The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-25
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HOPE VILLA MERCANTILE COMPANY.
United States of America-State OF Louisiana
Parish of East Baton Rouge.

1 United States OF America-State OF Louisiana
! Parish of East Baton Rouge.
| I9E IT KNOWN, That on this 9th day O
| 11 January, A. D. 1911. before me, John Fred
Jdom. q duly qualified notary public. IN and fol
1 the parish OF East Baton Rouge, said state, and
/ in the presence of the witnesses hereinafter
| named and undersigned. personally came tlle
persons whose names are hereunto subscribed
selves of the provisions Of Act NO. IS Of Iao4 d
/ the General Assembly of Louisiana. as well as
the provisions of the general laws OF this STATE
relative to the organization OF corporaflons
/ they do hereby form a corporation to ex1stinr
term of fifty years from this day under the name
! of HOPE VILLA MERCANTILE COMPANY.
! with its domicile at Hope Villa, parish Of a s.
cension; Louisiana, for the objects and purposes
and under the agreements and stipulat1ons fol
| lowing, to-Wit:
ARTICLE T.
The objects and TT which this cor
poraflon s estabshsd ars ana Spe peel
chandise and plant alton supply business to own
and operate . lumber yard to buy ard sell live
stock; and to bug, own and sell Ieal estate al !
to these several ends to buy and sell such goods,
produce, supplies, lumber, shine .es, live stock,
real estate, and other things. as are Incidental
and pertinent to these objects.
ARTICLE III,
The capital stock of said corporation shall be
Twenty Thousand CSC. 00Ol Dollars. and shall be
divided into four hundred shares OF d galne
of fifty dollars each, payable N cash or property
when subscribed for. and the corporation may
commence business when seven thousand dol
lars of its capital stock shall have been sub
scribed for.
ARTICLE III.
The businesssof said corporation shall be con
Quoted by a board of three directors, Who shall
be- electedaby ballot Of the stockholders on the
first Tuesday of January each year, beginning
in The year 1912 election (which ten days
notice III writing Shall be sent to each share
holder by mail Each share Of stock shall be en-
titled to one vote to be cast by the owner in per-
son or by written proxy. The board ct directors
shall elect a president, vice president and secre-
tafy and treasurer. and shall adopt such by
laws for said corporation as they see fit.
6itation shall be served on the president. or IN
his absence Of disability, on the vice president;
for any cause, its affairs shall be liauidatea BY
the board OF directors
The following named persons shall constitute
the first board OF directors to serve until their
Vincent L. Dixon, Elisha D. I}ixon, and sidney
3. Bullion, and Of these Vim ent L: Dixon
shall be president, Elisha D. Dixon shall be
vice president, and Sidney B. Bullion shall be
secretary and treasurer and they shall serve
until their successors have been elected and
qualified.
No stockholders shall be liable for the CON
tracts or faults of said in any further
sum than any gnpaid Balance due on shares OF
stock owned By him; nor shall any inforInality
charter null, or of exposing fhe stockholders to
any liability beyond the sum dae on their stock
The subscribers hereto have signed Opposite
their names the number Of shares Of stock in
said corporation subscribed for by each in order
that this charter may also serve as the original
subscription list.
Lone read and passed at my Office In the city
of Baton Rouge. in the presence of Benz Il.
Taylor and j. E. Smitherman, competent wit
nesses, on the date above written.
Original Signed:1
". T.. DIXON ---.----------------60S Shares
s. B. BULLION --------58--- Shares
a. ID. E---.s.----- 40 Shares
"a. "a. DIXON. Per 10. ID. Dixon-------I Share
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hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is true and correct copy ofthe charter this day
passed before me. sJssO. FRED 0B0M,
Notary Public.
Baten Rouge Louisiana. January n. 1911.