The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-11
CHARTER
Southwestern Engi1l-
eering Company,
Limited.

6Cl4l1S OOA4Ak
Limited.
State of Louisiana
Parish OF Calcasieu.
he it known that on this 3Oth day
of September, a. d. 1902, before me; tne
undersigned. notary publlc, duly
commissioned and qualified III ana
ror the State OF Louisiana an ! Parlsn
Of Calcasieu, and in the presence o.
the undersigned witnesses, personally
came and appeared the persons Whose
names are nereuntO sursclineu, "no
seyeraliy declared that, awaiting them.
selves of the provisions OF the laws o.
the state Of Louisiana governing tne
organization OF corporations, anu az,
more particularly OF Act 30 OF 1000;
! they have formed an organized, anu
| nv these presents, do Tor II ana Organize
| themselves into and constitute, a cor
poration for the objects and purposes
and under The stipulatlons ana agree
,na,,,s hereinafter set forth and cX-
pressed, which they hereby aoopV do
their charter, TO wit:
ARTICLE l.
Tho name and title of the ccrpo-
+;a,, barehv formed. is declared to be
.sTHF, rI SOUTHWESTERN ENGlN,,, !,
EERING COMPANY, LIMITED.
It's domicile and principal place OF
business shall be at Jennings, IN Cai,
casIen Parish. 1 ouisiana, and 1t snail
/ have and enjoy succession by lts cor
nnr.,,e name for period OF ninety
nine Years from the date hereof, un-
lass sooner dissolved in the manner
hereinafter indicated. All cltatlons
shall be served upon the prlsluehl'
and in his absence, upon the secretary
ART. Il.
The objects and purposes fol
which this corporation IS organlH,u,u'
are declared to be to bore water "ellS
to buy. own. acquire, mortgage, sei
nr 1easereal estatae OF every nature
and to contract to buy, sell, exchange
aud ia accept for storage, all xmas o.
rr, in flour. feed and rice; to buy aho
sail ali KINGS of ma chinery for casn OF
cr4dit. and to handle machinery OF al
Kinds. dn commission, and ataI ti'ies'
to ma Ike improvements OF every nature
whatsoever which may he deeHe'' OK
pedient and necessary. ;, , AZ,
This corporation snail nave .ns
RIGHT to extend it's operations along
it's several lines to any extent ueeme,
profitable or requisite, in manner ma
pans;stent ~ with said Act 36 of 1883.
ART. III.
The capital stock OF this corpo
ration is hereby fixed atolA Ihous".. "is'l
ls6 600 OO) dollars, DIVIDED 1neo sllanS aanh
i
VI The corporation shall be author
izea to begin business as soon a.
th;rtv shares of stock shall nave peel
chased and paid for.
ART. ".
The capital stock OF this corpora
sh. II he Increased or decreased
ot such times ana to such amounts a
m'.y hereafter be decided upon pv
wc.thirds vote of the stock votlng d
ony meeting called f)r said purpose,
after thirty DAYS written notice shal
have been given to each stockholael
ART. V.
The powers of said corporatlol
sb.11 he vested in board OF dlfector
to he composed of thee stockholoef
to no elected on the first Wednesea
after the first Monday in OctoDer =
1902. and yearly thereafter. Az on
GERS shall hold office after the eApira
t;on of their term. until lhelr suo' q
]. so,.s are elected and qualified.
Ten days notice by registered le.
tow nailed to the last known addres
of each stockholder, shall be les'
notice of such election -, l., =,
, Each share of stock shall oe ei
titled to one vote at any elertioh
tha Stockholders meeting and the mi
;nr;tv of the stock voted at such NEE
;np. shall elect, provided that those
the Stockholders who are unable 10 .
attend shall be allowed to Vote ,
nroxv and that all elections snail L
= held by ballot. a,,1,
Thellboard of directors shal {
the first Wednesday attelH the hI
J Monday in October, 1902, annual ,
thereafter, elect from their numpet,
President, Treasurer and secletar M
fhe first two named offices to be ne
by the same person. III officers sLa
:. he elected to serve during the term
II the Office of the directors electlnS 'iel
4 Three members o. the board sha
II consti,ute a quorum for the trai sa
1. tion of business. All vacahcieS,
the board of directors, shall pc ll!'
by the said board of directors ourl'
the intervals between elections.
ART. VI.