The Opelousas courier., 1905-12-23
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KENT LAND COMPANY, Limited.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, I

STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ST. ANDRY
Before me, George Il. Edwards, u Notary
Public duly commissioned, qualified and
sworn, in and for said Parish and state, and III
the presence of the undersigned Witnesses
personally came and appeared s. III. Nigh,
Leonce E.. Littcll and Ernest X. Eastman, who
severally declared:
That, availing themselves of the provisions
of Act No. So, of the General Assembly 1or the
wear 1888, 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 anu
for such other persons as may become as
sociated with them, form themselves ana sala
persons into corporation, hereinafter defined;
and they do hereby agree to the following
stipulatiOnS, tO-Wit:
ARTICLE 1.-The name and title Of said
corporation shall be, THE KENT LAND COM
PANY. LIMITED. and its domicile shall be
at OpelOuSaS, Parish or ST. Landry, State oi
Louisiana.
ART. H.-This corporation shall enjoy sncces-
sion for the full term and period or Ninety
Nine wears. 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 sued; to hold, receive,
purchase, lease, sell, and convey, and dispose
of for profit, real estate and personals; to
| hypothecatc and mortgage its real property
and personal effects. but no mortgage on its
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 pufchase money
for real estate, as to which the managing Off
GERS may mortgage the real estate purchased;
to acquire, purchase, own and lease, mineral,
oil, gas and timber lands and timber rights,
and rights of way, and 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. ties, slaves, lumber and forest
pl oducts or amy manufactured products OF
-. .-1 g. nrJ - ntp1a 4 i'm apnr
thereto; to own, operate. acquire, buy and
sell, rent and lease saw mills, planlnS mills,
machinery, appliances. lands, houses, boats,
tramways and polc-rOads and rights of way for
the transportation, conveyance, hauling. saw
ing or manufacturing of any and all OF said
PRODUCTS.
To operate farms and stores. and buy and
sell such merchandise and other personal
property. and in general, to do all things it
may deem necessary to the 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 tO"isiana.
10 appoint such officers as the'hnsiness OF
the corporation NAV require; and to make AL
necessary rules and Ivy laws for the conduct of
the business, and the same t" rhmnge ut will.
ART. fII-All citations OF process OF law
shall he served on the President; or in his
absence. on the Secretary.
ART. Tv.-The Capital Stock of this corpora,
ton is fixed at Two Hundred and Fifty Th"us-
and Dollars. $3.50 OO0). 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. $4,000. of the Stock has been sub
scribed for. and at such time as the Board OF
Directors may, by resolution, direct. Said
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 said 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 t%lereupnn and there
by, become and be fully paid mp and non-as
sessable; and in the absence of actual fraud il
the transaction, the judgment of tho Directors
as to the valne of the property purchased OF
services rendt red or contracted for. shall bt
conclusive.
ART. V.-The affairs of said corporation
shall be conducted by a Board of Directors
, consisting of not less than three, ~. nor more
than five. f5), holders of the Capital Stock o
; said Company, a majority of whom shall con
5 stltHte q quorum.
!, The Board of Directors shall elect a Presi
dent, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer
and such other officers Us may be necessary
for the management of this corporation. 1
: 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
t shall constitute the first Board of Directors
q s. III. Nigh. L.. E. Littelf and Ernest X. East
ham. who shall meet without delay and or
ganize by electing p President, Vice-Presiden
and Secretary and Treasurer. The said BOart
of DIRECTORS ana 0Ii1cefS 10 serve one year iron
date thereof, or until their successors are regu
larry elected and qualified. The annual meet
= ing shall he held on the 3rd Tuesday of Novem
: Der, at which time the Board of Directors an,
\ officers shall be elected. A majority OF vote
!, east at a meeting of Stockholders shall elect
Il each Stakeholder being entitledto cast. eithe
= in person or by, proxy, one vote for each shar
Of stock owned by him.
Said election shall he advertised by pubiica
ton of notice ten 1O) days ahead. in a news
I paper published at Opelousas, Louisiana, an,
: held at the office of the corporation in sal
town.
= ART. Vino stakeholder shall be held pei
sonalIy liable for the faults of this corporation
nor shall any stakeholder be liable for any deb
r extent than the unpaid balance due on StOc
subscribed for, or owned by him. No infOl
mality in organization shall effect the liabilit
: of Stockholders, or render the charter null an
void.
ART. VIL-AH notes. bills. drafts and an
other instrument binding This corporation t
the payment of money. or to the perfOrmanc
q of any contractual obligation. shall be signe
by the President and Secretary.
ART. VIII.--This act of incorporation ma
be changed, altered or amended, or the corpt
ration be dissolved, with the consent af three
Il fourth of the Capital Stock, represented at
General Meeting of the Stockholders, convene
u for such purpose, after thirty days notice sha
" be given of such meeting. by publication in
newspaper published at Opelousas, Louisiana
and a written notice mailed to each stoci
holder ten (0) days previous to such meeting
ART. N.-When this corporation is dissolved
either by limitation or otherwise, it's affair
shall he liquidated by three 8) COMMISSIONS
elected for that purpose by the Stockholders
at a meeting to be called as provided for i
Article VIII of this Charter; the said Commis
d sioners shall remain in office until the affair
Of the corporation are liquidated aud in cas-
of death or resignation of any such Commits
sioners, the remaining ones shall elect other
y to fill vacancy caused thereby.
The original subscription list is hereto Al
nexed, and made a part hereof.
Thus done, passed and signed at Opelo1sas
n Louisiana. on this Twenty-seyenth CAV o
November, A. D. 1905. in the presence Of r p
Bowden and John w.. Lewis, compgtent wi,
g nesses, who have signed with thu, appearer
and me, Notary, after reading the whole.
Witnesses: (Signed1
JNO. W. LEWIS, T.. Z. EASTMAN
-. BoWnEN lie. LITTELL,
8. I'll. NIGH.
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