The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-31
Charter Of The Morgan
City Company Inc.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish of St. Mary.


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,
La.
Eugene A. Pharr of Morgan City,
La. r.'.
Lewis J. Bass Of Morgan City,
Maurice E. Norman Of Morgan
Ashley w. Pettigrew, Morgan
City. La.
Fred F. Chapman OF Morgan
Albert M. Gotten of Morgan City,
Herbert M. Gotten of Morgan
William Gotten Of Morgan City,
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.
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
associated with them, as a corpora
ton and body polite under the fol-
lowing terms and conditions cen
shutting their charter.
ARTICLE 1.
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.
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
hold, reclaim, improve and develop
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-
al 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; /
% own and operate warehouse,
sugar refineries, or such
,ther manufactures as it may see
it; to buy and sell timber and lum-
Der and all kindred products, and
o operate sawmills or other wood
manufactures, and buy and sell, or
otherwise handle the products of the
anne; to own and operate commits
aries and to carry en- 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
nd dispose of lots, and to construct
II desirable improvements, drain
ge, sewerage, or all other kinds in
onnection Herewith; to lay out
nd construct, or acquire roads of
II kinds, ferries, bridges, canals
nd all appurtenances, install pump
ng plants. electric lights, gas or
,ater works, on lands owned or I
ED by it; or bought or reclaimed,
nd to operate any or all Of such
to buy, acquire, hold, ,
wn and operate such steamboats,,
argos, or other water craft, as it :,
lay desire for its private purposes, :