The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-04-09
CHARTER.
United States of America, J
State of Louisiana, :
Parish of st. Mary.

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. Notary Public duly commissioned
and qualified within and for the Parish of st
Mary. State of Louisiana i'll presence of tho wit
neSses hereinafter named and undersigned Per
sonaly appeared, the several persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed who scverally declared
that avaling themselves of the laws of tho State
of Louisiana and especially of Act Number 50 OF
the session of 1888 of the Louisiana Legislature
latng to the organization of Limited Corporations
they have covenanted and agreed by these pre-.
sents, and by those presents do covenant and
agree and bind themselves into and constitute q
Corporation and body corporate in law for the
objects and purposes. and under the conditions
stipu!atiOns and regulations following, towit
ARTICLE ONE
This corporation shall be known and desi gnate.I
by the name and style of THE LEvY-HoURG MFR
CAMILLE COMPANY, LIMITED Of the Parish of st.
Mary Louisiana it dornicile il hereby fixed in
the Parish of st. Mary, State of Louisiana it shall
exist for period Of Ninety nine years from the
date of this act. Citation and other legal process
shall be served on the President, and in case of
his absence from tho office, on the Secretary.
ARTICLE TWO.
Tue capital stock of this corporation is hereby
fixed at Five Thousand Dollars represented by
Fifty shares. Of the par vauo of One Hundred
Dollars each. with the privilege of increasing the
capital stock TO Ten Thousand Dollars. Each
share to be of the above named par value. and this
corporation shall be authorized to begin business
as soon as Fifty shares shall have been subscribed
aud paid for all stock shall be paid tor in cash
merchandise or its equivalent, and such stock to
be- issued at its face value and to DO full paid stock
and Is to be subject to no further Assessment or
call from the Board Of Directors.
ARTICLE THREE,
The object and purpose of this corporation arc
hereby declared to be To do general merclan
buying and selling merchandise of every desc,ip-
lion desired by said company and to this end. and
in order to secure itself in it's business venture,
it shall have tho right to mako any advances de-
sired under its regulations and bylaws and to
secnre same shall have full authority to receive
mortgages. pledses and other securities and if
desired it shall have full authority to buy and
hold lands and other property and to lease sell the
same.
ARTICLE FOUR
vested i'll a Board of Directors composed of three
stockholders who shall be elected by ballot at
genera! meeting Of the stockholders called for
that purpose, and at such moot ings each stock
holder shall be allow ed one vote for each share of
stock owned by him to be voted IN person or by
proxy. The election for Directors Of this Company
shall be hold on tho Tenth day of March. Nineteen
Hundred and Five, that 10 the first election. and
on the same date month and year of each succeed
ing year. The Board of directors ut their first
meeting in each year shall elect out of thei' own
a hd Secretary. In the meantime and until said
election, Maurice Levy shall act AZ President
! puis Lovy shall act as Vice President and Shelby
}, Bourg, shall act as Secretary and Treasurer.
a nd which three shall constitute Board Of Di-
roctors until tho said meeting in 1905. Said Board
Of Iir:-.o- shall have the power to mako such
bylaws AZ they deem necessary and proper for tho
and they may alter and repeal Tho same.
They shall also provide for the appointment Of all
employees Of the company and TX and regulate
and sa a a a.
shall be filled by the remaining Directors for the
term The Directors and Officers thus
elscted shall ROMAN in office one year until their
succcas0rs are duly elected and qualified.
No failure TO elect Directors and Officers shall be
considered or regarded - a forfeiture of this
Charter. One person may be elected to hold one
y mcrs ofaccs Any OF the Directors shall have
sct in his stesd. ' ''' D'''>''' az "'' f''A' ~
ARTICLE FIVE.
This act Of incorporation may be amended, OF
changed or modified or said corporation may be
dissolved BY vote Of tho majority of all stockhol
no expiration Of this Charter or It's dissolution.
ho Affairs Of said corporation shall bs liqudated
~ one liquidator. selcoted BY tho stockholders
rom their number. BY the majority Of stockhoi
lers Of said corporation.
ARTICLE SIX.
Tho said corporation eau sue and be sued in all
courts of law and equity; contract and be con-
ractod with, and caia adopt and use . corporate
zeal. and can alter and break same at pleasure.
NO 5VOCknOloer SHALL NO laOo IOf any 00Ot or
liability Of said corporation in any sum over and
'bove the amount remaining unpaid on the stock
70 subscribed.
Thus done and passed in my Office. on the day. |
Month and year first above written in presel &c of
< u. Younger and j. *. Ryan. two competent
witnesses who sign With the appearprs and me
Notary. after reading of tho whole.
MAURICE LEVY |
LOUIS LEVY,
SHELBY j. EOURG |
WITNESSES |
X. ID. YOUNGER
J. 4. RYAN. |
ISAAC MAYER. |
Notary Public. |