The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-01-08

hold regular annual meetings, the time for
which shall be fixed by the bylaws OF said
stockholders shall transact any business
coming before them and shall elect a Board of
DIRECTORS for the ensuing year, which newly
elected Board shall at once organize by elect
ing from their own number the officers of said
corporation. The tockholders shall by res
olutiOn Tx the number of directors to be
elected and they shall have power To do this
at the annual stockholders meeting each
year.
The first Board OF Directors shall be: A y.
Banks, II. A. Longino, J. NJ. Middleton, II. G.
wepfer, r. Colbert and o. NJ Grisham, and OF
this Board the following shall be the first
officers Of said corporation: A. r.. Ranks.
President; II. A. Longino, LIST vice-President;
]. NJ. Middleton, 2d Vice-Presideut: III. c.
I Couch, Secretary and ]. w. Lee. Treasurer.
Said Board of Directors shall have power to
make such bylaws and regulations as may be
necessary Tor the proper management OF the
affairs OF said corporation and shall have the
power 20 amend and change the same st their
! pleasure; end shall have power to provide for
ard contract debts. borrow money, Issue
/ bonds, sdraftS. notes. acceptances, execute
mortgages and to 90 all things incident TO the
objects and purposes Of said corporations; and
shall have authority to vest the President OF
any other officer with such Of these powers as
4 they see ft.
The said Board of Directors shall also have
authority TO elect from their own number an
Executive Committee composed of five OF their
own number in whom the said Board of Direc-
tors shall have authority to vest all or any
part of the corporate powers vested in the said
Board of Directors, aud when so done every
thing done by the said Executive Committee
within the authority given ii by the said
Board of Directors, shall have the same cor
porate legal effect as il done by the said Board
of Directors itself.
ARTICLE VIII.
Any vacancy in any OF the Offices OF this cor
poration, including direetors, shall be filled
| by majority vote of said Board of Directors
at any regular meeting Of said Board or at any
call meeting called for that purpose.
ARTICLE TX.
No Stockholders shall ever be held liable for
any ntracts. faults or obligations OF this cor
poration in any further sum tnan the unpaid
balance due TO the company on the shares
in the organization have the effect OF rendering
this Charter null, or exposing stakeholder to
any liability beyond the amount of his stocck.
This charter may be changed, altered or
amended or the said corporation dissolved ty
three-fonrths vote of the capital stock
present and represented at meeting called
for that purpose, notice OF said meeting TO he
given by thirty days written notice signed by
the President or Secretary OF said corporation
and also published for Eve weeks in a news
paper published at the domicile OF said
solved by a vote of said stockholders, its
affairs shall be hquidated in q manner pro-
vided by its Board OF Directors:
THUS DONE AND PASSED in my Office in
the town Of WINFIELD, Winn Parish, louisi-
ana, on the day, month and year first above
written. in the presence Of Sam ID. Stennis Jr.
and A. 2. Huckaby too legal witnesses, together
with said appearers and me, Notary, after due
reading OF the whole.
WITNESSES: A. u. Banks.
5. ID. Stennis Jr., j. ". Lee.
Ar Hrc asay. by A. B. Banks
J. NJ. Middleton.
by A. b. Banks.
c. c. Conroy.
By A b. Banks.
]. q. Wepfer,
WIN wepfer,
by ]. q. wepfer.
ID. ID. Goode,
II. A. Longino.
by ID. u. Goode.
J. A. Collins,
o NJ. Grisham,
H. G. Couch,
X. Colbert,
by n G Couch.
gROBERT WADE OGLESBY,
Notary Public,
State OF Louisiana,
Parish Of VIM
Is NJ. Abel, Deputy Clerk and Ex-Oficio
Notary Public In and for the Parish Of winn.
louisiana DO hereby certify that the Charter
of the Southern Telephone Company" was
| this day filed for record and recorded at Page
54i ct seq in Book "F' Mortgage Records OF the
Parish of Winn. Louisiana
Given under my hand and seal of office this
the Slst day of December, A. D. l9os.
g. N. ABEL,
Deputy Clerk 5th d. c. winn Parish, La.