The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-01-04
AcT>OF INCORPORATION
OF the Winfield Ice Company,

OF the WINFIELD Ice Company.
STATE OF LoursIAsA,
Parish of Winn-
he ii known and remembered. that on the
nth day of November, One Thousand, Nine
Mathews q Notary Public duly commissioned
and qualified in and for the Parish OF Winn,
and In the presence OF the undersigned legal
nersons whose names are hereunto subscribed,
who severally declared that, avalnng them
selves of the laws OF Louisiana relative to corpo
rations, they have covenanted and agreea, ana ana
form themselves into q corporation Tor the
objects and purposes, and under the stipuia-
tions and agreements hereinafter set forth ana
expressed, which they hereby adopt as their
Charter, to-wit:
ARTICLE i.
The name and title OF this corporation shall
be sswINNFIELD ICE COMPANY" ana un,
der its corporate name 1t shall have power and
authority TO continue and exist for . period
~ ninety-nine years from the date hereof:
to contract; TO sue and be sued; 10 make ana
use q corporate seal and the same to break or
alter at pleasure; to hold, lease, reeve put
gage and hypothecate under It's corporate
name property real and personal or mixed; 10
name and appoint such omcers, aires.ols,
managers, agents and employees as the inter
est and convenience of said corporation may
REQUIRE; to make and use such bylaws, rules
and regulations for the proper management OF
nrnner and the same to reasonably change
1t pleasure; and to do all other acts ana
things permitted by law or such as may De
necessary and proper 70 carry out rns i
organized.
ARTICLE 2.
The domicile of the said corporation Is here
hy fixed and established at Winnneld, Minn
Parish, louisiana The president, or IN ms
absence the vice president, shall be the once
anon whom citation ami all legal process snail
be served. The officers OF this corporation
shall be a president. secretary ana treasurer,
hut the offices of the secretary and treasurer
ray ~ allied by one and the same person.
said officers shall be stockholders IN SAID cor
noration and shall be elected annually by the
board OF directors, and shail serve ua1 nf,snsrs
shaIl he subject to removal at any time Dy the
board OF directors for good cause shown
ARTICLE s.
The objects and purposes for which TINS cor
poration is organized and the business 70 DC
carried on by il are declared TO be the ioliow-
~ build and operate an ice plant and q bot
Ting works plant in the town OF Winnnei1i
r., ,nanufacture ice and sell the same at whole
sale ar retail. to manufacture and sell either
nj wholesale or retail all kinds OF pop, SODA
water. carbonated drinks and everything else
handled or made by q bottiing works plant; 70
carry ON and do a general cold storage business;
to buy and sell either at wholesale or retsi al
finds az fuel; and to do every other act or
thing necessary To carry On JIG ooSSss 80
which this corporation Is organ1eu.
ARTICLE 1.
rrh. can;ta1 stock OF this corporation shall
he Fifty Thousand Dollars, divided into ana
renreseuted by Five Hundred shares OF One
Hundred Dollars each, and as soon Is one
for this corporation il is authorized TO negin
01''''''s' ARTICLE 5.
The corporate powers Of this corporation
shall be vested In . board OF directors ~ se
composed OF 1--we persons all of whom must DC
stockholders in said corporation. a majority oi
whom shall constitute quorum Inc s.ucA
holders shall hold regular annual meeunks,
laws a. said corporation. At these SAID an
nual meetings the stock holders shall transaes
any business coming before them ana shaIi
which newly elected board shall at once or
ranize by eiecting from their board the omcers
sc said corporation as already named, Inc
first board Of directors shall DC sona
Fletcher and ]. NJ. Wilder, who shall nolo
once until their successors are eiecien,
it being specially understood tnat me ma ,ha;r
regular annual meeting and to elect new
board Of directors, shall in no way aHecs me ne
corporate acts Of this corporation, the OLD
hoard always holding over unth the new
board ID elected and organized.
n Al elections each stakeholder shall be en-
titled to one vote for each share OF stock oMnsu
BY him and these votes must pc eSs n ihe
cast shall elect In case OF vacancy IN sau
hoard. caused by death, resignation or other
wise, said vacancy shall Be niied for the un-
fhe board OF directors shall make sucn py-
laws and regulations as may De necessary TOT
the proper management of the anairs o. THIS
corporation, and shall amend and change me
ssne - they see proper, and shall have power
e, provide for and contract debts borrow
money, issue bonds, drafts, notes, acceptances,
49, all AL n rfFFQ
sxscnts or ~. s; acn q ana nurposes q this
coruorntion and shall have authority to vest
the president or general manager or both OF
them with such OF these powers as they see nj.
ARTICLE6 g.
This charter may be changed. amended or
Dissolved by two-thirds vote OF the stocknoIders
Il meeting called for that purpose Should
this corporation be Dissolved by vote OF its
stockholders It's affairs shall be hquidated by
the board Of directors Is . hquidating board
ARTICLE Z.
shares III stock can only be transferred by
having the transfer recorded on the books OF
the corporation. and no transfer of stock can
be made until any unpaid balance thereon
shall 6rst have been paid
ARTICLE 8.
The president, or in his inability to act, the
vice-president shall give each shareholder ten
days uotice In writing through the mail before
ench annual meeting of the stockholders, and
It al call meetings three days notice shall be
given unless any stockholder Is present AND
valves such notice.
Auy frregnlarity or informa1ity IN the or
ranization OF this corporation shall not render
fhie charter null and void, aud no subscriber
az stockholder shall be liable to this corpora
zion 81 its creditors beyond the amount OF the
stock subscribed byshim.
Thus done and passed In the presence cf @
e. Hodge and w. G. Robinson. two competent
witnesses, and me, Notary, on this, the da,
and date first above written.
Name. No. OF Shares. A y, on y
John lockwood -. 0ot
"a n Flefcher 40 4,000.0 (
The Dalton-Clark stave Co.,
BY r. n. Wilder. q. q @. N, .60--.-..- 5000 Ok
n III. Morehead' .-.. 20 .-.. 2,000.ol
H. q 3-....s-- 800 %
R 4. 1o0O
q. n. Grfsham 6.-.--.-..--- 5000
witnesses:
q. =. Hodge.
W. G. Robinson. JOHN n. MATTHEW'S.
Notary Public.
Filed for record and duly recorded on pagt