The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-04
ARI
-OF THE
81. LANDRY COTTON OIL co.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, CITY OF O~PELOUsAS. 5
Be it known that on this 10th day of July, in
the year of Our Lord One Thousand, Eight
Hundred and Ninety-F0ur, before me-, Oscar II.
Terwilliger, a Notary Public in and for the par
ish Of st. Landry, State Of Louisiana, duly com.
mlssiOned and qualified, and in the presence of
witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared the persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed, who
severally declared that, availing themselves of
the provisions of the laws of the State of Lou
isiana on the subject OF the formation of corpo-
%rations, they have contracted and agreed, and
bind themselves and their associates and sue
cessors to form, and by these presents they do
form q corporation for the objects and pur-
poses, and under the terms, stipulatiOns and
to say:
The name and title of this corporation shall
be ST. LANDRY COTTON OIL COMPANY"
power and authority t. exist and enjoy success
sion for the full term and period Of 80 NINETY
ninel years from and after the day and date
hereinabove; to contract, sue and be sued to
make and use a corporate seal, and the same to
alter at pleasure; to hold and receive and pur-
chase, as we'll as to mortgage and hypothecate
bonds bearing interest at a rate not exceeding
J (seven) per cent per annum and not exceed
ing $26, 100000 twenty-five thousand dOllars); to
officers and agents as the interest Of said cor
poration may require, and to make and estab-
nsa such bylaws, rules and regulations for the
affairs OF said corporation as may be necessary
and proper, and the same to alter and change
at pleasure.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of said corporation shall be in
ali III citations aias Sa op Or othsr R }sgai PROCESSES S1 &C.; sensual shsil ah be
served upOn the President Of said corporation,
and In case Of his absence upon the Secretary
thereof.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this cor
poratiOn is established and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are hereby de-
elared to be as follows, to-wit: To acquire by
purchase or lease, or to build and equip, and
the same to operate, works for the manufac-
ture of oil, oilcake, meal, fertilizers, soaps and
any and all articles or commodities of trade
cotton seed, or other products of an oleagi-
nous natnro; the purchase and sale of all such
articles either In raw, manufactured or refined
to establish and conduct and acquire by lease
or purchase and operate such works, machin-
cry, apparatus and manufactures with all
necessary real estate and buildings, letters pa
tent or inventions and personal property as
may be deemed requisite for the purpose afore-
to W and operate one or more steamboats,,
vessels OR other water crafts as may be requi-
site, convenient or necessary. for the storing,
carrying, handling or delivering the products
and property of the said corporation and to
facilitate its business and transactions and to
do whatever else may be necessary or peril
nent or in any wise incident to the aforesaid
objects and purposes.
ARTICLE ".
The authorized capital stock of said corpora
ton is hereby fixed at the sum Of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars 0l00. OO0) divided INTO 1000
shares at par value of 500 each, which said
stock shall be paid for at the rate of ten per
centum 90 per cent? at the time of the sub
scription, and the balance at such time as the
Board Of Directors shall determine to call for
same, such calls to be not more than Twenty
five per cent. as per cent Of its par value at
one time, nor shall such calls be made oftener
than once in thirty 800 days. Said stock may
be issued at not less than par in payment Of
property actually received or purchased by
corporation shall commence business as soon
as the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($2O, OOO
Of its capital stock shall have been subscribed
for.