The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-14
Charter Of The Morgan
Cliy .oia:jaaiy 10,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of ST. Mary.

Parish of St. Mary.
Before me, Robt. E. Brumby,. a
Notary Public, duly commissions
and qualified in and for the Parish
of St. Mary, State of Louisiana,
personally came and appeared
Albert F. Storm of Morgan City,
La.
Eugene A. Pharr of Morgan City,
La.
Lewis j. Bass of Morgan City,
La.
Maurice E. Norman of Morgan
Ashley W. Pettigrew, Morgan
City. La.
Fred F. Chapman OF Morgan
City, La.
Albert M. Gotten of Morgan City,
Herbert M. Gotten of Morgan
City, La.
William Gotten of Morgan City,
La.
James F. Prohaska of Morgan
City. La.
Warren B. Reed of Morgan City,
La.
c.. E. King of Morgan City, La.
Bernard A. Storm of Morgan
City, La.
Sol Loeb of Morgan City, La.
X. 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.
S. Nye Bass of 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 corpora
ton and body polite under the fol
lowing terms and conditions con-
shutting their charter.
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation shall
be THE MORGAN CITY COM
PANY, INC, under which name il
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 OF
otherwise acquire, and to sell OF
otherwise tdispose of, lands, tene
ments or other property, movable
or immovable, or both; to pur
chase, or Otherwise acquire, and tt
hold, reclaim, improve and develop
swamp and marsh land, or both; a:
we'll as all other lands or property
to farm and cultivate lands ane
property, either by or for itself, OF
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 ant
selling, either alive, slaughtered, o.
packed, of live stock of all kinds
to own and operate warehouse
granaries, sugar refineries, or sucl
other manufactures as it may SCI
fit: to buy and sell timber and lum
Der and all kindred products, ant
to operate sawmills or other Woo
manufactures, and buy and sell, o.
otherwise handle the products OF tn
same; to own and operate commls
saries and to carry en- genera
mercantile business, either whole
sale or retail, or both; to conduct
general real estate business, and t.
Law out towns, or town sites, sci
and dispose of lots, and to construct
all desirable improvements, drain
age. sewerage, or all other kinds II
connection Herewith; TO lay ou
and construct, or acquire roads Of
ali kinds. ferries, BRIDGES. canal
and all appurtenances, install pump
ing plants, electric lights, gas OF
water works, on lands owned OF
held by it; or bought or reclaimed
and to operate any or all OF sucI
improvements, to buy, acquire, hold
own and operate such steamboats,
barges, or other water craft, as II
may desire for its private purposes
or may find expedient; to erect al
dwellings or other buildings on III
property, or elsewhere, as it may SEE
tit or find necessary; to buy and sell
an ,,~ouav%v rea1 nerHOnal or mix