The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-04-18
-CHARTER Of
THE st. MARY HARDWARE CO.. LTD.

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State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Mary.
BE IT KNOWN. That on this 2Sth day
of the month of December, in the year of
Our Lord one thousand nine. hundred and
seven and of the independence of the
United States of America, the one hum
dredth and thirty-tirst, before me, L. O..
Pecot. Notary Public in and for the Par
ish of st. Mary, State of Louisiana. duly
commissioned and qualified and in the pre-
sence of the witnesses hereinafter named
and undersigned personally came and ap.
peared the persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, who declared that they,
by these presents do form themselves and
constitute a corporation under the follow
ing stipulations and agreements, which
they hereby adopt as their charter, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name of said corporation hereby
formed is declared to be THE ST. MARY
HARDW ARE COMPANY, LTD.
Its domicile shall be in the town of
Franklin, Louisiana, and it shall baye a
seal with such inscription and device as
may be selected by the Board Of Directors.
The President, or in event Of his inabil.
ity to act by reason of his absence or from
other cause, the Vice-President is hereby
citation and other legal process shall he
served. Said Company shall enjoy success.
sion for a period Of ninety mine years from
date hereof, and it shall have the right to
purchase, hold, mortgage and convey,
both real and personal property.
ARTICLE II.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature of
the business to be carried on by it are
hereby declared to be a wholesale and re.
tail hardware establishment, to sue and
be sued, to purchase patent rights. inven-
tiOns, and all improvements in machinery
to use and apply same in the course OF
their business, to buy and sell vehicles,
carts, " agOns. plOws, ETC., hardware, ma
other act and thing appertaining to or con.
nected with the hardware business.
ARTICLE Ill
The capital stock of this corporation is
hereby fixed at Six Thousand Dollars
CSC, 900. COY represented by Sixty (6O) shares
Of One Hundred Dollars each, payable
cash, to be delivered to each subscriber in
person.. This corporation shall have the
right to commence business Immediately.
The capital stock may be increased to an
amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars
($1O,O ,OOO) in the manner provided by law
and persons holding stock shall have the |
right to subscribe for such stock in pro-
portion to the number of shares then held |
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dispose of any stock then held by him. he |
shall first offer it to the Company or to any
individual stockholder thereof, which |
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sil:u' en.i anu " have conseIu ucLeu
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'mclo' the general manager VI Inc ousi-
ness OF dne corporation
Inc treasurer anu uenerai Manager
'naii nave the rlSnt 70 employ al cierKs
lno assistance IN tne con9uct OF tne Dnsl.
less ano Snail n4 tlelr salarles. Inc nrst
board OF directors snail pc composed OF the
0I 0io~lng namea a.s s.ucAno.aers M ~ marsn'
Jon CaHery, AItnur Martel, .. ". brous.
sara ana AHre0 fecOt untli the second
luesoay OF 0anuary; 1919; OF unt!l tnelr
successors snali nave 5een duiy eiected ana
luanne0; eacn boaru 3l Direcsors snai
se!ect one o. tneir . numDer as T rreslaent:
LresiugnI, re, aecle.aiy anu areasurer,
SUCCESSORS