The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-13

Robinson, 7. S. Langley, F. D. Calk'
ms, O. Fulton, Il. r. ArceneauX, Johr
H. Cooper. p. j. Unkel, +. Nj. CLARK
and G.. F.. Carr Said Board of Di
rectOrs shall have power to make al
necessary bylaws, rules and regula
tions for the purpose of governing the
affairs of this corporation, and to
change or alter the same at pleasure
They shall also annually elect Sec
rotary and a Treasurer. neither O
whom need be members of the Boar(
of Directors. All officers and employ.
eeS of this corporation shall be sub
ject to the direction and control of It's
Board of Directors, All vacancies in
the Board of Directors or other Off
GERS shall be filled by the remaining
members of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI.
The stockholders OF this corpora
ton shall hold an annual meeting on
the second Tuesday of May. 1907, and
annually thereafter, at which meetings
every share of stock shall be entitled
to one vote, and if the holder thereof
is unable to attend ir person, he may
delegate the power of voting his stock
to another person by a written proxy
which must be filed with the Secretary
and preserved among the records OF
the corporation. At each annua
meeting the said stockholders shall.
elect a Board of Directors for the en-
sueing year, and transact any other
business which may come before them
The Secretary shall give each stock
holder notice Of each meeting of its
stockholders by written or printed no.
tice, mailed to the known pOStOtfice
address of said stakeholder at least
fifteen days previous to said meeting,
All elections or votes taken at such
of the stockholders shall be
by ballot. The President may call a
special meeting of the stockholders at
any time he deems advisable, by re-
curing the Secretary to mail written
or printed notices to each stakeholder
as provided in cases of regular meet
ingS, except that such written or print
ed notice, shall contain statement of the
business and purposes of such meeting
and no business shall be transacted
at such meeting except such as is stat
ed in said notice calling same.
ARTICLE VII.
This charter may be altered or
and this corporation dis
solved by vote of three-fourths of the
stockholders present or represented at
a meeting convened for that purpose
by order Of the Board of Directors,
and after thirty days notice shall have
been published in the newspapers and
notice mailed to each stakeholder as
required by law in such cases, and
this corporation may be consolidated
with any other railroad company in
with the laws of the State
of Louisiana upon the subject of con-
sOlidation of railroad companies. At
the termination of this Charter or up
on the dissolution of the corporation
by three-fOurthS vote of the stock.
holders PRESENT or represented at a
called for that purpose, the
stockholders shall elect three commits
sioners for the purpose of liquidating
the affairs of this corporation, under
such terms power and authority as
may be more definitely specified in the
resolution appointing them.
ARTICLE VIII.
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable or response
BILE for the obligations, contracts,
debts of faults of the corporation in
any further sum than the unpaid bal
ance due the Company upon the shares
of stock owned or subscribed for by
him, nor shall any mere lfOrmality in
the organization have the effect of
rendering this Charter null, or expos.
ing the stockholders to any liability
beyond the unpaid balance, if any,
upon his stock.
This done and past at my Office in
the town of Welsh, Louisiana, in the
presence of P. w. Kiplinger and j. "a.
Anderson, lawful witnesses, who here
unto sign as such, together with said
parties and me, Notary, on the day,
month and year first above written.
w;,nocSos. P. W. Kiplinger.
j. A. Anderson.
Signed; VIM. P. Russell. Jr.,
Notary Public.
E. NJ. Clark.