The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-16

at Baton Rouge under the superintendent
Of the commissioners hereafter designated
and appointed to receive subscriptions
All subsequent elections shall be held at
Baton Rouge under the superintendent Of
three commissioners appointed from am
ongst the stockholders by the Board Of Dr.
rectors for the time being. Notice Of the
first election of Directors, shall be given
fifteen days in advance, in ut least one news
paper published in Baton Rouge, and one
published at Clinton. The first Board Of
Directors shall hold Office until the third
Monday Of January, 1854. The election
shall be annual, and each subsequent Board
shall be elected on the third Monday of Dec
ember. A failure to elect Directors, shall
not dissolve the corporation, but the Board
in Office shall continue the exercise Of its
functions until new board can be elected
All notice Of elections and of meetings Of
stoc kholders after the first election above
provided for, shall be given by publication
thirty days in advance, in the official paper
Of the company, and in one paper published
at Clinton.
9TH. The following persons are hereby
appointed commissioners for the purpose of
receiving subscriptions 10 the stock OF said
corporation. Vi.: Commissioners at Baton
Rouge, r. G. Morgan, s. NJ Hart II. L.
Waddill. A. S. Herrou. Eugene Lanope and
VS.. Pike. At Clinton. J. II. Muse, IL.
II. Haynes. Henry Marston. CIV. Munday,
J. B. Smith, VIM. Patterson and NJ. G.
Mills. The said commissioners shall have
power to appoint deputies or agents in
other places to receive subscriptions
Three shall form quorum to do business.
The subscriptions shall be closed as soon as
the amount Of Thirty Thousand Dollars
shall have been subscribed, and the COM
missoners shall Immediately thereafter
cause this charter, with the names of the
subscribers to be registered in the office of
the Recorder of Mortgages as required by
law, and shall cause notice to be given
nnd an election for Directors held as provid-
ell for in toe 9Th Article OF the charter.
sth. Immediately after the election
of the first Board Of Directors the sub
scription list shall be opened tor term
of three months at such places as may be
deemed advisable by the Board Of Directors
and public notice shall be given thereof in
newspaper published at the place where
said subscription books are opened; and the
board shall have power to appoin. agents
for receiving subscriptions. At the end of
said three months, il the amount Of sub
scriptiSns shall exceed the amount of capt.
tai required, meeting Of stockholders
and subscribers shall he held to determine
whether the capital shall he increased to
the whole amount Of subscription and If
the capital be not u increased, then the
duced from the largest subscription so as
not to dimish the number of shares of any
subscriber, while another remains with a
larger number of shares. If there be any
deficiency in the amount of capital subscrib-
ed, the said subscription books may be re-
opened and closed from time to time until
the whole capital shall have been subscrib-
ed
sth In case of failure on the part of any
subscriber to pay the installments on his
stock, as required, the Board of Directors,
shall have the option, after thirty days
written notice to the defaulter, of forfeiting
the stock, and selling it tor the benefit of
said stock holder, OF of compelling by suit
the payment Of such ensta!lmeat and no
stakeholder shall be PERMITTED to vote while
in default
10th. All meetings of Stockholders called
for the purpose Of increasing or diminish
ing the capital stock of the company or for
any Of the purposes enumerated in the fifth
section of the act of the Legislature of
LOUISIANA entitled I'm act for The nganiza-
ton of corporations for trorks Of p'.bitc i'm
propcmcntdnd utility" shall be composed of
persons holding in their own right, or as
agents for others at least three foprths of
the stock of the company, in order to take
valid and binding action in the premises,
at all other meetings OF stockholders, and
At all elections, a majority of stock shall be
represented, and in this latter case, if such
majority be not present nor represented the
meeting shall be adjourned for one week,
and the vote Of the majority Of the stock
present and represented at such adjourned
meeting shall bind the company in the same
manner, as if majority Of all the stock
were present and represented.
18th. Any vacancy in the Board of Dir
ectors, occurring during the year may be
filled by vote Of the Board of Directors.
10Th. The President and Directors Of said
corporation shall have power to make and
use common seai-to elect a newspaper,
which shall be known to the Stockholders
as the official paper of the Company, and
in which all advertisements shall appear
and to do every thing necessary for the
construction, repair, and maintenance of
the plank road herein before described, with
as many tracks as they may deem necess-
airy to determine the line OF the road, and
the de nots that may be neceSsarY i: to make