St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-06
CHARTER OF
The George Champagne Co."
State of Louisiana,
Porish Of ST Landry.

Before me, Chas. o. Deiean, a notary
public, duly commissioned n quail
fed in and for the parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, and in the presence
of the undersigned lawful witnesses,
personally appeared:
ST. Martin, Louisiana, Mrs. Camei1a
Champagne assisted and authorized by
her husband Albert E. Resweber, OF
the Parish of st. Landry, Louisiana,
and Louis Champagne of the Parish OF
St. Martin, Louisiana, who declared
that hereby availing themselves OF the
laws of this State, and especially OF the
provisions of Act rs of the General AS
sembly of the State of Louisianaj OF the
year 1904, relative to the formation a
organization of corporations in this
State, to carry on the business herein
after stated and enumerated, ana TO
acquire the rights, privileges and power
of a body corporate and polite IN law,
they do hereby form themselves into
such a corporation under the name q
style and for the purposes and busl-
ness hereinafter set forth, viz:
The name and style of this corpora
ton shall be the "George Champagne
Company"
The object and purposes of the said
corporation shall be to carry on a gene
raj mercantile business, buying, selling,
and trading for goods and merchandise,
selling on commission or otherwise,
making advances on crops or other
wise, loaning or borrowing money with
or without pledges or mortgages; buy
ing. selling or leasing real estate; buy
ing established business, or selling
same, and in general doing and per-
forming all such acts and things, and
tr~ansacting all such business in con-
n~ection with the foregoing objects and
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trary to law.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be at Port Barre, st. Landry Parish,
Louisiana, citation and other legal
process shall be served on its President,
and in his absence on its Vice PresI-
dent, and in the manner prescribed by
law.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be eight thousand dollars ($S,000)
divided into eighty (80) shares of one
hundred dollars ($1G0.00) each, to be paid
for at the time of It's issuance. And
this corporation shall commence BUSH
ness whenever fifteen hundred dollars
of it's capital stock shall have been
subscribed and paid for.
The officers and managers OF this
corporation shall be q President, a vice.
| President and a Secretary-Treasurer,
and these three officers shall also com
pose and constitute the Board of Di-
| rectors of the said corporation; and
/ they shall be elected from the stock
! holders of this corporation, for a term
| of IN year., and serve until the cleo
| ton of their successors; said annual
| election shall be held Oh the secoud
Monday of January, at the office of this
corporation and between the hours OF
nine a. M. and four p. m. The said
| Board of Directors shall have full
/ power to adopt all such bylaws, not
/ contrary to law or this charter, that
/ may be necessary for the carrying on
l of the business and branches of BUSH
ness, as above set forth, of this corpora
| ton also to fix the salaries and wages
I of its employees and officers; to nil all
vacancies on the said Board and in said
/ Offices. Until the election of the said
officers and Board of Directors on the
second Monday of January, A. D.. 1913
| nineteen hundred and thfrteen6 Geo.
/ Champagne shall be the President.
Louis Champagne shall be the vice.
payne shall be the Secretary-Ireas-
urer, and they shall, constitute and
compose the Board of Directors until
that time.
No stockholder OF this corporation
I shall ever be held liable or responsible
for the contracts, debts or faults of the
/ said corporation, in any further sum
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the corporation on the shares by him
subscribed for.
This corporation shall exist for q
/ term of twenty-five years (25) from this
| date; and at the dissolution of the same
/ by the expiration of its charter or other
/ wise, the affairs thereof shall be liqu1-
/ dated and-settled by two ~liquidators TO
be elected by q majority Of its stock
holders, at an election specially called
/ for the purpose after thirty (30l days
notice to that effect, by publ cation in a
newspaper published at Opelousas, St.
Landry parish, Louisiana, and also by
| written notices sent by registered mail
to all of the stockholders OF this cor
poration, at their usual and known ad
dresses.
Transfers of stock shall be made on
! the books of this corporation, at its Of
| fee: and no sale or transfer of the same
| shall be made by the owners thereon,
nor be valid, unless sixty 1907 DAYS
written notice of the intention to trans
fer the said stock, shall have been given
to the President. yice-pfesident q TO
the Secretary-Treasurer OF this corpo-
ration, and unless this corporation or
any of it's stockholders shall fall with
in said term of sixty days from rece1pt
of said notices, to purchase the said
stock or stocks at the coma fide price
| offered therefor by any one not stock
holder, and If no price be thus offered
then at the book value of such stock OF
stocks; the intent of this clause being
til at this corporation or its stockhold'
ers shall have The preference over out
siders TO purchase the stock thereof al
aforesaid.
Done and passed at Port Barre, La.
on this 18th day Of March. a. D. 1912, il
the presence of Messrs. John Burleigt
and Anthony Patin competent ane