The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-03-12
CHARTER.
United States of America,
State of Louisiana,
Parish of St. Mary.

BE it known that on this tenth day of the month
of March, Nineteen Hundred and -Four, before me
Isaac Mayer, a Notary Public. duly commissioned
and qualified within and for the Parish of st
Mary, State of Louisiana, in presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned: Per
sonally appeared, the several persons whose name;
are hereunto subscribed who scverally declared
that availing themselves of the laws of the state
of Louisiana and especially of Act Number SO o.
the session of 1889 Of she Louisiana Legislature re
lating to the organization OF Limited Corporations
they have covenanted and agreed by these pre-
sents, and by these presents do covenant and
agree and bind themselves into and constitute,
Corporation and body corporate in law TOT TIT
objects and purposes, and under tho conditions
stipulations and regulations following to-wU
ARTICLE ONE.
This corporation shall be known and designated
by the name and style Of THE LEyY-BOURo MER
CAMILLE COMPANY, LIMITED of the Parish OF St
Mary Louisiana it domicile il hereby fixed IL
the Parish of st. Mary State Of Louisiana, 1t shall
date Of this act Citation and other legal process
shall be served ON the President, and in case OF
his absence from the Office, on the Secretary.
ARTICLE TWO.
The capital stock of this corporation is hereby
fixed at Five Thousand Dollars, represented by
Dollars each, with tho privilege Of increasing the
capital stock to Ten Thousand Dollars. Each
share to be of the above named par value and this
corporation shall DO authorized to begin business
and paid for all stock shall be paid for in cash OF
merchandise or ito equivalent, and such stock to
b. issued at its face value and to be full paid stock
and 10 to be subject to no further assessment OF
call from the Board Of Directors.
ARTICLE THREE.
The object and purpose Of this corporation arc
hereby declared to be: To do a general merchan
disc business either Wholesale or RETAIL, such as
buying and selling merchandise of every descrip;;
ton desired by said company and to this end, and
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it shall have the right to make any advances de.
sired under its regulations and BYLAWS and to
secure same shall have full authority to receive
mortgages pledges and other securities and II
desired it shall have full authority to buy and
hold lands and other property and toleaseor sell the
same.
ARTICLE FOUR.
The corporate powers of this Company shall be
vested in . Board of Directors composed of three
stockholders who.shall be elected by BALLOT at a
general meeting Of the stockholders ga. called fet
holder shall be allowed vote for each share OF
stock owned BY him to be voted in person or by
proxy. Tho election for Directors of this Company
shall be held on the Tenth day of March, Nineteen
Hundred and Five. that is the first election, and
on the same date, month and year of each succeed
inc year. The Board of Directors at their first
meeting in each year shall elect out OF their own
and Secretary. In the meantime and until said
election Maurice Levy shall act as President
Louis Levy shall oct as ice-President and Shelby
J. Bourg, shall act IS Secretary and Treasurer
rectors until the said meeting in 1905 Said Board
of Directors shall have the power to mako such
bylaws as they doom necessary and proper for the
company, and they may alter and repeal the same
They shall also provide for the appointment OF all
employees of the company and fix and regulate
their pay. and employ and discharge them at pleas
ure Any vacancy on said Board OF Directors
shall be filled by the remaining Directors for the
unexpired term The Directors and Officers thus
elected shall remain in Office one year or until theil
successors are duly elected and qualified. -,
No failure to elect Directors and Officers shall be
considered or regarded as forfeiture Of thu
Charter One person may he elected to hold one
or more Offices Any of the Directors shall have
the right to appoint any Director as his proxy te
act in his stead.
ARTICLE FIVE.
This act of incorporation may be amended, or
changed or modified or said corporation may be
dissolved by vote of the majority of all stockhol
ders at meeting convened for that purpose Upon
the affairs of said corporation shall be quidated
by one liauidatOr, selected by the stockholders
from their number, by the. majority of stockhol
ders Of said corporation.
ARTICLE SIX.
The said corporation can sue and he sued in all
tractetl with, and can adopt and use a corporate
seal and can alter and break same at pleasure
No stakeholder shall be liable for any debt OF
liability of said corporation in any sum over and
above the amount remaining unpaid on the stock
80 subscribed.
Thus done and passed in my Office, on the day
month and year first above written in presence Of
H. d. Younger and J. +. Ryan. two competent
witnesses who sign with the sppearers and me
Notary after reading of the whole.
MAURICE LEVY,
LOUIS LEVY,
SHELBY j. BOCRG.
WITNESSES
X. D. YOUNGER
j. +. RYAN.
ISAAC MAYER
Notary Public.