The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-16
Charter Of The Morgan
City Company Inc.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of ST. Marv.

Parish of St. Mary.
Before me, Robt. E. Brumby, !
Notary Public, duly commissioned
and qualified in and for the Parish
of st. Mary, State of Louisiana
personally came and appeared
Messrs.:
Albert F. Storm of Morgan City
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
Albert M. Gotten Of Morgan City,
La.
Herbert M. Gotten of Morgan
City, La. ~
James F. Prohaska of Morgan
Warren B. Reed of Morgan City,
C. E. King of Morgan City, La.
Bernard A. Storm of Morgan
City, La.
Sol Loeb of Morgan City, La.
K. S. Foster of Morgan City, La.
X. 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
ton and body polite under the fol-
lowing terms and conditions con-
shutting their charter.
ARTICLE l.
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
swamp and marsh land, or both; as
well as all other lands or property:
to farm and cultivate lands and
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
70 own and operate warehouse,
sugar refineries, or such
,ther manufactures as it may see |
lit; to buy and sell timber and lum-
Der and all kindred products, and
% operate sawmills or other wood !.
and buy and sell, or !
otherwise handle the products Of the !
'ame; to own and operate commits
aries and to carry On a general
mercantile business, either whole
ale or retail, or both; to conduct a
general real estate business, and to
ay out towns, or town sites, sell |
ind dispose of lots, and to construct ,
III desirable improvements, drain
lge, sewerage, or all other kinds in
Herewith; to lay out
md construct, or acquire roads of
IL kinds, ferries, bridges, canals
nd all appurtenances, install pump
ng plants, electric lights, gas or
water works, on lands owned or
eld by it; or bought or reclaimed,
md to operate any or all of such
improvements, to buy, acquire, hold,
'wn and operate such steamboats,,
'arges, or other water craft, as it
nay desire for its private purposes,
r may find expedient; to erect all I
we.l;ngs or other buildings on its
or elsewhere. as it may see
It or find necessary; to buy and sell
u property, real, perponal, or mix
d, necessary or incidental to the
arrying out Of the above described
ufposes, or to loan money on prop
erty, or TO borrow money on its