The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-30
OH HARTER
Merchants Exchange.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

STATE OF LOUISIANA, ;
Parish of St Landry, City of Opclousas.
| BE IT KNOWN, That on the 2lst day of De
| cember, 1896, before me, Isaac Roos. notary
| public, duly commissioned and qualified i'll anG
| for the parish Of St. Landry. State of Louisiana
f! in the presence of the undersigned witnesses
| personally came and appeared the persons
| whose signatures are hereto subscribed. VIII,
declare that. awaiting themselves of the provi
sions of the laws of the State of Louisiana, rel
atlVe to the organization of cOri OratiOnS. they
do, by these presents, form and constitute
themselves a body corporate i'll law. for the oh
jects and purposes under the agreement and
stipulation following, to-Wit
ARTICLE
The name, style and title of said corporat io,
shall be the MERCHANTS EXCHANGE, and
its domiclc shall he i'll the city Opelousas, i'll
the state OF Louisiana, and it shall have power
and authority to exist and enjoy Succession un
derltS SAID corporate name for the full term and
period OF twenty-five years from and after this
day and date; to make and use Il corporate
seal. and the same to break, alter and change
at pleasure; to hold, receive, lease and pur.
chase, sell ana convey. as well as mortgage,
ALLEVIATE and hypothecatc under It's said cor
pOrate name, both real and personal property
to sue and be sued III its corporate name; tG
make and establish such bylaws, rules and reg
uatlons for the proper management and re4u
l&tl0n OF its affairs, us may be necessary and
proper, and the same to change, alter or amend
at pleasure; and generally said corporation
shall possess, exercise and enjoy all rights and
privileges guaranteed by law under corpora
tlOlts ana I'LL citations ANA blntf ltgal process
shall be served upon the PRESIDENT and IN case
of his absence upon the vice president acting
in his stead.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for which this cor
poration is established are hereby declared to
be follows:
LIST. The cultivation Of honorable aud proper
methods of business and far dealing
2nd. The announcement of any wise meas
urc proposed for the promotion OF the welfare
3rd. 70 strive constantly to improve the bus
lness of this parish and cultivate friendly feel
ing among all business men
4th. TO protect and defend any member of
this association against an cncroachlnent If
his legal rights as a business man, and tho col
lection of illegal, excessive or unequal licenses
or taxes.
ARTICLE ILL.,
The affairs OF this corporation shall he con-
Quoted by board of directors, composed of
seven'memhers Of this association, one of whom
shall be elected president and another vice
president and another treasurer. Five shall be
ID quorum. They shall he elected annually on
the first Monday after the LIST of January he
ginning i'll the year 1893. The first board of li-
rcctOrs shall be composed of, LIST Isaac Roos,
2nd Jules Mta.icon, 3rd j. X. Sandoz. 4th a. c.
Skiles, with VIM. NJ. Thompson president: |. Z,
Shute. vice president, and Jos. Lassalle as
treasurer
The board of directors elected in 1s9S and af
ter every election thereafter, shall meet within
ten days after the election and elect its officers
Ine board OF directors Will elect a secretary
ana attorney whenever said board deem it ne
cessary, fix their compensation and discharge
them at Will.
ARTICLE ".
No member of the association shall ever be
held liable or responsible for the contracts Or
faults OF the said corporation in any further
sum than the unpaid balance due the said cor
poration for annual dues, or assessment levied
while member of the association.
ARTICLE V.
Any member may resign his membership
When clear of the books.
ARTICLE VI.
Regular meetings OF the association shall be
held on --, and the president may call spe-
cal meetings whenever III his judgment the
welfare OF the association demands it, or at the
request of five members in good standing he
shall convene the members OF the association
within five days after he receives notice of
such request in writing.
ARTICLE VII.
All amendments or notifications of this char
ter shall be submitted in writing to the board
Of directors. ii the said board approves them,
the Preside shall call a special meeting of the
association, through notice in the public
press, stating the object OF the call, and not
later than five days after the board of directors
has approved such amendments shall this
notice be issued; and the meeting of
the association shall take place five days after
the issuance of said notice.
1t shall take two. thirds OF the members pres
ent at such meeting to adopt any amendment
or modification.
ART. VIII
This corporation may be dissolved or llgui-
dated sooner than the period hereinhefore pro-
Vided for by q vote of three-fOurthS of the
members in good standing.
In the event of such dissolution or liquidation
at any time, the President of the board of di-
rectors shall appoint (threcl commissioners,
whose duty it shall be to wind up the affairs of
the association in as short a time as possible.
The board OF directors shall provide for the
ing upon the duties of their office. They shall
be clothed with all requisite and legal authority
to carry into effect the purposes of their ap-
pOiutment.
ART TX.
All persons who are not chartered members
of this association, who are following IA leGnS-
mate business aud are Of good repute are envy
tied to membership, subject to such bylaws,
rules and regulations prescribed by said aSsO-
citation. An who become members must sign
the charter and by laws.
ID. ROOS & SONS,
OPELOUsAS MERCANTILE co.
{. HEBERT d CO.
J LASSALLE.
J. X. SANDCZ.
GUS. FUSELlER,
FRANkEL 81 MEYER, and others
l.. S. ISAAC ROOS,
Notary Public
Having examined the within and foregoing
act of incorporation, ! find none of the objects
and purposes therein stated i'll conflict With
the laws of the State of Louisiana. ] there
fore approve the same.
Officially at Opelousas, this 3lst day of Dc
cember, A. D., 1896.
+. LEE GARLAND,
Dist AIRY nth Iudipial Dist of Ia