Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-28
THE CHARTER
OF Incorporation Of the wilkins Mercantile
Company.

Article |. Re It knows. that ]. g. VIII.
kins. T.. j. wilkins. Jr.. A. q. wilkins and
their associstss. are hereby created . body
corporate under the corporate name OF tha
wilkins Mercantile Company. and ny that
name NAV sue and be sued. plead snd NJ
implicated. in all courts Of law and equity.
contract and be contracted with. BY Geld
corporate name, and may attest Ito contracts
by corporate seal to be adopted by said cor
poraiion. and altered Or changed at Will.
Article 2. The purposes Of said corpora.
ton are, md II 10 hereby empowered. TO
cordurt at the place Of its domicile.s gsn-
eral mercantile business, swntsg nuy'ns
and selling. wholesale or retail. goods,
wares and merchandise Of every description
and kind Of m~ercbantahis ware. also COZ.
ton. cotton seed. and oil kinds OF country
prodncp NAV purchase and hold sueh real
estnte as NAV he needed for the l0cation OF
store and warehouse, and such real ehtate
AZ may he acquired In the collection OF
debts, may take and hold by deeds Of trusts.
mortgages or other instrument Of convey.
ance, such securities az may he deemed adj
visal le 10 secure debts contracted or 7" he
contracted. for goods. supplies and moneys
| advanced to customers on either real or
personal property, or both. and generally
to make such contracts and take and mold
klfn NfNuIllltFt w . ~" $500 49,
cident to It's said business.
Article 2. The domicile Of said corpora
ton shall he at Brook,ville. Noxnbee coun-
tv, state Of Mississippi. and said corpora.
tion shall have succession for the term OF
% wears. The capital stock or said corpo-
ration shall he Ten Thousand (Sl0.OOM dol
lars. IN he diyi, ed into one hundred shares
of One Hundred (SI0000). each. or such
fractional parts thereof as may he delgna-
ted bv its bylaws. Int the same may be In
creased nj the discretion OF bona tide stoct :
holders by majority vote Of the entire PAID
IN capital stock, which shall not exceed
twelve thousand dollars.
Article A.. When $4,000. no Of the sad cap
ital stock shall he fLIlr subscribed and paid
for, said c%orp0yAti0n she'll be authorized to
commence business.
Article 81 An stock issued shall he signed
hy the Secretary and counter signed by the
President Or Wee President and anthenti.
Gated nv the aeal of said corporation. and
i@ihif he entered cn the stock hook TO NJ
for such purpose, and he transferable
thereon in the manner prescribed by the
statute In such cases.
Article g.. The business OF said corpora
ton shat, he conducted and managed by
and under the directions of = board OF thre'
(M Directors. who shall lie elected annual!
ny Ine stOckno''tTs ~ r"'u ''n'. y" pm
as shall he prescribed and fixed by bylaws
who shall from their number elect a fIesi
dent. Vice-President and Secretary AM
Treasurer, which two last-nsmed ONCE
; may. II so directed by the bylaws. be he'll
! bv the same person. The duties and Sala
ries Of all oi officers to he prescribed by th
bylaws and by ita by.lawes said col nora
ton may determine the time. manner an
place OF calling and conducting meetings G
said directors. and Of its stockholders. an
;, OF the mode of voting BY proxy. etcetera.
u Art. I. And said corporation shall b'
empowered generally 10 exercise power
incident to such corporate ns, as provide
by chapter o. OF the Annotated Code {
1892. OF the Stxte OF Mississippi. Az u
Z debtedness OF the said corporation shall b
so made as to he payable in any ind
Legal Tender money OF the United Stated