The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-13
CHARTER
State Of Louisiana-Parish Of Orleans
City Of Ncw Orleans.

Sttv " AyCeU w USeSSS"Ss
lDE IT KNOWN, THAT ON THIS TIL
ID eleventh day Of July, in the year OH
thousand eight hundred and ninety, he
fore me, John Bendernagel, notary Pub
lie. in and for the city and parish of New
Orleans, State of Louisiana, duly commits
stoned and qualified, and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named and un
dersigned, personally came and appeared
the persons whose names are hereuntO sub
scribed, who severally declared that, avail
ing themselves of the.provisions of Act No
Sc Of the Legislature of this State, APP
proved June -, 1888, as well as of those O
the general laws of this State relative t.
the organization of corporations. they have
formed and organized, and by these pres
ents do form themselves and those whom
,hey represent, into and constitute cor
poratiOn for the objects and purposes anC
under the stipulations and agreements
hereinafter set forth, which they hereby
adopt as their charter, tO-wit:
ARTICLEI.
The name and title of the said corporation
shall be the alexandria Publishing Com
pany, Limited" and by that name It shall
have and eujoy succession for term OF
ninety-nine years from and after the date
hereof. Itshall have power and authority
to sue and be sued, to make and use cor
porate seal, and change the same at pleas.
ure, to hold, purchase, lease. sell and hy-
potbecatc property, real and personal, nee
cssary and proper for their business, to
make and issue bonds. to name, elect and
appoint managers, directors and agents,
and to make and establish such bylaws,
rules and regulations for the management
of the business and affairs of said corpora
ton as may he requisite and necessary.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of said corporation shall be
the city of New Orleans, parish Of Orleans,
Louisiana, where all citations and other
legal process may be served on the presi-
dent OF the company, and citation may
also be served on the business manager
thereof. at Alexandria, i'll the parish of
Rapides, i'll said State.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes of this corpo-
ration shall be to publish daily newspa-
per ill the city of Alexandria, to be styled
the alexandria Daily Times" and to do
job printing and all work appertaining to a
printing and publishing establishments in
all its branches.
ARTICLE
The capital stock of this company is fixed
at twenty thousand dollars, divided into
four hundred shares of fifty dollars each,
and may be further increased on COM
pliance with existing laws.
The corporation may begin business and
be going concern when five thousand
dollars of said capital stock shall have
been subscribed for; and shares of stock
may he issued for money paid or property
received or labor done, and shall he paid
for at such time, in such manner and at
such appraisement as the said board of di-
rect0rs may determine; each share of stock
shall be entitled at all corporate meetings
TO one vote, Ill person OF by proxy.
ARTICLEV.
All the powers eff this corporation shall
he vested in and exercised by board of
tive directors, who shall each own at least
five shares of the capital stock of this cor
p0ratiOn, a majority of whom shall consti-
tute quorum for the transaction of all
business. Edward b. Wheelock, Charles
NJ. Greene, Robert Strong, Theus N. Miles
and Pearl Wight, with the said Edward B.
Wheelock as president, Charles NJ. Greene
as treasurer and Robert Strong as secre-
tary, shall constitute the first board of di-
rectors, and they shall hold their offices
until tho second Tuesday in December,
1881, OF until their successors shall have
been duly elected and qualified,
On the second Tuesday i'll December
1871, and annually thereafter an election
for directors shall be held ut the Office of
the company; each board of directors
shall elect president, treasurer and Sec
rotary, who shall hold Office until their
successors are elected by the succeeding
board; said board of directors shall also
elect business manager, who shall hold
Office during the pleasure Of the board
AT all elections which shall he conduc.
ted by ballot, a majority of the stoclhold-
ers represented i'll person OF by proxy shall
elect said directors. Notice of ali cleo
lions shall he given in one of the newspa-
pers published in the city of New Orleans
and one newspaper published i'm the citv
OF Alexandria for fifteen days prior to the
election.
Any vacancy occurring in said board of
directors, from any cause whatsoever, shall
wv AAAASN ~ CAO
ARTICLE vi.
No sale of stock shall be held valid or
binding on this corporation unless the
same shall have been transferred on the
books OF the company; nor shall any
vote at an election for lirec-
tors unless he has been the owner of the
stock sixty days prior to said elections:
and no stakeholder shall ever be held liza
Die for any contracts or faults of said cor
poratlon in any further sum than the I'M
paid balance due the company on the
shares owned by him.
ARTICLE VII.
This charter may be modified, changed
or amended, or the said corporation nav
he dissolved by vote of three fonrths Of
t he stock represented at a general meet
ing OF the Stockholders, convened for
those purposes, after thirty days previous
notice OF such meeting shall have been
given III one OF the newspapers published
IN New Orleans and in one published in
whenever this corporation is dissolved
by limitation or otherwise, it's affairs shall
10 liqnldated by three commissioners to
De elected at the meeting called to dis
solve, or in case of termination of charter.
ut general meeting of the stockholders
to be held at least fifteen days before ter
mination OF charter by limitation, after
fifteen days previous notice of such meet
ing shall have been given in newspaper
published in New Orleans, aud in one
published in Alexandria, by a majority
'f the stock present or represented at such |
Meeting, and said commissioners, or such