The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-26
CHARTER OF THE
Cooper Drug Company, Limited
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF CALOASlEU,(
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pa aomn me- of Lee T. Robinson duly commits nm fer
stoned and qualified Notary Pn ~ Sm dq and ap
s Scared John H. Cooper, Pope J0rdaPa r fno
Mrs Katie S. Hqbener widow Of III aS Said Parish
and State each Of whom declared unto he Sf e Of
aVaiing themselves Of the laws ob in1 of cor
7 onisiana relating to the formatlo1il " ~ 10
norations and especial y as to Act ioouolvns
Acts Of 1883, they do hereby form or Lawn and do
hereby adopt the following Artlcietsb oa y,
poration as the Charter to Dlnu 'assnciated
with them
ARTICLE I.
oJ 56f RsB RU 2f 535G
is 0% ri iii the or town RT1 Of
ish, Louisiana under which name u s3n nnIi
Joy az the sw To- corporations for period OF
ninety nine G99 years from GATE nereol Of this
e5arter. or by decree of OF some competent
court.
The objects and purposes for ,whlch tniS
CORPORATION is organized is to conduct gen
erai drug business to buy, sell, manu nd ali
and pIe eP which are usually kept
connection with drug paS1afbss tori and
: | 10 prepare all classes of drugs ana Ineuioiue''
ARTICLE III.
The authorized capital of this corporat1o1n
S ars, ep by Fifteen Hundred shares
Of the Value of Ten o 100 dollars eacn, wn,S
must se be gsd ad fF
this corporation and n9 G9r
hSnss 2 a tbs
therein represented shall be fully PAID n 1ef.
ness s when Five Hundred shares oHn 6
total value Of Five Thousabnd for and the
remaining shares may be placed b Upon 'a as
t market at such times and IN snca bes Inter-
= the Board of Directors deem TO the oeS' in'ei
est of the corporation.
ARTICLE ~.
. All citations or other legal process shall hall, Dc
nnon the Vice-Presdent. Any officer super tn
intendent, or manager OF TINS IN .ff;daVits. OF
sgn ali bonds which NECESSARY or
! CURED In any legal proceedings III "ni'n 'A-'
acers of this corpora ton declared
J., tn be President, yice-President, rt ~
ee OF General Manager and Treasurer ma;
ID be held by who occupies either one IF 1r On
eba be Vested with such powers a. are usual
performed by similar ofers IN potes or evi
ct dences of debt shall be signed by the ffe''
G. dent. ficers Of said corporation until the an
is nnaI meeting on the second Tuesday 1 q Jan
K uary, 1905, are declared to Pc o9nn ient an
General Manager, and Mrs Hubensr n Secret,
~ and Treasurer, and the Board OF Dlfecuoi
ESQ shall be composed of the same parties.
ARTICLE V.
n,la business of this corporation shall /
mt vested in and exercised by the Boa5a OF U hic
ge tors, composed OF three sIoch ;o tie sale
mortqape the real property belonging to tn
Of corpor&Tf1nes "a and investments incident to an
70. connected with the business as thhey r mn
he proper at the the first meeting after each annu
ex- meeting Of the stockholders Rresp5de e nj
ndors NAV adopt corporate Seal or bres
-, and alter same at their pleasure, and ma
ale ADOPT rnoee Of oc.ontrons the business Of tn
ed to the s6 IN b Wlce een Sa
ar snnervision and control over the business al
as affairs Of this es sbali in
' as ia Fa Viii SECURING among their number
- VI - ARTICLE vi.
cs 56e -, ,,,aetino of the stockholders
Me- The annual mes shall be held the sece
of TnssGaY of January of 1909 and aFa are
thereafter at which BY Written pr
end Shall be entitled to one VOTE f the sstockhoit
sai call specie PEE desires and the secretary
give at eat ten days written cb OF sftoekhoide,
the tlee p ps OF special meeting OF the se
Two holers and in the case OF ebacts for vi
ItH such n 9SlGSe snd no business can be transa
lship exceot such as is designated IN the ho'Aoo
ing tn aec SIAM ANNUAL meeting of the st?ckhol
they Shall elect from am a%n d s@est
f Rnard I Of Directors for the ensuing year
transact such other business aS iii"S VIII
ees. ioi' 'i-'--' ARTICLE VII.
. rh;e charter may be amended or the CO.
%~ o+;on dissolved at any regular neetlhg I'll - "
DC Observation-Disclosures or at a special meetinE CAY k
x f%ot nnrpose with the assent OF tnree-a4 t
90 T91l IF the stock present or rePieaettIS
| snch meeting, upon comPlS!tuiEa r ~ an
CD 1nirements of law relative GnereG tin Z" =
x case Of a dissolution OF this c3rporati;to1i -
CD niTation of time or upon the aGulon Or
Stockholders they shall eleeS i ne enf
CD IInnidators for the purpose OF seLnhe an an
Y ldinr@ IF the property belonging to THIS
CD pration and settling Its all AIRS III 49, ~ =
" p4 ;t% IN q instructions contained IN the
G ton appointing them
x ARTICLE VIII.
" No stoc5holder shall ever be held la
rasnonsibIe for the contracts or lautGs v
nornoration in further sum then tne
~ balance due the corporation on VIZ &c -
owned by him; nor shall any mere foI !.
~ in the organization have the enect 81 l
" inc the charter NULL or OF exposing Ile o
n holders to, any liability beyond the "ii0
his stock. I'D rossod in ,
~ fcajn the town of Welsh, LQulSSylt,nna'
n presence of Harry Lee ana n. u, ~ a
W tent witnesses, who sign as snch VIII 81 -
~ n L and me, said Notary on u
" Fourth day of January, A. D., 1900.
~ rUuI vi 49, JOHN h. COOPI
~ MiGnessTeS Sr POPE JORDAN.
r. aA T 4 rEE1 KATIE S. HUB
NJ; Before lei me, LEE E. ROBINSON;
g beioie iie' Notary Public. /
q STATE OF LOUISIANA: !
PARISH OF CALCAS1EU. -,
~ Before me, Lee e. Robinson, , duiSi 9