The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-05-06
CHARTER OF THE
" BONN Grocery Company y
STATE OF LOUISIANA I
PARISH OF ST. MARTIN

in and for the Parish of st. Martin. Stats
Of Louisiana, and in the presence Of the
undersigned lawful witnesses. personal
ly appeared Messrs. LUKE BONN, AL
BERT L. DURAND and c. MAURICE
OLIVIER, all dOmiciled In the aforesaid
Parish and State. and being citizens
thereof, who declared that hereby
availiDg themselves Of the Laws Of this
State, relative TO the formation of Cor
pOratiOns to carry on the business here
matter stated and enumerated, and to
acquire and enjoy the rights. privileges
aud power of body corporate and pO-
little ia law. they do hereby form them
selves into such Corporation under the
name and style and for the purpose here
matter set forth, viz:
The name and style Of this Corpora
ton shall be the BONN GROCERY
COMPANY.
The object and purpose Of said COrpO-
ration shall be to carry on general
mercantile business, buying, selling aud
trading for goods, selling on commits
sion or otherwise. making advances on
crops or otherwise, lOaning or borrowing
money with Or without pledges or mort.
cages, buying. selling or leasing real
estate. buying established business. and
in general doing aud performing all
such acts aud things, aud transacting
all such business in connection with
the foregoing objects aud purposes, not
inconsistent with Or contrary 10 law.
The dOmicile 0f this Corporation shall
be ut Saint Martiuville. Saint Martin
Parish, Louisiana; citation and other
legal process shall bs served On its Pre-
sidsnt, aud in his abssnce on it, Vice.
President. and in the manner prescribed
by law.
The capital Stock Of this Corporation
shall 10 THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($3U,OOJj divided into Sixty (6O) shares
VI rive hundred dollars lx0JOJ each, "
W paid in cash ut the time Of issuance.
1t shall cOmnience doing Lusluess when.
ever Twenty thousand Dollars ft2OU0O)
Of its Capital Stock shall have been SUBJ
scribed aud paid for.
The Officers aud Managers Of this Cor.
pOratiOn shall be q President, q Vice
President. and a Secretary. Treasurer.
who shall also compose aud constitute
the Board VI Directors Ut this Corpora
tlOn; aud they shall b. elected from the
Stockholders. for term Of one year. aud |
serve until the election VI their success
sOrs; said annual election to be- held Oh |
the Second Tuesday Of April. at the
Office Of this Corporation and between
the hours Ut nine A. NJ. aud four P. NJ.
The said Board Of Directors shall have
full power to adopt all such bylaws, not |
contrary TO law Or to this Charter, that
may be necessary for the carrying on Of
the business as above set forth, of this
Corporation; also to fix the srlaries and
wages of its employees and Officers; to
dill all vacancies Oh the said Board and
in said Offices. Until the election of
the said Officers ard Board of Directors
On the second Tuesday Of April A. d.
Nineteen hundred aud twelve tl9l2)
Luke BONN shall be the President C.
Maurice Olivier, the Vice. President and |
Albert L. Durand the Secretary. Trea-
surer and shall also compose the Board |
Of Directors of this Corporation.
No stakeholder Of this Corporation
shall ever be held liable or responsible
for the contracts, debts or faults Of this
said Corporation. in any further sum
than the unpaid balance due to the Cor
pOratiOn on the shares owned BY him.
This Corporation shall exist for term
Of twenty-five years 1857 years from this
date; and at the dissolution Of the same
by The expiration Of its charter or other.
wise, tie affairs thereof shall he liQui-
dated aud settled by two liquidators to
be elected by majority Of its stock
holders, at al election called for the
purpose after thirty (30) days notice to
that effect, by publication In newspa-
per published at st. Martinvills. Louisi-
ana. aud also sent by registered mail to
all the stockholders thereof, at their
usual and known addresses.