The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-23
United States of America,
State of Louisiana,
Do e;ch ~ &C. M~-~

hercOl; IL shall nave tho power and authority
| . corporate seal, and to break and alter same
4 pleasure; to hold purchase, lease SELL mortga
. hypothecate or pledge property, real person
Il to buy and hold stock in ot6er company or coz
e panies that may assist this corporation in i
= purposes to make and issue notes and mortgage
to name, elect and appoint managers, director
agents overseers and clerks and to make an
establish such bylaws, rules and regulations i,
the management of the business and affairs I
| this corporation as may be useful, necessary {
The general manager of this COMPANY may
an officer or stakeholder or he. as well as othe
employees, may be stranger to said company
tne salary OF an Gmcers or manager to be fixe
ARTICLE H.
The d0micile of this corporation shall be q
frankltn, Parish OF St. Mary, Louisiana, wher
served upon the President, or. in the absenca q
the President, upon the Vice President or in IN
psny. WIN
The objects and purposes for which this cor
p0ration is organized and the nature of the busi
] ness to be carried on BY it are to manufactur,
| sugar cane into syrup. molasses, sugar or othel
by. products made from sugar cane; to pur
| chase, build and erect sugar hOuse n
factory suitable for the manufacture Of sugar o.
carry out the purposes of this CORPORATION II shall
have power and authority to buy, sell and lease
reaI estate and cultivate the same, or to have
the same cultivated by lease or otherwise; to buy
sugar cane from sugar cane growers. to purchase
tank cars for shipping and removing said syrup
or receiving same. and # necessary to build and
cane or other by-products BY boat or any other
means; to connect with said factory or svr"n
house, it shall also have the power to buiId nine
line to connect this factory or syrup house with
may desire for the purpose of transporting the
syrup to have the same manufactured into snrar
1t shal! also have the power and authority to
otherwise prepare same for the market and sell
and dispose OF same at wholesale or retail. In
fact, said company shall have power to do ali
things and everything necessary to manufacture
sugar cane into syrup and to cause same to h
manufactured into sugar by factory to be erected
BY itself or to have the same manufactured bv
other factories, and shall possess all incidental
tscture any other by.prcduct from sugar cane
ARTICLE Nv.
and Is hereby fixed at Seventy-Fivo Thousand
Dollars 81. 00Q00) and shall be and ia divideti
into seven hundred and 6fty f75O) shares of the
vse o5 0ns n Dollars
Paid TOR IN cash or Its equivalent in property of
labor at the time the stock Is issued and deliver
%: and no stock shall be issued and delivered
until fully paid for rs herein designated.
This company shall be considerei "A fnl,v
organized and authorized to begin busine.a ~
soon ~ Twenty Five Thousand Dollars RS 90 0o9
md paid for.
ARTICLE v.
All the corporate powers of this corporation
# nine 10y directors, five (5) Of whom shsIi con.
titute quorum for the Transaction of bnaines.
seven 1t these directors shall be Chosen ct the
igning OF this charter. from the stockholders
men signing: tho remaining two directors TO be
elected Dy those seven whenever desired and
rom present stockholders Of from those who NAV
. s be- Rs9' % associated With the present sener
nnually from the stockholders Of said compsnv
n the frst llst.) Saturday in March, Of esch
ss1 Dsf1Sninf Tite 1.-THE the frat stsrday IN
heir successors are elected and oualiAei
AZ such elections shall be BY ballot. and
ach stakeholder shall be entitled 70 on vote
p the books of the corporation which vote
hall be cast in person or BY proxv: and n
hall require majority Of the stock present
No person shall be q member of the Board
directors OF SAID company who IL not the
older and owner in his own riRhf az fnnr {
'ares. Of the capital stock Of said companv
Irectors shall be diled BY the remsinin o. {
Dard. consuming (
ARTICLE vi.
The failure to elect directors or officer, ~
" given time shall not have the effea,f s,s I
Solving the corporation, but the encmm. {
mt directors or officers shall, in such event / 7
AZ VAuSO uutu VQcJF 8UCCeG0OE0 elected -
ID qualified. o o'eo'eu Y
All notices Of stockholders meetings sb.n 6
ny written notice given ten days In edvanceI
tnc meeting except notice to increase the
Pltal stock or to alter or amend the charfer L
dissolve the corporation-whic said noficea Q
al be given for full thirty days In writin~ u
Dy publication In weekly paper pubiisk. Il
In the Town Of franklin. r ~
ARTICLE VII,
me 0mceS OF this Corporation shall cons;at u
= fres1oent. VIce.President. q Secretarv I,
treasurer. The ONCE Of Secretary ana :.
easuter may, II desired, DO hold by one and .
same person. Until the election tn 10 b.
y ON sn0 nroe Saturday In March. 1902. the u
wing named persons shall constitnte the y;
y bOard OF Directors, t0.wit: VI
Onn y. Bell. OoFville Pontiff. Hvpolisa To
ole, G1deO R0bfchaux, Arthur Olfvier I'll
NE Lagrange and August Becnel. Win ~
ID U. Bell as President; Arthur Olivier =. ~
August Becnel as Secrefarv in
Gt0eO RObichaux as Treasurer ! ne
ARTICLE VIII,
MS charter may be amended modi6ar1 nr n
sreo, or the corporation may be tiiasnIveri or
q the assent Of three fOurths az In amonrt
me stock present or represented af snv CT
eraI or special meeting of the etOck hnIfSo, .!
for such purpose after thirty davss nrfnr
zee In writing and in print shall have kecr
% to each stOckholder or mailed To hin M
10 last known p. O., address,
ARTICLE TX. -
transfers of stock OF this cornora<,o,
Z De made ON the surrender Of the cerfif.
OF stock and by or under the direct inn al
OF this COrporatiOn AZ