The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-03
Charter Of The Morgan
City Company Inc.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of St. Mary.


Before me, Robt E. Brumby,
Notary Public, duly commissions
and qualified in and for the Paris
of st. Mary, State Of Louisiana
personally came and appeare
Messrs.:
Albert F. Storm of Morgan City
La.
Eugene \. Pharr Of Morgan City
/ La.
Lewis J. Bass of Morgan City
La.
Maurice E. Norman Of Morgan
City, La.
Ashley W. Pet;igrew, Morgan
Fred F. Chapman OF Morgan
City, La.
Albert NJ. Gotten of Morgan City
La.
Herbert NJ. 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.
G. f. 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 awaiting themselves Of
the laws Of the State OF LouislAaa.
and particularly of the provision or
Act 267 Of the General Assembly
for the year 1919, they had and do
by these presents, covenant, agree,
bind and organize themselves, and
those who may hereafter become
associated with them, as a corpora
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 COM
PANY, INC, under which name It
shall have corporate existence and
succession for the period of nine
tynine (99) years from the date
hereof, unless sooner lawfully dis
solved.
ARTICLE r.
The purpose for WhIc1 this cor
oOratlOn is formed are:
To purchase, buy, hold, lease or
otherwise acquire, and to sell or
otherwise dispose of, lands, tene-
nents or other property, movable
,r immovable, or both; to pur-
,hase, or otherwise acquire, and to
lold, reclaim, improve and develop
wamp and marsh land, or both; as
veil as all other lands or property;
o farm and cultivate lands and
either by or for itself, or
'thers, and to engage in agricultu-
al pursuits generally, and to OPP
rate any mandatory for the pur-
'ose of disposing of it's agricultural
'roducts; to engage in the buying, I
aising, improving, breeding and /
cling, either alive, slaughtered, or
'acked, of live stock of all kinds;
o own and operate warehouse,
sugar refineries, or such
Their manufactures as it may see
it; to buy and sell timber and lum-
er and all kindred products, and
D operate sawmills or other wood
and buy and sell, or
therwise handle the products of the
anne; to own and operate commits
aries and to carry en- general
lercantile business, either whole
ale or retail, or both; to conduct a
eneral real estate business, and to
~ out towns, or town sites, sell
nd dispose of lots, and to construct
Il desirable improvements, drain
&c, sewerage, or all other kinds in
Herewith; to lay out
nd construct, or acquire roads of
Il kinds, ferries, bridges, canals
nd all appurtenances, install pump
,g plants, electric lights, gas or
ater works, on lands owned or
cid by it; or bought or reclaimed,
nd to operate any or all of such
improvements, to buy, acquire, hold,
wn and operate such steamboats,,
argos, or other water craft, as it
lay desire for its private purposes,
: may find expedient; to erect all
we.l;ngs or other buildings on its
or elsewhere, as it may see
t or find necessary; to buy and sell !
i property, real, personal, or mix
l, necessary or incidental to the
arrying out of the above described
urposes, or to loan money on prop
rty, or to borrow money on it's
nds or real estate, tenements, or
her property, to mortgage and hy-
othecate the same, and to issue
onds, notes, or other evidences Of
and, generally, to have
lch powers and to do and perform
! such other and further acts,
he.her directly enumerated above
not, and as may be permitted by
W, to be embraced within the pur-
ew of one corporation holding the
,wers set out above, as well as to
}, have and perform all acts nee
sary or incidental to the enumer- &,
ed powers. L
ARTICLE Ill. Il
This company shall have power in
, corporate name to contract, sue
n he sued. to make and use a cor