The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

vile, La, for two weeks prior to the hold
ing of the election. AT meetings of the
each shareholder shall be
entitled to cast II vote in person or by
proxy on each share Of stock held by him,
but no person shall have any stock trans
ferred within ten days prior to the hold
ing of such messing. At any meeting of
the board of directors. = any director alb
sent from said meeting may be represent
ed by any other director who may cast
the vote of said absent director accord
ing to written direction of said absent di-
rector. The board of directors shall have
the power by tWo-thirds vote of all the
directors to sell. lease, mortgage, or
pledge any ard all the property. movable
and immovabfe, belonging to the corpora
tion without referring to shareholders for
the power to do so, and they may also
purchase for cash or on credit, property
of any kind required for any of the pur-
poses OF this company without authority
of the shareholders. The board of direc-
tors have the power to issue, or confer
general power or special power on the
president to issue promisory notes or
other negotiable paper. All contracts,
checksand notes of the company shall be
signed by the president. also by the sec
Rotary and treasurer; and In case of the
absence of the president to act, by the
~vlce-president. also by the secretary and
UFSdSuT6E, anu Ill CdS6 Ol Tile aDS6uCe OF
inability of the secretary n treasurer
to act, by some n designated in his
place by the board of directors. Until
the next general meeting to be held under
this charter, viz: on the second Monday
of July 1900, the board of:directors of this
company shall be composed of A. Kaplan,
1. Nj. L~ichtenstein, d. M. Lichtenstein.
Broussard. and Eli Wise. In case of any
vacancy either in the above named board
of directors or in any other, the remain
ing members shall have the power to fill
the vacancy, and all directors and officers
of the company shall remain in office un-
til their successors are elected and quail
fed. Failure to hold the ANIMAL meeting
shall not dissolve the corporation, but the
meeting shall be held as soon as possible
after the regular date.
ARTICLE ".
This act of incorporation may be chang
ed, modified or altered, or this corpora
tion may be dissolved with the assent
of three-fourths of the stock present or
represented at q meeting convened for
that purpose, after three weeks Rdyer-
tisement III any weekly paper published
in the town of Abbeville, La, and written
notices mailed to each stakeholder at his
last known post office address.
ARTICLE VII.
NoStockholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible for the contract or faults OF
SAID corporation in any further sum than
the unpaid balance due on the shares of
stock owned by him, nor shall any. mere
~informality in organization have the eff
feet of rendering this charter null or eX-
posing a stakeholder to any liability be-
yond the amount of his unpaid stock; nor
shall any informality or irregulaflty in
organization ever have the effect of rem
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ARTICLE VIII.
Whenever this corporation is dissolved
either by limitation OF time or by the de-
termination of the stockholders, its affairs
shall lie liquidated under the supervision
of liquidators, to be appointed for the pur
pose at a general meeting OF he stock
holders, convened, after fifteen days no
tice, which shall be sent by mail to the
addresses of all the stockholders whose adj
dresses shall be known to or who shall
have left their addresses with the secre-
tary. and shall be published for two
weeks i'll any weekly newspaper publish
ed in the town of Abbeville, La. at such
meeting to consider the liquidation of the
corporation the result shall be determln-
stock present or represented at such meet
ing. In case of death or Inability to act
of one of the liquidators the survivor
shall act alone.
thus done and passed III my Office at Alb
beville, Parish of Vermilion, Louisiana.
the day, month and year herein first above
written in the presence of Ovid A. Brous-
sard and Hartwell A. Eldridge competent
witnesses who hereunto sign their names
with said appearerS aud me, notary, after
due reading of the whole.
Original signed.)
/. Hechinger, A Kaplan agent, ni.ethous-
and dollars, S 5000. 90
/. M. L~ichtenstein, A. Kaplan agent, nine
thousand dollars, 5000. 90
A Kaplan, nine thousand dollars, 10000
ID. N. Lichtenstein, A. Kaplan, agent,
one thousand dollars. 1000. 90
S.. w. Lichtenstein, A. kaplan agent, one
Thousand dollars 1000. 90
J.. Blum. A. Kaplan agent, one thousand
dollars. 1000. 90
G. Godchat.x, one thousand dollars. 100000
+. A. Godchaux, per G. Godchaux. Il
thousand dollars. 1000. 90
l.. o. Broussard, two hOusand dol. 100000
! Ferd Marks. per Eli Wise, two thousand
dollars. 2000.0 90
| Eli Wise x Co, two thousand dol, 2O00. 60
Eli Wise, five hundred dollars. 5000
f. l.. Melebeek, three hundred dol. 10000
Solomon Wise, three hundred dol. 10000
! l.. Sokoloski, five hundred dollars, 10000
Theodore Laporte. four hundred dol 10000
Witnesses:
O. A. B~RoUsSARD,
H. A. ELDRIDGE.
{4EO. w. SUMMERS