The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-16
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Or THE
ABBEVILLER RICE MILL LTD
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAS
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF VERMILION.


Be it known. that on this, the Ninth
day Of the month Of November, Ammo
Domini, One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Nlnety-nine and of the Independence
of the United States Of America. the
One Hundred and Twenty-fourth:
Before me, GEORGE WEST SUMMERS. a
Notary Public, duly commissioned and
qualified as such i'll and for the Parish OF
! Verlnilion, State of Louisiana, and iii
presence of the undersigned competent
witnesses: 49,
Personally came aud appeared the sew
eral pere ons hereinafter named and Hn-
dersigned who declared, that awaiting
themselves OF the provisions of the Con-
stittltion and Laws of the State o ILouis-
iantin regard TO formation of Corpora
lions, they do by these presents form
themselves. their associates, successors
and assigns into a corporation or body
polite under the laws of this State under
the conditions andEfor the purposes here
matter stated, Io-wlt:
ARTICLEI.
Tue name Of this corporation shall be
Abbeville Rice Mil Limited,
under which name If shall exist for a per
iod OF ninety-nine t99t years. from date OF
this act. aud shall have and eahiay all tlH
powers and authority conferred by laws oi
the5State Of Louisiana upon corporations
for the purpose of engaging i'll the bust
neRs hereinafter stated; us well as the
power to mortgage and pledge their prop
cry, movable and imlnoyable.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile.of this company shall be ut
Abbeville, Verlnilion parish, State OF
/ Louisiana. Ali citations and other legal
process and notices shall be served on the
president OF the company and I'm his ali
sence on the vice president or on the Sec
rotary and treasurer.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this company shall
be Forty Thousand tS40, 00D .G0l Dollars,
divided into F0ursHundreu shates OF the
par value Of One Hundred $500, G0l Dol
lars and to be fully paid IN cash as follows:
Fifteen per cent. November Is. 1899; Thir-
ty-tive per cent. February ], 1905; TWEEN
ry-tive per cent april /, 1900 and Twenty
five per cent. May ]. 1900.
The certificate of stock. shall be signed
/ Ivy the President and the Secretary and
Treasurer or in the absence or inability
fof the president to act, BY the Vice7Presl-
dent aud Secretary and Treasurer.
Said certificates shall be issued only
when paid i'll full and saidstock shah he
transferable only on the books Of the
company and on the surrender or due
/ proof OF loss of the original certificate.
ALIICLE Nv.
The purposes Of this corporation and
the nature of the business intended to be
carried on by it are declared to be to cul-
/ tiyate aud raise rice ard sugar cane and
mill rice and manufacture sugar and to
warehouse or store rice and sugar; to pur-
chase, sell and deal in rice, sugar cane and
10 manufactHrefBaper and other articles
of straw.
And in order to carry ont said objects,
OF u Ut them, to purchase, hold and
! own, or to lease such lands. buildings,
| warehouses. machinery and other proper
ty. movable and in~lmoyabIe, as may be
required or convenient III the ~cultivating,
manufacturing or w arehousing or iii any
! other way to dispose of rice, sugar cane
and SUGAR; to establish and conduct pub
lie or private warehouses for storing rice
and sugar; to buy, sell and feed liz .
stock; and to make advances to persons
engaged IN c~nltIvating or dealinEin rice,
sugar ana sugar cane and to construct and
operate IN connection with any of their
lane. trainways, railways. barge lines /;
TO pay for all property of every kind ac-
CURED for the purposes of the corporation
elther1n m0neer or in stock or bonds of the
corporation; as the directors may decide I:
and generally, to make al! contracts thai
MAY. pc incidental to or connected with
the business of the corporation i'll any Of
It's branches as above set forth.
ARTICLE v.
All powers of this corporation shall be
vested III aud exercised by ii board Of sew
en- directors, each OF whom shall own at
least five shares of the capital stock of this
company. Tie directors shall be elected
by y ballot at an annual meeting Of the
share holders, under the supervision of
y commissioner appointed by the board
or directors. which meeting shall be held
on the second Monday III July Of each
year. after due notice and advertisements
III any weekly paper published at ABbs