The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-10

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UNITED srtI 81 AUERIaA
SEAE on LOUISIANA,
PARisH q IsREHoEEE
H8 81 Known that on this the-8th. day.
'of6he faonth of December in Che year
Nineteen Hundred and 4Wo Before me-
.Chare smadee Ceietin Clerk Oi the
pom 5udicial Court ID and fof the Far
isa 8 g Hffebonna and ex-0mei0 Notary
Public duly commissioned and qualified,
Pelaoa came and appeared the sev-
era hes3n whose names are hereto sub
scribsa who declared Chat, availing.
.tlemssive8 ot The provisions Of Act NO.
SO oRthe AeS OF the General Assembly
.ofthe yea 1883 Of the State Of Louisiana
as well as the general laws Of this State
nelatiVe 20 the organization OF corpoTa-
lions sBey have c~ovenanted and agreed.
to fol az themselves into and constitute a
body corporate in laW 6or the objects
and purposes and under The agreements
and stil nlatiohs herin ter ses ioTth.
ARTIcLHsl.
Thename and tile 81 this corporation
shall De he GIBSON CROSSlIIE
AND IiMBEF Co, IufIFED.2 it shall
exist for Nilty-nine years unless sooner
dissolved and its domicile shall be ab
Gibson in the Parish Of Terrebonne,
State Of Louisiana. IT, shall have, pos
sess and exercise an the powers, pTivi
leges and immUnities conferred by law
upon corporations. All eitotiOhs and
other legal process, shall be served upon
the President or in his absence upon the
Treasurer or in his absence upon the
Secretary
ABrrcEE 2.
The object and purpose 81 this corpo.
ration shall be to purchase, erect and
construct saw-mills, shingle mills and
to operate tlemS to purchase manufaetuna
and sell cfoss-ties, logs and other articles
of Woodiu whole or IN part; to do q gem
er8l lumber mandatory business; To
own and operate q general store or stores;
to Kay and sell all species Of personal
property, wapeBInd merchandise anG "a
DO and perform any and every act and
thing necessary, convenient incidental
or appertaining to said business as well
as to buy, sell and own real estate, tim.
Der lands and timber.
ARrIcLn8 8.
The, capital stock Of this corporation ID
hereby fixed at Thirty Thousand Dollars
$3.50, GOO 0,) divided into three hundred
shares of One Hundred Dollars cash
which said shares of stock shall be non
assessable. This corporation shall begin
business as soon as five thousand Dollars
Of the capital stock is subscribed FOR.
ARrIcLBA.
The officers Of this corporation shall
consist Of q President, a Treasurer, and
a Secretary; the Board Of Directors shall
consist Of three stock holders, two d
whom snail constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business and am corporate
powers shall be vested ia and exercised
by them.
The FIRST board Of directors shall con.
siet Of Benjamin M. Talbot as President,
Marcus ID, Levy as Treasurer and VIII
liam Z Mount as Secretary who shall
serve until the FIRST Tuesday il July
1904 OF until their sueoessoH are duly
elected. Said Board shall be elected
aHunallW thereafter on the first Tue1day
in Jely or as soon thereafter as possible
and ten days previous notice Of said cleo
ton shall be given in writing to each
stock holder. All elections shall be by
ballot and each share of stock shall be
entitled 10 ole vote to be cast by the
stock holder either in person or by prox-
ley.
ARTIcLE 5.
No9stock holder snail ever be held Tia
bic for the contracts or faults of the cor
poratiOn beyond The amornt Of the nn.
paid bslsnce due upon his stock no.
shall ANY ~informality in Organization
have the effect OF rendering this act nal
or ofexposing q stock holder TO any la
biity beyond bis stock,
ARFICLE 6.
tbs act Of incorporation may be
changed, altered or modified, or the cor
poration may be dissolved with the as
sent Of three foufths (a) Of the stoch
represented at a special meeting called fol
the purpose and after it's object shall
have been made known by ten days pre-.
vious notice il writing delivered o.
mailed to each stock holder. Whenever
the corporation is dissolved its affair
shall be liquidated by two commissioner
appointd from the stock holders by the
Board Of Directors.
ARTICLE Z,
The Board of Directors shall have pow
er TO make sucn by-laWs and regulations
for their guidance and directions as theJ
ma see fit, not inconsistent herewith.
ARTICLE 8.
The undersigned incorporates d,
hereby subscribe each to seventeel
shares Of the capital stock of said corpo
ration, making City one hundred dollar
Of said capital stock subscribed for upoI
its incorporation.
nus done and passed in my Office, a
the Town Of Houma, on She day, montl
and year first above written, in the pres
ence Of Messrs Edgar j. Lirette and Hu
bert ChauVin competent Witnesses VIII.
herewith sign their names with said up
pearers ana me, Notary, after due read
ing of the whole.
B M TALBOT.
MARCUS NJ LEVY.
w. j.. Mourn.
a. 81 C. 4. cELnsrN, CLERK
Witnesses:
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