The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-12


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 Di-
rectors for the time being Notice Of the
first election of Directors, shall be given
fifteen days in advance, in at 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
en1ber. A failure to elect Directors, stall
not dissolve the corporation, but the Board
in Office shall continue the exercise of its
functions until a new board can be elected.
All notice Of elections and of meetings Of
stockholders after the first election above
provided for, shall be given by publication
thirty days in advance, in the ofIi.ial paper
Of the company, and in one paper published
at Clinton
It'll. The following persons are hereby
appointed commissioners the purpose Of
receiving subscriptions TO the stock Of said
corporation. Vi.: Commissioners at Baton
Rouge, I. G. Morgan. $. NJ Hart, IL. T.
Waddill, A. S. Heron Eugene Lanoue and
W. 8. Pike At Clinton. J. FL. Muse. II.
II. Haynes, Henry Marston, CIV. Munday
J. B. Smith, VIM. Patterson and N. 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
shall have been subscribed and the Gem
mssoners 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
and an election for Directors held as proTid-
ed for in the 9Th Article Of the charter.
Sth. Immediately after the election
of the first Beard Of Directors the sub
scription list shall be opened for term
OF three months at such places as may BIZ
deemed advisable by the Board Of Directors
| and public notice shall be Given thereof in
IA newspaper published at the place where
said subscription books are opened; and the
board shall have power to eppoin. agents
for receiving subscriptions At the end Of
said three months, if the amount Of sub
scriptions shall exceed The amount of capt
! tai required, a meeting oil stockholders
and subscribers shall be held to determine
whether the capital shall be increased to
the whole amount of subscription aud if
| the capital be not so increased, then the
number Of shares subscribed shall be re-
duced from the largest subscription so as
not to dirnish 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 subscribe
ed, the said subscription books may be re-
opened and closed from time to time. until
the whole capital shall have been subscrb-
ed.
Sth In case of failure on the part OF any
subscriber TO pay the jnstalmcnts on his
stock, as required, the Board of Directors,
shall have the option, after thirty days
the stock, and selling it Tor the benefit Of
said stakeholder, or of compelling by suit
the payment of such enstaIlmcnt !: 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 Tor
any of the purposes enumerated in the fifth
section of the act of the Legislature OF
Louisiana entitled An oct for The organi-a-
ton Of corporations for works Of pubiic I'M
prosementand utility" shall be composed of
persons holding in their own right, or as
agents for others at least three tourths 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 BIZ
represented, and in this latter case, il 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 il a majority OF all the stock
were present and represented.
18th. Any vacancy in the Board Of Dir
ectors, occurring during the year may be
filed by vote Of the Board Of Directors.
12th. The President and Directors of said
corporation shall have power to make and
use a common seal-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 nayeeem recess
airy to determine the line of the road, and
the depots that may be necessary to make
and construct all works whatever for the
proper and complete working Of the road ::