Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-15
Charter1ot Incorporation of
theG Screened ountyLumberl o

Be IL known That on the 9 day OF
Dec. 1909. Geo. $ Leatherbury, Jr. Chas A Cuu-
nin.ham and John Shearer. by virtue of the
provisions Of Chapter twenty five (.5) of the
Annotated Code OF the state OF Mississippi and
the Acts ~smendatory thereof. do hereby organ
ize and found a corporntion for the objects and
purposes hereinafter enumerated: and to that
end and purpose they do, by these presents.
with the approval of the Governor OF the state
OF Mississippi. form and constitute thcmselv-
es and such other persons as may hereafter be
come associated with them into a body polite
and corps rate in law under the folio wing arti-
lies OF the Charter of said corporation towit:-
Article, The ramc and style of this corpora
ton shall DO the Greene County Lumber Com
pany. and in tina, ,am- 1t shall exist for fifty
500 years unl-ss sooner dissolved by a vote OF
a majority oflts stockholders and may by pur
chase or otherwise acquire. hsve. hold and en-
Joy such real and personal property mot in ex
cess of the limit fixed by law upon corpora
tons of this charactsr3 as may be necessary.
or requisite. for the purpose for. which this
corporation is formed; and shall in addition.
possess all the rights and powers which cor
porations under the general laws OF the state,
of Mississippi are authorized to exercise or
possess.
Article ?. Thadomicile or this corporation shall
DO Bexley. County OF Greene. State OF Miss
issipli.
Article 8. The capital stock OF thixcorporation
is hereby fixed 1T the sum Of Fifty Thousand
@000u.o) Dollars dividtd into Five hundred
b00) shares OF one hundred (sl3o) dollars each
Article 4 The objects and purposes of this
corporation are hsrcby dsclared to be the
carrying on at Bcxlcy or at such other place
or places as the Directors OF this corporation.
shall elect a general lumber and Timber man
ufacturing business and tram road and logging
Rail road connected there with including the
right to buy and sell lumber. tlmber or timber
ed lands and also the carrying on Of a gener-
nj mercantile naval store business.
Article 5. The corporate powers OF this corpo-
ration shall be vested in a Board OF Directors
the number OF OF which shall be fixed by stock
holders at the firxt election OF Directors. and
such a number may be increased or diminished
by the stockhol lers at their regular annual
Meetings; tho fir.t Board OF Directors shallbe
elected within sixty days after approval OF
his charter BY the stockholders and such
Board shall hold office until the firxt Monday
Of January, 1865. or until their successors are
elected. on the first Monday OF January 1905,
and annually thereafter on the First Monday
vi January in each year. an annual meeting OF
stockholders shall be held for thu purpose OF
electing a Board OF Directors for the ensueinr
year. All vnc~ncte. o.. the Board xh-ll be fill
I'd 1T = special meeting called for that purpose
Of which meeting all stockholders shall have
at least five days written notice. The Board OF
Directors at their first mccting and annually
thereafter. following each annual meeting OF
stockholders shall elect such ~oircers from a.
mong thoir members as they deem necessary
Tor the manaaemen1 Of the Affairs Of the cor
uoration-
Geo. S. Leatherbury, Jr.,
Chas. A. Cunningham,
John Shearcr.
Witness to all signatures.
Geo. Watkins.