The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-02-03

calenclo Cotton Gin Company, Ltd.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. J
STATE OF LOUISIANA. PAR :

BE il known. that on this Iath day of
December. in the year of Our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety nine. be
fore me, William ]. Sandoz. notary public /
duly commissioned and qualified in and for
said parish and State. and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named and un-
dersigned; personally came and appeared:
Isaac Roos. Jacques J. Perrodin. Gordon
A. Sondoz. +. +. Coping. E. Lee Gil.
Isadore Isaac, IF the parish of St. Landry,
La, all of lawful age, who severally de-
provisions of the Constitution and laws of
this State relative the organization of
Corporations, and specially of the provisions
of Ac, No. SO of the session of the General
approved June 20, 1888, they d" by these
presents form and organize themselves, their
successors and assigns. into, and constitute
a corporation, for the objects ana under
the conditions hereinafter set forth, to-wit:
ARTICLE I. The Fame of this corpora
ton shall be s'The Carencro Cotton Gin
Company. Limited, and under that name
it shall enjoy corporate existence and sue
cesson for period of ninety nine years;
| to contract, sue and be sued, in its corporate
| name; to make and to use corporate seal;
| 20 hold, receive, purchase and convey, un-
| der their corporate name, property. both
real and personal for the objects hereinafter
| stated, and generally tn d" all things lawful
| for a corporation to do.
ARTICLE II. The domicile of this
corporation shall be in the town of Carencro,
|
| other legal process shall be served on the
president OF inc corp fauon' Or II aoseh'
from the parish. on the Secretary
| AK 'lSi-E III: ne caPltal STOCK OF
| TINS corporation snaii De six tho"sann o"i-
lars, represented by sixty shares of the par
value OF one hundred ooiiaiS each, anu Ger
t'hca'ss ioi saio snaIes sna.i "o' DC 's>usu
"h"i 'ney nave oee' huhy E'aie up ~ H. money
| property or services rendered. The certi-
fcates shall be signed by the president and
the Secretary of the corportion, and shall
De entered on the ila"siel e,ook Sep' 10y
tne corporation a"o no UansieI o., s"ales
shaii anect the corporation until IL HAS oee"
entered on the transfer DOCK Oh TIC corpora
ton.
| ARTICLE ~. The objects and Pur-
poses of this corporation, and the nature
and the business to he carried on by it., are
declared to be, to erect or to purchase, to
own to. lease, and to operate, one OF
more cotton gins; to purchase cotton in seed
and cot,onseed and gin said cotton; to gin
cotton for the public for pay; purchase,
own and operate, or to lease and TO sell
rent out, m rage Or pledge any property,
real or personal required or convenient 10
any OF inc purposes ior winch 'iis copper
contracts required OF aPPioPIht.e ioi any y
" io ~ 60 ~ ~ -. ,p.. 49,
~ isse thercf,,r IT'S Tyomissorv notes secured
Nv 1,,or,o,ge or nledoe or Dawn or priviIege
10y 10y INV, ef f. ,,,aner1y real or nersopal.
aTRIC.i Al the powers of thi
,r,or,t;,, s,,lj he vested in and EXERCISED
~ + al Of Direc,ors con,nosed of three
lsT.r.hoI,,srs u-h, shall he elected a, ar
, I ,,,..t;,o 90 Inc sh,rebo,ders tn h,
, | h.ld ~, th. second Tuesday Of Nav ever,
ve,r after notice rubIished once week FOL
Ibree successive weeks in n newspaper pub
l;hed !, tb. lid Darisb IF I,f,vet,e .Tb,
p,rd IS n;r.ctors ,,f tb;s cor,or.,;,n sh,,
.xerc;s. all the Mowers Of This corporatio,
,y;,bort referring TO The shareholders TO
nthr;tv. r., horrou money and To execu.
,be votes Of the coupanv md GRANT mort
| r,oas ,r ,ledoes and oenerallv 70 make al
SnS,r,cts ,nd do all ,cts in anv mamie
ner,inent to the objects of tins CORPORATION
~ which are ar NAV be nermltted unde
~. I,,,s ,nn1;c,ble r, cornor,,ions AM
~ exerc;.;na cid mowers the said BOARD q
D;rect,rS nv act either directlv or ,hrouol
.,ch off;cers and agents as i, NAV annoin
vv;th GENERAL ,r s6ecial authority in wha
alt.s ~ co,tr,cts and th,. ,d,nin;stra1io,
If the affairs IF this corporation. Sal,
Board shall have power to make all sue
: | bylaws as they snail deem proper, ana snal
, PROVIDE IN what manner SPecia me lungs
ne shareholders sha!l Pc Gsa4tttssT provided
2 nat PC PC .Sss IMAM ten days notice shall b
gwen by mailing TO each shareh"l 'er
notice of said meeting anu OF the purpose
! hereof to the address le1t ny MIN win IN
q secretary.
: The following named persons shall serv
e | as the first Boari IF Direct ors, and unit
their successors shall have been electe
and qualified, ,o-wit: Isaac Roos sha
be the president, Go, don A. Sando7
1 vice president, and Jarques ]. Perrodir
L hall be the secretary and treasurer. Sal