The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-04

written notice to each stOckhOldel
mailed to him thirty days prior to tht
date of the meeting, at the post Office
address designated by him in writing
Any changes proposed or made in refer
ence to the capital stock shall be made
~ accordance with the laws of the State
q Louisiana On the subject of altering
tn, {. nital Stock of this Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII.
No stakeholder shall ever De held
| Liable for the contracts or faults of said
| corporation in any other sum than the
! unpaid balance due the corporation on
the shares of stock owned by him. mol
| shall any informality in organization
, have the effect Of rendering this Charter
null or Of exposing stakeholder to any
liability beyond the unpaid amount re-
naming due on his stock.
ARTICLE TX.
d. w. Ewing, D. B. Byrum. J b.
Summers, G. A. havery, VIM. Coppage,
w. T. Miller. John F. Voigt, Jr.. Vim.
Wilson, and S. NJ. Owings have been
chosen and selected as the first Board of
Directors of this corporation to serve
until the First Monday in July, A. D.,
1904, or until their successors shall have
been elected and qualified
u. W. Ewing is hereby chosen as
President Of said Company, d. B. By
rum as Vice-President. s, NJ. Owings as
Secretary and Geo $. Richmond as
Treasurer, and said officers shall hold
their respective offices until the first
Monday in Jul. p9C4 or until their sue
cessors shall have been elected and quail
flied as provided for in this Charter for
the election of a Board of Directors.
NATION. Ill. Jnne md. 1908.
We. the undersigned subscribers to
the Charter of the "Louisiana Black
Prairie Land Company Limited" do
hereby subscribe for the amount of the
Capital Stock of the above named Com
pany set opposite to our respective
names. represented in shares:
THOMAS DONNELL $4,000 shares
JOHN f. VOIGT 5000 shares
SAM'L NJ. OWINGS 10000 shares
JOHN w. THODE 1900 shares.
ID. w. EWING $4,000 shares
HARRY f. KENDALL. 10000 shares.
WIN. WILSON 5000 shares.
G. w. EILENSTEIN, shares.
w. T. MILLER 10000 shares.
GEO. A. LAVERY shares.
w. r. COPPAGE shares.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
COUNTY OF COLES, SIS.
BE IT Known that on this day be-
fore me, Edward Il. Guthrie, Notary
Public. In and for the County in the
State aforesaid, duly commissioned and
qualified, in the presence of +. &. Her
man and Myrtle Weaver, both compe-
tent witnes ses Of lawful aye, residing in
this City OF Nation, personally came and
appeared Thomas Donnell Johu +.
Voigt, Jr., Sam'l NJ. Owings, John G.
Thode, D. W. Ewing, Harry +. Kendall,
VIM. Wilson. g. W. Eilenstein, w. I.
Miller, Geo. A. Layery, W. X. Coppage,
to me personally known as the persons
they represent themselves to be in the |
foregoing instrument of writing, and |
who in my presence and in the presence |
# said witnesses, signed and delivered |
he said instrument, and acknowledged |
he same to be their free and voluntary /
lct in deed, for the uses and purposes
herein set forth and expressed.
In testimony whereof hereunto sign
ny name with said parties, and said two
Iforesaid witness, Mattoon, Illinois.
his Second day OF June, A. D., 1903.
EDWARD I. GUTHRIE,
Notary Public.
My commission expires
July Gath, A. D., 1905.
Witnessed by
,. q. HERMAN.
lYRTLE WEAVER.