Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-06-24
CHARTER OF INCORPORATION
Of tic Hat.itssarg Cotton Gil Company.

Sec Tie following named persons.
VIZ: d. G.. kictaney. w. Nj. Conner,
ii $ Turner. i. c. Carley, H. L, Foote,
a L. Montgomery. = l.. Heidelberg.
r. r. CoiiiHs s C. Eaton, T. +. Ross,
f. w. Foo'e, s. C. Tucker, J. P Car
Ter, G. Il. Stevens, V. T. Deese, J. Il.
Mathison. g. }. hubbard. B. D. Moore,
q. =. Robertson. Y. NJ Seaman, Adam
II Kennedy, G l.. Thatch' B. NJ. Mof-
fett, Il. f. Fovte, t.emphiil Bros. Co,
a. K. hlrInni-, j. H. Shelby. J. P.
Myer, T Il Davidson, Kennedy Bro;.r
and G l.. Hawkins, N Dunn, e.
G. Greer, and their assacial IS
and successors. are hereby created a
body corporate under The corporate
name Of the Harrisburg Cotton Oil
Company, doIniciled at the City OF
Hattiesb9rg in Perry County, Mississ
ippi, ana may continue rs such for a
period Of FRY years. It's capital stock
is hereby fixed at the sum Of fifty
thousand dollars, divided in-O five hun
dred shares Of 500 each, to be-
evidenced by certificates issued under
the 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 ?. The objects ana purposes
for which this corporation is formed are,
to manufacture and sell al useful prod
ucts that may be made from cotton seed
SUch as oil, meal, oil cake, hulls, lint
prs. and whatever else may be made
from cotton seed or any prodocs OF cot
ton seed, such az. soap and axle grease;
TO manufacture fertilizers from cotton
seed products; to cir and press cotton in
the bales. 10 that end the said corpo
ration may buy, own, lease and hold all
real and personal property necessary to
caJry on the business probably and sue
cessfully. Ii may buy, build or lease
tenement houses for the use of its OPP
eratives and employees, and may rent
the same TO them; it may buy, build or
lease warehouses or storage houses at
any point or place in the State for
/ housing or storing cotton seed, or cotton
seed products, aud may do any and all
other Scis necessary or expedient for
the successful conduct aud manage
ment Of its business, not in conflict
with law.
Section 8. It's affairs shall be man
aged by board Of not less than five
aud N re than nine directors, and the
first board hall be chosen fram among
the incOrp0rators. who shall serve for
one year and until their successors are
elected aud qualified. All subsequent
directors SNAIL he chosen from among
1 the stockholders and shall serve for a
/ period Cf Que year and until their sue.
! cesso1 are elected ard qualified, but
1 provision III ~ be made in the by laws
/ for the removal Of any director for in
| competency o. other sufficient cause.
! The officers shall be a President, Vice
/ President, Secretary and Treasurer.
and their duties shall be- defined in the
by laws.
Section I. This corporation shall
have all the rights, powers and priv
ileges conferred by chapter twenty Ave
of the Annotated Code of 1899, and any
amendments made thereto.
As soon as this barter has been APP
pr1ved by the Governor aLd recorded
by the Secretary of State, the incorpo
rat5rs may meet at time and place in
the city of Hattiesburg. TO be previously
named "a notice for thar purpose which
notice may be sent to each incorporation
through the mails, and organize the
company by fixing the number of direc
tors and electlng the same from among
the incorporatoTs, who SHALL immediate
lly elect the officers nIaed in the pre-
ceeaing section.
Section 8. When thus organized the
board of directors may proceed at once
to do such aets as may be necessary II
p4rrv nnt 1ha objects and Dur50enc ~
this corporation, not in conflict with
the constitution and laws of the State Oh
of the United States.