The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-04-27
Charter of
CARVER'S TECHE RICE MILL
ING COMPANY, Inc.
United States of America,
State of Louisiana,
Parish Of Iberia.

RET KNOWN by these presents
that on this 25th day Of the month OF
AptiI A. u. 1918. before me the under
signed Notary Public, duly commits
stoned and qualified within and FOR
The Parish of IBERIA, state OF Louts'-
ana. and in the presence OF the wit
nesses hereinafter named and under
| signed, came the undersigned in
corportaors, who declared that
awaiting themselves of the provi-
sions Of Act No. 267 of the acts of the
GeuerrrA ssembly of the State of Lou
,siana. of the year 1914, they have
formed and organized and by these
presents do form and organize them
selves. ia well as such other persons
as may hereafter join with them or
their successors, into a corporation,
| for the objects and purposes, and un-
der the covenants, siipulations aud
agreements, following, to-wit:
ARTICLE ].
The name. style and title of this cor
poration shall be CARNER'S TECHE
RICE MILLING COMPANY, INC,
and under said name IL shall enjoy q
corporate existence and succession Tor
full term and period of ninety nine
years.
1t shall have power to contract, sue
and he sued, TO make and use a corpO-
rate seal the same to alter and break
at pleasure, to have, hold aud receive,
purchase, seIl, convey, lease, pledge,
| bond, hypothecate and mortgage prop
erty of any and all kinds, real, per
sonal or mixed. corporal and incor-
4. xts,t ~,
ayers, directors, officers and agents as
| the business may require, and to make
aud establish az well IA to alter and
aroend 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
law or necessary TO promote its ob
jects and interests.
ARTICLE II.
The domicie Of this corporation
shall lie Mt the CITY of New iberia,
Parish Of iberia, State Of Louisiana,
where service of citation or other le-
| gar process SNAIL pe tuhut III tbS hiHh
ner provided by law
ARTICLE Ill.
The object and purposes for which
this corporation IS organized ana
founded aud the nature of the bust
ness to be carried on by it are hereby
decIared to be: to- construct, pur-
chase, own, lease, or otherwise &C
| uuire, 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, siogly or IN combination with corn
or other ingredients and other ingre,
dents, to buy, or otherwise acquire
and 30 sell, or otherwise dispose Of
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 aud saving of rice; to own anC
operate barge lines, cold storage
plants and in general, to own, do ant
perform any and all things necessary
or germane to the accomplishment o
the objects and purposes herein SCI
forth.
| ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corpora
ton IL 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 Thousand
Dollars.
ARTICLE V.
The corporate powers Of this corpo
ration shall be vested in and exercis
ed by Board of Directors composed
of six stock holders-three of whom
will constitute a quorum for the trans
action of business which board shall
be elected at the annual meeting o
the stock holders of said corporation
to lie held on the 6rst Tuesday of Jun,
Of each year. The first annual meet
ing Of stock holders 20 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 IT, be William II
Carver, Hiram W. Carver, Edward H
Dupre, Leonard J. Barrow, Mauric,
Betlinger and Gordon A. Sandoz, al
of whom are residents Of New Iberia
p. O. La.
The officers of this corporation shal
be President, First Vice President
a Second Vice President and Secre
tary- Treasurer, who shall be electe,
-kfrom among the directors and imme
diately following the annual election
held by the stock holders. Until tn
election to be held on the first Tuesda
OF June 1919, the following shall b
the officers of this corporations: VIII
liam h. Carver, President; Hiram w
Carver, First Vice President; Leonar
j. Barrow. Second Vice President an
Edward II. Dupre. Secretary Treas
urer.
The directors and officers shal
serve until their successors shall hav
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
luhexpired term. The stock holder