The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-01-16
Charter of the
BENTON MERCANTILE COM
PANY, LIMITED.
State of Louisiana-Parish of Bossier.

State of Louisiana-Parish of Bossier.
De it known, that on this the sixteenth
ID day of December, A. D., nineteen
hundred and one tl9OD, before me,
Beverly A. Kelly, Clerk and ex-ofhcio
the Parish of Bossier, State of Louisiana,
ally appeared the undersigned parties, all
who declared severally that they do
their associates and successors into a
General Mercantile Business, wholesale
Parish and State, including the purchase
of all kinds of dry goods, shoes, hats,
clothing, furnishing goods, furniture,
groceries, grain, hay, hardware, and ali
kinds of plantation supplies and all other
articles generally bought and sold in such
establishments, and to purchase such
articles, either in bulk or detail from
other mercantile concerns, including
purchase of stock and assets of such
other establishments, or the purchase in
the usual course of trade of such goods
and property, and the resale of such
purchases into cash or it's equivalent;
also to buy, barter and sell cotton, cotton
seed, corn, and other farm products, &c.,
for the term of twenty-five years from
the date of this act, under the following
articles, to-Wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name and style of CHS corporation
shall be the sBENTON MERCANTILE
COMPANY, LIMITED and it's DOM
icile in Benton, Louisiana, and under
it's corporate name it shall have power
to contract, sue and be sued; to acquire
property, real, personal and mixed, and
to pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or sell
the same; to employ and discharge clerks,
laborers or other persons necessary to
the conduct of its business, and to do and
perform all acts essential to the manage
ment of its affairs not inconsistent with
law. Service of all legal processes shall
be had on the President, or in his alb
sence, on the Vice President.
ARTICE II.
The capital stock of said Company
shall be twenty-five thousand dollars
Csc, 00O), divided into two hundred and
fifty shares of one hundred dollars ($iOO)
each, which shall be paid for in cash or
its equivalent in property at the time of
subscription. Its business shall begin
when twenty thousand (S20,0O0) capital
stock shall have been subscribed and paid
for in cash or its equivalent. No stock
holder shall sell, assign or. transfer his
stock without first rendering the same
for thirty days to the other stockholders
for sale, and in event Of the refusal to
purchase, such stock may be sold in open
maJket, but not for less than price ten
dered by the stockholders, or any one of
them. No transfer of stock shall be made
except such transfer be entered on the
books OF the Company, at its Office in the
town of Benton, La, and on the surren-
der of the certificates therefor. No trans
fer of fractional part OF a share shall
be made.
ARTICLE III.
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in Board of Direc-
tors to be composed of three stockholders,
two shall constitute a quorum, which
Board shall be elected annually on the
first Monday in January of each year,
beginning in the year 1902. The first
Board is hereby declared to be Robert E.
Wyche, Thomas w. w. Stinson and
Walter E. Ivev, and the first officers of
this corporation ere declared to be Robert
z. Wyche, President; T. w. W. Stinson.
Vice President; and w. E. Ivey, Secre-
tary and Treasurer; which Board and
officers shall serve until the first Monday
Of January, 1903, or until their success
sors are duly elected thereafter.
In election of Board Of Directors, and
in all voting, each shall be entitled to
one vote for each share of stock register
edin his name, and he may vote in person
or by proxy. Notice of all meetings of
stockholders shall be in writing by the
Secretary ten days prior to the meeting.
Any failure to elect Directors on the day
named shall not dissolve the corporation,
but the Directors and officers then in
office shall hold over until their success
sors are chosen. In such event the Pres
ident shall order an election to be held
thirty days after due notice given as
above; provided, after each election the
Directors shall elect from their number
the officers of the corporation. No per-
son other than stockholder is eligible
as a director or officer.
ARTICLE ".
The certificate of stock in this Com
pany shall be signed by the President
and Secretary. All checks, drafts, notes
or other obligations shall be signed by
the President or in his absence or inabil-
ity, by the Vice President, and in the
absence or inability of the President and
Vice President, by the Treasurer.
ARTICLE v.
The President shall call meeting of
the stockholders to consider any matter
pertaining to the business when called
on in writing by one or more of the
stockholders; ten days. notice of such
meetings shall be given in writing by the
Secretary, and the stockholders in such
meetings may direct and determine the
action Of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be changed or
amended, or this corporation dissolved at
meeting of the stockholders convened
for that purpose, with the assent of a