The St. Mary banner., 1906-04-07
CHARTER
'hl Bluff Planting l. Manufacturing
Company. Limited.
: ATE Of LOUISIANA.
lAEI.H or -. MARY.

| be il known tha; Oh this 9th day OF
N.,rh. A. H.. 1906 before me. Percy
at:t 4 Notary Public, duly commits
I-la"sl and qualified IN and for sad
| drieit ..n'i state. personally appeared
T. A,"'si persons whose names are
,.unfp subscribed, who declare that.
}.yaliif- Themselves IF the provisions Of
| b., laws uf the state relative To- The or
! l-saiztrion of coruoT,tions they do b,
| h--. presents form themselve- =. we'll
IS Al ch other persons as may her.
| titrr become associated with them into
; corporation for the object. and pur
po-c, !. follows. to-wit:
ARTICLE l.
The name and title Of the corporation
hrrrl> formed shah br THE OAK
BLUFF PLANTING AND MANUFAC-
TURING COMPANY, LIMITED. and
under this corporate name it shall
have power aud authority to have
and enjoy succession for the term
Of ninety -nne 800 year. from the date
hereof: to contract. sue and be sued. to
make and use a corporate seal. aud the
same to break or alter at pleasure: to
hold. ease, receive, purchase and con-
real, personal and mixed. to name and
appoint such officers and agents at its
domicile and elsewhere as the interests
and cnnveniences Of said corporation
may require to make and establish such
by laws. 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
u n n ia ~,
sary and requisite to carry out 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.
The objects and purposes of this cor
poration are declared to be: To carry |
on general merchandise business: to
acquire and sell real estate: to cultivate
same II, sugar cane, corn and al crops
suitable to the soil OF Louisiana. and to
erect, equip. maintain and operate all
structures. buildings. machinery, roads,
y, |
.yeri appliance and appurtenance ne
'essary and proper for the manufacture
II the crops gi own, especially sugar cane.
~ the property owned or acquired in fee
impIe or by lease by the corporation
10 buy sugar cane aud all other pro-
ucts grown in Louisiana, and generally
o zeal n real estate and carry on II
ehcial plantation business and such pro-
nee and crops grown and produced in
aid state as the corporations, acting
hrouGh its proper officers may deem
roper and profitable, and in carrying
Ut the objects and purposes specified, it
hall have power to borrow money, is
ir notes aud mortgages and hypothe-
ate its property.
ARTICLE "
The capital stock of this corporation
hereby fixed at Eighty Seven Thousand s
collars tSS1 ,e0O00) divided into Eight s
undled and Seventy $50 shares of o
ne Hundred (s1OO O0) Dollars each q
Fidenced by certificates signed by the
resident, Vice-President and Secretary,
be paid for in cash or its equivalent u
hen the stock is subscribed for and this f
.rporation shall be authorized to begin "
ares Of stock Of this corporation are c
described for or issued No stockholsler Y
THIS corporation shall ever sell any a
ares of stock held by him until he N
nj! have first offered the same for sale
the other stockholders who shall have rt
e option of purchasing same for ten O
'ys at the best price offered the holder: III
d if the remaining Stockholders do not d
y, then any Of them shall have the d
iviiege Of doing 50 before said stock is b,
Tered for sale elsewhere. a,
ARTICLE V. h
All the powers of said corporation are tt
reby vested in and shall be exercised 81
a Board Of Directors, composed Of u
,ur az stockholders. to be elected at a ci
eeting to be held on the first Tuesday
January, of each year commencing in
81. Notice Of such meeting shall be -,
blished three times, in one of the cc
wspapers published in the town of of
anklin. Such election shall be held at ca
, Office of said corporation Every i'm
lder of stock shall be entitled to one III
te tor each share of stock standing in Il,
name on the books of the corpora in
n. to be cast in person or by proxy,
1 IA majority of the votes cast shall
ct. Failure to hold an election on
day specified, shall not dissolve the ell
'poration, but the Directors in office af1
al remain in office until a new Board mi
Directors is elected at meeting Of ho
, stockholders convened upon notice tn
above set forth. The Directors shall sic
ct from their number a President, an
ce-fresident and Secretary and pl
3asurer. by
MI matters relating to the adminis-
lion: creation Of any indnht pIness 81