The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-06-13

written notice to each stakeholder
mailed to him thirty days prior to the
date of the meeting, at the post office
address designated by him in writing.
Any changes proposed or made III refer
zee To the capital stock shall be made
accordaMtL with the laws of the State
I. "uisiina Gu the subject of altering
the .apital Stock Of this Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII.
No stakeholder shall ever be 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, nor
shall any informality in organization
have the effect Of rendering this Charter
null or Of exposing a stakeholder to any
liability beyond the unpaid amount re-
naming due on his stock
ARTICLE TX.
d. w. Ewing. ID. b. ByInm. } Il.
Summers. g. A. havery. VIM. Coppage.
W T. Miller. John f. Voigt, Jr.. Vim.
Wilson, and S. a. 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
ID. W. Ewing is hereby chosen as
President of said Company, d. b. By
rum as Nice-President. S. NJ. Owings as
Secretary and Geo. S. Richmond as
Treasurer. and said officers shall h.!d
their respective offices until the first
Monday in July, ll9C4 or until their sue
cessors shall have been elected and quail
flied IS provided for in this Charter for
the election of ii Board of Directors.
NATION, ILL.,. Jnne 2nd. 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 +. FOlGT 5000 shares.
SAM l. NJ. OWlNGS Il. 600 shares.
JOHN w. THODE 1900 shares, |
D. W. EWING $4,000 shares.
HARRY 7. KENDALL 1900 shares.
W NJ. WILSON is. 900 shares.
j. w. EItENSTEIN, shares.
w. L. MILLER II 900 shares |
iEO. A. LAVERY shares.
w. X. COPPAGE shares
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
COUNTY OF COLES, S.
BE II Known that on this day be-
ore me, Edward I. Guthrie. a Notary
Pablo In and 10y the County in the
state aforesaid, duly commissioned and
qualified, in the presence OF f. q. Her
nan and Myrtle Weaver, both cumpc-
ent wiine ses If lawful age, resisting in
his City of Nation, personally came and
Thomas Dunnell, John f.
digit. Jr. Sam'l NJ Owinss, John q.
'hode. ID. " EwIrg {, Harry f. Kendall.
Nm. Wilson. Il. W. EilenstelD w. L.
lil!er, Geo. A. Laverv, w. X. Coppagc,
o me personally know II rs the persons
hey represent themselves to be in the
instrument Of writing. and
Who in my presence and in the presence
# said witnesses, signed and delivered
he said instrument, and acknowledged
lie same to be their tree and voluntary
ct in deed, for the uses and purposes
herein set forth and expressed
In testimony whereof | hereunto sign
~ name with said parties, and said two
to:esaid witness, Mattoor. Illinois,
his Second day OF June, ~ D.. 1908.
EDWARD I. GUTHRIE,
Notary Public.
My commission expires
July 24th, A. D., 1905.
Witnessed by
> q. HERMAN.
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