Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-01-31
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STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
Parish of Tensas. (


STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Tensas.
BEIT KNOWN, That on this
sixteenth day of December, in the
year Of our Lord Que Thousand,
Nine Hundred and One, before me,
E. F. Newell deputy Clerk of Court
and ex-pfficio a Notary Public in
and for the Parish OF Tensas, State
of Louisiana, duly co nmissioped
and qualified, and in the presence
of witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came
and appeared, the several persons
whose names are hereunto sub
scrihed, who declared. that avail
ing themselves of the provisions
of the laws of the State of L :uis.
lana relative to the formation o!
corporations for the purpose oil
banking, they have associated
themselves together, and have GOV.
enanted and contracted and by
these presents do hereby covenant
and contract, both for themselves
and for those who shalt hereafter
become associated with them, anC
hereby bind themselves into anC
form and constitute q corporation
for the purposes and under the
regulations and articles herein fol
lowing, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1. o.,
The name assumed for said bank
ing corporation and to be used il
its dealings shall be "BANK Oh
[SAINT JOSEPH" The bankin,
business of said association shall
be carried on in the Town of Sain
Joseph, Parish of Tensas. State o
Louisiana, and the domicile of Sale
corporation shall be the said Towl
of Saint Joseph.
ARTICLE II
The capital stock of said corpor
alton shall be Twenty-Five Thou
sand Dollars 1925, 000.00) divided
into Two Hundred and fifty $3.50
shares of One Hundred Dollar
| ($100.00) each, payable in speci
on demand of the Board of Direct
ors, but the entire amount to b
called for and paid by April LIST
1902.
The objects and purposes TO
which this corporation is formed
is to carry on a general banking
business in all of its branches AM
| departments, and to that end shall
have power and authority to dis
eount bills, notes or other evidence
of debt; to receive deposits, to bu,
and sell gold and silver bullion
foreign coins, bills of exchange
stocks, bonds and securities: t,
loan money on personal and rea
security; to carry on savings, SAT
deposit and trust department in al
tof its branches; to receive for de
positor safe-keeping valuable pa
pers, bonds, plate, securities AM
other articles of value; to accep
land execute trusts of any and al
descriptions, which may, with it
tconsent, be committed or trans
ferred to it by any person or per
sons whomsoever, bodies corporal
and public, or by any Court of tn
State of Louisiana, or the Unite,
States Court, or any one of tn
| United States or the United States
land to act as syndic, receiver, trus
tee or assignee under appointment
of any court; to receive money o
other property on deposit for mar
ried women and minors, and to pa
Tout same on the individul order O
signature of said married wome
or minors, without other author
zation; and generally to posses
and to exercise such powers an
privileges as may be conferred b
any existing laws of the State @
Louisiana on the subject matte
or may hereafter be conferred b
further legislation on the sam
tsubject; and to exercise all Incl
dental powers necessary to carr
| on the business; to have and EMO
succession on it's corporate name
to contract, sue and be sued, plea
and be impleaded, appear, answe
and prosecute in anyand all court
of justice and elsewhere; to holC
receive, purchase and convey b
and under its corporate name sue
property, real and personal, asma
be Indispensable to the objects c
the corporation. To make and us
a corporate seal, which shall be {
the following description and DE-
d vice, to-wit: To consist of two cor
!. centric circles; between the QUE
, and inner circle to be the words, q
the top, TBank of Saint Joseph;
at the bottom, saint JOSEPH
la" Within the inner circle
be pelican feeding her young, tn
\ scales and motto: "Union, Justic
"