The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-25
C H A ER
or THE
RICE MILL LTD.
UNIFIED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF VERMILION.

PARISH OF VERMILION.
Be it known, that on this, the Ninth
day of the month of November, Ammo
D6mini, 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 III and for the Parish of
Vermllion, 5Sta tie of Louisiana, and in
presence of the undersigned competent
witnesses:
n Personally came and appeared the sew
eral persons hereinafter named and un-
dersigned who declared, that availing
themselves of the provisions of the Con-
stitution and Laws of the State of Louis
lana in 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 andfo the purposes here
matter stated, to-wit:
ARTICLEI.
The name 'of this corporation shall be
AbbeviIle Rice Mill Limited,
under which name it shall exist for a per-
iod of ninety-nine t99l years. from date of
thislaet. and shall have and enjoy all the
pOWefS anu authority CouleII6u ny ldWSol
the State OF Louisiana upon corporations
for the purpose of engaging in the bush
ness hereinafter stated; as well as the
power to mortgage and pledge their prop
cry, movable and im~moyable.
ARTICLE II.
The domieile of this company shall be at
Abbeyille, Vernilion parish, State OF
Louisiana. ALI citations Il other legal
process and notices shall be served OF the
president of the company and in his abb
sence onthe vice president or on the Sec
rotary and treasurer.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock Of this company shall
be Forty Thousand $40, 900. 00l Dollars,
~9diyidedinto Four-Hundred shares of the
par value of One Hundred ($100.00l Dol-
lars and to be fully paid in cash asfolloWs:
Fifteen per cent. November Is. 1893 Thlr-
ty-five per cent. February |, 1900; TWEEN
ty-tiye per cent April /, 1900 and twenty
five per cent. May /, 1900.
The certificate of stockEshall be signed
by the President and the Secretary aud
Treasurer or in the absence or inability
of the president to act, by the Vice-Presi-
dent and Secretary and Treasurer.
Said certificates shall be issued only
when paid in full and said stock shall pc
transferable only on the books OF the
company and on the surrender or due
proof of loss of the original certificate.
ARTICLE w.
The purposes of this corporation and
the nature of the business intended to be
carried On by it are declared to be to cul-
tivate and raise rice and sugar cane n
mill rice and manufacture sugar and to
warehouse or store rice n sugar; to pur-
chase. sell and deal in rice, sugar ane n
to manufacture paper and other articles
of'straw.
And in order to carry out said objects,
or any of them, to purchase, hold and
own, or to lease such lands, buildings,
warehouses, machinery and other proper
ty, movable and immovable, as may. be
required or convenient in the c~nltiyating,
manufacturing or warehousing or IN any
other way to dispose of rice, sugar cane
land sugar; to establish and conduct pub
licor private warehouses Tor storing Tfeo
and sugar; to buy, sell and feed live
stock; and to make advances to persons
engaged in c~u1tivating or dealing IN rice,
sugar and sugar II and to construct q
operate in connection with any OF their
land. tramways, railways, barge lines;
to pay for all property OF every kind ac-
CURED for the purposes OF the corporation
eitherin money or in stock or bonds OF the
CORPORATION, as the directors may decide;
and generally, to make al contracts that
may be Incidental to OF connected with
the business of the corporation in any at
its branches as above set forth.
ARTICLE Y.
All power of this corporation shall be
vested in and exercised by d board of sew
endirectors, each of whom shall own at
least five shares of the capital stock of this
company. TIE directors shall be elected
nv a ballot at an annual meeting of the
share holders, under the supervision of
two commissioner appointed by the aboard
of directors, which meeting shall be held
on the second Monday Iii July of each
year. after due notice and advertisement
III any weekly paper published at Abbe-
vile. La, for two weeks priort to the hold
ING Of the election. At meetings of the
shareholders each shareholder shall be
entitled to cast one vote in person or by
nroxy 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 meeting. Atany meeting of
the board of directors, any director abb
sent from said meeting may be represent
ed hy any other director who may cast
fine vote of said absent director accord-
ing to written direction Of said absentdl-
rector. The board ofdireetors shall have
the power by two-thirds vote of all the
| directors to sell. lease, mortgage, Or
pledge any and all the property. movable
and ~immovable, belonging to the corpora
tion without referring to shareholders for
the power to do so, and they may also
nrraboaa for cash or on credit. %DFOnarty