The leader., 1904-04-09
THE CHARTER
Of Incorporation Of B. E. Brister
Mercantile Company,

/, Know all men by these presents; That B.
E. EFister, I. E. Brister, l. Y. Brster and j. A,
Brister, their associates and sue essoFs. be and
they are hereby crea ted a body polite and cor
porate under the laws of the State of MisSiss-
ippi for the purposes hereinafter stated,
IL, The name Of the corporation is B. E..
BRISTER MERCANTILE COMPANY.
Ill. The domcile and main office of the cor
poratlon shall be in the village OF Bogue Uhitto
Lincoln County, Mississippi, but 1t may e>tab-
@ sen 6Eshen SSees As { nay deem proper
~. The purposes for which the corporation
Is formed are:
To buy and sell or otherwise to deal OF to
tralllc ID any anu all sucn articles OF commerce
aud merchandise as are usually bought and sold
by letaiI or wholesale general merchants in the
ordinary C urse OF trade,
10 Luy and sell or otherwise deal OF to traffic
in any and all kint,s of goods. wares ana NE
chandise, farm and plantation supplies, OF farm
and country product
To buy and sell or otherwise to deal or traffic
III all such property, whether real, personal. or
mixed, as may be deemed necessary to adj
vance the interest OF the corporation.
To acquire, owp, Lease, occupy, use, or I'M
prove any lands, buildings or other property,
and to construct buildings and any other Strllc-
lures necessary for the purposes aud business
of the corporation.
To buy and sell, deal and traffic in such COM
modities and articles of commerce as are Ilsua ly
bought and sold in trade and the sale or which
Is not prohibited by law, the main purposes
OF the corp ration being to inaugnrate, g tab
u
camille establishment.
V. The powers to be exercised by this &C.
operation are those defined and specified by
Chapter Is OF the Apn0ted Code Of Mississippi
Oh 1892, and especially those set out in SECTORS
1856, S3S, S42 S43 and S44, OF the said Code, and
also Section 1851 OF the sa Code, and the Acts
Of the Legislature amendatory OF aud supple
m ntaFy TO the foregoing laws, and which are
necessary and proper for carry ing out the PUP
poses otthis corporation, All'tlfe statute laws
Of the State of Mississippi pertaining 10 corpof-
atoms now ia force and existing are here re-
ferred TO and made IL part of this charter the
same as though set out anu Incorporated here
In. The corporation shall have power to issue
any part OF its CAPT al stock pre erred st ,ek,
AID 70 issue Suen bonds and uuligaiions as 1t
may from time to time deteriniHe, and to do all
Fblngs IN the conduct and management of SLID
b Sizes which natufa pei sVii or partnership
could do.
Vi, The cipital stock Of this corpo att N
shall lie not more than Thirty thousand dollars,
uiYded into three hundred spareS OF the par
value Vt one hundred doll RS eten, with power
i'll he stock holdeTs to fix TIE capital STOCK at
any amount less than the auoye sum ana may
increase or diminish the same d; pleasure Sub
scfiptions fur STOCK may 10 paid IL money or
property at its cash value.
VII. The officers of t,tis corporation shall be
a President, Vice freeideit secretary, Tre.is-
urer, and a Board OF directors, consisting of
such number as the Bylaws may provide. The
Board ct directors may isO select such other
officers as the business of the corporation may
require. The same person may mold two or
more OF said offices combined Ii deemed necess
sary.
VII. The period for which this corporation
may exist and have succession is lily years.
Al. The first meeting OF the stockholders
for organization Under this charter shall be
held at the office III Is, 4, Brister q Company,
Merchants 0t Bogae CliEto. Lincoln County,
on the seth tiaS of Apr. 1904, or as
soon thereafter us pc sib G, and further notice
OF said meeting is wall cd. Inc public .tiod Of this
Charter being accepted Is the Stockholders a,
notice of saiI meeting I-lll Ii for any reason
the sal meetlls sllVlfd net be held as aiore
sad, then il may be CD led III the manner pro.
yided by Section S36 y Iie Andoted Code OF
OF 1892.
X. Inns Cha ter shall be IN force and take of.
Iect from astsr 8 AZ. royal ny t.le Gov
ernor.