The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
A RTlCLES OF ASSOCIATION
............ OF THE
ST. LOUIS, MONROE & NEW ORLEANS
RAILWAY COMPANY.
RATION ROUGE, La,

W. 3. snSsts, n ma shol%r as ana Ereasr's
Louisiana, and William, Il. Allen, Jacob II.
Wieting and Ira e; TORY, Of tho City of 81.
themselves together as II body corporate
and DECLARE:
shall be "The ST. Louis, Monroe and Now
sEcoNp-rhat tho domtcife of this Asso-
citation shall DO in Monroe, Parish of Oun-
chtta and State of Louisiana.
TH1RpI;That tho purpose of this Associ-
rate raiirond from a point on tho northern
line of the state Of Louisiana, ms nearly MS
may DO practicable. north of Bastrop, in
| lana, south as nearly as may be practicablo
| in the vicinity of Bastrop, Monroe, and
the CITY Of New Orleans in said State.
FouRTH-Thnt tho officer on whom citn-
| ton shall DO served. shall BIO tho President,
| or, In his absence, tho Vico President of tho
FIfTH.That tho amount of capital stock
dollars, ovidonced by twenty Thousand
shares of tho value of ono hundred dollars
each the payment non OF which nc h sna Ha y" ny
require, and In installments of not moro
than twenty dollars por share, and assoss-
mont shall not be made oftenor than once
in ninety days. Said stock, however, may
| be issued by tho Company and used as paid
up stock on all contracts for labor, mate
rial, rolling stock, construction and ncgo-
tiation OF the bonds, ana other obligations
| of tho Company.
| SIxrH-That the above mentioned por-
| SONS shall be and constitute tho first Board
of Directors, who shull hold their Positions
for one year, and thereafter there shall DO
an election of Board of Directors nnnu-
ally, at such time (and at tho domicilc of
Laws of this Association, mt which election
each share of stock shall DO allowed ono
vote, tho same to DO cast either In person
or by proxy. Provided, that If from any
cause, an election DO not held within ono
year from tho hlinE OF these articles OF
| association, the first Bonrd shall hold over
till tho election, AS fixed by bylaw, can no
election shall be published In some news
paper published Mt the domicilo OF tho
! Company, at tenst thrcc Voc ss prior to tho
| holding OF said election. or shah be served
OH each stockholler by tlepositins tho
] Same in tho nearest postoilicc, addressed to
| said stockholder mt his place of residence.
continue in existence for the period OF
| twenty-five years, mt tho termination of
! which time, tho then existing Board of
| Directors shall DO and become Trustees for
| tho purpose of liuuidating tho affairs of tho
Association, with full power to wind UP All
it's concerns, and pay it's debts and dis
| tribute it's assets according to law.
| In witness whereof, We, n majority of tho
| persons forming this Association. su bscrifc
| our names, this 10th day of October, A. -.
''''' LEwIs d. ALLEN, Jn.,
| WIN. -. SUBLETT,
| u. M. SuOLAR5,
! FIR. EN DOM,
| Attest: IRA 9. TERRY
! l.. w. SUndHNoK,
q. A. SINGER.
This done and signed in tho city of Mon
competent witnesses, tho day and year first
| aforesaid. Signed
II. PURCELL, Notary Public.
Recorded this 18th day of October, n. d.
1879. Signed
R.w. McCf.EN DON. Recorder,
Tot Parish Ouachita, La