The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-03-31
CHARTER
Oak Bluff Planting T. Manufacturing
Company, Limited.
STATE Of LOUISIANA. ,
PARISH OF ST. MARY.

J | - -. NAM
BE 1t known that on this 9th day of
J Mach, A. d.. 1906, before me, Percy
SAINT Notary Public. duly commits
stoned and qualified in and for said
larish and state. personally appeared
ne several persons whose names are
heleunto subscribed. who declared that.
awaiting themselves of the provisions of
lhe laws OF the State relative to the or
SANITATION OF corporations. they do by
'hese presents form themselves, as well
as all such other persons as may here
alter become associated with them into
corporation for the objects and pur-
poses as follows, to-wit:
ARTICLE
The name and title of the CORPORATION
hereby formed shall be THE OAK
BLUFF PLANTING AND MANUFAC-
TURING COMPANY, LIMITED. and
under this corporate name it shall
nave power and authority to have
| and enjoy succession for the term
OF nlnety-nne 800 years from the date
hereof; to contract sac and be sned. to |
make and use a corporate seal and the |
same to break or alter at pleasure: to |
hoid. lease, receive, purchase and con-
'ey under its corporate name. property
real, personal and mixed. to name and
appoint such officers and agents at its
domlcile and elsewhere as the interests
ana conVenienCes Of said corporation |
may require, to make and establish such
bylaws. rules and regulations for the
management OF its affairs AS may be
necessary and proper, the same TO
change and alter at pleasure and to do
ana to perform all acts and things neees-
sary and requisite to carry our the OBJ
jects and purposes of said corporation,
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of. the corporation shall
be in the Parish Of St Mary. State of
Louisiana, and all citations or other le-
gal process shall be served on the Presi
dent, and in his absence on the Vice
President or Secretary
ARTICLE III.
Inc objects and purposes of this cor
poratlon are declared to be- To carry
On general merchandise business: to
acquire and sell real estate; to cultivate
same In sugar cane, corn and al crops
suitable to the soil of Louisiana. and to
'rect. eqaip. maintain and operate all
structures. buildings. machinery, roads
ram-ways and railways, and all and =
very appliance and appurtenance ne
essary and proper for the manufacture
i the crops grown, especially sugar cane.
N the property owned or acquired in fee
lmple or by lease by the corporation.
10. buy sugar cane and all other pro-
ucts grown i'll Louisiana, and generally
0 deal. jim real estate and carry on a
eneral plantation business and such pro-
uce and crops grown and produced in
hd State as the corporation, acting
trough its proper officers may deem {
roper and profitable, and in CARRYING
ut the objects and purposes specified, it
lall nave power to borrow money. is
lie notes and mortgages and hypothe-
ite It's property. L
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation
hereby fixed at Eighty Seven Thousand ste
ollars tSS7 .000.0 divided into Eight sh,
undred and Seventy (S70) shares of or
ne Hundred (S1000O) Dollars each qu
'ldenced by certificates signed by the
resident, Vice-President and Secretary.
be paid for in cash or it's equivalent un
hen the stock is subscribed for and this for
operation shall be authorized to begin we
'slness as soon as the ma ority of the cor
ares OF stock Of this corporation are cor
bscr;bed for or issued No stockholder Wi
this corporation shall ever sell any an(
ares Of stock held by him until he Nc
all have first offered the same for sale Vic
the other stockholders who shall have ret
e option OF purchasing same for ten off
Us at the best price offered the holder: anC
d If the remaining stockholders do not der
y, then any of them shall have the der
lvilege of doing so before said stock is bot
cred for sale elsewhere as
ARTICLE V. hel
All the powers Of said corporation are tra'
reby vested in and shall be exercised sha
a Board of Directors comnosed of tiOl
ur 4) stockholders. to he elected at a cha
eting to be held on the first Tuesday
January, of each year commencing in T
". Notice Of such meeting shall be am,
blished three times, in one of the cor,
wspapers published in the town of of
anklin. Such election shall be held at can
Office of said corporation Every inc
aer ol STOCK snail pe entltleo TO one that
e ioi each siiaio Vi stoCk standlng III tim'
name on the books of the corpora in +
n, to be cast in person or by proxy,
a majority of the votes cast shall
ct. Failure to hold an election on Z
day specified, shall not dissolve the eth
pOration, but the Directors in office affa
II remain in office until new Board miss
Directors is elected at Il meeting of holG
stockholders convened upon notice thei
above sci forth. The Directors shall sion
It from their number President, "a and
e-president and a Secretary and plet
asurer bY {