The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-19
Charter Of Incorporation Of
Shannon Gin Company.

l The corporate name of this COM
pany is Shannon Gin Company"
2 The of the i~ncorporators
are: G. R. Houston, postoffice address,
New York, New York; P. Rand, post
M. P. Landau, postoffice address, Vicks-
burg. Mississippi.
3 The domicile is in the Town of
Shannon, in the County of Lee, State
of Mississippi.
A The amount of capital stock is
S~eventy-five Hundred ($7, 500) Dollars.
5 The par value of shares is One
Hundred ($l00 0O) Dollars each.
6 Toe period of existence is fifty
(50) 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,
proper or convenient for the manufac-
ture of, to engage in the manufacture
of, and to buy, sell and deal in. for cash
or on credit, and to hold and store cotton
seed oil, cotton seed cake, cotton seed
meal, and any product or article into
which cotton seed or cotton, or the
product of either or both. may be a
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 processes, and for such pur-
poses to own such real estate, and to
rent, lease, construct, own, operate and
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 In
baled) and, further, to do a | 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.
8 The first meeting of persons in
interest may be held in the City of
V~icksburg. 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 oirec-
tors meetings may be fixed by such by
laws as may be adopted by said COM
pany, or by the holders of a majority
ia 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.
IL The stockholders of this company
may elect from among 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 Cd
M. B. 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 G. 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 18th day of August, 1910.
(seaD William L. Lindsay,
Notary Public.
State of Mississippi, Personally ap-
Warren County, peared re
City of Yicksburg. me. the under
signed, a notary public in and for the
City iof Vicksburg, county and state
last aforesaid, the within named ". B.
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 Cd day of August, 1910.
(seaD J.H. Short.
2l-4t Notary Public.