Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-17
CHARTER OF INCORPORATION
OF the "Merrill and Leak esville Tel.
ephons Company"

Be it known, That on this the 2sth
day of December in the year of our
Lord. Nineteen hundred and one
Q90D, Elijah Rose. W. P. Rhinehart,
DR.. Samuel Pool, James Faux, Jas.
Il. Turner, and DR.. NJ. l.. Batson by
virtue of the provisions of Chapter
twenty-five (25) of the Annotated
Code Of the sssts OF q iMiississ1ppi aud
the Acts Amendstory thereof, do here
by organize and found . corporation
for the objects and purposes, herein
after enumerated; and to that end and
purpose, they do by these prerents
with the approval of the Governor of
the State Of Mississippi, form and con-
stitute themselves and all other such
persons as may hereafter become as
ISOLATED with them by purchase, de-
scent, subscription or otherwise, into
body polite and corporate in law
under the following articles of the
Charter of said Corporation, to wit:
Article /. The name and style OF
this Corporation shall be the merrill
and Leakesville Telephone Company
aud in that name shall exhist for
period of fifty (50) years from the date
of the approval Of this Charter by the
Governor Of the State Of Mississippi
unless sooner dissolved By the vote
and approval of tk1ee-fourths OF its
stockholders, and may purchase or
otherwise acquire, have, hold and en-
joy or connect with other Telephone
lines or b anch lines besides its own
lines not exceeding in value or amount
the limit fixed by law as may be re-
quired for the purpose for which this
organization is formed; and shall
possess all the rights, powers, and
privileges which Corporations of this
character under the general laws of
the State Of Mississippi are authorized
to possess or exercise.
Aeticle II. The domicile of this
Corporation shall be at Merrill Greene
County, Mississippi.
Article III. The capital stock OF
this Corporation shall be FIVE hundred
dollars (s5OO.OO) with the privilege OF
increasing same to one thousand jol
lars 0O.00) to be divided into share
of ten dollars $1,000 each. When
three hundred dollars of said stock
has been subscribed and paid in and
the balance OF the Ave hundred dollars
duly subscribed. said Corporation
may begin business. The balance of
said subscriptions shall be paid in at
the call Of the directors of said Cor
pora ion, the undersigned however
having he privilege of having all the
said capital stock subscribed aud fully
paid before business is commenced
Article ~. The objects aud pur-
poses of this Corporation are hereby
declare d to be; to own and operate
Telephone line commencing at main
office in Merrill and running along
side Merrill aud Leakesville road to
E. Rose store at mouth Big Creek,
II ION there on along side same road to
w. p. Rhinehart's store, and from
there on to Leakesvilie via residence
of Jas. Fl. Turner: said line terminal
ing at Faulk's drug store in Leakes
vile; also to own and operate branch
lines emenating from any part of their
said main line as herein before de-
scribed, and TO connect with other
private or other Company's lines with
in Greene County. Mississippi. and to
maintain Telephone exchange in both
Towns Of Merrill and Leakdsville,
said building, acquisition and connect
ion with branch, private or other
Compsny's lines, only to be done
where it's neemed necessary and expe
dent for the successful execution of
the business for which this Company
is formed.
Article v. The Corporate powers
of this Corporation shall be vested in
q board OF not less than TIN ee nor
more than five directors, each OF
whom shall be stockholders in said
Company who shall be elected by the
stockholders as soon after the approval
OF this Charter by the Governor as
they may see fit, ten days notice first
being given to each stockhlder of
said meeting; and annually thereafter
on ths Hrst Monday Of February Zach