The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-01
Charter Of The Morgan
City Company Inc.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

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Parish of St. Mary.
Before me, Robt. E. Brumby, a
Notary Public, duly commissioners
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,
Lewis ]. Bass of Morgan City,
Maurice E. Norman of Morgan
Ashley W. Pet'igrew' Morgan
Fred F. Chapman OF Morgan
Albert NJ. Gotten of Morgan City,
Herbert M. Gotten of Morgan
William Gotten Of Morgan City,
James F. Prohaska of Morgan
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.
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. Nve 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,
hind 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 /.
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
ty-nine (99) years from the date
hereof, unless sooner lawfully dis
solved.
ARTICLE II.
j The purpose for which this cor
poration is formed are:
To purchase, buy, hold, lease OF
otherwise acquire, and to sell OF
otherwise dispose 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 ant
property, either by or for itself, OF
others, and to engage in agricultu
: raj pursuits generally, and to op
J crate any mandatory for the pur
: pose of disposing of its agriculture
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 sue
other manufactures as it may Sc
fit: to buy and sell timber and lum
\ Der and all kindred products, an
to operate sawmills or other WOO
manufactures, and buy and sell, 0
otherwise handle the products of tn
same: to own and operate commits
! saries and to carry en- genera
/ mercantile business, either whole
sale or retail, or both; to conduct
tot hrs 7
Law out towns, or town sites, Sc
= and dispose of lots, and to construf
l. all desirable improvements, dralr
age, sewerage, or all other kinds !
connection Herewith; to lay OF
\ and construct. or acquire roads
all kinds. ferries, bridges, cana
< and all appurtenances, install pump
ing plants, electric lights, gas
water works, on lands owned
held by it; or bought or reclaime'
and to operate any or all OF sue
= improvements, to buy, acquire. hoi
h own and operate such steamboat
barges. or other water craft, as
- may desire for its private purpose
or may find expedient; to erect a
dwellings or other buildings on
property, or elsewhere, AS it may 81
\ fit or find necessary; to buy and sc
all property, real. personal, or mi
ed, necessary or incidental to Il
carrying out of the above describe
= purposes, or to loan money on pro
erty, or to borrow money on
lands or real estate, tenements.
other property, to mortgage and n
>pothecate the same, and to 1881