Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-09-01
The Charter of Ineorpo-
ration of the Oxford
Dry Goods Com
p1ny.

SECTION l. ..oBEEr A. HILL
GEORGE Il. Hit. THOMAS ID. IsoN,
:. ycG. I-ox, wuBUKS L. HsxP-
ToS, JOSEPH Z. PEGCEs, GEORGE
W. By-FFALoE. wILLr,N LEWIS.
WILLIAM H. GTLBERT. FEASS r.
MCKEE, MACK A. MONTGOMERY.
BENJAMIN p GRAY, ALBEIT r.
DAVIDSON and their associates are
hereby incorporated under the cor
porafe uame Of the Oxford Dry
Good Company.
Section :. The domicile OF said
corporation shall be at Oxford. in
the county of Lafayette. and state
OF Mississippi. and the purposes fer
which the corporation Is created
are: To buy and sell dry goods,
wares. merchandise, and personal
property; to do q general merchan-
disc business: TO buy, sell and con
yey real estate, and to buy, sell and
convey any other species of prop
erty necessary for the legitimate
conduct of the business
Section 3. The corporation shall
continue in existence for a period
OF fifty 800 years from this date,
to-wif: Sept ist. fsss. and the au-
thorixed capital of the corporation
shall be fixed at twenty-five thous-
and (s3S. 900 90, the same to be
taken in shares of 1--WE hundred dol
lars each, and certificates therefor
shall be issued to subscribers upon
the payment Of the stock subscribed
for.
Section 4, The corporation shall
proceed TO organize upon the pay
ment BY the stockholders Of the en-
tire amount of stock authorized.
and IL may organize and com mence
business when A. much A. twenty
five per cent OF the authorized capt.
tai has been subscribed and actual
ly paid in
Section 5. All election shall be
by the stockholders at q regulae or
a called meeting Of which all the
stockholders have been duly noti-
fed. and the votes shall be taken
and counted rs provided in Sec. s37
of the Annotated Code of Tss2.
Section 8. There shall be elected
on the rir~t Monday OF September,
A. d., 1889, and for each year there
after throughout the life of the cor
poration AZ n regular meeting Of the
stockholders for that purpose three
Directors, whose term of ONCE shall
continue for n period of one year,
and until their successors have been
duly elected and entered upon the
discharge Of their duties.
Section ]. The stockholders may
provide for the election from among
their number of President, . Vice
President. Secretary and Treasu-
rer, whose term Of Office shall be
for term Of one year. and they
may also elect in the same way q
Manager or a Board OF Managers
whose term OF ONCE shall be at the
will Of the Board of Directors
Sections The corporation may
make all needful by laws, rules and
regulations for the management and
control of its affairs, the same no.
TO be inconsistent with the provis-
ions of this charter or contrary 70
the laws of the United States or o;
the ot4Ne OF Alss1sslppl.
Section O. Any two of the incor-
porators may call n meeting for the
purpose of organizing as som a.
they deem it proper after this char
ter has been approved and record
ed a. provided by law; and at such
call meeting the officers herein be-
fore provided for shall be elected
and shall hold until the first Mon
Jay in September, A. D. 1889. The
notice of such called meeting may
De given in writing handed IN per-
son 20 the incorporators not less
than one day before the time for
the meeting to convene,
And the said corporation wher
organized, shall have in addition tc
the powers hereinbeforo enumera-
ted all me powers enumerated in
Section SO of the Annotated Code
OF Mississippi of 1882 that may be
necessary 10 carry out the provi-
sions Of this charter.