The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-06-20

hereby agree to the following stipula,ions
| to wit:
| ARTICLE l.
| The nam. and title of this corporation
shall be The Merchants Grocer Company,
Limited, and ITS domicle shall he at La.
faycttc, Lafayette Parish, State of Louisiana
| ARTICLE II.
This corporation shall enjoy succession
FOR the full term and period of twenty five
years from date of this act.
| ARTICLE III.
| his corporation shall have power to
| make and use corporate seal, and the
same to alter and change at pleasure: it
sha'I nave the power to contract, sue and
be sued; to hold, receive and purchase,
| lease, sell and convey property, both real
and personal; to hypothecate AMI mortgage
its real property and personal effects, but no
mortgage shall be given on ITS real property,
except when authorized at a meeting of
stock holders, after majority of stock
subscribed has been voted in favor of
granting a proposed mortgage; to- appoint
such officers as the business of the CORPORA
uon may require, and to make all necessary
rules and bylaws for the successful conduct
OF the business, and the same TO change at
will.
ARTICLE ".
The purposes and objects for which this
corporation is formed are hereby declared
10 be: 10 conduct a general wholesale gro
Gerry ana commission business, and to do
any act necessary to successfully conduct
the said business.
ARTICLE V.
All citations or process of law shall be
served on the president, in his absence on
the vice president, Or in the absence of both
OF these on the secretary.
ARTICLE VI.
he capital stock of this corporation is |
hereby fixed at fifty thousand dollars, di-
vided into five hundred shares of one
nj ,rh a..
shall be authorized to do business as soon
rs twenty-five thousand dollars of its stock
have been subscribed for.
AHTICLE VII.
The business or affairs of this CORPORATION
shall be conducted under the management
ana control of n Board of Directors, to be
composed of five stockholders, three of
whom shall constitute quorum.
ne board of directors shall elect Il pres
dent, vice president, and secretary and
rcaSnFcr, and such other officers as NAV he.
necessary for the management of this cor
1t shall have power to- fill all va
ancIes occurring either by death, resIgna-
ion or otherwise. The Offices of secretary
~ one person.
r. Dcmanade, J. X. Jcanmard, \. T.
loss. 1. Moore Biossat and =. X. Parker
on shall compose and constitute the first
"ard of directors. with +. Dcmanadc as
resident. !. X. Jeanmar,i as vice presdrn,
nj Geo. y. DeI;lanc as secretary and
reasur..r; the said named persons shall
old their respective offices until the second
ueS"ay of May 1904, 1T which time and
nnually thereafter. 4 new board of dircc-
1rs and officers shall be elected. \ ma
orlty of the votes cast meeting of the.
ock -h"!ders shall elect. each stock holder
eng entitled to cast either in person or by
roxy, one vote for each share of stock :
":!cd by him. Said nee,iDC shall be uivcn l
Office Of by publication for thirty days in a
ewspaper published at Lafayette, Louis
ma. and held in the offices of the company
said place. The failure or omission to
ect Officers as provided for, shall in no
amer affect the business of this company,
nj the officers shall hold office until their
'cccss"rs are elected and have qualified.
ARTICLE VIII.
No transfer of stock shall I've binding on
e company until it has been recorded on
c books OF the corporation. In the event Z
~ stock holder desires to sell his stock he =
all give the remaining stock. holders the
IvicGc of purchasing same at the ruling
arkct price thereof.
ARTICLE ~
No stock holder shall be held personally
die for the faults IF this corporation. Nor
all any stock holder be liable for to any
eater extent than the unpaid balance due E
stock purchased by him. No informally ]
organization shall affect the liability OF
'ck.holdcrs or render this charter null.
ARTICLE n
his act OF Incorporation can be changed, -
1llhet or altered, Or the CprpDraiipn dis
we'd with consent of three: fuu.lhS of the a.
pital stock represented at any general :.
citing of the stock holders. convened for 9;
III purpose, after Thirty days previous 4
tice shall be given Of such meeting, by q
hlIcaf'"n in a newspaper at Lafayette, 4!
uiSlana. and Written notice mailed to "
III stock holder ten days previous to such a.
citing. g
ARTICLE NJ. ~
When this corporation is dissolved either =
limitation, or otherwise, its affairs shall k(
liquidated by three commissioners to be :.
pointed for that purpose by the stock v(
der>; a meeting Of the Stockholders to 4
called in the manner as provided 0e
in article y of this charter. The said Z:
nmisSIoners shall remain in office until w
affairs of the corporation are liQuidated. Al
IN cas-" of death or resignation, the re- Gs
lining ones one shall elect others ~
he original subscription list is hereto W
eXcd. Ak
'hus done and signed at Lafayette, -:
'isiana this sixteenth day Of May, 1905. %
''ORIGINAI SI,:NEI,'' 4
&. NickerSnn, =. Iegnaud, Geo. A. %
Blanc, I. NJ. l'ioSSat. G. NJ. Parkerson <:
<. Parkerson, n. r. Moss, r. Demanded w
:. Jcanmard, Frank T.. Moss. "A
Witnesses: Pierre X. Landry, +. Sontag.
JEROME MnrTnN, Notary Public &c
lcrchants' Grocer Company, Limited. *