The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-01-08
ARTICLES CHARACTERIZATION
of the
SOUTHERN TELEPHONE co.

United States Of America.
Parish Of winn.
,h Of III, ~ hHoWN, That IN this, the sist day of
7 - ia no OF December, in the wear OF our
Lord, One Thousand Nine HUNDRED ana E;,ht
lore NJ 'se me-, Robert Wade OgIeshy a Mar
-, nc d ny commissioned aud qualified in and
iot the Parish of VIM and in the presencs ~
the lawful witnesses HEREINAFTER namad "a
.uunueIslghed- personally came and appeared
.ns several persons whose names are herennto
daclaraSe q al OF the age 81 majority. who
VISIONS o. the laws OF this state relative 10 The
~ sahHatlon Of corporations they hereby form
barni,,... and such other persons as may
ana constitute Corporation for tbs obiec,s
Ghu purposes hereinafter set forth and e,nbod-
.e s "a the following articles which they hereby
-uoP' Is 'helr character, tj-wit:
ARPICLEI.
cn,-e nnme Of this corporation shall be
SooiNESN TELEPHONE COMPANY, and by
Onls name II shall have corporate exis,enca sor
speried Of ninety-nine 1897 wears from The date
IeteH' unless sooner dissolved
Ara IN this name i, shall have mower TO sue
70 lave, hold. receive. lease. cony. : NOR, gs9s
nysathteate and pledge property both real
anu personal. Ia name and appoint such direc-
.t oinceTs, agents. and other employees as
the IN crest OF this corporation NAV require. to
make and issue bonds and other eyidences Of
arot snd 10 secure the same by a mortgage or
Otherwise; to guarantee any diyidends or in
.erSst on stocks. bonds, or other obligations;
anu 10 90 any and all other acts and
tnlngs ana have and exercise any and
an All, oiner rights, powers, privileges
; nnu lmm9nitiss which corporation
TIE purposes of transmitting intelligence by
magnetic Telegraph or telephone could have
ana DO ana which now are or hereinafter NAV
De authorized by law.
ARTICLE III.
nv, The domicile of this corporation shall be in
Mlnnneld, VIM Parish, Louisiana, and all
citations aud other legal processes shall be
served on the President, or in his absence on
the secretaIy,or in the absence OF both the
resident and Secretary on the Treasurer Of
said corporation.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this cor
poration Is Incorporated and the nature of the
business 10 be carried on by IL are: To build
erect, buy, own. maintain and lease telephone
in and out of the State OF Louisiana, the same
being Tor the purpose OF transmitting intellig-
ence. by magnetic telegraph or telephone, or
other systems OF transmitting intelligence, the
thereof which may be hereafter in
vented or discovered. and all such business as
rs usually done by telephone exchanges and
district telegraph and messenger systems
This corporation shall also have the right to
buy, hold and own stock in other telephone or
telegraph companies or telephone and tele-
graph companies, including the right to vote
any share of stock owned by il to the same
extent that a natural person might or could do
ARTICLE Nv.
The smornt OF the capital stock authorized
by this corporation is Five Hundred Thousand
CS5uo.0oo) Dollars which shall be divided into
and represented by Five Thousand (5,00M
shares of the par value of One Hundred (sl0ol
Dollars each.
When Two Hundred Thousand $4,000. oo)
Dollars of the said capital stock shall have
been subscribed for, this corporation is
authorized to begin business.
The remainder OF the capital stock shall be
issued and paid for at such time or times and
in the manner authorized by the Board of
Directors of the said corporation, but no
stock hail be issued until paid for in money
and the Board of Directors of this corporation
Is hereby authorized and empowered to de-
ternIine the value Of property or labor offered
in payment for stock In this corporation
Transfer of stock IN this Coz poration shall
be made only on the books of said corporation.
ARTICLEv.
The officers 81 this corporation shall be
President, LIST ce-PFesideEt. I'd vice-Pres-
ident, Secretary and Treasurer. but any two
of these Offices may be nlled by one and the
same person. The secretlry and treasurer, IL
give Loud in such sums as the said Board may
determine. Said officers shall be stock
holders in said corporation and shall be cleo
ted annually blythe Board o. Directors, and
shall serve until their successors are elected.
qualified and enter upon the discharge Of
their duties.
ARTICLE vi.
At all stockholders meetings OF said corpora
ton, each stakeholder shall be entitled TO one
vote for each share OF stock owned by him or
represented by written proxy.
ARTICLE VII.
The corporate powers of this corporation
shall be vested in a Board of Directors COM
posed of not less than FIVE nor more than nine
persons all of whom must be stockholders in
said corporation n majority of whom shall
constitute quorum. The stockholders shall