The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
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he Gibson School Assoca-
tion, Limited.

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tiOn, Limited.
STAEE or LOUISIANA 4
PARIsH on g-RBREBoNNE. i
BE r. KNOWS AND B~EsHEBasRED. That
"A o. this Twelfth day OF the month Of
March in the year Of Our Lord Nine
teen Hundred and Three,
Before me, Edwin Clarence Wurzlow,
9llef Deputy Clerk Of the goth. judicial
Court ex-Ofhcio Recorder and Notary
: fubnc, ulycommissioned and Qualified
IN and for the Parish Of T~erfebonne.
state aforesaid, ana In the presence of
Messrs. Alexander Vogel and John Wal
q competent witnesses residing in
Personally came and appeared, the par
ties whose names are hereto subscribad
who declared that, a%vailinp themselves
q inc Statutes Of the State of Louisiana
relative to the organization OF corpora
lions, they had cOvenanted and agreed
and do hereby covenant and agree to
bind themselves as 6Wel as all others
VINO may hereafter become members Of
Chls organization, to form and constitute
9 corporation and body polite in law,
Tor h objects and purposes and under
the conditions and ~stipnlations following,
to-wit III
ARTCLR I.
Thename and title OF this eornoration
shall be 'THE GIBSON SCH00LI
ASSOCIATION, LmTTED," and undeEitsI
said corporate name it shall have power
to contract, sue and be sued; to make and
use q corporate seal and the ssamet to
break or alter at pleasure; to hold, ra-
sJcelYe, lease, purchase, convey, pledge
and mortgage under its corporate name
property, both real and personal, to lend
or borrow on security; to name and ap-
point such officers anu agents as the in
interests Inconvenience of said corbo-T
ration may require; to make and establish
such bylaws, rules and regulations for
the proper management and regulation
OF the affairs OF said corporation as may
be necessary and proper to carry out the
objects and purposes Of said corporations;
and ssaid corporation unless IsOoner dis
solved under the provisions Of this chart
er, shall exist for the period of twenty
five years, /
ARTICLE II.
The domicile Of this corporation shall
be at Gibson in the Parish of Terre-
bonnie, La, and all citations and !
other legal processes, shall be served !
upon the President of said corporation, I
or, IN his absence upon the Vice-Presi-
dent, or in his absence of both of these 7
officers, upon the Secretary. Z
ARTICLE III.
The object and purposes for which T
this corporation is formed are declared 7
be the establishment and, maintenance 7
at Gibson, or near vicinity, of a school +
for h education of the white children I
between 6 and Is years of age; to obtain 7
by subscription, donation, appropriation, 4
taxation or otherwise, the funds neces- N
to erect requisite buildings and meet T.
he legitimate expenses, Of conducting bR
aid School; to make the management =
conduct of said school strictly nom n
ectarlan both in theory and practice; to 4
urn said school and property over to the 7,
'arlsh or town, whenever, in the iud&-IC
ot tins association, the material 4
interests OF the institution and commune q,
y will be subseTved by so doing. II
ARTICLBIV. N
The capital stock OF this corporation is M
Iereby fixed at the suIa of TWenty-fyA n
hundred Dollars, represented by twentMl 4
We hundred shares a. the par value of
Dollar oach~EaNabieiuZ Ne ETC
1 0IIpton The Board Of Bi- Pl
7ctOrs shall have the rightto issue shares w
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rOperty or other valuable considerations. m
S they may see fit. The corporation Fl,
hall begin business as soon as the sum of n
hree Hundred Dollars is subscribed and 4.
aid. P
Should the capitalstock Of this coFpo- an
alton be increased the persons holding M
lock at the time OF such increase shall s
ave the right to take shares of the addi-
epal increased stock proportiOnat6 to- Al
number of shares then owned by II
respectively.
ARTICLE V.
The corporate powers of this, CORPORA
shall be vested in and exercised
Board of Directors, composed OF
We share holders; the President, Vice
resident, Secretary and Treasurer shall =.
e selected by the Board OF %Directors ~
'Om its own members. The office OF ~
e~cretary and Treasurer may be filled by =
ne and the same person. Three mem- ~
ers OF said Board shall constitute a quo 10
I'm for the transaction of business and 80
heir actions shall be valid, corporate =
The first board of directors shall IT.
e and is hereby composed iof Massrs.
M. Talbot, Lionel j. Fleurv,
lenry Walther, William E. Mount and
+. Morgan; Benjamin NJ. Talbot
hereby declared to be President, E. F. =
Vice-President, Lionel J.
leury, Secretary, Henry Walther.
treasurer. Said Board of sDirec-
Drs and officers shall Continne in Office "
ntil the fifteenth day of March, 1904 on "a
,hich date, as well as annually there ~,
a Board of Directors shall be 10,
lected. The election for Directors shall 10.
e bV ballot and the majority in amount n,
I stockholders voting, whether present
r by proxy. shall elect the person or 4:
ersons for whom they may be cast. :
,ach share of stock voted upon to BE-
Ounted for one vote, and the majority r
ased thereon. After each election the
shall elect from their own numberl
he officers above mentioned. All officers
ling the above offices shall serve with
ut compensation.
The Board of Directors shall give at
east ten days notice by mail of the elec-|
ion Of directors oDI eI,11 o,vCs,AH 80