The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-05-04
Charter Of
CARVER'S TECHE RICE MILL.
ING COMPANY, Inc.
United States of America,
State of Louisiana.
Parish OF Iberia.

BELT KNOWN by these presents
that on this 25th day of the month OF
April A. D. 1918, before me the under
signed Notary Public, duly commits
stoned and qualified within and for
the Parish of IBERIA, State OF Louisi-
ana, and in the presence OF the Wit
nesses hereinafter named and under
signed, came the undersigned in
corportaors, who declared that
availing themselves of the provi-
sions of Act No. 261 of the acts of the
General Assembly of the State OF LOU
,siana, of the year 1914, they have
formed aud organized and by these
presents do form and organize them
selves, as well as such other persons
as may hereafter join with them or
their successors, into a corporation,
tor the objects and purposes, ana un-
der the covenants, stipulat1ons ana
agreements, following. to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
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 for
a full term and period Of ninety nine
years.
1t shall have power to contract, sue
and be sued, to make and use corpo-
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, 10 have and appoint such man
ayers, directors, officers and agents as
the business may require, and 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 AT
may be necessary and proper, and
generally to possess all the powers
hereinafter mentioned and that are
now or may be hereafter conferred by
law or necessary to promote It's Ob
iects and interests.
ARTICLE II.
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 lie
gal process shall be made in the man
ner provided by law.
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes for which
this corporation is organized ant
foun led and the nature of the bust
ness to be carried on by it are hereb!
declared to be: to construct, pur
chase, own, lease, Or otherwise &C
quire, TO operate and to sell, let, O
otherwise ALLEVIATE or dispose of r1c'
mills, paper mills, corn mills, girls
mills, iced mills, public and private
warehouses bonded and not bonded
grain elevators, and such plants ant
machinery as may be operated for thu
manufacture, preparation for market
and handling of rice. rice product
and by products of any kind, and tn
appurtenances thereof, and article
made or developed from the ric
plant, or any part thereof; to buy
sell, store, ship, forward, receive OF
consignment, make advances on an,
handle rice, rice products and by pro
ducts, and articles made or develope,
from the rice plant or any part there
OF, singly or IN combination with corr
or other ingredients and other 1ngre
dents; to buy, or otherwise acquire
and to sell, or otherwise dispose O
sacks, Irvine, feeds or feedstuffs an,
farmers supplies, or other merchan
disc connected with or used in tn
handling Of the business herein pre-
vlded for, and in the cultivation, har
vest and saving of rice; to own an
operate barge lines, cold storag
plants and in general, to own, do an
perform any and all things uecessar
or germane to the accomplishment Q
the objects and purposes herein Sc
forth.
ARTICLE w.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby declared to be the sur
, of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
divided into one thousand shares {
the par value of One Hundred Dollar
, each; said capital stock may be il
creased to Two Hundred Thousan
Dollars.
ARTICLE v.
, The corporate powers Of this corpc
ration shall be vested in and exerci
ed by Board of Directors compose
. of six stock holders-three of whoi
will constitute quorum for the tram
action Of business-w which board sha
be elected at the annual meeting {
the stock holders Of said corporate
to be held on the first Tuesday of Jun
Of each year. The first annual NEE
ing Of stock holders 70 be held on tn
FIRST Tuesday of June 1919. Until til
first annual meeting of said stoc
{ holders the Directors of this corpor,
. tiop are declared IT, be William +
Carver, Hiram w. Carver. Edward +
: Dupre, Leonard j. Barrow, Maurie
Berlinger and Gordon A. Sandoz. a
Of whom are residents Of New Iberi
p. o. La.
The officers of this corporation sha
be a President, First Vice.
a Second Vice President and a Seer
tary. Treasurer, who shall be electe