St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-21
of Onvil, La, Warren Thomas, of
Covington, La.
Oct. lost WALTER l.. COHEN, Register
CHI ~ R TER
OF THE
SUN LUMBER COMPANY. LTD

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and for the Parish of Washington
State Of Louisiana, duly commission
ed and qualified, in the presence of
the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and ap-
peared the persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, who declared
that availing themselves of the laws
Of the State of Louisiana relative to
the organization of corporations, they
have formed and by these presents
form and constitute themselves, as
well as all such persons as may here
after join or become associated with
them or with their successors in
to corporation, limited, for the OBJ
jects and purposes and under the con-
ditions, following, to wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name of this corporation shall
be THE SUN LUMBER COMPANY,
LIMITED, and under that name it
shall have and enjoy succession and
eXistance for the term of fifty years,
unless sooner dissolved in accordance
with law or by consent of the stock
holders as hereinafter provided. Under
the said name this corporation shall
have power and authority to contract,
sue and be sued, to make and use a
corporate seal and to alter same at
pleasure; to hold, receive, have, pur-
chase, ALLEVIATE, pledge, mortgage, n.y.
EpOthecate under the said corporate
name property real, personal and mix
ed; to name and appoint such officers,
: directors, agents, managers or other
employees as the interest or business
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to make and establish such bylaws,
rules and regulations for the proper
management Of it's affairs as it may
deem necessary and proper; and the
said corporation shall hold and exer-
else all such powers and privileges as
relate to the objects herein set forth,
or that may be necessary to carry or
the business for which this corpora,
ton is established and which this cor
poration may be permitted to hole
| and exercise under the laws of this
t State.
ARTICLE II.
: The domicile of this corporation
shall be at Sun ST. Tammany Parish
:, Louisiana, where all citations, papers
: and other legal process shall be servec
' upon the President, or in his absence
the vice President, or in the absence Of
= both the president and vice president
/, on the Secretary.
ARTICLE III
The objects and purposes for which
y this corporation is established and the
!, nature of the business to be carried
!. on by it are declared to be: To hold
: own and operate saw mills and othe1
necessary machinery necessary ant
+ incidental to the manufacture of al
:. kinds of lumber and products from thu
n crude material, to hold, own, operate
E and manage all necessary machlner,
d of whatever nature necessary and in
cidental to the manufacture of al
: kinds of material from wood of al
kinds such as sash, doors, blinds
shingles and all other necessary build
ing material; to own, lease, construc
e and operate all machinery, railroads
bitches, canals, steamboats,, barge
: which may be necessary for the pur
i, pose of procuring the crude materia
d for manufacture, or for the purpos
: or otherwise acquire or ALLEVIATE a.
E kinds of lumber, timber, building
: material, whether in the crude o
!. manufactured state, either as com
mission merchants, retail merchant
r or otherwise; to export and import a
7 commission merchants or otherwis
: the above mentioned material; to do
: general merchandise business as re
e tail or wholesale merchants and t
! buy and sell all such commodities a
;. are usually handled in general mer
t, chandise business; and generally t
4 hold and exercise all such incidents
E powers and privileges as relate to tn
|: objects herin set forth, or that ma
d Of conveying the manufactured pre-
S duct to market etc; to buy and sell
!; be hereafter conferred by law on thi
4, corporation, or corporations of slmila
y character.
a ARTICLE Nv.
- The capital stock of this corporate
shall be fifteen thousand ($15, 900
dollars, divided into and represente
!, by one hundred and fifty shares G
7 stock Of par value of one hundred do
t. lars each; said stock snail be paid for i
}, cash at the time of subscription or a
:; the same is issued for not less par, c
IS in payment or exchange for propert
e actually received or purchased by thi
e corporation or for work or other SCI
vices actually rendered. Any stoch
r. holder may sell, assign or transfer hi
Il stock in this corporation. No transfe
y of stock shall be made unless tn
same is trans ferred on the books of TIL
corporation at its Office. This corpt
ration may commence doing bushes
e and shall become a going concern q
. soon as five thousand dollars of it
: capital stock shall have been subscrih
7 ed for and paid in. The board of d
h rectors shall have the right to deter
mine how much stock shall be issue
. after the first five thousand dollars {
: its capital stock shall have been i!
: sued.
ARTICLE V.
' The corporate powers of this CO.
poration shall I've vested in and exc,
:. cised by board of three director
r and their decisions and acts shall blr
4 this corporation. The first, electlc
of the board fof directors under tn
charter shall be at meeting of tt
= stockholders to be held on the fir
! Monday in O ctober 1909, and Their
I after the stockholders shall elect
: board of dire .ctors en- the first Monds
, in October of each year, who shs
r serve until heir successors shall hay
, been elect ed and qualified. II
!, board of directors shall elect fro
, their number their officers. No pc
e son shall be eligible as director ,
hold any office Of this corporation wi
Q is not a stockho lder. During the a
r | ra,ae nf tba yrf,ridan+ the vice prne