The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-08-01
CI!.A lTEI,

STATE OF LOUISIANA, |
PARISH or ST. MARY.


Before me, Wilbur K. Kramer,
q Notary Public, duly commiss~
Toned aud qualified within and for
the aforesaid Parish and state,
and il the presence OF the Wit
| ncs5es hereinafter named and IN
! dcrsigncd personally came and
appeared y William Nash Gooch,
George Gooch and Charles ID.
Craighead, all OF Patterson, st.
Mary Parish, Louisiana, Who de-
ciareo ma Acknowledged unto
me, : otary, that, awaiting them
selves OF the provisions OF the
laws OF this State, relative To the
! formation Of Corporations OF lin
tied liability and body polite,
they have coyenanted and agreed
ana do by these presents covenant
and agree and bind themselves as
well as such persons as may here
after become associated with them
to form and constitute corpora
| ton and body polite in law for
the purposes and objects, and un-
Ger the stipulatlons, articles, and
conditions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title OF said corr
poration shall be 'GOOCH-
CRAIGHEAD COMPANY, LINZ
TIED, and its dcmicile is hereby
esta blished at Patterson, st. Mary
Parish, Louisiana; and under said
corporate name, i shall have
power to sue ana be sued, to con-
tract; to make and use & corpo-
rate seal, and the same to break
and alter at pleasure; to hold, re-
ceive, have, purchase, improve,
ALLEVIATE, convey. sell, borrow,
pledge, mortgage, and hypothe-
cate under its said corporate name,
property, real, personal and mix
ed; to name and appoint such
officers, agents and directors as its
interest or convenience may re-
quire; to make and esta blish such
bylaws, rules and regulations for
the proper management and regu-
lation Of its affairs and the same
to change and alter at pleasure.
Said corporation shall COM
mence to exist from the date of
theseap presents and unless sooner
dissolved, shall continue to exist
for a period of twenty-five years.
The President or in his absence
the Secretary-Treasurer shall be
the proper person upon whom
citations or other legal process
shall be served.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for
which this corporation is organ
lied, and the nature of the BUSH |
ness to be carried on by it, are
hereby declared to be. to-wit:
The maintaining and conducting
Of q Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
in the town OF Patterson, La, and
all business appertaining to orl
belonging to buying and selling |
horses and buggies and the hiring
OF horses and teams, retailing
feed and other business Legitimate
to a regular Livery Stable BUSH
ness,
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of the corpc-
ration shall be FIVE Thousand
j5,OO0,OW Dollars, divided into
and represented by Fifty (5O)
shares of par value OF One Hun
lred (S1O0.0O Dollars each; which
shall not be issued except for cash
Or its equivalent in stock CT mer-
,handise and for its par value.
Any stakeholder may sell, as
ign, or transfer his stock in the
provided thirty 900
lays prior notice Of such intention
o sell, assign or transfer the same
De siven the Company; and the
'ther stockholders shall have the |
irst privilege of purchasing the
anne, after thirty days notice, the
took may be sold on the open
market.
The stock Of the corporation |
nay be transferred under the
-boye conditions, provided such
transfers. be made upon the books
# the corporation and on surren-
Ter Of the certificate therefor. No
ransfer of any fractional share
an be made, and no transfer will
re valid upon the corporation un-
ess made upon its books after