The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-06-22
CHA r E e
OF THE
James Manning Company, Limited.
Uuited States Of America,
State Of Louisiana,
parish NJ St. Mary.

PARISH OF 81. MARY, :.
Re IL known: That on this loth DAY OF
NAV 1919. before me, William G. Baker,
Notary Public duly qualified aud commits,
stoned in and for the Parish OF st. Mary and
state OF Louisiana, and in The presence OF
the witnesses hereinafter named ana IN
der,igned, personally came and appeared
James Manning, ST., James Manning. IT.
and Frank +. Manning, all residents OF the
Parish of st. Mary, Louisiana, VINO e'ch
and all declared unto me Notary tnat'
syail,ng themselves Of the laws OF me
state ~ Louisiana relative to the forna~
tion of corporations, they have covenant,
ed and do hereby covenant, contract, h,nd
and obliCate themselves, a. well Is All
other nersons who may hereafter become
associated with them. into corporation
or Body Polite in law. under the name
stvle and title. for the objects and pur..
poses and subject to the conditions anu
stipulations tO-wit:
ARTICLEI.
The names and title of this corporation
.hall be the JAMES MANNING SONS
LIMITED, and under its corporate name
n shall have and enjoy existence and sue:
cession for the full time and period OF
ninety-nine (99) years from date hereof;
md under its name, it shall have ana
possess power and authority 70 contract
s,,o and be sued: to obtain and use cor
porate seal, and the same to alter or break
at will; to acquire property. real personal
and mixed, corpOreal and incOrporeal by
sny tatle known to the laws OF this State.
NJ the same to sell, mortgage, pledge or
othefwise dispose Of or incumher; to elect
or appoint such officers and directors as
this corporation may deem TO its interest,
and 20 employ and discharge such SER
wants and employees as it may deem pro.
per or to its interest, and to fix the salaries
or compensation of its officers or employees,
OF any class sOever, to make and establish
such by.laws and regulations IS may be
deemed proper or expedient for the pros
per conduct and management Of its affairs:
and the same to change. alter or annul
when to its interest so to do.
ARTICLE ii.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be Mt Morgan City. in the Parish OF St.
Mary, Louisiana, at which place all cta.
ti0ns or other legal process shall be served
upon its President, or, in his absence up
on its Vice President. or, in the absence
Of both such officers, then upon its Secre-
tary. .,u,, r.,
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is organized, and the nature
Of the business to be carried on by 1t, are
declared to be:
To purchase and acquire the stock in
trade, good will and general mercantile
business presently owned and carried on
by James Manning & sons, commercial
partnership domiciled and doing business
at Morgan City. in this Parish, and which
is composed Of James Manning. Sr.,
James Manning, Jr and Frank Z. Man
ming; and to buy, sell and exchange any
and all manner Of goods and wares Of a
mercantile nature, including groceries,
hardware, furniture, wines and other
liquors Of all descriptions soever. as well
- dry goods, and, IN fact, any and all ar
ticles or wares OF mercantile nature,
and to do general mercantile business,
either wholesale or retail or both; TO ac-
Quire, have and operate branch stores or
saloons il 1t deems fit, and to engage in
general 1obbers business. And to carry
out the purposes of this corporation, it
shall have power to receive and give Sc
curity by way OF mortgage, pledge or
otherwise; to loan or borrow money, and
to issue or receive notes or other eviden-
ces OF debt, and to issue or receive notes,
bonds, or other obligations generally,
and a. may appear to its interest, and to
issue and receive securities in any form
known to the laws of Louisiana.
ARTICLE Nv.
The authorized capital stock Of this cor
porati0n is hereby fixed at the sum of
Nine Thousand ($9.O"O.0O) Dollars, divided
into Ninety 1907 shares, of the par value
of One Hundred $4,000 each. All stock
issued shall be paid for either in cash. or
its equivalent in property or labor. de-
livered or performed at the time of the is
suance OF said stock.
This corporation shall be authorized to
commence business as soon as two,thirds
of its capital stock shall have been paid
for and issued.
ARTICLEy.
The corporate powers Of this corpor-
alton shall be vested in, and exercised by
. Board of Directors, composed of three
of its stockholders, two Of whom shall
constitute quorum for the transaction of
any Of it's business; this Board shall be
elected on the First llst) day OF May for
the year Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen
month each succeeding year thereafter;
should the day here fixed fall on a Sun
day or legal holiday, then such election
shall be held on some business day there's |
after, to be determined upon by the Board
Of Directors. not to exceed Ten 10) days
from the date here fixed. Notice of such |
election. ard the day and date upon which |
It shall be held as herein provided, shall
be given by the Secretary of this corpo>
ration in writing. by letter addressed to
sach stakeholder and mailed him through |
he q. s. Postofiice, addressed to the last |
Known place Of residence Of said stock
holders.
Each stakeholder shall be entitled to
One ~ vote for each share Of stock by
ham owned. which vote may be cast either
n person or by written proxy, and a ma.
0rity Of all votes cast at such election,
hall constitute q valid election. Failure
o elect, or to hold said election as herein
,r0vided, shall not have the effect of dis
olving this Charter but the officers hold.
ng Office shall continue in office until
beir successors shall have been duly elect
ID and qualified, tubject to the conditions
With reference to notice. as herein specif-
ID.
Any vacancies occurring in the Board of
shall be filed by the selection of
stakeholder, by the remaining board Of
directors, until the regular election shall
ave been held.
ARTICLE vi,
The officers of this corporation shall con.
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