The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-05-18
Charter of
CARVER'S TECHE RICE MILL
ING COMPANY, Inc.
United States Of America,
State Of Louisiana,
Parish of Iberia.

April Il. II. 1910, UelOTe UlS thc uuuS1
signed Notary Public, duly commits
stoned and qualified within and for
the Parish of iberia, State of Loulsi-
ana, and in the presence OF the wit
nesses hereinafter named and under
sighed, came the undersigned IN
corportaors, who declared that
availing themselves Of the provi-
sions of Act No. 267 Of the acts OF the
General Assembly Of the State OF LOU.
isiana. of the year 1914, they nave
formed and organized and by these
presents do form and organize them
selves, as we'll as such other persons
as may hereafter Join with them or
their successors, INTO corperatioh'
for the objects and purposes, and un-
der the covenants, stipulations and
agreements, following, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name, style and title of this cor
poration shall be CARVER'S TECHE
RICE MILLING COMPANY, INC,
and under said name it shall enjoy a
corporate existence and succession Tor
full term and period of ninety nine
years.
1t shall have power to contract, sue
and be sued, to make and use q. c0rpo-
rate seal the same To alter and break
at pleasure, to have, hold and receive,
purchase, sell, convey, lease. pledge,
bond, hypothecate and mortgage prop
erty of any and all kinds, real, per.
sonal or mixed, corporal and 1ncor-
poreal, to have and appoint such map
ayers, directors, officers and agents as
the business may require. aud to make
and establish as we'll as to alter and
amend from time to time such by
laws, rules and regulations for the
proper management and government
of the affairs of Said corporation. as
may be necessary and proper. and
generally to possess all the powers
hereinafter mentioned and that are
now or may be hereafter conferred by
Iaw,or necessary TO promote its Oh
jects and interests.
ARTICLE III.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be at the City Of New iberia,
Parish of iberia, State of Louisiana,
where service OF citation or other le-
gal process shall be made in the man
ner provided by law.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes for which
this corporation is organized and
founded and the nature of the bust
ness to be carried on by it are hereby
declared to be: to construct, pur-
chase, own, lease, or otherwise ac-
quire, to operate and to sell, let, or
otherwise ALLEVIATE or dispose Of rice
mills, paper mills, corn mills, grist
mills, feed mills, public and private
warehouses bonded and not bonded,
grain elevators, and such plants and
machinery as may be operated for the
Manufacture, preparation for market.
and handling of rice, rice products
and by-products of any kind, and the
appurtenances thereof, and articles
made or developed from the rice
plant, or any part thereof; to. buy
sell, store, ship, forward, receive on
consignment, make advances on and
handle rice, rice products and by pro
ducts, and articles made or developed
from the rice plant or any part there
of, singly or In combination with corn
or other ingredients and other lngre'
dents; to buy, or otherwise acquire
and to sell, or otherwise dispose oi
sacks, Irvine, feeds or feedstuffs and
farmers supplies, or other merchan'
disc connected with or used in the
handling Of the business herein pro
vided for, and in the cultivation. har.
vest and saving of rice; to own anG
operate barge lines, cold storage
plants and in general, to own, do AMI
perform any and all things necessary
or germane to the accomplishment O
the objects and purposes herein Sc
forth.
ARTICLE ~.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby declared to be the sun
of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
divided into one thousand shares o
the par value of One Hundred Dollar
each; said capital stock may be in
creased to Two Hundred Thousan,
Dollars.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this ycorpo
ration shall be vested in and L6xercis
ed by Board of Directors composed
Of six stock holders--three of whom
will constitute quorum for the trans
action OF business which board shall
be elected at the annual meeting O
the stock holders Of said corporation
10 be held on the first Tuesday of jun
of each year. The first annual meet
ing of stock holders 10 be held on tn
first Tuesday OF June 1919. Until tn
first annual meeting of said stool
holders the Directors of this corpora
ton are declared tt be William II
Carver, Hiram w. Carver, Edward II
. Dupre, Leonard j. Barrow, Mauric
Berlinger and Gordon A. Sandoz, al
of whom are residents of Nau Thar;o
p. 0. La.
The officers of this corporation shall
be "a President, First Vice President
Second Vice-President and Secre
tary- Treasurer, who shall be electe,
from among the directors and imme
diately following the annual electio,
held by the stock holders. Until tn
election to be held on the first Tuesda
ot5June 1919, the following shall b
lie officers of this corporation: VIII
m II. Carver, President; Hiram w
'ver, First Vice-President; Leonar
Barrow, Second Vice. President an
Edward II. Dupre. Secretary Treas
urer.
The directors and officers shal
serve until their successors shall hav
j been elected and installed and an
vacancy on the board of directors O
in any Office shall be filled by the re
naming members Of the Board for tn
unexpired term. The stock holder
shall have the right of cumulativ
voting in the election of directors.
ARTICLE VI.
No stock holder of this corporation
ahall ever he held liable or respOnsibl