New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-10-16
CHARTER OF THE
New Iberia Mill and Grain
Company, Inc.

State OF Louisiana, Parish of Iberia.
Be 1t Known That on this 22nd day
of the month of September, A. D., 1929
before me, Thomas T. Carey, a notary
public in and for the Parish of Iberia
State Of Louisiana, duly commissioned
and qualified, and in the presence of the
!. witnesses hereinafter named and under
y signed, personally came and appeared the
several persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who declared that avail
ing themselves Of the provisions of the
laws Of this State relative to the organ
ization Of corporations, they have agreed
and bind themselves, as well as such
persons as may hereafter become asso-
ciated with them and their successors, 10
form and constitute a corporation and
body polite in law for the objects and
purposes and under the conditions and
stipulations as contained and set forth in
the following articles, to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title Of eaid corporation
shall be "New Iberia Mill & Grain Com
pany, Incorporated" It shall exist fer
the full term and period of twenty-five
years from date hereof
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this Corporation shall
be in the City Of New Iberia, Iberia Par
ish, Louisiana, and all citations and
other legal process shall be served upon
the president of said corporation, or in
case Of his absence or inability to ac:,
upon the vice president, or in the manner
prescribed by law.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is established are hereby
declared to be as follows, to-wit:
The buying and selling Of property,
real. personal and mixed, corporal and
ineorporeal, to invest in bonds, stocks,
and other securities; TO conduct the bus
mess of acting as agent and broker in
purchases and sales of property and COM
Liabilities of all kinds, and TO do a gen.
y enl agency commission and mandate
business, also TO deal in merchandise Of
any and all kinds, buy and sell cotton,
rice, sugar, sugar-cane, corn and other
agricultural products; lease, own and
operate public and bonded warehouses,
cotton gins, oil mills, and ice factories;
also 70 mill and manufacture agricul-
tural products, as well as the by
products Of same, into any article Of
commerce and do a general manufactur-
ing business and generally 10 make and
enter into any and all contracts in rela-
ton to said business that may become
necessary.
ARTICLE ".
This corporation may sue and be sued
in its corporate name, hold. have, receive,
purchase, convey, sell, mortgage, hypothe
cate, pledge, lease and suitcase, also
borrow money, issue notes and bonds,
make contracts, receive grants of land
and personal property and make and use
a corporate seal, the same 70 alter and
break at pleasure; name and appoiEtl
managers, directors. officers and clerks
and agents as the interest and conven-
fence Of said corporation may require;
make and establish such bylaws, rules
and regulations for the proper manage
ment and regulation Of the affairs Of said
corporation as may be necessary, and the !
same TO alter and change at pleasure;
and possess all rights, powers and priv
>&kges 10 which corporations are or may
by any general law or laws Of this State
authorized and entitled.
ARTICLE v.
The capital stock Of this corporation is
hereby Fixed at Forty Thousand ($40,
00000l Dollars, represented by eight
hundred shares Of Fifty Dollars each. All
stock subscribed shall be paid for in
cash or property. real and personal, or
for services actually rendered to the
corporation on such terms and condi-
lions as the Board Of Direr.e ay al
any time determine. All Transfers of
stock shall be made on the books Of the
corporation and shall be signed by the
stakeholder or his attorney. The corpo-
ration shall begin business as soon as
four hundred shares Of the capital stock
shall have been subscribed and paid for.