The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-01-26

|MILLSAPS d CO.-Limited
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF
! oUACHITA. ~ ya
! DE IT KNOWN THAT ON THIS, THE
~ 18th day Of january, lSS,, before me,
Richard A. Young. clerk and ex-omcio
oSseii,a and State Of LOUISIANA duly ansi.
! lied, and in the presence Of the witness here
tnafter named. and undersigned. personally
came and appeared the persons whose
orally declared. that availiMg thonsolveaof
the provisions of Act number thirty-six of
tho General Assembly. session Of 1883, up.
tie general law. OF this state relative to The
organization OF corporations, they have
formed and organized. and by these pres
snts, do form themselves into and consti-
poses, and under the sttpulations and
agreeinents hereinafter SGT forth which they
hereby adopt AS their charter, to-wit;
,.. ARTICLEI. q
The name and title OF tho corporation
hereby formed, is hereby doclared to b
"MILLsAPs & Co.-LINrT1D." l..s.s,. /.
1t shall have it's dolnicile in the town OF
West Monroe, Parish of Onachita, State Of
Louisiana. and shall have and enjoy ano-
nom aud after tho date hereof 1t shall be-
gin business at once. It may have. acquire
by purchase or otherwise, hold, sell, oon-
movable and immovsble, persons{and real,
sue and be sued in Its corporate nalne, and
may have a seal with such inscription aud
device as may be determined on by the
The president Of this company, or In tho
event Of his death, absence or other inabil-
ity or incapacity. then tho SECRETARY thereof
Is hereby designated as the person upon
whom ail citations or other legal process
shall be served or made. 500 81
81 ARTICLE IL. ~
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is organized. and the nature Of
the business to be carried on by Il are here
disc business. hts sr.tf. .us
The capital stock OF this corporation 10
hereby declared to he tho auM Of Fifty
dred shares OF Ono Hundred Dollars each,
payable in cash or it's equivalent in real
estate, m merchandise furniture. or fixtures,
OF Re
rnadc on the books ofsaid company by the
stockholder or his duly authorised agent
Or attorney in fact.
ARTICLE1v.
Tho business and affairs OF said corpora.
ton shall be transacted and managed by 4
board of three directors. Uriaii Mtlissps,
W. +. Millsaps and l.. N. Larche, with che
said Uriah Millsaps Az president and l.. N.
Jarche Us Secretary. shall constitute the
their offices until the first Monday in
January, 1890. or until their Successors
shall have been duly elected and qualified.
and annually thereafter. an election for
directors shall be hold at the place Of bust
ness Of said company. after ten days NOTICE
in writing shall have boon given to each
stock holder, or his duly authorized agent
by tho secretary, the Same to be delivered,
sent or mailed TO the stakeholder or his
agent, and said directors shalt take their
seats Immediately on thor election. Each
Board Of Directors shall elect a president
and secretary.
Two Of the Board of Directors present or
represented owning = majority Of shares Of
Tor the transaction and in arrangement OF all
tho business and affairs Of tho company, and
they may adopt such by laws, rules and
for Se Fns prope1 of the COM
The president OF the company is hereby
vested with tho authority to mako pur-
chases and sales, to bind the company by
to fix the salaries thereof, and 10 generally
conduct the business OF tho corporation.
All checks and drafts shall he signed by
the president Or secretary
ARTICLE -.t
At the termination Of this charter by
limitation or otherwise the business and
affairs ofthis corporation shall DO liQu!dAted
by three (3) commissioners to be appointed
from among tho stock holders at u meeting
convened after ten days prior notice in writ
ing shall have been given by the secretary
to each stockholder or his agent, said notice
to be sent by mail. or delivered in person.
The said commissioners shall be elected and
their duties defined and compensation lxed
by majority ofthe shares OF stock present
or represented at said meeting. Ia case Of
the death or disability ofone or more OF the
said commissioners, the Survivors shall
ARTICLE vi.
All elections shall be by ballot and each
share OF stock shall be entitled to one vote
in person or by proxy. provided that two
thirds of the stock voting shall be sufficient
to decide all questions voted on.
This done and passed in my Office At
Monroe, Louisiana, in presence Of ). d.
Heron and Thomas MCGUIRE, compe-
tent witnesses residing in the par
isl of Ouachita, who hsreunto subscribe
their names together with said parties,
and me notary, on the day and date set
forth in the caption hereof
URfAH MfLLSAPS,
w. i. MILLSAPS.
X. T.. RHTNEHART,
In. LARCHE.
Attest:
j. d. HEBRON,
THOMAS MCGUIRE.
X. A. YOUNG,
Las Deputy Clerk and ex-oiiicio Re-
S-' corder and Notary Public.
A true copy of the original on tile and of
record in my office.
Witness my signature and seal Of
Office, this 18th day OF January,
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