Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-14
THE CHARTER OF incorporation
OF the Hattiesburg Light and Power
Company.

Company.
SECTION l. Be it known that, M.
HemphilI, r. n. Hemphill II. A. Hemp
hill and such others as may be hereafter
associated with them, successors and
assigns, are hereby made and constltu-
ted body polite and corporate under
the provisions of chapter 25 of the ammo
tated code of Mississippi, of 1892, and
the acts amendatory thereof. >.
SECTION 2. The name and style OF
the corporation hereby Gre ated shall be
Hattlesbnrg Light and Power Company;
and under such name and style this
corporation may exist for a period or
fftv wears, from and after the date or
the approval Of this chatter by the gov
ernor, unless sooner dissolved by vote
of not less than three fourths of all the
stock then issued, and in force.
SECTION 3. The domiciles of this
corporation shall be in the city OF Hat 4
tiesburg, county of Perry, state OF
Mississippi.
section 4. The objects and pur-
poses of this corporation are, to acquire
by purchase or otherwise, and own,
hold, maintain and operate plant, or
plants devoted to the manufacture,
employment and utilization of light,
beat and power by electricity or other
wise, to build and equip or otherwise
acquire, own, hold, maintain and operate
q street car system over the streets,
avenues and other public grounds OF
said city of Hattiesburg, with lines
extending beyond the limits of salt city
If the corporation shall deem expedleht;
and to engage in the purchase, manu-
facture and sale of all merchandise,
materials and supplies, of whatever KIND
or description, used for or in the con
nection with such heat, light and power
tlants. or street car system. And this
CORPORATION may do either or all the
things mentioned above. II this cor
poration finds it advantageous to do so, 1t
may purchase or acquire the present
plant, property, rights. privileges and
franchises CT the Hattiesbnrg Light and
Power Company, co-partnershlp, now
existing in said city of Hattiesburg.
SECTION 5. This corporation may
acquire by purch1s or otherwise, ano
have, own, hold, enJ'y and ALLEVIATE such
real and personal property as may De
deemed necessary to its successful OPP
Grafton, not to exceed in value the limit
ixei by law; and shall have, poSsess and
enjoy all the rights. powers and priv
leges conferred on corporations generally
by the constitution and laws Of the state
of Mississippi.
SECTION g. The capital stock OF
this corporation shall be thirty thousano
dollars ($30. 0OO) to be divided into three
hundred 5000 shares of the par value OF
one hundred dollars $500 OO) each; but
in may begin business when one nall o.
the capital stock is subscribed,
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establish all necessary bylaws, rules
and regulations, not contrary TO law
and amend or repeal the same at pleas
ure; and may have and use corporate
seal.
SECTION 8. The powers of thi
CORPORATION shall be vested in board o
not less than three or more than nv
directors, to be chosen annually ty tn
stockholders from their number, and 1t
officers shall be a president, vice resi-
dent, secretary and treasurer, 10 b
selected annually from their number
and such officers. agents and euIpiove
as may be deemed proper. The dutle
tf all the officers and the manner i
which the powers hereof may b
exercised shall be prescribed in tn
SECTION 9. Each stakeholder
this corporation shall be entitled to or
vote for each share of stock held by hin
to be cast by the owner of the stock
by proxy; but all proxies must be
writing.
SECTION 10. No stakeholder sha
be individually liable for the debts
this corporation. contracted during b
ownership of stock, beyond the amour
of balance that may remain due
unpaid for stock subscribed for by hi
SECTION II The parties in intere:
may hold their first meeting for {
purpose of organizing this corporate
at any me after the approval of II
charter by the governor, each stoc
holder to have had two days notice
the time and place of such meetin
This charter shall be operative from a
after its approval by the governor.
In testimony whereof, the said ince
poratofs have herennto set their haE
on this, the 23rd day of September,
d. 1902.
M. hEMPHHL,
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