The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-08-08
CHARTER
OF THE
GOOCH-CRAIGHEAD COMPA-
NY, LIMITED.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

Before me, Wilbur IL. Kramer,
a Notary Public, duly commiss-
Toned and qualified within and for
the aforesaid Parish and State,
and in the presence Of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and I'M
dersigned personally came and
appeared William Nash Gooch,
George Gooch and Charles d.
Craighead, all Of Patterson, St.
Mary Parish, Louisiana, who de-
clared md acknowledged unto
me, Notary, that, availing them
selves of the provisions of the
laws of this State, relative to the
formation Of Corporations Of linn
tied liability and body polite,
they have covenanted and agreed
and 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-
der the stipulations, articles, and
conditions following, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of said cor
poration shall be 'GOOCH-
CRAIGHEAD COMPANY, LINZ
TIED, and it's domicile is hereby
established at Patterson, st. Mary
Parish, Louisiana; and under said
, corporate name, it shall have
power to sue and be sued, to con-
tract; to make and use a 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 establish such
by laws, 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
these 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 bust
ness to be carried on by it, are
hereby declared to be, to-wit !:
The maintaining and conducting
of Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
in the town of Patterson, La, and
all business appertaining to or
belonging to buying and selling
horses and buggies and the hiring
of horses and teams, retailing
feed and other business legitimate
to regular Livery Stable bust
ness,
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of the corpo-
ration shall be Five Thousand
S5,O0O.O0) Dollars, divided into
and represented by Fifty (5O)
shares of par value of One Hun
dred (S1O0.0O) Dollars each; which
shall not be issued except for cash
or it's equivalent in stock CT mer-
chandise and for its par value.
Any stakeholder may sell, as
sign, or transfer his stock in the
corporation, provided thirty 500
days prior notice of such intention
to sell, assign or transfer the same
be aiven the Company; and the
other stockholders shall have the
first privilege of purchasing the
same, after thirty days notice, the
stock may. be sold on the open
market.
The stock of the corporation
may be transferred under the
above conditions, provided such
transfers be made upon the books
of the corporation and on surren-
der of the certificate therefor. No
transfer of any fractional share
can be made, and no transfer will
be valid upon the corporation I'M
less made upon it's books after
the surrender of the original GER
tificate therefor.
All of the capital stock has been
subscribed for, to-wit:
William Nash Gooch subscribes
for twenty-four shares.
George Gooch subscribes for
one share.