St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1890-10-18
STATE nFLOUISIANA,
Parish of ST. Landry.

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sTATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish 81 81. Landry.
| Be it known, That on this 29th day o
July, in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the one
hundredth and fifteenth, before me, Geo
@. Elms, notary public in and for the
parish of st Landry, State Of Louisiana
duly commissioned and qualified, and in
the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came
and appeared the several persons whose
names are hereunto, subscribed, who de-
clared that, availing themselves of the pro-
visions of the laws of this State relative to
the formation of corporations, they do by
these presents covenant, agree and bind
themselves as well as such other persons
as may hereafter become associated with
them, to form and constitute corporation
and body polite in law, for the objects and
purposes and under the agreements and
stipulations following, to-wit:
ARTICLE FIRST.
The name and style of this corporation
shall be The ST. LANDRY PRINTING AND
PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED, and under
its corporate name it shall have full power
and authority to have and enjoy corporate
existence and succession for the term OF
ninety-nine years from and after the date
hereof; and during its corporate existence
it shall also have power to contract, sue
and be sued; to make and use a corporate
seal, and the same to break or alter at
pleasure; to hold, receive, lease, let, pur-
chase, sell and convey, as well as mortgage
and hypothecate property, real and per-
sonal and mixed; to borrow and lend
money, and to give and receive securities
therefor; to name and appoint such man
or dsronfnrc faffs fvnr nd
agents - the interests and convenience of
said corporation may require; Annake
and establish such bylaws, rules and regu-
iations for the management and regulation
of the affairs of said corporation, as may
be necessary and proper, and the same to
alter and amend at pleasure.
ARTICLE SECOND.
The donlicile of said corporation shall
be i'll the town of Opelousas, parish of St
Landry, and all citatations and legal pro-
cess shall be served upon the president of
said corporation, or in case of his absence
upon the secretary thereof.
ARTICLE THIRD.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is established, are to print and
publish in the town OF Opelousas weekly
paper and to cary on Q newspaper and job
printing business, and by the sale Of such
newspaper and the publication OF other
matter to disseminate news and inform
alton; and for said purposes to purchase
or establish newspaper.
PARTICLE FOURTH.
The capital stock Of this corporation is
hereby fixed at Ten Thousand Dollars, di-
yided into and represented by one thou
shall be paid for as follows: fifty per cent.
of the stock subscribed payable cash, and
the balance payable in monthly INSTALL
ments Of ten per cent of the stock sub
scribed. This corporation shall be author
lied to begin business as soon as the sum
of five hundred dollars is paid in on the
stock subscribed.
ARTICLE FIFTH.
N T,d utB-IsJuss IT rl1E company,
subject to such conditions as the board of
directors may prescribe, and provided spe-
cially that no stockholder shall sell or
transfer his stock until he shall have given
to the president Of the company the option
of purchasing said stock for the company
at its par value. The stockholder desiring
to dispose of his stock shall give the presi-
dent written notice OF his Intention to do SO,
and said optioN shall continue for ten
days from the date of serving said written
notice upon the president, and no transfer
of stock shall be valid except to the COM
pany until the expiration Of said ten days
This provision Of the charter shall be writ
tfcate of stock.
ARTICLE SIXTH.
All corporate powers of said company
shall be vested in and exercised by
Board of Directors composed of seven
elected annually ON the first Monday of
January. ALI such elections shall be by
ballot and shall be held at the office of the
under the superintendent of
three commissioners, to be appointed by
the board Of directors. Ten days prior no
lice of such election shall be given by pub
lication in one of the newspapers published
IN Opelousas; and the directors then cleo
ted shall serve and continue in Office until
their successors shall have been elected.
Each stockholder shall be entitled to cast
either iii person or by proxy one vote for
each share of stock held by him, and the
majority of votes cast at such election shall
elect the directors for the ensuing year If
1T any time there should be q failure to
IRE shall not dissolve the corporation, but
The then existing board Of directors shall
continue to hold office; and as soon as
may be thereafter another election shall
BE held, whereof ten days prior notice
shall be..given by publication in newspa-
per published in the town OF Opclousas.
Any vacancy occurring in the board of Gi-
rectors from any cause whatever, shall be
illed by the remaining directors. Five di-
rectors shall constitute q quorum for the
af business.
ARTICLE SEVENTH.
The following named persons shall con-
stitute the first board of directors, to-wit:
rheophile s. Folltenot, james Jackson
Thompson, Edward 4. Lewis, Geo. O. Elms,
and shall hold office until the first Mon-
lay Of January, 1891 Is
shall eject from its members president
and yice-president and appoint secre-
Bary and a treasurer or one person to be
member of the board and also, if it seems
proper, it shall have power to appoint
general manager, who may or may not be
Of the board. The salaries of all employ
ees shall be- 4xed by the board of directors;
and should the board SO determine, it shall
have power to give the general manager
full and absolute control, without any In
reference whatever, of the conduct Of and
policy of the the newspaper, the selection
Of its employees and the general conduct
of its business. The board Of directors
shall have authority to appoint and con-
tract with the general manager for peri
cd not exceeding three years and to fl his
in money or stock ~ they
may deem best.
ARTICLE EIGHTH.
Whenever this corporation shall be dis
solved either by limitation or otherwise, its
affairs shall he Inundated hv three rnr7-