The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-12-05
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Berwick Lumber and Shingle
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 Elghty-Flve and OF
the Independence Of the United States of
America the one hundred and tenth, before me,
&. IL. Hill, Clerk Iwenty-Second Judicial Dis
! trict Court in and for the parish of Ascension,
State of Louisiana, duly commissioned and
qualified, and ex-otfico Recorder herein resi-
ding and herein acting rs a 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
! to form and constitute corporation and body
| polite in law under the following terms and
conditions:
The name and title of said corporation shall
| he the Berwick Lumber and Single Company.
and by that name said corporation shall have
| power and authority to exist and enjoy success
! siOE 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 zeal and the same to
| break and alter ut pleasure. to hold. receive,
| build. charter. purchase and convey, as we'll as
| mortgage and hypothecate under its corporate
name property both real and personal, mnchin-
| 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.
lie uOmIClle OI SAID corporation Shall be IN
| the city of Donaldsonville in the State of Lou
isiana. 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 on
by it are declared and specified to be the build
ing lumber and shingle mill mills for the
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 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 instalments at such times and in such
manner Us 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 or diminished as the ne
cessities of the corporation may require in the
mode prescribe! by the laws of Louisiana.
ARTICLE FIFTH.
All the corporate power Of this corporation
shall be vested IT an Executive Board composed
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-
ployts and agents as the interests of the corpo-
ration may REQUIRE. and adopt such rules and
regulations Tor tne LFa06lCClOn OF tfle business
Of the corporation 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 Ilquidated by three
stockholders, to be selected at general meet
ing of tho stockholders convened for that pur-
pose after thirty days. public notice given III
p"nslason vile and Morgan City, State Of Lon1
lslAna. and said llQuldatOrs shall have full pow
10 soil and dispose of all the assets and prop
erty and to settle and hQuidate the affairs Of
said corporation.
Stockholders shall only be liable for amount
of unpaid stock held by said stockholders of
this company.
ARTICLE EIGHTH
William II. Mctialiard. ] ohm 5. Quimhy and
James b. Ellington, with said William Metal
lizard as President. have been chosen and Sc
lected Is the first Executive Board. to serve as
1888. or until their successors shall have been
elected at 9 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, 1886.
Thus done and pissed at the parish CT Ascen-
sion on the day. month and year first above
mentioned. and IN the presence OF Messrs. NJ.
W. barton and John D. Cantey lawful and
competent witnesses, who have signed these
presents, and me. Clerk, after due reading Of
VIC AhH4c. ANbAGtA0A SlEAodj W. NJ. MCUd1tldFl.
J. B. Quimby. J. L. Ellington. Witnesses. H.
". barton. Jno. d. Cantey. IL. 81 g. H. Hill.
Clerk of Court.
l. the undersigned, Clerk Of the 2snd judicial
District Court of the parish of Ascension and
ex-o6fcio Recorder Of said parish Of Ascension
do certify that the above aud foregoing act of
incorporation of the Berwick Lumber and
Shingle Company WAS this day duly recorded in
my Office, in book Of miscellaneous acts No, s. |
folios 2e ct seq. Parish OF Ascension. this 18th
day Of September, 4. D.. 1885. (Signed) G. H. |
Hill. Clerk Of Court.
State OF Louisiana. parish Of Aecension,-I
Jno. D. CRntey. duly qualified deputy Clerk OF |
the 22nd Jud. Dist. Court in and for the parish
Of Ascension en- do certify the above and fo.ego-
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 Office.
In faith whereof witness my hand and seal of |
~ office aforesaid at the parish of AS |
(sE.l cension. this 18th day Of September. |
\ A;D. 1885. JNO. d. CANTEY.
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