St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-05-11
OF
The George Champagne Co."
state of Louisiana,
Parish of ST. Landry.

personally appeared:
George Champagne, of the Parish OF
st. Martha, Louisiana, Mrs. Cameila
Champagne assisted and authorized by
her husband Albert u. 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 or the
provisions Of Act IS Of the General As
sembly of the State of Louisiana, OF the
year 1904, relative to the formation and
Organization of corporations in this
State. to carry on the business herein
after stated and enumerated, and to
acquire the rights, privileges and power
of a body corporate and polite IN iaW,
they do hereby form themselves into
such a corporation under the name ana
style and for the purposes and bust
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 OF crops, or other
wise, loaning or borrowing money with
or without pledges or mortgages; Guy
ing. selling or leasing real estate; Duy-
ing established business, or selling
same. and in general doing and per-
forming all such acts and things, and
transferring all such business in con-
nection with the foregoing objects
purposes, not inconsistent with or con-
trary to law
The domicile of this corporation shall
be at Port Barre, st. Landry Parish,
Louisiana, citation n other legal
process shall be served on its President,
and in his absence on its Vice Presl-
dent, and in the manner prescribed by
law.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be eight Thousand dollars (So,O00)
divided into eighty 500 shares OF one
hundred dollars ($1G0.0O1 each, to be paid
for at the time of its ISSUANCE ana
this corporation shall commence BUSH
ness whenever fifteen hundred dollars
of its capital stock shall have been
subscribed and paid for.
The officers and managers OF this
corporation shall be a President, a vice.
President and q Secretary.Treasurer,
and these three officers shall also COM
pose and constitute the Board OF DI-
~rectors of the said corporation; ana
they shall be elected from the stock
holders of this corporation, for a term
of one year, and serve until the cleo
ton of their successors; SAID annual
election shall be held Oh the seeoud
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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
of the business and branches OF busl-
ness. as above set forth, of this corpora
ton; also to fix the salaries and wages
of its employees and officers; to nil all
vacancies on the said Boar 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 thirteen), Geo.
Champagne shall De the Presloens'
Louis Champagne shall be the vice.
president and tMrs.) Camelia Cham
payne shall be the Secretary-Treas-
urer, and they shall constitute q
compose the Board of Directors until
that time.
No stockholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable or responsible
for the contracts, debts or faults of the
said corporation. in any further sum
than the unpaid balance, if any, due to
the corporation on the shares by him
subscribed for.
This corporation shall exist for a
term Of twenty-five years (25) from this
date; and at the dissolution OF the same
by the expiration ofits charter or other
wise, the affairs thereof shall be liqui-
dated and settled by Two liquidators to
he elected by q majority of its stock
! olders, at an election specially called
for the purpose after thirty 800 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 OF transfer OF the sans
shall be made by the owners thereof
nor be valid, unless sixty (60) days
written notice of the intention to trans
fer the said stock, shall haye been given
to the President, vice-president aEd tc
THE Secretary-Treasurer OF this corpo.
ration, and unless this corporation OF
any OF its stockholders shall fall with.
in said term of sixty days from receipt
of said notices, to purchase The said
stock or stocks at the bona fide price
offered therefor by any n not a stock
: holder, and ii no price be thus offered
: then at the book value of such stock OF
stocks; the intent of this clause being
that 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.
q on this 18th day of March, A. D. 1912, iI
: the presence of Messrs. John Burleigf
] and Anthony Patin competent ane
lawful witnesses who have signee
, these presents with the above nance
l appearers and me Notary, after Out
reading of the whole.
CHAS. o. DEJEAN, Notary Public.
Witnesses: Anthony Patin, Johr
+ Burleigh.
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