St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-03-20
CHARTER.
RathbOne Hall AssOcia-
ton, Limited.
Uritel States OF America, State Of
Louisiana, Parish Of St TamMany.

BE 1T KNOWN, That on thi. SOW
enth day OF the me- nth Of December. in
the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninty six, and Of the In.
depen.lcnee Of the United States Of
America the one hundred and tweaty
1rsk
Before me, Oscar l. Dittmar. = Notary
Public, in and for the Parish Of St.
TammaLy. State OF Louisiana, dull.
60 mllissioned and qualified. and in
The | reseDcc of the witnesses herein.
after named and underajgnrd.
Personally came and appeared. the
several persona whoss names are here
unto subs.iibcd. who severnlIv declare
that availing themselves Of the law Of
this STATE. IN such cases made and p-O-
vided. and particularly Of Act s. Of the
General Assembly Of the State of Louisi-
ana. of The year one thousand eight
undrcd and lightweight, they do, by
these presents. covenant, agree and
bind themselves, o. we'll - such oiLer
persons - may Lecoms hereafter asso-
oiafed with them 3 follows: IL order to
form and conssitute . coronation and
body polite in Law. fer the objects and
purposes and under the stipulatiOns
following. to.wit:
ARTICLE
Tho name Of the corporation shall he
the RATHBOEE HALL ASSOCIATION,
LIMITED, and its donaicile shall be in
the town Of Slidell. and it shall have
and enjoy sue cession and existence for
. period Of ninty-nine years from date
hereof
ARTICLE II.
The object and pm rposes Of this cor
porati3D are to luill and maintain =
Public Hall. TO sue and be aed. and to
have . corporate seal. II shalt begin
business when 20 per cent Of the capt.
tai stock shall have been subscribed
and paid up.
ARTICLE III.
TIE capital stock ia hereby fixed ut
ave thousand dollars, divided into one
thousand shares of Eve dollars each.
No transfer Of shares of stock by . share
holder shall be binding on this corpo-
ration. unless the same appear on the
books Of the company. And NO aale or
transfer Of shares shall 10 made by amy
shareholder until he shall have offered
the share or shares 70 the corporation and
the purchase has been declined, and their
right to decline or purchase u. the actual
cash value shall remain in the Board
Of Directors for ten days after the offer
20 sell has been made.
ARTICLE ~.
ration shall be vested in Board Of d.
reotors, and all its business affairs shall
b. conducted by sach Board, composed
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elected ON the second Tu es6ny in March
A. D. 1897, and annually thereafter. and
shall hold their offices until their suc-
eessors are elected and qualified.
Any vacancy occurring in the Board Of
Directors during the year shall be filed
BY the Remaining members.
ARTICLE Y.
The Board Of Directors shall have
power 70 make all bylaws necessary TO.
the successful conduct Of the Affairs Of
the Company. The Eoard OF Director
shall elect from their own number a
president . secretary and . treasurer,
and three memboss Of the board shall
constitute . quorum for the trans
action Of business.
ARTICLE vi.
All legal process shall be esvsd upon
the president. or in the case OF his
sbssnce. upon the secretary.
ARTICLE VII.
At all meetings Of :hs corporation,
each shareholder ahall be entitled 10 -
many votes % he has shares, and may
vote BY proxy.
ARTICLE VIII
No stock holder shalt ever be- held
liable or responsible for the contracts.
faults or debts of said association, nor
shall any mere ihfornlality in ita organi-
nation have the effect Of rendering this
charter null, or Of exposing Q stick
holder 70 any liability beyond tho un-
paid balance due ON the shares sur
scribed By him.
ARTICLE TX.
AZ every annual election two share
holders shall conduct the election tn
saeot = BOARD Of Directors. Uutil the
6ssa annual election takes place Mr.. !.
Albert Halmsn. NJ. Joshua Il. Durham
and 1ess.s. Andrew 3. Cleneay aud
Paul B. &Adlef shall constitute tue arst
hoard Of Directors. Of which Mr.. Paul H !.
Sadler shall be president, and Mr..
Joshus h Durham shalt be secretery,
and Xs. A. 3. Cleneay shalt 90 teeas-
u.es.
ARTICLE \.
The Boar.l of Directors shall have
power 10 issue full! paid stock in psy-
mont Of property acquired by the asso-
citation, or for work OF for services psr.
formed for it
ARreCrr VT
This act Of corporation may be
changed. modified or altered, or this
corporation may 10 dissolved with the
assent Of three-fourths Of the stock
holders represented ct general meeting
convened for thar purpose. and AFTER at
least tan days notice Of said meeting
shall have been given by publication i'm
. newspaper.
ARTICLE XII.
Upon the dissolution Of this coroora.
ton. either by limitation or otherwise.
it's Affairs shall be liquidatcd by two
commissioners 70 he appointed ~ the
stockholders who. ct the game time,
snail M their cOm pensation.
Inus done and passed At i:ly o6lce in
tie town ofSlidell. the day. month and
year herein 6Est above written. in The
PRESENCE Of l.. I. Miles and G. a. Bauer.
competent witnesses, who have siQm.d
these presents with the ssid parties and
me, notary. after reading Of The whole.
VIM. ]. Tackes,
]. A. Salnen.
]. r. Dunham,
B. r. Dunham.
A. B. C:eneay.
J. Keller,
Paul II. SadleY.
OSCAR L. DrrrNAR
.... Notary Public.
!. r. Miles,
G. A. Bauer.
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