The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-12-21

sEEvT OF LguKaIASA- z AEEsR OF EALEAEIET.
CIT or L-AEE CHARLIE
DE- II KNOWN That OF this, the Fifteenth
II {l5IAA BaT q botobs-. II the year 81 car
L,urd uBs Thousand eight hundred and elEhtg-
ezghz and ct ahs Independence Of tht United
StHtsB the hundred and thirteenth before
commissioned ana qualified IA and tUT said FaaEBBh
aB7 STATE and IN the presence OF the Witnesses
heEsinHffeE named And undersigned, personally
came and appeared
SEAMAN a KBAPP. Jos. l. WILLIAMS
EBEE A. WAEEI. JOHN MCGU&MACk~
AD8LPE MEYER JAMES " BRYAN
EA Il HAEKRLT- Sc. DA&LS. 4 HARAAG-
STERES ". MEADE.
who f8r themselves Bnd sueh ether person OF
persons who MAY Associate OF become assoc
aEs1 VIII then ssveTal3F declared lb,a+ ash!4-
ing themselves Of the general laws OF the state
relative Il inc organization Of CGrpUEatto2s IoT
work Of pablo Improvements GtE- aReT have
foIRed thsmse5ves into and constitute q COZ
pgEaligH- w1th all lhe power ves4ed by law Ii
such CorFF8Tat1UEls and DO bT Jhes* presents COTr
Uau5 and aEree and bind JnsmEeiEes QnatE 1hr
foIoa-inz agreements aud 5tIpHlAtiens which they
addPI As GheTr Charter. tn-Fl1
ARTICLE
Tn RAM. and title o. said corporation small b.
In -LAkE CHARLES CANNING COMPANY
LIMITED and Its domlCllf shall be IL the Jit'
q Lake Charles, SJaG- Of Louisiana and by nat
naEHz int said corporation shall have power and
authqEl1r u have and enigT corporate eLietancr
and succession toG TIT Tern Of twenty-AVc e.
YEAR from ana atte- tHs DAY and dat bereoI- /"
cuBtzaCi EHe and Be sueE to maxi and ust eel
IaTa1t sen ana tn SAINT L. break ann alter al
Et=asurr RHl 10 hold receive, itass purchase ano
roBr-r d. vel A. hyp0tBecatr and InUTg gag III
de JB+ corporal maine property DOih real and
persona ann t" have power 10 d" all business
ARTICLE Il
Al citations OF utller legal process shall be
served the President and III case Of hIs absence
upgn The ' President and the case Of the
absence Of both upon the Secretary
ARTICLE II.
Tn purp0sr for which this corporation IS estah
lshezI and the nature Of the business be carried
or b. II aEp declared and specited Ia be the
Development Of the agricultural resources OF tins
paEzsh and STAT the establishment maintenance
aBC oPeERtInL q canning and evaPoratlng
naHaiacTGyy or manufactures iUT G@e CONVEX
s83- OF to- yHoGucI5 raised. gathered OF acquired
o. this corporation into gUUIs or c0mmOd-
Hes and sh+ sac 81 such pTuluCIs either As TaR
naIrzIa4 O. Al manufactured stat
AETICLE ".
In capital stock Of SAT- corporation is hereby
med a tn sHH o. lei Thousand dollars WlO-
Dla e. Bv representa- To- Uuf Thousand 1000
share G. len dollar (SlN esCE which capital
sIug ma Or Increased Ia on huudTtd thousand
aDlaT> ttlyJ.O1y' % decreased L, lhe Original
alavln- 10y q vote O. twVthlHdr q Of the stock
represented a. any meeting called IUT thai puF
Tlg-- Ii amount ami UE comply Ing with the laws
~ 40 '-'a"'0 " 7'A'-AI AS
rrtas- To" Original 6I0ckhOiueT- shal. have the
EtEai an. privilege IL pFoI'"Fti"h l" Lnelt stoeh
EBrt. uEL L. subscribe IL suCL lHCFeast Of stOCE
q 1n- pa vAlu- thereof
s4,L rorporaJoE shall b. authorized u CON
Lrt'' business "h1i NV tluEssA4AH uVL'N'3
lE-E"y'|' OF ~ taplb". HtVth sA.l- Ii" ,r Uotl
ln.U live g, pei Cent0u OF before the hEet day OF
N"'vIngrE les' tHentN PEI GEM 81 Nht h4S.
ua' O. December 1902 AT" ttl PEI CEN Pr
month htlrAlt+l IN Lhr " NOE amour - PAM
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sinai " shares l" tn company at Inc sam pace
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ARTICLE VI
Al the corporate powers Of this company shall
be- vested III and exercised by board Of directors
composed OF seven stockholders, who shall own
III their ind vldual namr not less than ten shares
OF the capital stock said directors shall be
elected annually OIL the second MondAy OF Janu
arv the tTst election under this charter to b.
held il 1883 such election shall be by ballot and
conducted at the OtiiCc Of said corporation under
pointed by the board OF directors, of which cleo
tlou ten DAYS notice shall be given III one Of the
papers published III the city Of Lake Charles,
each share of stock shall be entitled 10 one vote
which shall be cast in person minors NAV b.
represented by their tutors ladies may vote by
proxy and a majority Of the votes cast shall
elect and the directors 50 elected shall serve IN
til their successors shall have been elected anC
| have qualified. failure to elect directors o.
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regulations Leqll5lte lol Inc support anu MAI
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