The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-14
CHARTER
TECHE SYRUP & CANNING
COMPANY, incorporated.

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Belt KNOWN that on the 25th day
of the month of May in the year of
| Our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hun
dred and Eighteen. before me, JULES
Up. ROBIN, notary public. in and Tor
the Parish of IBERIA, State of LOuisi-
ana, duly comm issioned and qualified
and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named aud undersigned.
PERSONALLY CAME AND AP-
FEARED, Mr.. Hypolite Patout, Mr..
st. Paul Bourgeois, and Mr.. William s.
Patout all residents of the Parish OF
Iberia, State OF louisiana, who deClar
ed and said that desiring to avail
themselves of the provisions of the
laws OF Louisiana, with reference to
the organization of corporations, they
do hereby form themselves, and such
other persons, who may hereafter be-
come associated with them, into a cor
poration aud body polite, for the OBJ
iects and purposes, and under the arti'
cles following. to wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name and title of this corpora
ton shall he "TECHE SYRUP AND
CANNING COMPANY. INCORPOK.
ATEDh and under its said corporate
name it shall have the power and au-
thority to contract, to sue and be sued
to make and use a corporate seal and
the same to break and alter at plea
sure, to acquire by purchase or other.
wise, hold, receive, purchase, ALLEVIATE,
improve, borrow on, pledge. mortgage
and hypotbecate under its corporate
name, property real personal and mix
ed, to name and appoint such officers,
directors, agents and managers, OF
employees as may be desirable, to
prescribe their duties and fix their
compensation If any, to make by laws
rules and regulations for tor the man
agement of its affairs, to conduct bust
ness in this State and other States. ter
ritories and countries, to hold stock IL
other corporations. and to do all things
necessary. proper and desirable t.
carry out the objects and purposes o
this corporation. Unless sooner dis
solved under the provisions of tbi'
charter, the said corporation shall ex
ist and continue for period OF fifty
(50) years.
ARTICLE ii.
The domicile of the said corporation
shall be in the Parish of iberia, State
Of Louisiana. The President, or il
his absence, the Vice President, or il
the absence OF both of the above of
ticers,,the Secretary Treasurer shall
be the person upon whom citation Of
other legal process may he served.
ARTICLE Ill.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized, and thu
Dature of The business to be engaged
in by it, are hereby declared to be
the buying. acquiring, leasing, sub
leasing, either for monied, rent, OF
other consideration, planting and cul
tivating 81 farm land, the buying, sell
ing and Otherwise disposipg of the
said lands. and of all and every kind
of crop or crops grown and raised OF
farm and agricultural land, advancing
of money, funds and supplies to ten
ants or other individuals on their
growing crops and produce; the estab
fishing of mills, refneries. factories
and canDeries for the purpose Of man
ufacturing, canning or otherwise pre-
pairing said agricultural aud other pro
ducts from said lands or other lands
to construct, maintain and operate
tramways railways, and other road.
as means Of transportation necessary
for the conveyance and transportation
of said raw and manufactured pro
ducts. and generally to do all things
necessary TO the raising, growing, cul
tivating, manufacturing, buying, sell
ing and lending money on, and pro
ducing and handling of agriculture
products, buying of land and dispos
ing of same, the establishing and op
Grating of mills. factories, cannerieI
and syrup mills as well as stores ant
mercantile establishments.
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock OF said corporation
shall be Sixty Thousand Dollars $50,
000.00) divided into and representa-,
by six hundred (600) shares of the pa
value Of One Hundred Dollars ($l0O.
OO) each, which said stock shall b,
! paid for in cash, at the time of issu
ance, or IL may be issued at not les
than par in payment or exchange TO
property, or rights actually received
or purchased by said corporation, O
for other valuable considerations O
service actually rendered as the Boart
OF Directors of the said corporation
may determine. provided that no stool
shall be issued until the consideration
therefor has been received by the salt
| corporation. The capital stock OF th
corporation may be increased to Tw,
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar
in the manner provided by law. Thi
This corporation shall commence do
ing business as soon as three hundred
1901 shares of the capital stock there
of shall have been subscribed as re
CURED by this charter and one half O
the subscription paid in. The name
and post Office addresses Of the sub
scribers to the articles Of incorpora
ton and the number of shares eaci
agrees to take, are as follows:
/ Hypolite Patout, Patoutville, Iberii
Parish. La, One hundred (lOO) shares
St. Paul Bourgeois. Jean eretie, La.
l One hundred (lO0) shares.
William s. Patout. Patoutviile, Ibe
. ria Parish, La, One hundred 600
shares.
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