Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-06-05
CHARTER
Incorporation
OF THE
HELENA PLANTING COMPANY,
LIMITED.

A<A-h ANCs
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
IN ents: That we whose names are
hereunto subscribed, ayailing ourselves
of the laws OF the State of Louisiana, in
such cases made and provided and es-
pecially of act of the Legislature OF this
State known as Act No. 80 of the SEES
sion of 1888, approved on January zStn,
1888 do by these presents, coNenant.agree
and bind ourselves as follows. as wen
as Ssuch other person as may become
hereafter associated with as to fern and
constitute body corporate and polite
in law for the objects and purposes md
under the stipuiations and agreements
following which we adopt as our char
ter, to-wft:
ARTICLEI
The name and title of the corporation
shall be the HELENA PLANTIN J
COMPANY. LIMITED. Its domicile
shall be in the Parish Of Tensas, in this
State. and u shall have and enjoy sue
cession under its corporate name for q
period of ninety-nine yeaTs from and
after the date hereof.
ARTICLE ii
The objects and purposes OF this cor
poratiOn shall be the'carrying on of q
'plantiug business. and particularly op-
Grating and cultiyating the plantation
known as the Helena Plantation in the
aforesaid Parish OF Tensas. TO purchase
and lease. sell. and mortgage. or pledge,
property movable or immoyable. con-
stract buildings, to buy and sell mer-
candise, cither in connection with said
planting operations or separately, and
TO conduct and carry on any other mer-
camille business. that may be necessary !,
profitable. advantageous or expedienI
in connection with any Of the aforesaid
objects or enterprises. The corporation
shall begin business assoOn as thischar-
Ger shah be signed by three persons and
It shall have the right to sue ard be
ssedSnd may have corporate seal with
such device and inscriptions as the
Board of Directors may Select. and the
same it may break atpleasure.
ARTICLE III
The capital stock Of this corporation
lis fixed at Ten thoussRd dollars Is o.
coo. 0O which may be-incrcased to (S25.-
'0o001) Twenty-Five thousand dollars by
a vote of three-fourths of the share hold
ers. the capital stock 20 be divided into
-Four hundred shares of Twenty-Five
{S25.00J dollars each.
ARTICLE ~
The officers of this corporation shall
be President, MISUNDERSTANDING,
and Treasurer; but the Manager-snd-
Secretary may be authorized by the
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Whenever it becomes eXpcdient or ad-
vantageous to do so.
The said officers shall be the ex-officio
members of the Benrd of Directors.
which shall be four in number two of
whom may constitute quorum and the
said Board of Directors shall have the
power to fill all vaeaneies in their body,
from whatever cause arising.
ARTICLE V
All process shall Deserved upon the
notwithstanding or in his abb
sence, upon the Treasurer. William
Moss shall be the firstPresident, M. II.
Heller, the first Manager-and-Sec
and Charles Wise. the first Treasurer.
The FIRST Board of Directors shall COM
sist OF the three above mentioned officers
ard Mr.. Hartwig Moss, and the said
BOARD shall have power to make all By
Laws Iof the government and conduct
of this corporation and to change the
same at pleasure.
Any share holder owning one share
of stock Of this Corporation shall be ell
fgible TO any office.
|. The foregoing officers shall hold Office
until the Tuesday following the first
Monday in January, 1893; on said day
and on the Tuesday following the first
Monday of each and every year thereaf.
ter the officers and directors shall BIZ
elected.
At all elections, each share holder
shall be entitled to as many votes az ht
has shares, and may vote by proxy.
ARTICLE VI
| This charter may be amended, altered
or Modified or the corporation dissolved
! by vote of three-fourths of the share
holders, voting by shares, ut genera
meeting convened for such purpose, af
ter such notice as the Board Of Directer'
: may select, and at its dissolution for any
cause its affairs shall he Iiquidated BY
thTee commissioners or fietidators whC
tshaB be chosen by tho shareholders.
M shareholder of this corporation
shall be held liable for any OF the indebt
edn6ss. contracts or faults thereof in any
+ further sumsthat the uhpaid balance du'
: the Corporation on tue shares owned by
him, nor shall any informality in organ
| iZation have the effect of rendring thi
charter null or of exposing sharehold
er to any liability beyond the amount o
the unpaid balance due On his stock
ARTICLE VII
Failure to hold the meetings pFbyhleG
for in the foregoing articles shall no
work forfeiture of this charter and tn
officers and directors shall hold thei
places until their successors are elected
In witness whereof, we the aforesaid
persons hereby sign oTr names on thi
list day of May, 1896.
ii. MOSS,
i. FRANKEN BERGER
Per pro II. Moss,
VIII MOSS