The Donaldsonville chief., 1885-11-07
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Berwick Lumber and Shingle
Company.

State of Louisiana--Parish of Ascension and
City OF DOnalt!sOnvllIe.
PE IT KNOWN that on this 18th day Of Sep
IJ tember. in the year of Our Lord Ono Thou
sand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Fiye and Of
America the one hundred and tenth. before me,
e. IL. Hill. Clerk Twenty Second Judicial Dis
trict Court in and for the parish of Ascension
State of Louisiana duly commissioned and
qualified and ex-otficio Recorder herein resi-
ding and herein acting as a Notary Pnbllc. and
in the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally cane and
who declared that they hereby agree and bind
themselves and their associates and successors
to form and constitute q corporation and body
polite in law under the following terms and
conditions:
The name and title of said corporation shall
| no the Berwick Lumber and Shlngle Company
| and by that name said corporation shall have
sion for the fnll term ard perioG Of twenty-five
years, comnsenclrg from and after the day anC
| date hereof, to contract, sue and be sued. t.
| make and use corporate seal and the same tt
| break and alter at pleasure, to hold receive
| build. charter, purchase and convey, as we'll a,
mortgage and hypothecate under it's corporate
name property both real and personal machin
cry. timber and timber lands. and generally tt
do all and everything pertinent to or in an.
wise incident to the general purpose herein
above expressed.
| ARTICLE SECOND.
Tie domicile Of said corporation shall he ir
the city of Donaldsonville. in the State Of Lou
isana. Citation and all legal proceedings shall
| be served on the President of said corporation
ARTICLE THIRD.
| The object and purpose of said corporation
| and the nature of the business to be carried OF
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
hn trln n { an nfn a
| ed with the manufacture of s;iGei 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-
| serted by four hundred shares of the sum of
twenty-five dollars each, which shall be paid
for in lnstalments at SUI II times and in suc1,
manner as the Executive Board of said corpo-
ration may determine. with the privilege Of il
suing said stock for labor done or money Or
property actually received, and of said capital
stock being increased or diminished as the ne
cessities OF the corporation may require in the
mode presccibe'! by the laws of Louisiana.
ARTICLE FIFTH.
All the corporate power OF this corporation
shall he vested III an Executive Board com posed
of three stockholders, each owning at least ten
shares, to be elected by ballot annually on the
first Monday of November III each year. Said
Board at its first meeting shall elect of their
number to be President of said corporation and
they shall also appoint such other officers. en-
ployes and agents as the interests of the corpO-
regulations for the transaction of the business
"f the corporation they may deem proper and
the same to alter and amend at pleasure.
.... ARTICLE SIXTH.
At the termination of the charter Of this cor
poratlon or earlier dissolution the affairs of
stockholders. to be selected at general meet
ing Of the stockholders convened for that pur-
pose after thirty days public notice given in
ono of the weekly newspapers published in
isiana and SAID iquldators shall have full pow
to sell and dispose of all the assets and prop
ert: and to settle and iquidate the affairs Of
said corparatiOn.
ARTICLE SEVENTH.
Stockholders shall only be liable for amount
Of unpaid stock held by said Stockholders of
tins company.
ARTICLE EIGHTH.
William NJ. McHall;arl, John r. Quu,by nd
i James b. iiilllnston, with said William Mccall
lard as President. have been chosen and Sc
lected the FIRST Executive Board. to serve as
such until the first Monday IN November,
1856. or until their successors shall have been
elected at Il general meeting of the stockholders
convened for that purpose after ten Gays writ
ten notice from the Secretary of said corpora
ton. The first Executive Board shall hold their
| office until the first Monday in November, 1886.
Thus done and passed at the parish of Ascen-
Sipil VII tiic uhS, IHOutll year lliHl dDoSe
! mentioned and in tho presence of Measrs. NJ.
W. Darton and John D. Cantey. lawful and
competent witnesses, who have signed these
presents, and me, Clerk, after due reading of
the same. Original slgnetD w. NJ. McGaliiard,
J: b. Quinby. j. +. Ellington. Witnesses. Nj.
". Darton. Jno. D. Can;ey. l.. 81 G. H. Hill,
Clerk Of Court.
l, The undersigned Clerk of the 2Snd Judicial
District Court of the parish of Ascension and
er-oficio Recorder of said paris! of Ascension
do certify tha: the above and foregoing act Of
incorporation of the Berwick Lumber and
Shinglc Company was this day duly recorded III
my Office, in book of miscellaneous acts No. 5,
fninS 2,,9 ct seq. Parish of Ascension. this 18th
day af Sc: ,:en4ber, A. D.. 1885. (Signed) G. H.
Hill, Clerk of Court.
State of Louisiana. parish of Ascension.-I
Jno. ID. Cantey. q duly qualified deputy Clerk of
the 22nd Jud. Dist. Court in and for the parish
OF Ascension, do certify the above and forego-
ins; to be a true copy of the original act of in
corporation of the Berwick Lumber and Shin
gle Company. as also Of the certificate of the
ierk Of Court in and for this parish thereto
attached. on Tile and Of record in the curren +.
iotarial archives of this Office.
In faith whereof witness my hand and seal of
~ Office aforesaid. at the parish of As
(Sn7 cension. this 18th day of September,
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