The St. Mary banner., 1912-06-15
CHA r e z
OF THE
James Manning Company, |im:cd.
United ~tit nf nlnrl"H,
state of . oul~lan1,


Be it known That on thu y 'ay -.
Nav. 1912. before me. Willi n Baker. a
Notary Public duly qualified aliG r"iniIli>.
stoned in and for the Parish # I Wary an"
State Of Louisiana. aud in he Irre-"nce "'
the witnesses hereinafter named and un
der-igned. personally y came and appearrh
James Manning. Sr., James Nannlh-, JT
and Frank L. Manning. hlI residents "1 'hs
Parish Of 81 Mary. ioul~lana, WHO 4ch
ana All declared unto me Notary. that
ay,l,up themselves II the l1WS ot the
state % olIisiauu rrlttlv, 10 the loriia-
ton Of corporations, they haIe c"Fenahf
ed an do hereby covenant. contract. b.hi'
and obl.ate thnm,c Ve-. Il VII - All
other persons Who may hereatfe" become
associated with them. into Corporation
or Body Polite in law. under tn" 'tn".
stvlr and ti.lp for the objects and pur
poses and subject to the conditions and
stlpuIation- To wit:
IClEf.
The names and ijle ~ thl~ carn"rntInn
shall he the j \NE ANN NJ x -oN~
LINlitD. ard under lts corp 1r1tr name.
II Shall have and enjoy existence m ! sue
ces.i,u for the full time and P~rIO uf
I,inpty-nine ts9D year. from ,iatr hereof: ::
and under it, name. 1t -ha.i have ana
posses, power a"d authority TO contract.
-lle and be sued: 70 obtain aud Use cor
poratp seal anf the same to alter or hreak
at VIII: to acqulr" property zeal pef-pnal
and mixed, corporeal and lns"fp". chi ny
anv title known - the laws pt this Stale.
nnd the same to sell. mortgage. pledge or
Otherwise dispose Of or incum r.: t. elecl
or appoint sllca "a GERS and directors a,
this carporltion NAV deem t. it, interest,
and to employ and discharge such SER
wants and employees as II 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 regulation, IS may be
deemed proper or eXp"dient for the pros
per conduct and management Of it. affair."
and the same to change. ter or annul
when to its interest 80 to do.
4. ARTICLE III.
The domicle of this cOrpOrat on shall
be at Morgan CITY. in the Parish of ST.
Mary, Louisiana, at which place all clfa-
tiOns 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.
The objects and purposes for which th-
corporation is organized. and the nature
of the business to be carried on by IL, are
declared to be:
To purchase and acquire the stock in
trade, good will and general mercantile
by James Manning Il >onS, a 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 +. Man
ming; and to buy. sell and exchange any
and all manner OF goods and wares Of
mercantile nature, including groceries,
hardware. furniture, wines and other
liquors Of all descriptions >oeyer. as well
40 dry goods, and. IN fact. any and all ar
ticles or wares OF mercantile nature,
md to do general mercantile business,
either wholesale or retail or both; TO ac-
Quire, have and operate branch stores or
saloons if it deems tit, and to engage in a
general iOhbers 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; 20 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, |
ard as may appear to IT'S interest, and to
issue and receive securities in any form
known to the laws of on siana.
ARTICLE ".
The authorized capital stock of this cor
pOratiOn is hereby fixed at the sum Of
Nine Thousand tS9.0nO.0O) Dollars, divided |
into Ninety 900 shares, of the par value |
of One Hundred tSlOO.Oo) each. All stock |
issued shall he paid for either in cash. or
its equivalent IN property or labor. de-
Iivered 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 it's capital stock shall have been paid
Tor and issued.
ARTICLEv.
The corporate powers of this corpor-
alton shall be vested in, and exercised by
4 Board Of Directors, composed of three
II It's stock holders. two Of whom shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of
my OF its business; this Board shall be
elected on the First 1>tl day of May for
he year Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen
1879, and on the saue day OF the same
month each succeeding year thereafter:
hould the day here fixed fall on a Sun
lay or legal holiday, then such election
hall be held on some business day there's
fter, to be determined upon by the Board
4 Directors, not to exceed Ten (10) days
rom the date here fixed. Notice Of such
lection, ard the day and date upon which
shall be held AS herein provided, shall ,
e given ~ the Secretary of this corpo>
alton in writing, by letter addressed to
ach stockholder and mailed him through i
he U. s. Postofiice, addressed to the last {
nOwn place of residence of said stock 4
olders. ,
Each stakeholder shall be entitled to
ne C) vote for each share of stock by
i'm owned. which vote may be cast either 5
person or by written proxy. and ma j
,rity of all votes east at such election. G
lall constitute Il valid election. Failure
elect, or to hold said election as herein
rOvided, shall not have the effect Of dis :,
living this Charter but the officers hold
x Office shall continue in office until r
leir successors shall have been duly elect 4
and qualified, tubject to the conditions s.
ith reference to notice, as herein specif- &
Any vacancies occurring in the Board Of =
irectors shall be filed by the selection Of =
by the remaining board OF 81
rectors, until the regular election shall 81
we been held. b.
ARTICLE vi. 81
The officers of this corporation shall con. o,
st of President, Vice President, a 10
cretary and Treasurer; but the posi- 20
IN of Secretary and Treasurer NAV no ~