The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-02-25
The Charter of Incorporation of the
George n helms Company.

George n helms Company.
BE it known
lst That W. F George, J.. J.. helms. r 4.
Harrison aud +. l, HARRISON, and their present
OF Iuture associates, are hereby created a cor
porauon, for the period of ffly years domiciled
al bTeenYllle, Mississippi, under the name of
'neorge helms Company
INA Ihat the purpose of snid corporation Is
to engage In and carry on, by wholesale or re-
TAIL general mercantile business, according
70 Ihe usual custom of merchants; and TO buy
ana sell property OF every kind
jrd That said corporation may adopt It's cor
porate seal, and may alter the same at pleasure
may contract and be contracted with, sue and
ue sued, plead and be impleAded buy and soil
| Tor cash or on credit goods wares and merchun-
| dlsel borrow money issue notes, draw checks
ana billb oil exchange, accept and ndOrse tho
eriy, not exceeding Two Hundred and FiGv
| thousand Dollars in value, and may hypothe-
! cate, mortgage, sell and convey the same adopt
al, necessary bylaws aud do and perform an
! other corporate acts, authorized and prescribpd
/ BY Chapter Is Of the Code of lsg1
/ fth mat inc general supervision and gov
| Crhment OF said corporation, and its affairs, is
committed TO Board of Directors composed
/ Of ihrce persons but the number Of Directors
may be Increased TO five, by the stock holders nj
/ any regular annual meeting; and the officers of
SAID corporation shall DC a President, General
manager, Secretary and Treasurer whose an
| ,les and salary shpll be prescribed nv tho
board Of Directors, and who shall be sub
Jeet 10 the control Of said Board TEe
Offices Of President and General Mapogey
may be filled by one and the Ii'' gaIIi
person, and the Offices of Secretary ma
1de.Suref u. may be hlied By one aud thr same
pc son, or separate person may be cho IN r5y /
each otfcei and in case q married. u-rIr.
7lpekholder IN SAID corp ration har Hr.......#
with her consent my De chosen M III. XXI. n
"a. oinccs or no serve as one aT #Ha 1.,...t.
OF 7al1 curpOI auoU INu DIRECTOR En-. t 81
~ =" On b.' SLOWS. -'N.ra g. Eu. meeting H.f..
ca I'r me purpose Of ur-auizi0g SAID c.apar..
tun, or az any -ubacquent meeting y, ar,
untIl me hrs annual meeting of the stock6oii-
frs thereafter, and annually tberelfter ~
.tockholdeTs are TO choose or elect said dnec-
toFai anu tut Board Of Directors shall M INV
meeting Of said Board choose on elect tbe oc ~
OF a'uI corporation, and all the powers men
lionel in paragraph 3rd Of this Charter NAV he
exeEeiseti BY said Board Of Directors my Oe
5th That t1e capital stock of said cornor,tio,,
Is 10 Oe SIX Thousand Dollars, repres ented IL
shares, each Of the denomuat!oo 81 One In ~
cIessd1 m I put NE c94a stock may be in
exceeding fiiieGn Thousand Dollars ana snEb
increase may be again deGreas1d bv tbe stoCG
holders 10 any amount not less than siE Tbons-
interests Of SAID corporation '''' "oS'
nlh MAJ the ETst meeting Of the incorpors-
ofs AtFein may be called bt any one Of fban,
III ~ sttsiEt HollCt IN writing 10 each Of the
ns nha. when assembled, they Inay pFofna,I n
y any 5ail corporation; aud thefeaffer M |
~ bhali meet on The FIRST Monday
y FtDIuaTy OF each year, fDl tho J,trI,,,sa -
ItGlhg directors, ana doing an 'atIsr 49,
NI1nl. the scope OF their powers and lie dirsc
Qf9 81 saI1 corporation shah meet las soon sfier
heir election as practicable, for Tie pIIrnosa a.
u. t!pE or choosing the officers Of said rornopi
Ihu Aht lo!ng other acts advisable T., he
ohs 49, Agreaper-at such times a. may Te
re5c1hed ~ the by-iags Of suid cornora tG nc
~ lhht me name or saiQ cylpol hti1T rra,.
e G1angea by vote Of the Stockholders t G5
ights or liability Of said Corporation nnd XIX
cation OF such change in name, in cose Pe"cb !
lcntf De made shall be made for three con-
5 qa,, ~eIks " some newspaper publ shed in
ne u there be such newapsptt ''''' 10 uoih
N mat at all meetings Of stockbold.. !
.sgnte3 a ~ H9qnl Of the stock shall be rep
s, u tpte powers herein qonfefroJ nnon tho
ockhoIGe,'. Ihat hmajoriY, in amdnnt Of
e stock represenr,' at any meeting shall be- Z
''eu IN favor Of the exercise "faGeh powers. X