The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-01-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of the
SOUTHERN TELEPHONE co.

United States Of America,
I Htaie 81 Louisiana,
~. - - hNON y. rhaf IA this. the sist dav Of
me month 81 December in tha -, &c - -.
Lord. One ThonsaaH Nine uu,,S'. si ~ ~ t,u'
~ lore me-. Robert Wsdes oyipshy a Notary,
80 ~ InuiE comm 5ioued and qualified IN and
tsc u i', rsiish OF VIM and in the presence OF
ehe awful Witnesses hereinafter rameI ana
y =, hn"rSlEned. personally came and anneased
NJ -tE.ral persons whose names are bereunto
,s.,I..I me- an of the age Of majority who
=; .lIeu mat availing themselves Of the pTo-
VISIONS OF the laws Of this STAT ralat,ra ~,
LgsnlZatlon Interpretations, they hereby firm
themselves and such other persons a NAV
ana e'l, become associated wish them into
anu constitute a corporation for the objects
g ais purposes hereinafter set forth and embod-
"a N the following articles which they hereby
Aoopt as their character, to-wit:
ARTICLEL
ine name Of this corporation shall be
SouiHERN TELEPHONE co NpASy. ana Lv
TINS name u snail have CORPORATE ,xistenr. fnr
period Of ninety-uine l99l wears from III dat
heIeot unless sooner dissolved
shn 10 TINS name II shall have power TO sue
s ~ De sueG I" make and use a corporate seal;
i 10 nave, hcld. receive, lease, convey, mort gage
hyPothecate and pledge property, both real
ana p' rSonal, to name and appoint such iirec
.u oIneers. agents, and other employees as
the interest of this corporation NAV reouirr. To
make and issue lords and other eyidsncas ~
&c bt aud To secure the same by a mortgage or
,n WISE 10 guarantee any dividends or in
tersst on stocks, bonds, or other obligations:
ano 10 90 any and all other acts and
things and have and exercise any and
and o; ;n', ,rights, powers, privileges
anu lnlm9nities which corporation
the purposes of transmitting INTELLIGENCE by
magnetic Telegraph telephone could have
aho 90 ana which row are or hereinafter NAV
De authorized by law.
ARTICLE III.
Inc domicile Of this corporation shall be in
mlnnneld, VIM Parish, Louisiana, and all
CITATIONS and other legal processes shall be
served on the President. or in his absence on
the sscretary,or in the absence of both the
RE rresloent 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 70 be carried on by il are: To build.
erect, buy. own, maintain and lease telephone
and telegraph lines End telephone exchanges
IN and out Of the State of Louisiana the same
being for the purpose of transmitting inteIlig-
ence- BY magnetic telegraph or telephone, or
other systems OF tran shifting intelligence, the
equivalent thereof which may be hereafter in
vented or discovered. and all such business as
Is 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 amornt OF the capital stock authorized
by this corporation is Five Hundred Thousand
(S5co,OO0l Dollars which shall be divided into
and represented by Five Thousand (5,0OM
shares of the par value Of One Hundred $500
Dollars each.
when lwo- Hundred Thousand (s2 On0Oo,
Dollars Of the said capital stock shall have
been subscribed for. tbis 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
Direc'ors of the said CORPORATION, hut no
stocE hall be issued until paid tor in money
orp.oF. -ty actually rec iv.l ~ labor done
ano rie osTd 81 Directors az Z r. ."vp. alton
j. hereby authorized and cmpowv ii TO de-
termine the value Of property or laOor offered
IN pay nsent Tor stock ia tlis CORPORATION
Transtfr> of stock IN this corporation shall
be made only on the books OF said corporation.
ARrIrfv.
The officers OF this corporation shan be n
President, lst Vice President. I'd Vice Pres
ident. Secretary aud Treasurer. bu; any two
OF these Offices may be filed by one aud the
same person. The Secretary and treasurer. il
the Board OF Directors shall 80 require, shall
give Lcnd in such sums IS the said Board may
determine. said officers snail be stock
holders in said corporation and shall be = &C.
ted annually by the 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 shsl II
constitute n quorum. The stockholders shall