The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-11-20
State of Lonlsiaua-.Pafish Of st, Landry.

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State of LoalsiRna-..Parish Of st. Landry,
DE 1T KNOWN, That this day personally
ID came and appeared before me, John +:
Morrogh, q Notary Public, dub commissioned
and sworn in and for the State and palsh
above written, John Fahcy, Benz. Wood~ortn
VI. d Kavanagh, Henry Lastrapes' Lewis
u. Prescott and W. A. Robertson, VINO
severally declared that availing themselves
of the general law Of this State authofiz'ng
the oresn;z,t;on Of a corporation for works
of public Improvement and utility, they DO
hereby form themselves aud such others as
NAV become associated with them by subscrip'
tion or succession a corporation under the
name. at Vie and title of the st. Landry
Road and Bridge Company
ARTrcIE 1.-THE domicil of said corpora.
ton is chosen at Washington, parish of st.
Landry, in this State .
ARTICLE 3.5'The object and purpose OF
of said corporation is hereby declared to be.
the purchase of the Toll. bridge across the
bayou Carron, erected by BENZ. Woodwortt
under q contract with the Police Jury of the
parish OF St. Landry, and keeping the same
az a Toll-bridge.
ARTICLE 4.-That citation or any ether
legal process shall be served on the President
OF the said corporation. =
ARTICLE 5.-That the capital stock OF
said corporation shall be THIRTY THOUSAND
DoLLAiis, divided into three hundred shares
of one hundred dollars each, one third OF
which amount shall be paid at the Lime 81
subscription to Benz. Woodwork anu W. 81
Robertson, commissioner hereby appointed
for receiving subscriptions and paying the
same over to the proper officers OF me compa,
thirds to be paid within thirty days thereafter,
provided. that the Board of Directors shail
Rave the right of authorising the President TO
stop tue cali for further installments, ana 10
declare the stock at par and issue ee'''no"'es
"a the stock holders fur the full amount OF
stock subscribed for.
ApTtcIE 6-Said corporation, shall have,
uossess, and enjoy all the rights powers ana
privileges belonging and incident 70 corpor-
atoms and necessary and proper Tor It's Tor.
mation; and the said powers nights ana
n]r;vilepes shall be exercised by a Board of
Sir directors to be elected from among the
.,ock hoIders, on the FIRST Monday in January
of each year, to hold Office for two years, and
until their successors shall be e ected aud
qualified; and until the election htake place
,dn .he first Monday in January 1870, the
Following are hereby named to exercise all
the rights, powers and privileges OF the
Board of Directors, 70 serve until they Shall
be suspended by the election of a new Board
viz. REM, Woodwork, w. A. Robertson,
Henry Lsstrapes. NJ. u Kavanagh, john
Fahey and Lewis ID. Prescott.
ARTICLE THAT at the election anu meet
ines of stockholders, each stockholder IN
person or by proxy, shall havesa vote on each
share held or owned by them, ana tla' a' Tue
first meeting of the Board ct directors he1fln
provided fer, the said Directors shall elect
one of their members to be President OF the
BOARD. and the said Board shall appoint all
such officers and employees as may be requi
site in the management of the thslness of the
cornoration. aud fix their salaries; and the
said Boards hereby authorized to purchase
and hold such real and personal estate as may
be necessary to carry out the object OF this
Charter. or for the convenient transaction of
the business Of the company, to make bylaws,
and to have and exercise generally. all the
mowers of a corporation under the laws OF
Louisiana. =,
ARTICLE a.-'rhat said corporation shall
continue until the first Monday il October i'll
the year Eighteen huff ired ant n'nety-lvs,
1851 unless sooner dissolved by causes
herein unforeseen.
ARTICLE 9-That on the dissolution of
this corporation, either by expiration of the
time of their charter, or by the voluntary act
Of the stockholders. the Board Of Directors
then in Office, shall proceed to settle and
wind I'D the business Of the company; and
for that rurpose arc authorized to sell all the
property of the company of whatever sort. to
collect all the claims and credits due the COM
many, pay all its debts and effect the final
liquidation of affairs. After payment OF debts
during the process of liquidation, dividends
of the funds on hand from time to time shall
be. declared aud divi.ed among the stockhol-
ders. .
ARTICLE lO.-Tist it, at the expiration of
fine time of the present charter, twc-tiiirds OF
the stockholders in interest shall desire to
r.uew said charter for a further time, or If
during its existence, any M difcatlon, altera-
tieu, addition or dissolution BE desired by the
like number of stockholders in interest, then
I'm such case, t.c act Of the said two-thirds
shall be binding on the other stockholders.
ARTICLE ll.-This corporation being for
me- under the general law entitled !" An act
for the. organization Of corporations for works
ut public Improvement and utility, approved
March fourteenth, Eighteen hundred and
ffty-two, (1952) and re-enacted March four
S-enth, Eighteen hundred and fifty-hve 10
553;~ according to said act, no stockl,old~r
shall ever be held liable to-. or through sald
aorporation, for ITS contracts or faults. in any
further sum than the unpaid balance, if any,
due by him on his stock.
In testimony of which, the said parties
have hereunto signed at Washington, State
and Parish above written, in tha ,presence of
Paul Lastrapes and VIM. VanhiIle, compe-
tent witnesses, and me. Notary Public as
aforesaid, this SIXTH Day OF OCTOBER,
Eighteen hundred and Sixty-nine. -
Witnesses: JOHN FAHEY,
u. L~ssTRApEs, NJ. d. KAVANAGH,
Nv. VANEuLLE. BENZ. WOODWORTII,
."'}'-'' HENRY LASTRAPES,
Ell. ~ LEW. d. PRESCOTT,
-. f'@" + WM. A. ROBERTSON.
JOHN II MORROGH, Notary Public
In and for the paaish of St. Landry.
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