The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-04-07
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TuE CEkTREylLLE COMPANY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY. {

Before me, Wilbur n. Kramer. Cierk
of the BIRD Judicial District Court. st.
Mary Parish. Louisiana, Ex-Otficio a
Notsry Public, duly commissioned and
qualified within and for said Parish and
State, aud in the presence OF the wit
pesses hereinafter named and under
signed. personally came and appeared
John e. Clausen and Isaac :. Wooster.
residents of the Parish of st. Mary,
state Of Louisiana, herein appearing
in their capacities aas President and
Secretary. respectively, Of "The Cen.
treville Company, Incorporated'. cor
poration duly organized under the laws
OF this State, BY an Act OF Incorpora-
ton, executed before Isaac :. Wooster,
Notary Public, ST. Mary Parish. La,
June ~. 1914. duly recorded in the Re-
corder's Office Of said Parish in the
Records Of Interpretations. Book No. l,
page ia, e. seq, entry No. 81, Of date
July 18th. 1914;
Who dcclared that. at a meeting of
the Stockholders Of The Ceotreville
Company. held At its domicie in the
Town of Centrevilie. La. on the sth
day Of March, 1917, for the purpose Of
considering the amendment Of the
charter Of the corporation. held after
due compliance with all the provisions
Of law and tie charter Of the said cor
poiat;on. the charter ct the corporation
was amended by tue vote Of each and
every stakeholder present or repre-
scented at said meeting;
And the said John G.. Clausen and
Isaac S. Wooster fur Their declared that,
1t said meeting they were authorized
and directed TO appear before some
competent Notary Public, duly com
m.ss,oned aud qualified within and for
the Parish Of st. Mary, La, to execute
the proposed notari.. act and declara-
tim IF the amendment Of said charter.
% required by law. for the purpose Of
aforiing au' hentic evidence and per-
manent record thereof;
Wherefore. the said appearers de-
clared. in pursuance Of the authority
thus conferred upon them they do here
by declare that. At the said meeting
held March 9th, 1917, thu charter of
t'The rent-evilIe Company" was amend
ed 40 40 to hereafter read and be as fol-
lows:
ARTICLE l.
Exercise Of Corporate Powers.
The name If this corporation shall be
1.-THE CENTREvILLE COMPANY.
INt ORPOkATED". and under !ts said
corporate uame it shall have powa1 and
authority to have and enjoy corporate
existence and succession for the full
term Of ninety -nine years firm and At
ter the date hereof; to contract, sue and
be sued; to make and nse corporate
seal, and the same to alter and break
at pleasure: to hold, TO receive. lease.
purchase and convey. as we'll as mort
gage and hyphhecate property. real,
personal and mixed, corporal and IN
cOrpOreal; to name and appoint such
managers, agents, directors and 0mcers
~ it's hus,n~ss. interest and con-
veni.nce NAV req iirs; and tn make and
ests blish, - welt 10 alter and amend.
from Tin. to tim such hy-laws. rules
and re9ulstior~ Tor the prs,per govern
mont OF tho rfairs Of said corporation,
- may be necessary and proper.
ARTICLE II
Domici'e and Citation.
The d"m,cile Of THE corporation shall
be in the Town OF Ceutreville, Parish
=. Of st. Mary. State Of Louisiana, and ali
citations or other legal process sh all be
served npon the President Of said COR
A poration, or 10 the event of his absence
4 upon the Vice President thereof. and
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upon the Secretary of the corporation.
ARTICLE III.
Objects and Purposes.
The objects of this corporation shall
be:
To foster, develop. promote and ad-
vance the community welfare Of that
portion of the Parish of 81. Mary.
adjacent to and comprising the Town
Of Ceptrevilie. aud embraced within
what is known as the Fourth Police
Jury Ward Of said Parish. along edu-
cxtiouai, agricultural and industrial
lines, to the advantage of said Com
nuriiy and TO the profit of the cOrpO-
ration.
To carry out these objects the corpo-
ration will have full power and autbOr-
ity to buy and soil real estate. lard and
t~n-m-n,s. whether high. low swamp.
O.rr-hUwed or marsh; ~ purchase, re-
claim, GeveloD add improve lands; to
loan and borrow 0"ney ~ lands, real
estatc xM,l tenpmeuls, and to mortgage
ad h!potherate same, and to issue
bonds, NOTES or ether evidences OF in
dettet,ness; to farm and cultivate lands,
either for itself or for others, and to en-
gage in agricultural pursuits generally
I" bu. aud sell agricultural PRODUCES; to
n. J., lands. and to bu and sell cattle,
horses, sheep and other animals: t.
e~n aud operate wa ehouses. granaries,
sugar factories and re6beri4s and t.
market the products thereof, and OWL
and operate in connection Herewith
c.,mrissories. and carry on genera
mercantile business, both retail and
wholesale; to construct, own, opera tt
and maintain canals. bridges. ferries
roads, toll roads, toll gates, railroads
tran roads. and to dispose Of same al
its pleasure: to build aud msintair
levees and canals, and to construct snd
msintain drainage and irrigation plant