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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State OF Louisiana-Parish Of Rapides.
CHARTER
OF Alexandria Cooperago Company,
Limited.
DE KNOWN THAT ON THIS 18th
D day of March, in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Ninety-slx, and of tue Independence of
the United States Of America the One
Hundred and Twentieth, before me-,
Louis J. Hakenyos, a Notary Public, duly
commissioned and qualified in and for
the Parish of Rapides and Stats of Lou
isiana and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and underslgn-
ed, personally came and appeared George
w. Bolton, E. P. Mulvihili, r. B. Love-
land, B. Ehrstein, +. Is. Aldrich, Albert
Pettingill, Thomas Clements, !. C. Mil
Ter, all residents Of the Parish of Rap
ides and State Of Louisiana, who seye-
rally declared, that availing themselves
of the provisions Of Act of Legislature Of
this State, known rs Act Number Thirty
Eight of the Session 1898, rs we'll as tho
general laws Of this State, they have
formed and organized aud do by these
presents form themselves into n corpora
ton for the objects and purposes and un.
der these stipulations aud conditions
hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE
The name and title of this corporation
shall be THE ALEXANDRIA COOPER
AGE COMPANY. LIMITED, and its DOM
icile shall be tho City of Alexandria, Rap
ides Parish, Louisiana, and it shall con.
tinue and exist under said corporate
name, for period Of ninety-nine years
from the nineteenth day Of March, 1895,
and shall have power and authority to
sue aud be sued, to make and use cor
porate seal, to hold, receive, lease, pnr-
chase and convey, and to mortgage and
ALLEVIATE in its corporate name, and under
the restrictions established by law, prop
erty both real and personal, to name and
appoint such managers, directors and
officers as its interests and convenience
may require, to make and esta blish such
bylaws and rules, for the proper man.
agement and regulation of it's affairs, az
may be necessary and proper, and gem
orally shall possess. enjoy and exercise
all the rights and privileges granted by
law to corporations, and the President,
or in his absence, the Fice-President or
in the absence Of both, the Secretary
Treasurer shall be the proper officer
upon whom shall be served all citations,
notices or other legal process against
said corporation.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes Of this corpo-
ration. shall be to manufacture barrel
stock, consisting of the manufacture Of
barrel slaves: l,::::sss h,ssi'ii:Ss, barrel
hoops and any aud ull material necessary
in putting up barrels.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this CORPORATION is
hereby fixed at Twenty Thousand Dol
lars, divided into two hundred shares of
One Hundred Dollars each, payable
either in cash or in snch manner as the
Board of Directors may determine. The
Company to begi operation AZ soon III
Five Thousand Dollars shall have been
subscribed.
ARTICLE w.
The corporate powers Of this corpora.
ton shall be exercised by q Board of
Seven Directors who shall be elected an
nually, at the general meeting of the
stockholders Of this corporation, us pro-
vided herein, aftcr ten days previous
notice thereof, shall have been given by
publication in one Of the newspapers in
this city. Aud Ill of the said Board shall
be elected by the stockholders Oh the
first Monday of March, each year, com
mencing with the first Monday of March
1897. -Four members shall constitute u
quorum for tho transaction of business.
Sand elections shall be held at the do,ni
Gle of said corporation, under the super
vision Of three stockholders, appointed
by tho Board of Directors. Tho stock
holders receiving a majority of the votes
cast shall lie elected. Each stakeholder
shall he entitled in person or by proxy,
to one vote for each share of stock owned
by him. The failure to hold the election
OH the day specified shall not dis
solve said corporation, but the direc-
tors then in Office shall hold over
until an election is held in the man
ner herein provided for, and in adj
dition thereto written notice of said
election shall first be given to each stool.
holder at least ten days previous to such
election. Tho Directors shall elect from
their number, President, Vice-Presi-
den5 and Secretary Treasurer. Said
directors shall have power to I'll all va
cancies IN their number, and shall have
general authority to carry out the objects
and purposes of this corporation.
ART1CLEv.
The first Board of Directors STALL con-
sist Of George W. Bolton, +. P. Mulvi-
hill, r. b. Lovcland, b. Ehrstein, F. B.
Aldrich. L. }. Hakssyos, and A. Pettin-
gill, with said George w. Bolton, as
President; f. p. Mnlvihill, ,yicc-Presi-
dent and r. Il. Loveland as Secretary
Treasurer and +. B. Aldrich, as Manager.
ARTICLE vi.
All checks, pronlssory notes, drafts, &C.
ceptalIces or other evidences of debt, as
we'll as obligations Of any kind, binding
the sand corporation, shall be signed by
the President, or IN his absence or inca.
pacity to act, then 10y the ce-President,
and shall be countersigncd by the Secre-
tary-Treasurer, or in his absence or in
capacity to act, then by a Secretary
Treasurer pro TEN, appointed by the
Board of Directors for that DurDose