The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-02
Charter Of Incorporation Of
Shannon Gin Company.

! The corporate name Of this CON.
pany is shannon Gin Company"
2 1ha names Of the i~ncorporators
are: G. R. Houston, p~ostoffice address,
New York, New York; P. Rand, post-
office address, New York. New York;
M. D Landau, p~ostoffice address. Vicks-
burg. mississippi.
8 The domicile is in the Town of
Shannon, in the County of Lee, State
of Mississippi.
a The amount of capital stock is
Seventy-ise Hundred ($7. 500) Dollars.
5 The par value of shares is One
Hundred ($lOO 00) Dollars each.
s The period of existence is fifty
(5O) years.
I The purposes for which it is Gre
ated are, and it is hereby authorized
and empowered. to rent, lease, con
struct, own, operate and maintain such
mills, plants, factories or establish
ments as may be necessary. useful.
p oper or convenient for the manufac-
/, re Of, to engage i'll the manufacture
o., and to buy, sell and deal in. for CAST
Of on credit, and to hold and store cottoI
S. ed oil, cotton seed cake. cotton seed
n cal, and any product or article into
v hich cotton seed or cotton, or thu
product of either or both. may be man
ufactured; to buy, sell and deal in. for
cash or on credit, and to hold and store
cotton seed; to gin and clean cotton and
cotton seed, to compress and bale lint
cotton into bales or other shapes by
mechanical pi oces ses, and for such pun
poses to own sucn real estate, and to
rent, lease, construct, Own, operate AMI
maintain such ginneries, presses and
congresses or other structures as may
be necessary or convenient; and to buy.
sell and deal in and store cotton seed
hulls and lint cotton (baled and I'M
baIed) and, further, to do al acts nee
essary or convenient in the judgment
of the officers and directors of said cor
poration, for the welfare and business
of said company.
8 The rights and powers that may
may be exercised by this corporation
are those covered by the provisions Of
Chapter "a of the Mississippi Code of
1906.
9 The first meeting of persons in
interest may be held in the City of
Vicksburg. Warren county. Mississippi,
and notice of said meeting is hereby
dispensed with.
10 Any and all meetings of the stock
holders and directors of this company
may be held at the domicile of this
company or any other place in the state
of Mississippi, or elsewhere. The place
of holding such stockholders and eirec-
tors meetings may be fixed by such by
laws as may be adopted by said COM
pany. or by the holders of a majority
in amount of the stock of this company,
but the place of holding the meetings
of the directors may from time to time
also be fixed by said board of directors.
ii The stockholders of this company
may elect from their number a
Board of Directors to consist of such a
number, not less than three, as may
from time to time be fixed by a vote
of the holders of a majority of the cap
ital stock of said company.
Witness our signatures this the I'd
day of August, 1910.
M. D. LANDAU,
p. RAND.
G. r. HOUSTON,
State of New York, Personally ap-
City of New York. peared before me,
the undersigned. a notary public in and
for the City of New York, and State OF
New York, the within named q. r.
Houston and P. Rand, who acknowl-
edged that they signed and executed
the foregoing instrument on the day
and year therein mentioned.
Given under my hand and official seal
this 11th day Of August. 1910.
(seaD William l.. Lindsay,
Notary Public.
State of Mississippi, Personally APP
Warren County. Ipeared before
City of Vicksburg. J me. the under
signed, a notary public in and for the
City of Vicksburg, county and state
last aforesaid, the within named VI. D.
Landau, who acknowledged that he
signed and executed the foregoing in
strument on the day and year therein
mentioned.
Given under my hand and official seal
this I'd day of August, 1910.
(seaD j. H. Short,
21-4t Notary Public.