The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-15
Charter,
UMtcl States Of America.
STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF NArcHrTOcHEs
Cry OF EArCHlrocHEs.

:c il ,NoWE, That on t,,is Sixth
day Of .in:-,.s,. in tn" year of o,,r Lord. unn
lh"',s;.nh i'i.h; ii;,nirci and r!.hty .,nr and of
tue i;r''i1ihtncr Of he United States of America
the one hundred and fHh before me. .Iu,. \
l;a, low, u Clerk "t the ia, Ici. Dist: i., C.stt
and rx"li'i" Notary Public, III "l for III. Parish
"f Natc"ri'cs, state Of i.nu>i}ta. l,ly o..al;.,h
AMI III pit-h," oi the witnesses httiit rr !.l.r.
and und'isi :.ncd lcys,,aG, came and amp, a,rri
\. +. Le,',". Hal, Il. W.l.nslcy. Winter y.
h'raAear, James II. 'n>gr"rr Henry l. Wa'in.
hey. Stephen ". kile Marshall IL. Carver. i. \
GroEear, Joseph tirl!r, Da.ul Pic,sCn. J. All.
PrmahrDHn", M"th"" He,,zng and Ieopoll Cas,-
ari al ',E''!rnts Of The Parish g.! Nalcliiimlr.
state of Louisiana, wl,"-cve,ali, declared, tia;
ar..!lm@ THEMSELVES Of thc powers ,iah,s and
privileges '"ntti,rh by the statutes If H.. STATE
theE ito. bS these presents form organize. cons,i
lutte and found corporation iu. IL. ul.i.cs and
phrases aS stall hereafter h, enumerated and set
forth, nnn /" that end they d" hclri,, covenant and
agree. I" form ah constitute and IL, .,y these lrsrut
form and constitute ;i'r.yrs and III ,c', other
persons as may he'taiirr hrrrinr aSsnil;,d with
them. whether by subscriptions rurcrSr transfer
succession or otherwise. into body c,IUn,:lt. and
hereunder bind themselves an; al! wiz, NAV here.
after b.r",Nr tss'",:rd wit, Them T., b.. governed
by the following s;irn,t"p> ui,iyatial, and rr,u.
lati'.is III articles Of the Charter ut said 60, or,;n
Article 1....Na,ue.
The name aud title OF said corporation, shall c'the
NAlrniloris..s EAA goAn Cn>sIE,',rloy Cosr>>i
and by thai name shall have st.rc,g:si,u and l"..
corporate ,\stehrc tor AMI during tie. fall. term
and period "t ninety -ninr Years from the da e. Of
the execution nt thcS. presents unless sooner dis.
solved III ~. manner hereinafter provided f,m:
may sUr ami ~ sued. may hold tr;! and nrsu,,al
property. aui make contracts n:,y ,rsri,. grants
III land ar ls;Soll property. and shall possess all
the l"w''s and privileges which corpora ions are.
OF may b" BY ANY general law Of this State. ait
thorlzt' I" !"S,c,s; and said company may tx.
sfsc ts corporate bowers within a:v state If the
United STATE, that shall authorize the sane.
Article 9....Capital Stoca.
sEcrox :. The Capital Stock of this Cor,~ra.
mon is ht:'h; fixed at Thirty Th"',sani Dol.
lar, represented by Six Hundred shares OF
Fifty doll ~ each, with the lis!, 10 increase
said capita stock TO Sixty Thous.mi Dollars
provided, that said corporation sl'al! be organized
H"Sh b I''' 'H'S.S''' y "' " r Of whom
Walnl,lry, Stephen ". Ki'c, l.. CaspaIi. j. l.
nic"aIna, Joseyh Henry and David pir,snn
shall constitute the first BOARD OF DIRECTORS
and snail hold their Office until the Gin. day .,
August lag. When Ton Thousand Dollars
OF the Capital Stock shall nave l~cn subscribed
the board :" Directors art authorized to com.
mence the construction Of the road and to cary
out the provisions Of ths charter: to c,ahie them
TO 10 this subscriptions to the Capital Stock shall
he due and payable AZ herein provided for, when
this amount has been subscribed
SEC. 2. The time ""! n,,nrel. Of pay,ner. E,r
NocN sii.iti u" sitI ,.l, ,.i.;u, y tl
Emn! VI Dl'tctnls; Provided, however that no rai!
s!a he made ot more than twenty FIVE per cen; On
tac' share at any time and thirty days ms. elars.
l"t'le another call can he made
SEC. s. No stakeholder shall bc lpll lis!l,. cr
re>l"ns's'- fur the contracts faults nf the Con-,
Pany In an further sim than the unpail balance
or balances due the Company on STATES owuc,l by
him, nor e.i any iutol1nali,ies in the orr,,;sa.
ton have ia" effect Of annulling this Charter or
exposing stakeholder to any Liability -yoni the
amount OF his stock Subscription unpaid
SEC. !. M person shall be ,liru tor who ia
not the actual owner If at least six shares Of III.
Capital Stool Of sai, Company,
SEC. ). The stock bO0ks shall he kent NJ IN.
office OF tn" Company, whence cel .hcates Of stock
shall Ike issi,el to the subscribers hut no t,,nsf..
OF stock shall ne binding upon the Con,,ar; NATL
mate upon rs stock looks. and no stock ce.tif
cate shall d. issued except for full paid seek.
SIC q. ln case vi failure an the l.a,t a. any
subscriber I" pay the staliments on hi. stock as
required ne boar.t OF DIRECTORS shall have the or.
Ton. after thirty days written notice To the d,lii,
quent, Of fn,titing his stock, or the amount ure
viOusiy paid thereon, and 10 storkho!ler shall
have the right to vote while in default.
SIC. T. ~ rules relative 10 the declaration Of
dividends OF divisions Of profits as well AZ the by
laws Of the Company, shalt h. mad. bv tic
board Of Directors, Lat said rules and bylaws
shall be subject u 'e,leai change or modification
by the Ma'!eis ot . majority Of the stock OF the
Company at tlleiy meeting
SIC. s. The dolMicilc Of the Company shall h,o |
the city OF Natchitoches, and citation shall Ia
serve. there Oh the President Of the COMPANY mr. |
In his absence oh the vice. President ~