St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-06-24
CHARTER OF THE
|. 9 j. zoos BROKERAGE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
United States of America,
State of Louisiana,
Parrish af 81 t,auarv

TATlSn OI SGs IauuGys
City of Opelousas.
Be it known that on this Fifteenth
day of the month of April, in the year
dred and Eleven, and of the ~Independ;
enoe of the United States of America
the One Hundred and Thirty Fifth, be-
fore me, Leon S. Haas, q Notary Public
in and for the Parish of st. Landry,
therein residing, duly commissioned
and qualified, and in the presence OF
tn witnesses whose names are hereun-
to subscribed, personally came and APP
psared the several persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed, who declared
that availing themselves of the pro
visions of the laws of this State, rela-
tive to the organization OF corporations,
they do hereby form themselves into a
corporation and body polite in law for
the object and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations following,
to-w1t:
ARTICLE 1.
The name OF this corporation shall be
the l. u j. Roos Brokerage Company,
Limited, and underits name shall have
corporate existence and succession for
the period of ninety-nine years from
the date hereof. It shall have power
to contract, sue, and be sued, to make
n use a corporate seal and the same
to break and alter at pleasure; to hold
receive, lease, purchase, sell, convey
mortgage n hypothecate property,
both real and personal, to borrow and
lend money, to name and appoint di-
rectors and managers for the proper
management of the affairs of the said
corporation, to make and establish such
bylaws. rules and regulations as may
be necessary and proper to carry on
their business, and the same to break
and alter at pleasure.
ARTICLE 2.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be in the City of Opelousas, State of
Louisiana, and all citation or other
president, and in his absence, on the
secretary.
ARTICLE 8.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is established are
declared to be: to purchase,
lease, sell, mortgage, convey, pledge and
property, both real and
personal, situated in this State of
to buy merchandise, liquors
and all alcoholic beverages, cigars
cigarettes and tobacco of all kinds and
to sell same; to act as agents and dis
tributors of aforesaid articles; to rep
resent Fire and Life Insurance Com
panies, and in fact to do any and every
thing necessary and appertaining to
said business.
ARTICLE 4.
The business of this corporation shall
be conducted by Three Directors, of
two shall constitute a quorum
the transaction of business. The
following named persons are hereby de-
to be the first Board of Directors,
md they shall serve IS such until the
Monday of July, 1912, namely:
Roos, President n Treasurer;
Jonas Roos Secretary, and Robert
Gardiner, a member of said Board; and
he said named persons shall act in
heir respective official capacities until
heir successors shall be chosen on the
Monday of July, 1912.
ARTICLE 5.
The Capital of this corporation is
Dollars, divided into and rep
'esented by Fifty shares of the p a +
value Of One Hundred Dollars each,
shares shall be paid for in cash
when called for by the Board of Direc-
ors of said corporation; certificates of
took fully paid and worcestershire
hall be issued to each subscriber for
he amour paid by him. This corpora-
shall commence to do business az
DON as Five Thousand dollars of its
took shall have been subscribed and,
aid for, and shall begin business ons
he LIST day of July, 1911. III
ARTICLE g..
On the First Monday in July, 1921
nd annually thereafter, there shall be-
meeting of the stockholders to elect
for the ensuing year, which |
1eeting shall be held after ten days
office in writing to each member by {
la1l at his last known address, and the
irectors thus chosen shall elect the J
nF fhfc- onr1Anro fiNr - ~ n VI m | /
heir number. I,
ARTICLE Z. {
This Act of incorporation NAV be
hanged, modified or altered and the
fairs of this corporation liquidated by /
vote Of two-thirds of the capital stock $
and voting at a special meeting !
allied for the purpose, after ten days :
in writing to each stakeholder by 7
TAIL at his last known address. In case 1
{ liquidation the affairs shall be liqui- d
ated by two members appointed by :
stockholders at a meeting recon- l
lending the liquidation.
Thus done and passed in my ofice,at
ls City of O~pelousas, Louisiana. II
a the day, m and year ?
fl above written, v
the presence of Jos. e. Pitre and IA. II
competent witnesses of lawful .
&c, who have hereunto signed their =
an1eS, Win sa1d aDpeaferS ana me, n
1tary, after due reading of the whole, K
Isaac Roos, 25 Shares Jonas Roos, "a d
hares; A. G. Gardiner, | Share. n
Witnesses: Jos. E. Pitre, J. A. De- v
q
LEON S. HAAS, Notary Public. q
of Louisiana,
Parish of St. Landry. D
/, r. Lee Garland, District Attorney G
the 10Th Judicial District of the State Il
Louisiana, do hereby certify that 1 c
i've examined the above and forego- p
e Act of Incorporation of the l. 81 !"
Brokerage Company Limited, and
find nothing therein prohibited by
W, and | hereby approve the same.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
t my official signature this 10th day
the month of June A. D. 1911.
r. LEE GARLAND,
strict Attorney 10th Judicial District
Of Louisiana.