The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-29
Charter Of The Morgan
City Company Inc.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,


STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of St. Mary.
Before me, Robt. E. Brumby, 9
Notary Public, duly commissioned
and qualified in and for the Parish
Of st. Mary, State Of Louisiana.
personally came and appeared
Ao06rs.:
Albert F. Storm Of Morgan City,
Eugene A. Pharr Of Morgan City,
Lewis ]. Bass Of Morgan City,
Maurice E. Norman Of Morgan
Ashley W. Pettigrew, Morgan
Fred F. Chapman OF Morgan
City, La.
Albert NJ. Gotten Of Morgan City,
Herbert M. Gotten Of Morgan
City, La.
La.
James F. Prohaska of Morgan
Warren B. Reed Of Morgan City,
c. E. King of Morgan City, La.
Bernard A. Storm of Morgan
Sol Loeb of Morgan City, La.
K. s. Foster Of Morgan City, La.
K. r. Hood Of Morgan City, La.
w. D. Roussel Of Paterson, La.
Mrs. F. Bauer Of Berwick, La.
8. Nye Bass q New Orleans, La.
Lewis S. Clarke Of New Or
leans, La.
who severally declared unto me,
Notary, that availing themselves of
the laws Of the State of Louisiana,
and particularly Of the provisions of
Act 267 of the General Assembly
for the year 1914, they had and do
by these presents, covenant, agree,
bind and organize themselves, and
those who may hereafter become
associated with them,. as q corpora
ton and body polite under the fol-
lowing terms and conditions con-
shutting their charter.
ARTICLE !.
The name Of this corporation shall
be THE MORGAN CITY CON-
PANY, INC, under which name it
shall have corporate existence and
succession for the period of nine
ty-nine (99) years from the date
hereof, unless sooner lawfully dis
solved.
ARTICLE II.
The purpose for which this cor
poration is formed are:
To purchase, buy, hold, lease or
otherwise acquire, and to sell or
otherwise dispose Of, lands, tene-
ments or other property, movable
or immovable, or both; to pur-
chase, or otherwise acquire, and to
hold, reclaim, improve and develop
swamp and marsh land, or both; as
well as all other lands or property:
to farm and cultivate lands and
property, either by or for itself, or
others, and to engage in agricultu-
raj pursuits generally, and to op-
crate any mandatory for the pur-
pose of disposing of its agricultural
products; to engage in the buying,
raising, improving, breeding and
selling, either alive, slaughtered, or
packed, of live stock of all kinds;
to own and operate warehouse,
granaries, sugar refineries, or such
other manufactures as it may see
fit; to buy and sell timber and lum-
Der and all kindred products, and
to operate sawmills or other wood
manufactures, and buy and sell, or
otherwise handle the products of the
same; to own and operate commits
saries and to carry en- general
mercantile business, either whole
sale or retail, or both; to conduct a
general real estate business, and to
lay out. towns, or town sites, sell
and dispose of lots, and to construct
all desirable improvements, drain
age, sewerage, or all other kinds in
connection Herewith; to lay out
and construct, or acquire roads Of
all kinds, ferries, bridges, canals
and all appurtenances, install pump
ing plants, electric lights, gas or
water works, on lands owned or
held by it; or bought or reclaimed,
and to operate any or all of such
to buy, acquire, hold,
own and operate such steamboats,,
barges, or other water craft, as it
may desire for its private purposes,
Or may find expedient; to erect all
dwellings, or other buildings on its
or elsewhere, as it may see
fit or find necessary; to buy and sell
all property, real, personal, or mix
I'd, necessary or incidental to the
out Of the above described
purposes, or to loan money on prop
,rty, or to borrow money on its |
ands or real estate, tenements, or
,ther property, to mortgage and n.y.
,othecate the same, and to issue ,
,onds, notes, or other evidences Of |
Indebtedness; and, generally, to have
UGH powers and to do and perform
IL such other and further acts,
whether directly enumerated above
r not, and as may be permitted by
ssary or incidental to the enumer-
Nv, to be embraced within the pur-
lew Of one corporation holding the !
overs set out above, as well AZ to |