The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
STATE OE LoUIsLAN \.

BE IT KNOWN amt remembered, that on
this FIFTH day of the month Of February, in
the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Ninety-seven (;
Before me. AUBlN B0URG. Clerk Of the
18th Judicial District, Ex-Oficio Recorder
and Notary Public, duly qualified and sworn
In and for the Parish Of TerrebOnne, State
aforesaid. and In the presence of Messrs- r..
Clarence WurzlOw and Henry N BOurg,
lawful witnesses residing in said Parish
Personally came aud appeared,
A. BONNILLIAN, residing ia the Parish Of
st. Mary. III this State;
FELIX A. BONVlLLIAN. residing in the
Parish Of TerrehOnne, acting for himself AMI
rs the duly authorized agent and attorney in
tact Of Mrs. LAVIA BONVILLLAN, wife
Of lawful age Of Joseph l., Duhart, Of the
Parish of Lafayette, lunder aud by virtue OF
the annexed lSOwer Of attorney
rfiss MARY ELMIRE BUNVILLAIN, of
lawful age;
MARSHAL j. BONNILLAIN & ALCInE
}. BnNNfLLAIN, also residents of said
Parish Of Torrebonne, who severally declared
nnto me-, said Clerk, that awaiting themselves
of the provisions Of Act No. SO of the General
Assembly Of Louisiana, approved on the 18th
day of june, 1888, as well as the Provisions of
Section 6S3 of the Revised Statutes OF the
State Of Louisiana. relative to the formation
and organization of corporations Tor works
of public Improvement and either purposes,
they have contracted and agreed. and by
these presents DE- contract and agree, and
bind aud Obligate themselves, rs well rs such
Uther persons as may hereafter becOnIe ASSOC
ciated with th. M. or their successors, to
form aud erect, and do hereby form, erect
and constitute themselves int0 a body polite
and corporate in law. for the purposes and
objects. and under the conditions and stipu-
latiOns which follow tO-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and style uf this corporation is
and shall be the Argyle Planting & Manu-
featuring Company, Limited of TerrebOnne,
louisiana. aud under that name and style
may acquire real and personal property by
purchase. donation or otherwise may sell
mortgage, hypOtheeate and pledge both real
hand personal property may accept and re-
! lease mOrtgagpS, hypOthecAtiOns and pledges;
may sue and be Rued may plead aud be
pleaded aud stand IN Judgment may make
and use a cOrpurate seal with the nRnle of
this corporation inscribed III the margin;
may appoint Ench officers. agents ana maTit-
gers as may hr deemed proper and necessary
and remove them sC pleasure.
ARTICLE ii.
The Object and purpose for Which this cor
pOratiOn il formed and established. and the
mOtiI e nj the business To he Ivy II carrintt on,
are hereby declared tn br:
l, To work, plant and cultivate the plan
tatiUma in said Parish Of TerIei'0nne now
belonging TO said appeareIS, and those that
they may hereafter acquire to erect, MAIN
tain uu,I operate in said Parish of Tcrre bonnie
at smell locality or localities as may be Ivy
the Board Of Directors determined and fixed.
a Refinery and Genital Sngar Factory or
Fact0rIrs with all the necessary Dulldlhgs'
machinery, equipments. Appliances and APP.
pnrtrltmcek for the refining OF syr1ps pro-
lnC,Il from sugar cane, and tor the manu-
facfurr If sugar cane and other products into
sugar and IDOldsstS.
8 10 build. maintain and operate lines
of Railway with the necessary locomotives,
cars, switches, stations, appliances aud hX-
lures for che trHhSpOriItEnn OF sugar cane
and other products to the Factory and for
other Inn. poses as the corporation may deem
proper.
built ana constructed. aud Ia operate the
same ON lLe inland waters Of this state, such
steambOats and bargrs for the purposes OF
I the said Factory aml tor other purposes as
Il this corporation may deem proper.
A. III iInild, maintain and operate tele-
/. phone Iiurr from the Factory, or from any
other rmint ~ points in the Parish Of Ierre
bonnie, I'll the City Of New Orleans or
eisew here.
s.. tn contract for, purchase and Mcguire
caslD, aVPllt,s, sugar. mOlitAsts. rlHsse-cultc, or
any other substance, product or material CON
tanning saccharii e matter, for eOIverSiOh lntu
sIxur. Ia such quantities and ut such price
~ said corporation mag lrtermiIe. aud to
manufl tture the same into sugar and mOlas-
ReS or Ortlcr pl products, and tn sell the same
ia such market, and ut such time anti tUI
such Price as tle c0rpOrati0. may direct.
ARTICLE Ill.
Tn, capital stock of this COZ pOratiOn il
hereby fixed ut the SUM Of Ninety TlIUIIseId
DuIInrn. which shall be divided into anu
rrl,respntel by six shares Of Fifteen rhnHsanu
Dollars each. to he paid for III cash at the
time Of subscription.
The capitnl stock Of this corporation may
hereafter he increased to amy sum not "a
cerdu.g Ono Hundred and FIFTY Thousand
Dollars, divided and represented by shaFt'
of Fifteen Thousand Dollars each. whenever
Ruch increase shall he authorized by tllt
! majority Of the Stockholders aud upon a. due
cOInpliatIee with all the required legal form
alities stil stock may he paid for in cash, ol
, may be issued ia payment Of property .pur
, chased by this corporation, but no certificate
of stock shall be- issued to any subscriber
, until fully paid for.
No subscriber or stock holder shall he liable
, for any of the debts or liabilities of this cor
~poratiOn over and above the amount of hi
subscription for stock held by him.
: Every tl1lnsfer of any share or shares q
a the cnliital stock shall be made On the book
Of the corporation, and shall be signed by th'
stakeholder or his attorney but no stock
& holder shall have the right TO transfer his
stock unless his indebtedness 10 the corpora
I tiOn be paid or secured to the satisfaction o
the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE ~.
D All the corporate powers of said corpora
/, tlOn and the management and control Of it
" business and affairs shall be vested in AM
exercised by q Board of Directors to b
composed If four stockholders, who shHI
Q hold in their own name and right at least on
{ share Of the capital stock, and to be 5lectt'
/, by the Stockholders MS hereinafter provided
y d majority of said Board Of Directors shal
1 form y quorum for the transaction of business
The directors sha II he annually elected b
> ballot by the Stockholders at the office of til
cOrporTt lion OH the first Monday of March 9
each year, and each stOckhOhder shall u
It entitled, in person or by proxy, to one vol
! on severy share Of stock owned by him,
. majority of the whole stock of the cOrpori
j. tion being required to vote at said election
Oh otherwise it will be invalid,
: The Directors thus elected shall. cOutinu
a in Office one year, and until their successor
are duly elected or appointed, and NO tailul
! to elect shall be regarded as . forfeiture
Il their charter.
At their first meeting after their electic
U the Board Of Directors sh all elect from the
q own number o President, a secretary al
Treasurer.
IS The President shall supervise the erectiC
!, and construction of the necessary building
~ machinery, fixtures and appurtenances, hi
III and discharge all employees aud agents, e
eept when otherwise provided BY the Boa
~ Of Directors direct and control the wOrkiI
4. Of the Factory and Railroads, and general