Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-20
CHARTER:
OF the. .Brooksville Creamery.
Company of Brooksville, Miss.

WHEREAS, n. Scales, Of Brooksyille,
Mis-, J. +. Bancroft Of Meridian, Miss . T..
MGMorries, X. X. W0otten, ST., I. &. Nor
gan, W. p. Gaines, Emma May, W. b. Hen.
dricss and j. 5. Feathers on, all OF Brooks
vile. Mississippi, and their associates. have
formed a joint stock company for the pur-
pose of manufacturing cream, butter, cheese
and other dairy products, at the town of
broohstllle. III the county of NoNubee, state
Of Mississippi;
,. The aboye-named persons. with such
ollcTs as may become associated with them,
their successors or assigns, are hereby in
coPporated and created i body polite and
corporate, under The name OF the Brooks
VILE Creamery Company, and as such shall
nave perpetual succession, and may have
ana nod real and personal property to the
amount of ten thousand dollars crn sue
anG be sued; plead and be implicated, in all
the courts Of law and equity to make rules
regulations and bylaws for the manage
ment of said corporation. and to have and
enjoy all the rights. power. and privileges
Of corporate bodies.
3 The capital stock CT said corporation
shall not be less than two thousand and i've
hundred dollars. and may be increased to
auy sum not exceeding ten thousand dol
lars. at the discretion of II majority of the
shall bo divideI into .hnrs. If ono hnnJred
dollars ,nrh anil M rrrt;tirote Of shares
shall ever he issu,,t rxeent .unnn t,e nav
meut in cash, orfits equivalent, of the IL
mount into the treasury of said company
I provided, that certificates may be issued to
the c0rporators, or either Of them, for all
money by them. or either of them. hereto
fore expended IN misunderstanding.
4. That the said capital stock of said com
many SHIN he deemed n.r.nn.l nrnnrrt,
nnnJ NAV he tronsfrrred y. surh J. ven,inrsr.
! lmcnt. anal delivery of tho rrrtifrotns and
An cntrv nr .urh transfer on Tho hoois ot
the con,uauy. and the romn,nv may rro.
,iJe hv il. R.nrd or nir,.rtrr. for Tho Is.
suanrc or Jnriiratc rcr,idcnto when the
ori~innl. ,rc last ar do.,royoJ
l. Ar MI mcctinrs NJ The Stockholders
eorh ,torkhoI1er sI,II he sptitlaI 70 on,
vote for nnrh ,lnrn Of stack owned by him
mud stnudiuo In His nomn an thr hook. %
fine rornornfion and INV c,.t tho same eli
thor in nor nm or hy nrnyv rnnointnd /,
wri,inrl on ali nue.tiors submitted To then
far thrir deri,inn on, , rninritv Of yotr,
ca,t ns n,nresajI shsll con,roI
q M stoclholdnr If ,aiL .omn,nv sbnl
he i'm ony wnv in%diyidu,Ily iinLle for tn,
drht. nf said ,nnonnuy
!. The affair, Of snid comnony shall b,
MANAGED Inv II R6ord of Director, to he q
lcrlrd is \ majority, Of he Stockholders
and 10 consist oi slrL INN err as ,hr stock
holders may select. I'm, to be NOT less than
tiyc and A uunrum or said BOARD of Djrrr
FOR. sh.i II hG1 snrL nnmIrr os tnr storkhold
or. may name INF NOT los. than three. I'm
for thn nurnosc Of or",niz,tion' thc rorpo
r,tors hcrain nomcI .Loil constitute In
Ro.rd If Dirn.tnrs ana shnlI holJ off &c I'm
RI heir Successors nrn rlc,ted
inc officer. of sfiI romnunv shall he
President Noroonr SECRETARY Treasure,
and snch othrr o1icer, ~ thn hoard Of Di
rcctors shail dcsiguntc. and thc office q
President. Snrretiry and Treasurer may b
comhined and filled hy The President. if tn
Rnnrd Of Directors shorld see proper.
& rho ro,rd of directors shall have III
nown,. +, ,nn,;ut nil tho officers and ogent
Of said rnnnnuy fix thrir compensatio
anI roroya thom at nlnasure Said Roar
If Diro.tors shall no elected annually u
sn.b t;,ne ~ the stnrkhnldrrs may dcte,
niun mi Lo,I thcir otlirrs until their 81,
pessors are elected. Vacancies in sal
=, Eoor,l sL,lI he tllnJ nv pnnoiutmpnt 1loI
anon, tho ~,tnrkholdcrs hy said Board
J sid Jonrd sh,y also have the RIGHT 70 prc
y;Ie ana uso.a common seal of said GONNA
ny Ind s1jJ R5ard may change said seal a
mlnnsurc.
q Said comnou may purchasp. acouir
, and hold in its rornoroto name. or recciy
in n,yrant Of Subscriptions IA ibc capI,2
nc .,;l ,,ul,,,ny ar In novuont of ipht