The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-12-28

All OF lTNAOi<FONAiIO
of the Lands, Lumber and Manu-
featuring Company, Limited.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF WINN.
Be il known and remembered: That on this
the 10th day of December, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Six, before me Harry r. Gamble,
notary public duly commissioned and quail
presence OF the undersigned legal witnesses.
personally came and appeared the persons
whose names are hereunto subscribed, who sew
orally declare that, awaiting themselves OF the
laws of Louisiana relative to corporations, they
have covenanted and agreed and by these pres
ents do covenant and agree and form them.
purposes and under the stipulations and agree
ments hereinafter set forth and expressed,
which they hereby adopt as their Charter, to-
wit:
ARTICLE ONE.
The name and title of this corporation shall
be LANDS, LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING Con-
rANY, LIMITED, and under its corporate name
shall have power to continue and exist for q
hereof; TO contract to sue and be sued; to
make and use q corporate seal and the same to
break and alter at pleasure; to hold, lease, re-
pledge, mortgage and hypothecate under its cor
porste name property real, personal and mixed;
to name and appoint such officers, directors,
est and convenience OF the corporation may re-
quire; to makesand use such bylaws, rules and
regulations for the proper management OF its
affairs as may be deemed necessaryand proper
and the same to reasonably change ut pleas
ure; and to do all other acts and things per-
mitted by law or such ~ may be necessary and
proper TO carry out the objects and purposes
for which this corporation IL organized.
AKrfcLE TWO.
The domicile of this corporation e hereby
fixed and established at WINFIELD, Winn Par
ish Louisiana. The president, or in his abb
sence the vice president, shall be the officer
upon whom citation and all legal process shall
be served.
The officers Of this corporation shall be Z
president, vice president secretary and treas
urer. but the { fiices Of secretary and treasurer
may be filed by one and the same person. The
secretary and treasurer, IL the board Of direc-
| tors shall SO require, shall give bond In such
| sums as said board shall determine. Said on
GERS shall be stockholders in said corporation
and shall be elected annually by the board Of
directors, and shall serve until their successors
are elected; however, said oficers shall be sub
| ject to removal ut any time by said board Of
directors for good cause shown.
| ARTIcLE THREE.
The objects and purposes for which this cor
poration is organized and the business to b,
carried on by 1t are declared to be the follow
TO build and operate a sawmiu and planint
mill plant in the Town Of WINFIELD; to manu-
| facture all kinds of lumber, sash. doors, blind
and all kinds Of novelties amt building mate
rial, and sell the same either 1t Wholesale Of
retail; to buy and sell, either 1t Wholesale o.
at retail. all kinds Of lumber and forest prod
ucts; to acquire, own and hold lands, building
this plant, and to acquire and own timber and
| timber lands; and TO do every other act o.
thing necessary to carry on the business TO
which this corporation IL organized.
ARTICLE Youl.
The capital stock Of this corporation shall b
Il FIFTY T60rn Dnllara Divided and ronre
senfed by FIVE hundred shares OF one hundret
dollars each, and as soon as fifty shares hav,
been subscribed for this corporation IL author
lied to begin business.
| ARr1cLz FIVE.
The corporate powers Of this corporation
shall be vested in . board Of directors, to b,
composed Of three persona, all OF whom mus
| be stockholders in said corporation, . majorit,
holders shall hold regular annual meetings, th,
date for which shall be fred by the bylaws O
said corporation. At these annual meeting
coming bfeore them and shall elect : board O
directors for the ensuing year. which sait
] newly elected board shall at once organize By
electing from their number the Officers Of said
| corporation a. already named.
\ The irst board of directors shall be: c. H
| Elliott J, A. Nesom, Will 4. Strong. who shall
hold Office until their successors are elected, II
being specially understood that the failure on
the part of the stockholders to hold their regu.
| lar annual meeting and to elect q new board o,
directors, shall in no wise AFFECT the corporate
acts Of this corporation, the old board Away,
holding over until the new board Is elected and
In all elections each stakeholder shall be en-.
titled 10 one vote for each share Of stock owned
by him, and these votes must be cast by him
| in person or by proxy, and . majority Of the
votes cast shall elect.
The board Of directors shall make such by.
laws and regulations rs may be necessary fol
the proper management OF the Affairs Of this
corporation, and shall amend and change the
same rs they sec proper, and shall have power
to provide for and contract debts, borrow
money, issue bonds, drafts, notes, acceptances
execute mortgages and do all other things in.
cident to the objects and purposes OF this cor
ayers OF such with these powers as they see fit
ARTICLE SIX.
This charter may be changed, amended OF
dissolved BY two-thirds vote OF the stockhold.
ers at meeting called for that purpose.
vote of its stockholders, its affairs shall be liq
Undated hy the board Of directors As . liquidat-
ing board,
ARTICLE SEVEN.
Shares of stock can only be transferred b.
having the transfer recorded on the books q
the corporation, and no transfer Of stock car
be made until any unpaid balance thereon
shall have first been paid.
The president, or in his absence or inability
TO act, the vice-president shall give eacf
shareholder ten days notice in writing through
the mail before each annual meeting Of thu
stockholders, and at all call meetings three
days. notice shall be given in the same man
ner, nnless any stockholder II present and
valves such notice.
Any irregularity or informality in the organ.
nation of this corporation shall not render
this charter null and void, and no subscribel
ss. ss held ,sls 70 sn
of the stock subscribed by him.
This done and passed in the presence OF =
81. Colvin and II. G. Little, two competent
Witnesses, and me, said Notary, ON the day
aud date FIRST above written.
Name No. Sharei
" a. sAhots-
y. a. Ncsotn 1890
win A. Strong .---.---.-.--.-..---.-
John II. Mathews
j. w. Elliott per G. H. Elliott -..........
witnesses: T. II. Colvin, 81. @ Little.
L. ST. HARzY p. GAMBLE,
dl4-6t Notary Public.
State OF Louisiana.