The Opelousas courier., 1905-12-30
CHI A
-OF The
KENT LAND COMPANY, Limited.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

Before me, George 7. Edwards, a Notary
Public duly commissioned, qualified and
sworn, in and for said Parish and State, and i'll
the presence of the undersigned witnesses,
personally came and appeared 8. I'll. Nigh,
| LeOnce E. Littell and Ernest X. Eastman, who
severally declared:
That, availlns themselves of the provisions
Of Act No. SO, of the General Assembly for the
year 1883, and of the laws of the State Of
Louisiana, relative to the formation and gov
eminent of corporations, they do by this act
and instrument of writing. for themselves and
for such other persons as may become as
ISOLATED with them, form themselves and said
persons into Il corporation, hereinafter defined;
and they do hereby agree to the following
stipulatiOns. tC-Wit:
corporation shall be, THE KENT LAND COM
PANY, LIMITED, and its domicile shall be
at Opelousas, Parish of st. Landry, State of
Louisiana.
ART. II.-This corporation shall enjoy sncces-
sion for the full term and period OF Ninety
Nine years, from the date of this Act.
This corporation shall have power to make
and use a corporate seal. and the same to alter
and change at pleasure; it shall have the power
to contract, sue and be sned; to hold, receive,
purchase, lease, sell, and convey, and dispose
of for profit, real estate and PERSONAL; to
hypothecate and mortgage its real property
and personal effects. but 10 mortgage on it's
real property, except when authorized at a
meeting of the stockholders, after a majority
issued has been voted in favor of granting a
proposed mortgage, except for purchase money
for real estate. as to which the managing Off
GERS may mortgage the real estate pufcLaSG0;
to acquire. purchase, own and lease, mineral,
oil, gas and timber lands and timber rights.
and rights Of way, ami to sell. dispose of for
profit, lease, rent, operate and develop the
same, and to engage i'll and conduct q general
timber business and lumber business in the
State Of Louisiana and elsewhere. To acquire,
own, sell, handle. convey and transfer trees,
logs. timber. tics. slaves. lumber and forest
pi n1Hrts or any manufactured prodncts Of
same, ANA to make contracts iii reference
thereto; t" own, operate, esquire. buy and
sell, rent md lease saw mills, planning mills,
machinery, appliances. lands. houses, boats,
tramwaYa and pnlrrnads and rights Of way for
the transportation. conveyance. hauling, saw
ing or manufacturing OF any and at'of said
products
r" operate farms and stores. and buy and
sell such merchandise and other personal
prorrrfy, and in general to do all things it
may deem necessary to She proper conduct Of
the business of this corporation in the state
of Louisiana and elsewhere. not Inconsistent
with the laws of the United States and the
state of Louisiana.
To appoint snch officers rs the business of
the corporation NAV require; aud to make all
necessary rules and Ivy laws for the conduct of
the business, and the same TO change at will.
ART. III ALI citations of process of law
shall lie served on the President; OF in his
absence, on the Secretary.
ART. IV.-Thr Capital Stock OF this corpora
ton is fixed at Two Htndred and Fifty Th0us-
and Dollars, $3.50 0OO). divided INTO Twenty-Five
Hundred Shares of One Hundred Dollars each,
and the corporation shall be authorized to
commence business as soon as Five Thousand
Dollars, ($5000l. of the Stock has been sub
scribed for. and at such time as the Board of
Stock subscribed shall be paid for either in
cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real
or personal property, for the uses and purposes
of sad corporation. or for services Of any
stakeholder or subscriber or other person, in
payment of which Shares OF Capital Stock of
said corporation may be issued, and the CAPT
tai stock so issued, shall thereupon and there
by, become and bt -uliy paid up and nOn-as-
sessable; and in the absence of actual fraud in
the transaction, tile Judgment Of the Directors
as to the value of the property purchased or
services rendered or contracted for, shall be
conclusive.
