St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-05-07
CHARTER OF THE SMITH HARD
HARDWARE CO., LTD.


State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Tammany.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this, the
list day of April, in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Ten, and of the independence of the
United States the One Hundred and
Thirty-fourth:
Before me, EDWARD H. RICHARD,
a Notary Public duly commissioned and
qualified, in and for the Parish of ST.
Tammany, State of Louisiana, and in
the presence of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned, person.
ally came and appeared the parties
whose names are hereunto subscribed,
all of full age, who declare that, avail
ing themselves of the provisions of
the laws of the State Of Louisiana,
relative to the organiZa ton of corpora
lions, they have covenanted and agreed,
and Dy~tnese presents do covenant and
agree to bind themselves, as well as
such other persons as may hereafter
become associated with them, to form
and constitute a corporation and body
polite IN law, for the purposes and OBJ
Jects and under the stipulations, ar
ticles and conditions following, to-
wit:
ARTICLE 1.
me name and style Of this corpora
ton shall be the SMITH HARDWARE
COMPANY. LIMITED" and by that
name 1t shall have power and author
1ty to exist and enjoy succession for
the full term and period of ninety nine
years from date hereof, unless sooner
dissolved.
ARTICLE II.
The domicile of this corporation
shall be in the Town of Covington,
in the Parish Of St. Tammany, State of
Louisiana. All citations and other
legal processes shall be served upon
the President, or in case of his alb
sence or inability to act. upon the Vice
President. The President shall be the
executive officer of the corporation, and
shall preside at the meetings Of the
Board of Directors and stockholders
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is established, and
the nature of the business to be
carried on by it. are hereby declared
to be: To do a general wholesale and
retail hardware and building material
business, and to handle, incidental to
said business, full line of wooden
ware, glass ware, crockery ware, tin
ware and granite ware, wagons bug
gies, leather goods, and such other
lines of general merchandise as may
be deemed necessary to carry in stock,
incidental to the above enumerated
lines of business.
ARTICLE ".
This corporation may sue or be sued
in its corporate name, make and use
a corporate seal, the same to alter and
break at pleasure; hold, have, receive,
purchase, convey, sell, mortgage, n.y.
pothecate, pledge, lease, suitcase and
enjoy real, personal or mixed prop
erty; also borrow and lend money and
make contracts; make and establish
such bylaws, rules and regulations as
may be necessary, and the same to
change and alter at pleasure; and shall
possess all the rights and privileges to
which corporations are, or may be au-
and entitled to possess. This
corporation may exercise it's corporate
powers within any other State of this
Union.
ARTICLE v
The capital stock of said corpora
ton shall be Twenty Thousand ($20,.
600.00) Dollars. divided into and repre-
sented by two hundred (200) shares
OF the sum OF One Hundred ($100.O0)
Dollars each, which said stock shall