The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-10-25
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
PABlzH or GALEksIEC-
Be It known, That o. this ths Third daF q
August, a d. One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Eighty Nine Before me, EdmnRd d Hilis-,
o notary PHblic IN and lGr the Parish ot IaBea-
sieu Louisiana, and IN the presence Of the vii
nesses hereinafter named AID undersigned Per
s0nally came and appeared tha persons Whose
names are berFsunto subsFFfbdd who sereFaliv
declared, that aEailng themselves Of the prov
ainns Of the general laws Of this State TeatIEg TO
the organization Of corporations, they have
formed and organized and do hereby fpEm and
organize themselves into and constitute s Ger
pOERtiOn, for the objects and purposes and under
the stipHlHti0ns and agreements hereinafter set
forth, which they hereby adopt IS their charter
tO-wit
The name and title OF the corporation hereby
formed as declared to be LOCK, MOORE AND
CO. (Limited). Its d0InAGiis shall BE- the vii
lREe Of L8ekpOrt, CaicRsleu Parish. L0UlsiaIaa-
II shall have and enjoy succession by It's COZ
pOTRte name for the period Of thirty years from
and after this date II may have seal with such
device shall DO selected by the Board Of DlFeC-
tors it shall have the right to hold purchase,
mortgage sell and convey property, movable and
immOyable, and 70 sue and BE- sued in its cor
pOrats name. The PTesident and in is absence
the Secretary is the officer on whom citation and
all legal process shall be served.
ARTICLE Il
The objects and purposes Of this corporation
are to conduct and carry on a general timber and
lumber business, and manufacture Of articles
from wood to cut logs and timber and convey
the same to market to build and operate mills
TO buy and sell lands, timber and general mer
ChRudise and finally 10 do and perform any and
every act and thing necessary to carry out all OF
any OF the purposes as herein set forth.
ARTICLE III.
The Capital Stock of this Corporation is de-
Glared TO be the sum Of ONE HUNDRED THOU
SAND DOLLARS, divided into ONE THOU
SAND SHARES Of the value Of ONE HUN.
DRED DOLLARS each all stock to be paid in
full, in cash Tor its equivalsnt at the time OF
subscription The Capital may be increased, on
COmplyin with the requirements Of law, TO a
sum not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars and should the Capital stock be in.
creased the persons holding stock at the time
shall have the right to take, by preference,
shares of the additional or increased stock, pro.
pOrtiOnate 30 the number Of shares then owned
by them respectively.
ARTICLE ".
All the corporate powers Of this Corporation
shall be vested In and exercised by Board Of
Directors to consist Of three stockholders three
Of whom shall constitute quorum for the trans
action Of all business, with full power to puT-
chase, sell, aud mortgage property, machinery
etc, to make sign and execute contracts, deeds
and 10 Issue and deliver full paid stock in pay
ment OF rights or property actually received and
to do all acts which this Corporation could do in
! carrying out It's objects and purposes, TO make
and establish bylaws rules and regulations fol-
the management Of the business Of the company
TO hire, employ and discharge all officers, agent
and employees not herein provided for, and 10 fix
all salaries The Board Of Directors shall elect
manager, whose powers and duties they shal
| fix.
The first Board Of Directors shall consist Of I
! IT. MOORE, NJ. W. RYAN AND GEORGE
| LOCK, with the said NJ. ". RYAN as President
! c. II. MOORE as Vice-President and GEORGE
| LOCK as Secretary and Treasurer they shall
hold their offices until the third Monday in No
yember 1890 Tor until their successors are electet
and quAlihedJ and in the event Of vacancy OC
curling in any Of said Offices or in the Board o
Directors, the remaining Directors shall haVt
| power to fill such vacancy but no person Othe
| thRnR stOckhOlder shall be q Director. tn
same person may be Secretary and Treasurer
| but the Treasurer must always be one Of tn
| BOard Of DireetOrs