The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-10
ADVERTISEMENTS.
G. H A R TIE R
Berwick Lumber and Shingle
Company.

DC1 VIVA AUanUCl 0AU DAAuStC
Company.
State Of Louisiana-Parish of Ascension and
City of DOnaldsOnvilIe.
DE IT KNOWN that on this 18th day Of Sep
- TENDER. in the year OF Our Lord One Thou
sand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Five and of
Amerioa tha one hundred and tenth before me,
G, II. Hill, Clerk Twenty-Sec0nd Judicial Dis
trict Court in and for the parish of Ascension,
State s of Louisiana duly commissioned s and
ding and herein acting as Notary Public. and
in the presence OF the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came and
who declared that they hereby agree and bind
themselves and their associates and successors
to form and constitute corporation and body
pQlitic IN law under the following terms and
ARTICLE FIRST.
The name and title of said corporation shall
he the Berwick Lumber and Shingle Company.
and by that name said corporation shall have
sion for the fnll term and period of twenty-five
years, commencing from and after the day and
date hereof. to contract sue and be sued. to
make and use corporate seal and the same to
build. charter, purchase and convey, as we'll a.
mortgage and hypOthecate under its corporate
name property both real and personal, machin-
cry. timber and timber lands. and generally to
do all and everything pertinent to or in any
wise incident to the general purpose herein
above expressed.
ARTICLE SECOND.
The domicile Of said corporation shall be in
the city of Donaldsonville. in the State Of Lou
isiana. Citation and all legal proceedings shall
ARTICLE THIRD.
The object and purpose of said CORPORATION
and the nature Of the business to be carried on
by it are declared and specified to be the build
ing lumber and shingle mill Or mills for the
manufacture of sawed lumber and shingles and
ed with the manufacture of sawed lumber and
shingles at Berwick City, in the State of Louisi-
ana.
ARTICLE FOURTH. ......
The capital stock of said corporation shall be
ten thousand dollars, divided into and repre-
sented by four hundred shares of the sum of
TWENTY-FIVE dollars each, which shall be paid
for in instruments at such times and in such
manner as the Executive Board of said corpo-
ration may determine, with the privilege of is
suing said stock for labor done or money Or
property actually received. and of said capital
stock being increased q diminished 90 the ne
mode prescribed by the laws of Louisiana.
ARTICLE FIFTH.
All the corporate power of this corporation
of three stockholders, each owning at least ten
shares, to be elected BY ballot annually on the
first Monday of November in each year. Said
Board at its first meeting shall elect one Of their
number to be President Of said corporation and
they shall also appoint such other officers. en-
plOy6s and agents as the interests of the cOrpO-
ration may require, and adopt such rules and
regulations for the transaction of the business
II the corporation as they may deem proper and
the same to alter and amend ut pleasure.
ARTICLE SIXTH.
At the termination Of the charter of this cor
pOratlOn or earlier dissolution the affairs of
said corporation shall be iqnidated by three
stockholders. to be selected at a general meet
ing OF the stockholders convened for thetpur-
pose after thirty days PUBLIC -nacotticg given in
one OF the week. newspapers published in
Donal6ssd6hhTS4an aud Morgan City. State Of Lou
Is1ana. and said iquidatOrs shall have full pow
erty and to settle aud liquidate the affairs Of
said corporation.
ARTICLE SEVENTH.
Stockholders shall only be liable for amount
of unpaid stock held by said stockholders Of
this company.
ARTICLE EIGHTH.
William NJ. Mctialliard. John B. Quimby and
James Il. Ellington, with said William Metal
lizard as President; have been chosen and Sc
lected as the first Executive Board. to serve as
such until the first Monday In November,
1855 or until their successors shall have been
electad at general meeting of the stockholders
convened for that purpose after ten days writ
ten notice from the Secretary of said corpora
ton. The hrSt Executive Board shall hOlU their
office until the first Monday in November, 1885,
Thus done and passed at the parish of Assem-
ssoQ on the day, month and year FIRST above
mentioned, and in the presence ct Maasrs. M:
w. DaEton and John d. Cantey, lawful and
competent witnesses who have signed these
presents, and nae. Clerk, after due reading Of
the same. (Originsl signsd) w. NJ. McGalliard.
J. B. Quimby. ]. E. Ellington. Witnesses; N.
". barton. Jno. D. Cantey. IL. g. q. II. Hill.
Clerk OF Court.
I, The undersigned, Clerk of the 2snq Judicial
District Court of the parish of Ascension and
ex-oDieto Recorder Of said parish Of Ascension:
do certify that the above and foregoing act Of
incorporation of the Berwick Lumber and
Shingle Company was this day duly recorded III
my Office, in book of miscellaneous acts No. 5.
folios 20 ct seq. Parish of Ascension, this 18th
day of September, 4. D.. 1885. (Signed) q. II.
Hill, Clerk ct Court.
State OF Louisiana. parish OF Ascension.-l
Jno. D. Cantey. a duly qualified deputy Clerk of
the 22nd Jud. Dist. Court in and for the parish
OF Ascension. do certify the above and forego-
ing to be u true COPY ut tbs original act Of in
corporation of the Berwick Lumber and Shin
gle Company. as also Of the certificate of the
Clerk of Court in and for this parish thereto
attached, on file and Of record in the current
notarial archives Of this oHice.
~ office aforesaid at the perish Of As
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