The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-13
G II A r T. E. r.
OF THE
DoNALDsoNvILLE HOTEL COMPANY.

United States of America-State of Louisiana
4 Parish OF Ascension.
Il RE IT KNOWN, That on this. the 7th day Of
/ ~ April in the year one thousand. nine hun
bred and eleven, before me, WALTER LEM
Il INN, a notary public, duly commissioned
i sworn and qualified in and for the state and par.
4 ish aforesaid, and in the pre sence Of the wit
4 nesses hereinafter named and undersigned, per.
i sonally came and appeared the parties whose
names are subscribed hereto, who declared that
awaiting themselves OF the provisions ofthe laws
of the state of ouisiana relative to the organi-
and agreed and do by these presents covenant
and agree and bind themselves and those who
may be hereafter associated with them to form
/ themselves into q corporation for the objects
4 and pnrpasea. and under the agreements and
IstipulationS following. toWit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and style OF this CORPORATION shall
/ be the DONALDSONVILLE + 0TEL COM
PAs,Y, and by that name it shall have and en-
JOY all the rights and privileges granted by law
to corporations; it shall exist for the period of
ninety nine years from this day; it shall have
| power to contract sue and be sued in its corpor-
ate name; to ma Ike and use corporate seal and
the same to alter at pleasure; to hold receive,
purchase, convey, mortgage hypothecate, or
pledge property. both real and personal; to is
sue bonds, notes and other obligations ;to make
such bylaws and regulations for the proper
management ami control of the affairs of said
corporation as may be necessary and expedient.6
conferred by law On corporations.
ARTICLE II.
The donlicile OF this corporation shall be III
the parish of Ascension and all citations and
other legal process shall be served on the presi-
dent, or in his absence on the first or second
vice president. #
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this cor
peration is established and the nature OF the
business to be carried on by it are declared to
be: to own, operate, manage and lease hotels Ito
own, purchase, sell and lease lands, and gener-
ally to do any and all things incident or neces
sary TO the carrying out OF the shove purposes
full business or enterprise not inconsistent with
the constitutions OF Louisiana or Of the United
States
ARTICLE Nv.
The capital stock Of this corporation Is hereby
feed attWenty five thousand dollars, represented
by two hundred and fifty shares OF the par value
of one hundred dollars EACH to be paid for in
money or property or services rendered in such /
manner and in such amounts and at such times |
as the board of directors shall determine. All I
shares Of stock shall be full Daid and non-asses-
sable. No transfer OF stock shall be binding
hooks in person Grsby proxy. This corporation
shall begin business as soon as FIVE thousand +
dollars ofHits capital stock shall haze been sub +
seribed for.
All The corporate powers Of this corporation
shall EeEested iii aud exercised hy al board of 1
directors composed 81 fifteen sckhoIaers. fiFel
III whom shall constitute quorum for the 4
Transaction ofsbusfness Tie directors mall bes
elected annually on The last Al 0n6ay of January
and each stoeEhoIder snail be entitled TO one
tote II person or by progy fer every share of u
stock held by him which has been standing Id f
ais name Tor period OF not less than ten daysI