ART. V.-The affairs of said corporation
shall be conducted by a Board of Directors,
consisting of not less than three, t3), nor more
than five, 6l, holders of tho Capital Stock of
said Company, a majority OF whom shall con-
stltute q quorum.
dent, Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer,
and such other officers as may be necessary
for the management of this corporation. 1t
shall have power to fill all vacancies occurring
either by death, resignation or otherwise. The
offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be con-
solidated and held by one person. The follow
ing named subscribers to the Capital Stock,
shall constitute the first Board of Directors:
s. I'll. Nigh, L. E. Lttell and Ernest X. East
ham. who shall meet without delay and or
ganize by %electing q President, Vice President
and Secretary and Treasurer. The said Board
of Directors and officers to serve one year from
date thereof, or until their successors are regu-
larry elected and qualified. The annual meet
ing shall be held on the 3rd Tuesday of NOvem,
, Der, at which time the Board of Directors and
officers shall be elected. A majority OF votes
cast alta meeting of Stockholders shall elect
each Stakeholder being entitled to cast. either
in person or by proxy. ono vote for each share
of stock owned by him.
Said election shall be advertised by publica
ton of notice ten (10l days ahead. in 81 news
paper published at Opelousas, Louisiana, and
held at the office of the corporation in said
town.
ART. Vino stakeholder shall he held per
sonally liable for the faults of this corporation
nor shall any stakeholder be liable for any deb
or claim against the corporation to a greater
extent than the unpaid balance due on Stocl
subscribed for, or owned by him. No infor
mality in organization shall effect the liability
of Stockholders, or render the charter null ani
void.
ART. VII-All notes. bills. drafts and any
other instrument binding this corporation tt
the payment of money, or to the performance
of any contractnal obligation. shall be signed
by the President and Secretary.
ART. VIII.-This act of Incorporation may
be changed. alte'ed or amended, or the corpo
ration he dissolved, with the consent af three
fourth of the Capital Stock. represented at &
General Meeting of the Stockholders, convened
for silch purpose. after thirty days notice shall
be given of such meeting. by publication in 8
newspaper published at Opelousas, Louisiana
and a written notice mailed to each Stock
holder ten GM days previous to such meeting
ART. IX.-When this corporation is dissolved
either by limitation or otherwise, it's affairs
shall he liquidated by three (3) Commissioner
elected for that purpose by the Stockholders
at a meeting to be called as provided for in
Article VIII of this Charter; the said Commits
sioners shall remain in office until the affairs
of the corporation are liquidated aud in case
of death or RESIGNATION of any such Commits
s%ioners, the remaining ones shall elect Others
to fill vacancy caused thereby.
The original subscription list is hereto an
nexed, and made a part hereof.
Thus done. passed and signed at Opelousas.
Louisiana, on this Twenty seventh day of
November A. D.. 1905, in the presence of T. P.
BOwden and John w. Lewis, competent wit.
nesses, who have signed with the appearers
and me, Notary, after reading the whole.
iSo. v. LEWIS. K. EASTMAN,
T. P. BowDEN. l.. f. LITTELL.
}sE11l GEO. t. EDWARDS.
I-} Notary Public.
State of Louisiana,
Parish Of st. Landry. !
I have examined the within and foregoing
act of Incorporation. and find nothing therein
in conflict with the Constitution and Laws of
the State of Louisiana, I therefore approve
same.
Witness my signature at Opelousas, La, this
27th day OF November, A. ID. 1906.
Signed, r. e GARLAND,
Dist. Atty.
10th Judicial District.
Opelousas, La, Nov. 25, 1905.
| The undersigned subscribe the amount set
stock of the Kent Land Company, Limited, and
hereby obligate ourselves TO pay the same in
such mounts and at such times as the Board
of Directors to be hereafter constituted, shall
determine.
Name 20. Shares Amount
e. Eastman, opelousas, La. u $1,000 o
s. II. Nigh, CatIettsburg, KY. II s17oo.oo
State of Louisiana, I
Parish of st. Landry
Il r. Yves AndrenOnt- CIark nf the givfnanth