St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-10-19
cHARTER.
State OF Louisiana,
Parish of St. Landry.

M Sks AhHuTY
Before me, Gus. E. DIpre. "a Notavs
Public in and for the Parish and Stafe
aforesaid, and in the presence of fba
witnesses hereinafter named and hi.
dersigned, personally appeared the sew.
EeraI persons whose nanIes are herennso
subscribed and declared that:
They do hereby form d eorpoTatiaB ta
exist for a term of Ninetg-Nine 9gqt
Years from this date, under the naaae
of "The 0pelousas Stone Brick Cons.
! pany,s with rs domiciIe in the Cf4r ~
OpeloGsas, Parish cf St. Landry. for he
purpose OF manufacturing and selling
bricks, blocks and building materiaTs
of all kinds including lumber, sand. ca
msnt and lime to acquire, hold, lease
purchase and sell real estate and nrouz
erty of all kinds in connection with ia
said business: to pledge, morsgaga
bond and give Is security its said prons
erty in connection with its said busi.
ness.
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be Twenty-Five Thousand Dol-
lars (S25sO08.00) divided into two hum
bred and fifty shares of one hundred
dollars each, payable in seash, or psop-
erty, or by services actually rendered
the corporation, at such time and in
sucn manner as the Board OF Directors
may determine; and the corporation
may commence business when Five
thousand dollars of the capital stock
shall have been subscribed for.
The business shall be conducted bv4
Board of five Directors who shall Is
elected by ballot by the STOCKHOLDERS
IN the second Monday of September of
each year at an election of which
thirty days, notice in writing shall Is
sent TO each stakeholder by mail. Three
Directors shall constitute Il Quorum.
TSaah zharn4 rf @Efnak shalt ma kA7kFERms
TO one vote, to be cast by the owner in
person or by proxy. The Board of Dr.
rectoEs shall have the right to make ali
bylaws, to change and alter the same
at pleasure. The first Board shall BE-
composed Of j. g. LaWler, VII. Sibille,
DIR. j.. A. Haas, Louis Hebert, Oscar
Daspit; and they shall hold office until
their successors are elected and take
their places. The Board shall elect
from among its members d President
Vice-President, and q SecTetary-Tre8s-
urer. Until such election the follow
ing shall serve as officers of the corpor@
alton, to-wit: J.G. LAWYER, President;
Oscar Dasp1t, Nfce-Presidents and RoY
Edwards, Secretary-pEeasufer. The
Directors may act by proxy at meet
1ngs OF the Board, provided, at least d
quorum OF Its members are present In
person at said meeting, ana provided
further, that the proxy shall be in
writing and given to q Director.
No sale or transfer Of stock shall be
made without first giving the corpora
ton ten days notice in writing. with
the privilege to the corporation or any
of its members to purchase same on
equal terms with bona ide buyers out
side the corporation.
Citation shall he served on the Press
dent, and in the event of his absence or
disability to act, on the Vice-President.
and j the event of his absence to act,
on the Seeretary-Treasurer.
No stockholder shall ever 81 held
liable or responsible for the contracts
or faults OF said corporation Ia any
further sum tnan the unpaid balance
due on the shares of stock owned By
him ; shall any mere fnfoFlnaIity
in orfianization have the effect OF rem
dering this charter null or Of exposing
q stakeholder to any liability beyond
the amour unpaid on his stock.
At the termination of the charter or
dissolution of the corporation the
affairs shall be I~iquidated BY the Board
Of Directors as Iiquidating commission
ers.
Done, read and signed at my office at
the City of OpeIoasas, said Parish and
State, In the presence Of @. f. Bailey
and A. j. Il. LitteII competent wit
nesses, this 18th day of August 1912.
Louis Hebert,
W. H. SibiIIe,
J.B. Sibiile, per WIS
J.G. Lawler,
u. e. LitteiI,
f.. LeBonrgeois,
Lawrence Larcade,
j.. "A. Haas.
Witnesses:
G.. r.. Bailey,
ALL . Littell.
GUS. Il. DUPRE, Notary Public.
State Of Louisiana,
Parish OF ST. Landry.
II certify the above and foregoing 10
be q true and correct copy Of the origf
nal on file nj Of record in my oflica I'M
Book No. 30 of the Mortgage d Gods of
tie Parish Of st. Landry.
Witness iuy hand aHd seal ih.s i3sh
day Vt September, 1917.
q. II. BAILEY.
Dx. Clerk ana Recorded,