The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-10
Charter Of The Morgan
City Company Inc.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish of St. Mary.

a. 1911 VI
Before me, Robt. E. Brumby, ;
Notary Public, duly commissions
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
Lewis J. Bass of Morgan City,
Maurice E. Norman of Morgan
City, La.
Ashley w. Pettigrew, Morgan
Fred F. Chapman OF Morgan
City, La.
Albert II. 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,
c. E. King Of Morgan City, La.
Bernard A. Storm of Morgan
City, La
SCI Loeb Of Morgan City, La.
K. S. Foster of Morgan City, La.
X. R. Hood of Morgan City, La.
". D. Roussel of Paterson, La.
Mrs. F. Bauer Of Berwick, La.
IS. 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 con-
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
property, either by or for itself, or
others, and to engage in agricultu-
raj pursuits generally, and to OPP
crate any mandatory for the pur-
pose of disposing Of its agricultural
to engage in the buying,
raising, improving, breeding and
selling, either alive, slaughtered, or
packed, of live stock of all kinds; |
to own and operate warehouse, !
granaries, sugar refineries, or such |
other manufactures as it may see
fit; to buy and sell timber and lum- !
Der and all kindred products, and
to operate sawmills or other wood .
manufactures, and buy and sell, or
otherwise handle the products of the
same; to own and operate commits
saries and to carry en- general
business, either whole
sale or retail, or both; to conduct
general real estate business, and to
ay out towns, or town sites, sell
and dispose of lots, and to construct
Ill desirable improvements, drain
age, sewerage, or all other kinds in
connection Herewith; to lay out
md construct, or acquire roads of
III kinds, ferries, bridges, canals
md all appurtenances, install pump
ng plants, electric lights, gas or
water works, on lands owned or
leld by it; or bought or reclaimed,
md to operate any or all Of such
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
we,l:ngs or other buildings on it's
or elsewhere, AS it may see
it or find necessary; to buy and sell
II property, real, personal, or mix
d, necessary or incidental to the
arrying out of the above described
imposes, or to loan money on prop
rty, or to borrow money on its
lnds or real estate, tenements, or
Their property, to mortgage and n.y.
the same, and to issue
onds, notes, or other evidences Of
ldebtedness; and, generally, to have
lch powers and to do and perform
Il such other and further acts,
he.her directly enumerated above
r not, and as may be permitted by
w, to be embraced within the pur-
lew of one corporation holding the
overs set out above, as we'll as to
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