The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-02
THE CHARTER
OF Incorporation Of 3. E. Brister
Mercantile Company;

l. Know all men by these presents: That b,
E. Brister, F. Z. Brister, 1. V. Brister and j. A.
Brlster, their associates and successors. be and
they are hereby crea ted body polite and cor
porate under the laws of the State of Mississ-
ippi for the purposes hereinafter stated
x II. IT, The name of the corporation is B. E.
BRISTER MERCANTILE COMPANY
LII. The domcie and main office of the cor
poration shall be In the village of Bogue Chitto.
Lincoln County, Mississippi, but it may estab.
us nSn sacn Drancn nc 6mces as It may deem proper
". The purposes for which the corporation
is formed are:
To buy and sell or otherwise to deal or to
traiflc IN any and all such articles of commerce
and merchandise as are usually bought and sold
by retail OF wholesale general merchants in the
ordinary C urSe of trade.
10 buy and sell or otherwise deal or to traffic
in any and all kinds of goods, wares and mer-
chandise, farm and plantation supplies, or farm
and country produce.
To buy and sell or otherwise to deal or traffic
in all such property, whether real, personal, or
mixed, as may be deemed necessary to ad-
vance the interest of the corporation.
10 acquire, own, lease, occupy. use, or i'm
prove any lands, buildings or other property,
and to construct buildings and any other struc-
lures necessary for the purposes and business
of the corporation.
modities and articles of commerce as are usually
bought and sold in trade and the sale OF which
is not prohibited by law, the main purposes
of the corporation being to inaugnrate e,tab-
lish and carry on the business of a general mer-
camille establishment.
". The powers to be exercised by this CO.
Chapter % of the Annoted Code of Mississippi
of 1892, and especially those set out In Sections
S36, S3S, S42, 843 and 844 of the said Code, and
also Section 1851 of the said Code, and the Acts
OF the Legislature amendatOry OF and supple
mentary to the foregoing laws, and which are
necessary and proper for carrying out the pur-
poses OF this corporation. All the statute Jaws
of the State of Mississippi pertaining to corpor-
ations now in force and existing are here re-
ferred to and made a part of this charter the
same as though set out and Incorporated here
in. The corporation shall have power to issue
any part of its capital stock as preferred stock,
aud to issue such bonds and obligations as it
may from time to time determine, and to do all
things in the conduct and management of said
business which natural pei son or partnership
could do.
vi, The capital stock of this corporation
shall be not more than Thirty thousand dollars,
divided into three hundred shares of the par
value Of one hundred dollars each, with power
In The stockholders to fix the capital stock at
any amount less than the above sum and may
increase or diminish the same at pleasure. Sub
scfiptions for stock may be paid in money or
property at its cash value.
VII. The officers of this corporation shall be
a President, Vice President. Secretary, Treas
urer, and a Board OF Directors, consisting of
such number as the Bylaws may provide. The
Board of Directors may also select such other
officers as the business of the corporation may
require. The same person may hold two or
more OF said Offices combined II deemed neces-
sary.
VIII. The period for which this corporation
may exist and have succession is fifty years.
VI. The first meeting of the stockholders
for organization under this charter shall be
held at the office of B. E. Brister & Company,
Merchants, OF B0gue Chitt0, Lincoln County,
Mississippi, on the 30th day Of April, 1904, or as
soon thereafter as possible. and further notice
OF said meeting is waived. the publicatiod of this
charter being accepted by the stockholders as
notice Of said meeting. But If for any reason
the said meeting should not be held as afOFe-
said, then it may be called in the manner pro-
vided by Section 836 of the Annoted Code of
Mississippi of 1892.
x. This Charter shall be In force and take ef-
feet from and after its approval by the Gov
ernor.