The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-11-14
G. III - IL II FL
Berwick Lumber and Single
Company.

| State of Lcuis3fna-Paris., OF Ascension and
Clt5 OF DOnaldsonville.
DE 1T KNOWN that on this 18th day of Sep.
~ te n? n the year OF Our Lord One Thou;
tho Independence of the United States OF
America the one hundred and tenth, before me-
6: II. Hill, Clerk Iweuty-socond Judicial Dis
trict Court in and for the parish of Ascension
State of Louisiana. duly commissioned and
| qualified. and ex-othcio Recorder herein resi-
ding and herein acting as Notary Pnblic. and
IN the presence OF the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared the several presOns hereinafter named
who declared that they hereby agree and bind
| themselves and their associates and successors
| polite in lew under the following terms and
conditions:
ARTICLE FIRST.
Tho name and title Of said corporation shall
he the Berwick Lumber and Shingle Company,
and by that name said corporation shall have
power and authority to exist and enjoy succes-
sion for the fnll term and period of twenty-five
years, commencing from and after the day and
date hereof. 70 contract sue and re sued. to
make and use a corporate seal and the same to
| break and alter at pleasure, to hold, receive,
build. charter, purchase and convey, as well az
| mortgage and hypothecate under its corporate
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 IF Lon
isiana. Citation and all legal proceedings shall
be served en- the President of said corporation
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 tho build
manufacture of sawed lumber and shingles and
the transaction of any and all business connect
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 DO
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 inetaments 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
stock being increased or diminished as the NO
cess'tles OF the corporation may require in the
mode prescribed by the laws Of Louisiana
ARTICLE FIFTH.
All the corporate power OF this corporation
shall be vested III an Executive Board composed
shares, to be elected by ballot annually on The
first Mondsy OF November in each year. Said
Board at It's hrst meeting shall elect ,,ne of their
number to be President OF said corporation and
In-
p!oy6s and agents as the interests OF the corpo-
ration may require. and adopt such rules and
regulations for the transaction of the business
nj the corporation as they may doom proper and
the same to alter and amend ut pleasure.
ARTIoLR SIXTH.
At the termination Of the charter Of this cor
roratlon or earlier dissolution the affairs Of
said corporation shall be Inundated BY three
stockholders, to be selected at a general meet
inG OF the stockholders convened for that pur-
fsSa1 hi
one OF the weekly newspapers published in
Eonaldsonyilie and Morgan City. State of Lou
isiana, and said liQuidators shal have full pow
or to sell and dispose of all the assets and pro
erty and to settle and 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 n; McGalliard. John B. Quimby and
James Z. Ellington, with said William McGal- |
hard As President. have been chosen and Sc
lected as the first Executive Board. to serve as !
such until the first Monday in November,
elected at general meeting Of the stockholders
convened for that purpose after ten days writ /
ten notice from the Secretary Of said corpora-
ton The first Executive Board shall hold their |!
Office until the first Monday In November, 1895 |
Thus done and passed At the parish of Assem- |
slon on the day, month aud year first above |;
mentioned, and Ill the presence OF Messrs. II. !.
W. barton and John D. Cantey. lawful and |
witnesses, who have signed these
presents, and me, Clerk, after due reading of |
he same. Original sianed) WIN. McGalliard,
J: B. Quimby. ]. Z. Ellington. Witnesses NJ. |
". barton, Jno. D. Cantey. IL. s. ] G. II. Hill,
Clerk Of Court.
!, the undersigned. Clerk of the 2snd Judicial
District Court of the parish of Ascension and |
,s-oTct0 Recorder of said parish of Ascension. |
10 certify that the shove and foregoing act Of |
Incorporation OF the Berwick Lumber and
Single Company was this day duly recorded iii
ny Office, in book of miscellaneous acts No. $,
'oios 20 ct seq. Parish of Ascension, this 18th
lay OF September. A. D.. 1855. (Signed) G. H.
Hill. Clerk OF Court.
State of Louisiana. parish Of Ascension.-I
mo. D. Cantey, a duly qualified deputy Clerk of
he 22nd Jud. Dist. Court in and for the parish
IT Ascension, do certify the above and forego-
ng to be a truo copy of the original act of in
corporation of the Berwick Lumber and Shin
lie COMPANY. as also of the certificate of the
Jerk of Court in and for this parish thereto
attached, on file and of record in the current
lotailai archives Of this Office.
In faith whereof witness my hand and seal Of
Office aforesaid, ut the parish of As
sE.; \ cension. this 18th day of September,
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