Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-06-26
CHARTER OF INCORPORATION
OF the .IIa,iiessurg Cotton Oil Company.

1 Sec. TIE following named e-sons,
viz: D. G.. McRaney, w. II. Conner,
J 5. Tai ner. ;. c. Carley. II. L, Foote,
X. L. montgomery. S. l.. heidelberg,
r.. H. Collins, s. c. Eaton, T. Z. Ross,
T. W. Ioote, ). c. Tucker, j. P. Car
Ter, c. II. Stevens. Y. I. Deese, j. T..
Mathiscr. =. j. Hubbard, B. d. Moore.
q. Z. Robertson. Y. NJ Scahlan, Adam
Williams, J p Cox, j. u. Donald, g..
NJ Kennedy G l.. Thatch b. II. Alof-
fstt, r +. Foote, bemphill Bros. Co. .
A. X. 2cInni~, j. f. Shelby, J. P.
Myer. T. r. Davidson, Kennedy Bros,
and G. l.. Hawkins, III Damn, IA.
c. Greer, and their associates
and successors. are hereby created a
body corporate under The corporate
name of the Hattitsturg Cotton Oil
Company oomiciled at the City Of
Hattiesherg in Perry County, Mississ-
ippi, AMI may continue as such for a
period of fifty years. Its capital stock
is hereby fixed at the sum Of fifty
thousand dollars, divided into five hun
dred shares Of 800 each, to be
evidenced by certificates issued under
TIE corporate seal of the Company to
subscribers and pure hasers who may
be entitled TO the same, but the compq
ny NAV organize and begin business
when five Thousand dollars hive been
paid in,
Section 9. The objects AMI purposes
for which this corporation is formed are.
to manufacture and sell all useful prod
ucts that uiaY be made from cotton seed
such rs OIL. meal, oil cake, bulls, lint
ers, aud whatever eise may be made
from cotton seed CT any product of cot
con seed, such a. soap aud axle grease
to manufacture fertilizers from cotton
seed products; to ginand press cotton in
the bales To that end the said cofpo-
ration may buy. own, lease and hold all
real and personal property necessary to
carry on he business probably and sue
cessfully. 1t may buy, blild or lease
tenement houses for the use Of its op
eratives and employees, and may rent
the same ID them; it may buy. build o.
lease warehouses or storage houses at
any point or Place in the State for
housing OF storing cotton seed, or cotton
iced products, and may do any and all
other 4c.s necessary or expedient for
the successful conduct and manage
ment of its business, not in conflict
with law.
Section 3. It's affairs shall be man
aged bv q hoard of not less than i've
and 10 re han nine directors, and the
first board hall BE- chosen from among
the incorporaSors. who shall serve for
one year aud until their successors are
elected and qualified. All subsequent
director sbH3l bs chosen from among
the stockholders and stan serve for Il
period Ct ole year and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified but
provtslon may b. made in the by laws
for the removal Of any director for in
competency or other sufficient cause
/ The officers shall be President, Vice
! President, Secretary and Treasurer,
and their duties shall be defined in the
! by laws.
Section 4. This corporation shall
have all the rights. powers and priv
iieges conferred by chapter twenty five
Of the Annotated Code of 1892, and any
amendments made thereto.
AS soon as this charter has been APP
proved by the Governor ara recorded
by the Secretary OF State, the incorpo-
ratJrs may meet at a time and place in
the city of Hattiesburg, to be previously
naInedln a notice for that purpose which
notice may be sent 10 each incorporation
through the mails. and orgspize the
company by fixing the number of direc
tors and electlng the same from among
the incorporators, who shall immediate
Iy elect the officers E3ned in the pre-
ceeding section.
Section 5. When thus organized the
board of directors may proceed at once
to do such acts as may be necessary TO
carry ont the objects and purposes OF
this corporation, not in conflict With
the constitution add laws of the State or
Of the United States.