The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-08-24

ais, to make sales. deeds, pledges aud othc'
conveyances and alterations. They shall
also have general power to do and pcrtol II
any and all acts which they ni1y deem
proper in the administration and manage
ment of the affairs Of this CORPORATION, thu
same As if each ac were specially dele
gated; and they shall be permitted so L
do either directly or through such oiilcer'
and agents as they may select either tol
general acts or for such special ."t ! hreI
i3) members of the Board e lii"ciDr,
! shall constitute q quorum iur toe tIHn>ac-
| ton of business, but stockholders WHO are
absent or unable to attend may Vote hs
proxy in writing, given either TO 4 member
Of the Board or any other stockhoidcr.
| ARTICLE VII.
| Until the next general election to be
held under this charter, i. e., until the first
Monday in May. 1902, the Board Of Direc-
tors shall be composed OF Donelson CAT
ferry, Joseph A. LOret, Alfred \. Fu,eher,
Jr., Mathew Bell, A. NJ. Underwood, f
| william Dreibholz and }. +. Britain. Ar
| thur A. Bonvillain shall be President OF
| this corporation: Hon. Albert {. .tllen
shall be Vice. President; Francois +. Per-
| ret shall be Secretary; iathrw -! Shall
be Treasurer, and J. Gabriel Martel As
| sistant Secretary and the sad constitute
| Board and the said officers sha! ."it- un-
til their respective successor inav be
| elected and qualified
ARTICLE VII.
| The Board Of Directors a." Ec.e,aDo' t
| constituted or Us NAV be hereinafter con
| stituted or compose Il, sh:,ii have over to
borrow money and to secu.c Tic PAYMENT
and reimt ursement thereof =: mortgages
and p elgcs, AMI in any mannes 80 encum-
Der the property of this corrOi alton either
pre- ,ent o. future. movable or ilimovable,
corporeal or incorporeal and especially to
pledge or otherwise dispose OF Or cnc,lin-
| Der the franchise and privileges OF this
| company. such loans may be evidenced by
bonds Of this corporation to bear int rest
at a rate not to exceed eight per cent. and
not to exceed in amount Two hundred
| Thousand Dollars and to be issued in such
numbers and in such denominations AZ the
Board may deem proper and to run for n
period not to exceed forty years.
ARTICLE IL.
| Whenever this corporation is dissolved
| either by limitation or otherwise its af-
| fairs shall be liquidated by three commits
| sioners to be appointed for that purpose
| at a meeting Of the stockholders to he
called after thirty day, notice by publica-
| ton in Il weekly paper published in the
| town of Franklin, Louisiana, said commits
| sioners shall remain in office until the af.
| fairs are entirely liquidated. and in the
event of the death of one of them his sue
| cesSOrs snail De e-ectcu ny tue IchailliHS
! Commissioners.
ARTICLE
! No stakeholder of this corporation shall
| ever be liable or responsible for any debts
of this corporation, either for its faults or
| contracts or those of its officers or EN- Jluy-
| ees, except to the extent of the balance
| which may be due and owing TO the cor
poration on the subscription for stock, nor
| shall any mere forlnaity in the organizl-
1 offn - 1a,
holder liable for any amount beyond the
| amount due upon his stock.
ARTICLE NIL
This charter may be amended, altered,
| changed, or the corporation dissolved.
! with the assent Of the owners of three
| fourths OF the capital stock and majority
! 0 the stockholders actually present and
| voting, at a meeting of the stockholders
convened after thirty days notice 10y pub
| LEGATION in any weekly paper published a.
Franklin,as aforesaid. Ana all of the NE !,
| inSs of this corporation shall be held At it.
| office or that of its secretary. which shall
| be kept in the town OF Franklin. Louisiana.
And the capital st OK may be increased in
the manner provided for altering charter.
Thus done and passed at my otti &C in the
town Of Franklin, Parish of Il. Mary.
| Louisiana, on this Sixth day of May. A. d.,
| Nineteen Hundred and tne iI3U) in the
presence Of Emmett Alpha and Alfred g..
| Barnard, two competent witnesses, who
| sign these presents with said appcarcT> and
me, said Notary, after due reading.
Donelson Caffery a \ Bonv.ilain.
| Jos. A. Loret, A. A. Fu>elicr, j.,
| W. X. Wilson. Mrs. jules Iuc-o>,
F. L. Perret, j. SuEly Martei.
l.. A. Mendoza, "A. G.. Allen,
+. Richard, r. &. Nl2uerie.
ii. Delhaye, DR.. l.. +. recot,
S. G. Melancon, K. II. Cooke,
Arthur q. Martel, Joseph T.. JohnSt II,
VIM. NJ. Petrie, j. Gabriel Martel,
Isaac Popkin. John B. Roberts,
f, A. DelahOussaye, u. $. Perret,
Isaac S. Wooster, Alfred Pecot.
Mrs. A \ Fuselier, jr Jno X Parkerson,
Jno. G. Lewis. Frank X. Caffery,
Mathew Bell, NJ. Il. Tarlcton,
Mrs. NJ b. Tarleton, j. +. Britain.
&. A. PoirsOn, Jos. C.. Greveinber-
+. p. Moresi, Damas Moresi,
Spencer b. Koane. J. T.. Bussey,
H. Shelby Sanders, E. VIM. Dre:hholz,
Joseph Schwartz. Ira Bowman,
A. NJ. Underwood, B. f. Hollerman
Joe Il. BOutte, George Wilson,
Mrs Bell G. Loret, Miss Emnl,, tecot,
Witnesses
Emmett Alpha.
4. Il. Barnard,
LOUIS S. BiGLIH.
by Clerk and Ex-O f'icio Notary Public.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MANY,
l, William X. Wilson, District Attorney
in and for the Parish of ST. Mary, state OF
Louisiana have examined the attached
and foregoing Act Of Incorporation Of the
T'Chetimachas Oil Co.. Limited, and am of
the opinion that the purposes and objects
of the corporation as specified IL said act
are legal and that none of the provisions
therei9 contained are contrary to law.
W. Il. WILSON, District Attorney.
CLERKS OFFICE,
Parish Of St. Mary, Louisiana.
l, Joseph A. Loret, Clerk of the 23rd Jul
dicial District Court Of Louisiana and eX-
Officio Recorder in and for the Parish Of
st. Mary, do hereby certify that the at
tached cha rter of the ~ hefi nachaS Oil