The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-18
THE CHARTER OF INcoRPoRA.
TON OF THE MARYLAND
PLANTING COMPANY.

/. The corporate title Of said cor
poration is The Maryland Planting Com
pany.
2. The names of the i~ncorporators
are.
X. Gidwitz, postofice. schlater. Mis-
sissippi.
J. Gidwitz. postofics, schIater, Mis-
sissippi.
N. Gidwitz, postofice, Schlater, Mis-
sissippi.
r. b. schlster, postofice, Schlater,
Mississippi.
M. L. Holland. postofiee, Sehlater,
Mississippi.
3. The domicile Is at Schlater, Mis-
sissippi.
4. Amount Of capital stock Fifty
Thousand Dollars 1850, 000. CO.,
5. The par value Of shares is One
Hundred Dollars ($100. CO.,
6, The period Of existence mot TO
exceed fifty years. is so years.
Z. The purpose for which it is Great
ed is: To acquire, own, hold and enjoy
and sell agricultural lands, and timber
lands. and other lands in Le1ore Coun-
ty, and in other counties of
Mississippi; to own, buy, sell, and
deal in for cash or on credit all kinds
and character of goods, wares, mer-
%chandise, and personal property; to OPP
crate one or more saw-mills and other
woodworking or woodenware manu-
featuring plants or industries of every
kind; to operate one or more plants or
industries or factories for the prepare
ton for market or the manufacture Of
cotton, cotton seed, grain, foods, feed
stuffs Of every kind, fruits, vegetables,
and any and all other crops and fruits Of
the soil, and the products and deriva-
tives Of any and all of them; to operate
one or more commissaries and stores to
carry on, deal in for cash or on credit,
and to do a general mercantile business;
and in general, to purchase, lease, or
otherwise acquire, and to own, hold, de-
velop, cultivate and operate, and to
sell, lease or otherwise dispose of n
or more plantations, plantation proper
ty of every kind, farm lands, timber
lands, and other lands, and to do any
and all things incident or pertaining to,
connected with, or necessary or proper
for, the conduct and furtherance of the
industries and business aforesaid.
At any time after Fifteen Thousand
($15, 0O0) Dollars of the capital stock
has been, in good faith subscribed, the
said corporation may organize, at a first
meeting Of the subscribers which may
be called for that purpose by a notice
in writing Of the time and the place of
such meeting, signed by one or more
of the above-named in~corporators and
mailed or delivered to each subscriber
at least ten days prior to the time de-
signated for such meeting, and may at
any time thereafter, begin business
when the sum Of Fifteen Thousand
($l5, 000) Dollars is paid into said cor
poration by the said subscribers, or
any of them.
The officers of said corporation shall
be a president, a yice-president, a sec
rotary and a treasurer, all of whom
shall be elected by the board Of direc-
tors and shall have and exercise such
authority, and such only, as may be
prescribed by the bylaws Of said cor
poration or the resolutions Of the board
Of directors or stockholders.
The management and control Of the
business and affairs of said corporation
shall be vested in the board of directors
Of said said corporation, which shall
Of such number Of the stock
holders as may be prescribed by the by
laws and shall be elected by the said
for the term of Office fixed
by the said bylaws and subject to the
right, which shall remain vested in the
said stockholders, of removal in such
manner as may be prescribed by the
said bylaws Of the said corporation.
The Board of Directors of the corpor-
alton, except in instance where it is
otherwise provided by law or the by
avs of the corporation, may exercise
any and all the powers Of said corpora
lion as fully and completely as might
the stockholders.
The stockholders may from time to
time adopt any and all bylaws needful
)r proper for the welfare or convenience
If said corporation, or by them deemed
necessary or %expedient, so long as the
,ame are not violative of the provisions
If this charter nor contrary to law.
s.. The rights and powers that may
De exercised by this corporation are
conferred by the provisions of
Chapter "a, Mississippi Code, 1906.
r. GIDWITZ,
CInWITI