| 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 bry sell, convey, lease, mortgage ol
encuuber real estate other property per
| soual or mixed, and to reclaim, survey, sun
divide plat. improve and develop nrlgd'eu
| submerged and other lands for purposes %
| s.I. and otherwise, and to do and perform
| ali things needful and lawful for the recid
| nation. development and Improvement ot th'
| same for agricultural, planting, cattle raising
| residence, trade and business.