St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-20
CHARTER.
STANDARD Water Co. Inc
A OF LOUISIANA.

BE IT KNOWN, That on thi
sixth day Of the month of January
in the year of our Lord, One Thou
sand Nine Hundred and Fifteen, be
fore me, w. R. LAGOMBE, a No.
tary Public, in and for the Parish
OF st. Landry, State OF Louisiana
duly commissioned, qualified AMI
sworn, and in the presence Of til,
witnesses hereinafter named AMI
undersigned, personally came ant
appeared the several persons who's.
names are hereto subscribed ant
being of full age and majority, win,
declared:
That availing themselves Of thu
provisions of the laws OF The State
OF Louisiana, relative to the organi-
cation of corporations, they have
contracted and agreed, and d. by
these presents, contract and agree
to bind and pledge themselves, al
we'll as such persons as may here
after become associated with then
to form and constitute q body poll
tic in law for the agreements, stip-
ulations and purposes, as follows
to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name OF the corporation shall
be STANDARD WATER co. INC
and under this name IL shall have
the power OF . corporate existence
and succession for q period OF
sinety-nine years, from date
thereof, and shall have and
exercise for the purpose
of the business TO be carried on by
il, all Of the powers conferred by
law on similar corporations, in
Guiding the power to make and use
a corporate seal. to contract, sue
and be sued in its corporate name,
and to hold, own receive, purchase,
ALLEVIATE, lease, convey, mortgage,
set over, pledge, or otherwise en-
cumber property, both real and
personal, to issue bonds and notes
for the purpose of borrowing money
and to secure the same by mort
gage or otherwise, and to name and
appoint managers, directors, Of,
ficers, agents, and employees as
the interests of the said corporation
may require.
ARTICLE II.
The domiele of this corporation
shall be at KROTZ SPRINGS, ST.
LANDRY, PARISH, LOUISIANA,
and all citation and other legal pro-
cesses shall be served on the Presi-|
dent, and in his absence or inability
to act, on the Vice President.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organ
lied, and the nature Of the business
to be carried on by it, is hereby de-
clared to be: to purchase or ac-
quire in any lawful manner, and to
hold, own, mortgage, pledge, trans
fer, improve, or in any manner dis
pose Of, or TO lease any and all
kinds Of real and personal proper
ty and mineral waters and mineral
water wells and springs, to drill for
water and Oil, and to sell and dis
pose Of the same in any and all
kinds Of ways and shapes, and to
do any and all things necessary
to prepare same fori
shipment and and sale of anyI
and every class and description,
in any part Of the United States, or
world: to build. construct, purchase,
acquire, and operate anyl and al
kinds of hotels, restaurants, saloons,
bath-houses, swimming pools, fish
sanatariums, payillions, club
houses, dance halls, opera houses,
and any and all other kinds of
place for amusement, to build, con-
sstruet, purchase acquire and oper-
ate steam and gasoline boats
to build, construct, and op-
operate wharyes and docks,
docks, to build, construct and OPT
crate ice plants, saw mills. box and
glass factories, carbonizing plants,
TO build and construct any and all
kinds of buildings, houses, business
blocks, and to lease and dispose of
The same. To acquire and hold
stock in corporations; to acquired
.he good will rights and property
or any part of the assets or
liabilities of any person, firm, as
ISOLATION or corporation, to pay for
he same in cash or the stock of
his Company, bonds, notes, or 9TH
to hold, or in any manner to
of any part of the proper
y SO purchased, TO conduct in any
awful manner the whole or any
1art of any business SO acquired,
md to exercise all Of the powers
necessary in and about the con-
iuct and management of such bus
ness and to exercise all OF the
powers anu privileges or
ownership of property to the ex-
ent as natural persons might or
,ould do, to enter into and make,
perform contracts of any kind.
With any person, firms, associations
n corporation, municipality, body
ceuntry,territory, State or
Government, to draw, make, ac-