The Opelousas courier., 1906-01-06
H TIE R
OF THE
BANK OF SUNSET
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

BE 1T KNOWN, that on this the fifteenth Q5th)
day OF December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and five, and of the in
dependence of the United States of America,
the one hundred and twenty-ninth, before me,
Wilfred J. Boudreau, a Notary Public in and
for the Parish of st. Landry, State OF Louisi-
fed, and in the presence of the witnesses
hereinafter named and undersigned, personal
ly came and appeared the several persons
whose names are hereinafter mentioned and
h%ereunto subscribed, all citizens of Louisiana
who severally declared that, availing them
selves of the Laws Of the State Of Louisiana,
covenanted and agreed and by these present
do covenant and agree and bind themselves,
as well as such other persons as may hereafter
become associated with them, and their sue
~cessors, to form themselves into and Ordain
and establish a corporation and body polite in
law, for the objects and purposes and upon
the agreements and stipuladons following,
t0-wit:
shall be Bank of Sunset"
R H.-This corporation shall have and
possess all the powers granted to banking as
sociatlons under the laws of this State and
particularly under the provisions OF Act No.
l66, approved March is, 1856, entitled "An Act
to establish a general system OF banking in the
by subsequent various statutes of the State of
Louisiana, and particularly by the provisions
of Act No. $50, of the Acts OF 1888, approved
July IL, 1883. Act No. 95 OF 1892, approved July
Z, 1892, and Act No. 1O4 of 1902, approved July
Z, 1902, and Act No. 179 of 1902. entitled "An
Act to define banking associations and saving
banks and to regulate their methods of carry
ing on the business of banking, and to pre-
scribe certain rules and regulations in refer
ence thereto, ETC., etc."
ART. II.-The business of this corporation is
to be carried on in the Parish OF st. Landry
and its domicile is hereby established at the
Village of Sunset, in said Parish.
r Iv.-An citations or legal process shall
be served upon the President of said corpora
ton; or in the event OF his absence, unam the
vice-Presidept who shall then be acting as
President; and in the absence OF the President
and Vice President, upon the Cashier of said
corporation.
= ART. V. Sec. 1.-The capital stock of this
corporation has been fixed at and is hereby
declared to be the sum of Ten Thousand Dol
lars ($l0, 000) to be represented by one hundred
shart 8 l00) Of one hundred dollars {$lOO) each,
OF the United States. in the manner following,
to wit: Twenty Dollars $500 per share at the
time of subscription, and the remaining Eighty
Dollars $500 per share within the space Of
ninety {9O) days from date hereof, on the call
of the Board of Directors.
Sec. 2. Should any stakeholder fail to pay
within seven ID days the amount of any call
made, he shall, in the discretion of the Board
of Directors, forfeit the amount already paid
by him to said corporation. Said call shall be
made by notice mailed to each stakeholder at
the address by him given at the day OF sub
scription.
Sec. s. This corporation shall have author
ity to business when the entire
amount of capital stock shall have been sup
scribed, and paid for.
Sec. A. The names and residences of the
shareholders. as well as the number OF shares
held by each Of them respectively, are de-
clared and stated to be as follows:
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