St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-10
CHARTER
or the st. Landry Parish Farmer Union Tom.
nnercial Association.

| STATE OF LOUISIANA,
| PARISH OF ST. LANDRY BE it known tha,
on this twelfth day of July. in the year of oul
Lord one Thousand eight hundred and eighty
! nine, and OF the independence of the United
states OF America the one hundred and thir
| teenth, before me Charles W. DuROv Notary
public duly commissioned and qualified for The
parish OF st. Landry, State OF Louisiana and in
presence of the witnesses hereinafter namel
and undersigned to-wit Lconce randoz and
+. T. Goodwin, personally or through their du-
~ qualified representatives, come and appear.
ed. George Pnlf0rd of Opelousas, Lucius David
Of Bellevue, G.. T. Hawkins of Waxia, Lawrence
Bushnell OF Prairie Mamou. Arcccius H. Fonte-
not and Ernest p. Ortego OF Tatcs Cove. Alrin
Fidrine and Marlus Robert of Grand Prairie,
aud Eli Clark of Pine Prairie all OF said parish.
who declared that awaiting themselves of the
provisions OF the laws Of the State OF Louisiana.
relative to the organization of CORPORATIONS
they have contracted and agreed and do Nv
these presents covenant and agree and bind
and ebllgate themselves, as well as such per
sons as may hereafter become associated With
them, tOform and constitute a Corporation and
body polite in law for the objects and pur-
poses and under the agreements and stinula.
tiOns following tO-wit:
ART. l. The name and style Of this Corpora
ton shall be the St. Landry Parish Farmers
Union Commercial Association limited, and bv
that name it shall have power and authority to
exist and ENJOY succession for the full time and
period OF ninety nine years commencing and to
be computed from the day and date hereof
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shall be in the City Of Opelousas, State of Lou
isiana and all citations or other legal process
shall be served upon the president OF said Cor
poratiOn, or in case of his absence or inability
to act, upon the vice president, and in case of
the absence OF both upon the secretary.
ART. 8. The purposes OF this Corporation are
the following: to conduct q general mercantile
business and to act as agents for the purchase
and sale of all farm supplies and products and
to all that appcrtains to the handling, receiv-
ing, forwarding and marketing of said pro-
ducts, and the purchase of supplies.
ART. 4, This Corporation shall have power
by and under Its corporate name, to enjoy the
rights and privileges to-wit: it shall
DC capable in law to purchase, receive, hold and
enjoy lands, goods, chattels and property of
any kind whatsoever. 1t shall have the right
to grant, sell, mortgage and dispose of said pro
perty, to sue and be sued, plead and to be i'm
pleaded, contract and to be contracted with to
make and Use a common seal, to establish by
laws to govern this Corporation, to issue and
1oat debenture or other bonds and to do q gen
eral printing and publishing business.
ART. 5. The capital stock of this Corporation
8 herehy fixed at the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars As100,00o, divided into twenty
shares OF five dollars each with lib
'Fty 10 commence operations whenever one
,housand dollars OF the capital stock shall have
.een subscribed. No stakeholder shall be held |
labie or responsible for the contracts or faults