The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-26
Charter Of Incorporation Of
Shannon Gin Company.

/ The corporate name of this com.
pany Ia shannon Gin Company"
2 The names of the incorporates
are: G. Il. Houston, p~ostofice address,
New York. New York, p. Rand, pos q
Office address, New York. New Yo,l
M. Il. Landau, p~ostofice address, vicks
burg. Mississippi.
3 The domiciie is in the Town Of
Shannon. in the County of Lee, State
of Mississippi.
4 The amount of capital stock il
Seventy-five Hundred (S7. 500) Dollars,
5 The par value of shares is One
Hundred $500 00) Dollars each.
6 The period of existence is fifty
(50) years.
Z The for which it is ere.
ated are. and it'll hereby authorized
and empowered, to rent, lease, con
struct, own, operat tie 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 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 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 cottoD.seed
hulls and lint cotton (baled and I'M
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 err ions 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
or 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
in amount of the stock of this company,
L,+ +Lo rlooo nf holIipn tho nootinrc
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 their number a
Board of Directors to consist of such a
from time to time be fixed by a vote
ital stock of said company.
Witness our signatures this the 81
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 anG
for the City of New York. and State o
.W York. the within named q. r
Houston and P. Rad, wno acknowi-
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 Comfy, pearea be fo re
City of V,cksburg me, the under
signed. a ootary public il and for the
City of Vicksburg, county and state
last afore ;tid, the within named VI. D..
Landau, who acknowledged thai he
signed and executed the foregoing in
strument on the day and year therein
mentioned. /.
Given under my hand and official seal
this 81 day of August, 1910.
tseaD j. Fl. Short.
q At Notary Public
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