Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-09-25
CHAHTER
or IHE
BdTgN ROUGE and CLINTON
plank Road COmpAIiy.

'PlAHk MOhl VOMpAMys
We thestindefsigned agree to form otifselyt
Into d e6i ihefstion. under the laws Bf the State .
Louisianas az particularly sci iufth In si aet eft
He'd an a.H fs, NE organisation. " forggrafioss p
ty,ks of ttstbl}e Improvement AMI hit' '-Aa cop
Of which il hefeinio annexed, for the purpose
constructing Plank noad from The city oi Batv
Rouge, ifi The Parish OF East Baton Rouge, to ih
town of Clinton Ii, the Parish of East Feluiafs
/ and fieiii thence along the most eigable route
! point irat will connect the town of Liberty /
Aif,its county, State Of Mississippi, and fol tha
. purpose we have formed The annsxed charter. an
have siai,sd the same, and have aided 10 ouf zig
nature stateneht Of the hifnbef shares an
the ameia,t Of our subscriptions to said Cetipa
CHARTER or THE COMPANY.
LEI Tie said corporation shall be called thl
flateii Rouge and Clinton PLANK Read Company,
and its Iginiuile II fiked iii the city Of Hatei
RuaEe. .t8f. .
md The said corporation Ii established for ih'
purpose pf constructing working, aid tfAltfHin
Ing plank road fttn Baton K1hge To Clihtof
lDusiafa and nom ihshes hereafter to be con
tnues tes Liberty iii Amite eeunty state of N leg.
ssnai SHOULD I, % company y l g.bs es gs's Il. m Amfs
Jti The capital Stock ef The Company IA fixed
at One Hundred Thousand Dollars, divided into
fur iheaeahd shares al twenty-five di,llafs each
A payment Of iive per cent on the amount q
each share shall be made, Within thirty days af.
| ter the election Oft fifst hoard or Directors
Tht subsequent payment shall be made IN such
sums and:at such periods AZ shall be fixed by the
Beard Of Directors Provided 'sThat no call shall
be made aof greater amount thhfl len per cent
at one tihe, and that sixty days a6tiee Of each
cali shall he given, by publication ii one news.
paper published In baton Rong which shall be
known III the stockholders az The official paper ef
| the Company, and lii one newspaper published
| at Clinton. taf~
ath The said corporation shall 60 Into opera.
tioi and be ofganl1tid 10 soon az shares Of stock
70 tbs, amount Of Thirty Thousand Delais shall
have been subscribed
9th The business Of The corporation shall be
conducted VI lts tlolniel. Iii the city gf Baton
Ronse bs Hoard uot,,resetl of seven Directors
who shan De stockholders The Directors shall
elect unesof their bvdy Dc President efthe CemH
tahy, at aheif Hfst meeting afief their election,
quorum 10 transact business shall consist ef at
least three members and the President, or any
four iilefhbefs sfihe board, AT oil elections by
the steeihedefs, and at all their meetings each
share shall be entitled 10 one yots., Votes may
he given III person or by prpft. The President
Of The Company Is The officer designated AZ the
sne on when legal service q al ptetesa o. elta.
ton against the Company may be made, and the
company agree 10 be bound, BY service of process
ofritatioh, whether made on The President Ii per.
sen, Or 10 his address At tho Office Of The eenpa.
nv In the hantis Bf any bI lts oIfiesss,
3th, The FIRST beard Of Directors shall be chpa
sen DE- soon ss the list Of subscription shall be
elosed This election shall be held ut Baton
Rouge under the supefintentlenee Of the cointnis.
hohefs hereafter designated and appointed 10 re-
eeiye subscription Subsequent elections
shall DO held al Baton Rouge under the supefin@
fnd
amongst the stockholders by the Beard Of Direct
ofs for the time being, Notice oi The first elee-
ton Of Directors shall be given fifteen days In
advance, In at least one newspaper published In
baton Rouge, and ane published at Clinton The
first Bafd of Directors shall held office until the
third Monday In January, 1854. The election
shall be ahnual and each subsequent Beard shall
be elected on the third Monday Of December.
fauta to elect Directors, shall not dissolve the
eerpemten, but thu goarl h eiice ehall ssslsnue
the exetoiss Bl its functions Until new board
can be elected. All notice Of elections and Of
meetings OF Stockholders after the first election
above provided ier, shall be given by publication
thirty days In advance, In the official paper Of
he eeinpany, and III ene paper published at Cin.
Ton. 8
7th, The following persons are hereby appoin.
ted commissioners for the purpose Of receiving
to the stock Of said corporation.
psa Commissioners ut Baton Rouge, II g.
MoaeAa, q M. HAar, IA. 4. WAepibl, A. y.
HEaaoN, EsaEsE lsAseuF and w. y, PikR. AT
Slinten. J. II; Myss, H H; HaAfssss, 4 HSsnf Ma
pArrnHseN and M.G. Minis. The said come
inissioi,srs shall have power to appoint deputies
of agents Ii other places to receive subscriptions.
'rhrersshall form quorum 10 do business. The |
subscriptions shall be elesed as euon a. the |
amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars shall have |