Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-01-17
CHARTER
Ba nix Of Joseph
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Iensds.

DO III n VA OOsO WV
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of qenscs.
BEIT KNOWN, That on this
,Ixteenth day of December, in, the
year of our Lord One Thousand,
Nine Hundred and One, before me,
3. F. Newell deputy Clerk of Court
and ex-officio q Notary Public IN
and for the Parish OF Tensas, State
of Louisiana, duly co nmissloned
and qualified, and in the presence.
of witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned, personally came
and appeared, the several persons
whose names are herennto sub
scrihed, who declared, that avail
ing themselves of the provisions
of the laws of the State of ]. uis-
lana relative to the formation of
corporations for the purpose OF
banking, they have associated
themselves together, and have COW
enanted and contracted and by
these presents do hereby covenant
and contract, both for themselves
and for those who shall hereafter
become associated with them, and
hereby bind themselves into and
form and constitute corporation
for the purposes and under the
regulations aud articles herein fol
lowing, to-wit:
ssa ARTICLE I. A.3.l
/ The name assumed for said bank
| ing corporation ari to he used Il
Fits dealings shall be "BANK Oh
SAINT JOSEPH" The banking
business of said association shal
Ibe carried on in the Town of Sain
joseph, Parish Of Tensas, State 0
| Louisiana. and the domicile of sax
corporation shall be the said Tow
of Saint Joseph. N3If IL
| ARTICLE II
| The capital stock of said corpor
alton shall be Twenty-Five Thou
j sand Dollars ($25, 900 ,00l divide
Into Two Hundred and fifty geo
lshares of One Hundred Dollar
! (s1O0.00) each. payable in speci
OIL demand of the Board of Direct
ors, but the entire amount to b
called for and paid by April Isl
| 1902.
i ARTICLE III.
| The objects and purposes ft
which this corporation is forme
lis to carry on n general bankin
business in all of its branches an
Idepartmenta, and to thatend sha
have power and authority TO On
: count bills, notes or other ovldenc'
of debt; to receive deposits, to bs
and sell gold and silver bulliol
foreign coins, bills of 'exchang
stocks, bonds and securities:
loan money on personal and re
; security; to carry ona savings, sa
/, deposit aud trust department IN a
Of its branches; to receive for d
post or ssgfe-keeping valuable p
i pers, bonds, plate, securities al
D other articles of value; to acce
land execute trusts of any and q
, descriptions, which may, with
consent, be committed or tran
ferred to it by any person or pc
sons whomsoever, bodies corpora
g and public, or by any Court of t
e State Of Louisiana, or the Unit
!. States Court, or any one of I
United States or the United State
and to act as syndic, receiver, trl
81 tee or assignee under appointrne
d of any court; to receive money
. other property on deposit for m;
! ried women and minors, and to p
out same on the individul order
= signature Of said married won
n or minors, without other autho
% zation; and generally to poss
and to exercise such powers a
privileges as may be conferred
l. any existing laws of the State
ID Louisiana on the subject mat
a or may hereafter be conferred
further legislation on the sa
subject; and to exercise all IN
Df dental powers necessary to ca
ID on the business; to have and en-.
,s succession on its corporate mar
to contract, sue and be sued, pl'
u and ba impleaded, appear. ans'
IN and prosecute in any and all cou
Of of Justice and elsewhere; to he
receive, purchase and convey
r and under its corporate name 81
r. property, real and personal, as n
os be indispensable tn the objects
the corporation. To make and
ai corporate seal. which shall be
es the following description and
is- vice, to-wit: Toconsist of two c
a. centric circles; between the OF
1 and inner circle to be the words
hs the top, "Bank of Saint JOSEF
lc- at the potion, "Saint Jose
ng la" Within the inner circle
ev be a pelican feeding her young,
scales and motto: '4Union, Jus
y and Confidence;" to name and
he point such managers and direcr
of to administer the affairs of the
mr. poration az may be necessary
,>ro,&or to g. 4ha o.o,o ,No,,oat