The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-09
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Growers Guide Co., Ltd,
State of Louisiana, /
Parish of NatchitochCs, (

: Growers Guide Co., Ltd,
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Natchitochcs,
5 Be it remembered that on this the 2Stl
. day of February. A. d. 1899. at my of
flee IN the city of Natchitoches. person
ally came and appeared before me Angu
Fleming, a duly commissioned ant
qualified Notary Public in and for thu
Parish of Natchftoches, State of Louis
lana, and holding my Office in said par
ish, Alonzo b. Jones. j. Wesly Jones
Walter S. Trichel, and the other per.
sons whose names are hereuntO subs
cribed and signed. and the said partie;
declared that availing themselves of the
general laws of the State of louisiana
and especially of the provisions of Act
No, SO of the Acts of the General AS
semblv of the year 1888. they have and
do by this Act form and constitute them
selves into corporation for the object
and purposes and under stipulations
and conditions as follows to which con-
ditIons and stlpulations they obligate
and bind themselves and all others who
may become associated with them, to-
wit:
The name and style of the corpora
ton hereby formed shall be The Grow
ers Guide Co., Lit. under which name
it shall have power to sue and be sued,
implead and be implcaded and shall
have corporate existence for a period of
ninety-nine yours from date hereof,
during which time it shall continue as
body polite and corporation, unless
sooner dissolved as hereinafter prOvi-
ded for, and it shall have all the rights,
powers and privileges and imnunities
granted by the general laws of the State
of Louisiana, and especially Of said Act
No. ~ of the Acts of 1888, relative to
corporations and not inconsistent with
law and the object and purposes herein
expressed and set forth.
The dOmicile Of this corporation is
hereby fixed in the City os Natchito-
ches, Parish of NatchitOches. Louisiana.
and the president of this corporation,
or in his absence the vIce-president, is
hereby named and designated az the
proper person upon whom all legal
process shall be served and all suits on
behalf of this corporation shall be
brought and instituted by and through
its president.
The objects and purposes of this cor
Doration are and shall be to acquire, by
purchase or otherwise, the sole and eX-
elusive control and ownership of book
or publication known as and sold I'M
der the name of The Growers Guide. |
which book or publication has been
to acquire by purchase or
otherwise the exclusive control and |
ownership of the copyright of san |
book or publication. and all privileges |
and rights belonging thereto or thereto
In anywise appertaining; to contract for |
the manufacture and sale of said book |
Dr. publication, or to manufacture and |
publish the same on this corporations
OWN account and its own behalf and to
his end to employ agents, solicitors
Ind statesmen to sell and deliver said
book or publication; to sell the right to
publish and manufacture said book or
to others; to sell and dis
pose of the right under said copy right
Ind the right to solicit orders for, and
o sell said book or publication either
generally or in territory sflxed and de-
ined by this corporation; to acquire by
purchase, lease or otherwise ali neces-
airy materials, implements, movable
nd immOvable property required and
Ieeded to carry out the object and pur-
roses herein named, and to dispose of
anne at will as may be determined by
be Board of Directors and generally to
o all things appertaIning to and any
wise pertenent or incident to the OBJ
ects and purposes herein set forth and
tipulated and especially to borrow
money and execute obligations therefor
n any matter connected with the bust
ess. Also, this corporation shall have
ne power and right within the discre- I
ion of the Board of Directors to acquire /
y purchase or otherwise other COPY
lights, or patent rights and resell the {;
anne In whole or in part, and to pub
sh on its own account or cause to be
ublished any book or publication the
Copyright of which it may acquire. and
sell and to dispose of the same at
,holesale or retail asthe Board of Di-
ectors may determine and generally to
o all things incident or appertainiug
the acquisition and disposition of
atent rights and copyrights, and the
manufacture, publication and sale of the
rticles lpatented and copyrighted as
ne Board of Directors may decide and
OF inconsistent with the law and the
rovislons hereof.
The capital stock of this corporation
hall be and the same is hereby fixed at
twenty-five Thousand Dollars 1926. OOO)
ivided into and represented by two
undred and fifty shares at the mar vsIue
One Hundred Dollars each (SIOO OOl
'hich shall be paid for in cash, or it's
quivalent as the Board of Directors
lay decide. or in property actually con-
eyed to and received by this corpora
on.
No stock shall be issued until If has
cen fully paid up, and all transfers of
ock be made on the books of this cor
grafton by the stockholders, or his
uly authorized agent of attorney. and
0 other transfers or stock shall be rec
gnized by the company as valid and
hiding on it.
All stOcksscertificates shall be signed nv
ne President of the COMPANY in his Of
cial capacity and likewise countersion.
! by the Secretary and shall have the
orporate seal affixed thereto; the right
have a seal of such design as the
GARD OF Directors may prefer, and To
nange the same at their will is hereby
eclared to exist in this corporation.
The corporation may begin business
hen as much as Ten Thousand Dol
rs (Sl0,OO0.00) has been subscribed
Id paid into the capital stock. and all
syments on stock subscriptions shall
credited on the cOmDanvss bootye e.