RS 3:203

§203. Powers Corporations organized under this Chapter may enjoy succession by its corporate name for the period of time expressed in its act of incorporation, not to exceed ninety nine years; contract, sue, and be sued in its corporate name; make and use a corporate seal, and alter it at pleasure; invest its board of directors with all corporate powers, subject to restrictions named in its charter; name and appoint such managers, directors, or officers as the interest and convenience of the corporation require; make and establish, alter, and amend such by-laws and rules for the proper management and regulation of the affairs of the corporation as may be necessary and proper; acquire property by grant, donation, or purchase in the due course of business, and lease, hold, and dispose of, mortgage, and pledge the property; wind up and dissolve itself; conduct business in this state; assess and collect from its members and stockholders such fees, dues, fines, interest and discount, premiums, and other charges as shall be provided by resolutions of its board or by its by-laws, which charges shall not be held to be usurious; receive and hold its own stock in pledge as part security for loans made to or guaranteed by its members and purchase the same under the power of pledge; purchase at a valuation mutually agreed upon, and cancel, unpledged shares of stock held by its members; make loans to members or to non-members, when such non-member loans are beneficial to a member and are guaranteed or endorsed in whole or in part by the member; borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness therefor; sell or discount notes and evidence of indebtedness; invest its moneys by the purchase of bonds and other negotiable securities; and have such other and further powers as may be useful, necessary, or incidental to the effective carrying out of the purposes for which the corporation is organized.