St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-20
CHARTER OF
George Champagne Co."
State of Louisiana,
D--I N Ga

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Before me, Chas. o. Deiean, a notary
public, duly commissioned and quail
fled in and for the parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, and in the presence
of the undersigned lawful witnesses,
personally appeared:
George champagne, of the Parish OF
| st. Martin, Louisiana, Mrs. Cametia
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 ayailing themselves of the
laws of this State, and especially of the
provisions of Act IS of the General AS
sembIy 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 law,
they do hereby form themselves into
such a corporation under the name and
style and for the purposes and BUSH
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
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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 snch acts and things, and
transacting all such business in con-
x,oafi1n NTH tho f0raUnin0 0hinOfS and
purposes,not inconsistent with or con-
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 Pres1-
dent, and in the manner prescribed by
law.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be eight Thousand dollars ($8,000l
divided into eighty 1907 shares OF one
hundred dollars ($1G0.00) each, to be paid
for at the time of its issuance. And
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 a Secretary-Treasurer,
and these three officers shall also coH
pose and constitute the Board of Dl-
rectors of the said corporation; and
they shall be elected from he stock
holders of this corporation, for q term
of one year, and serve until the cleo
ton of their successorsj 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
ma be necessary for the carrying on
Of the business and branches of busi-
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 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 t~hirteenl, Gee.
Champagne shall be the President,
Louis Champagne shall be b vice
president and (Mrs.) Camelia Cham
payne shall be the Secretary-Treas-
urer, and they shall constitute and
compose the Board of Directors until
that time.
No stakeholder 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, il any, due to
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 liqui-
dated and settled by two liquidators to
be elected by q majority of its stock.
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for the purpose after thirty 800 days
notice to that effect, by publication in 9
newspaper published at Opelousas, st
| Landry parish, Louisiana, and also by
written notices sent by registered mai
to all of the stockholders of this cor
poration, at their usual and known ad
dresses.
Transfers of stock shall be made or
the books of this corporation, at It's of
fee; and no sale or transfer of the SAM
shall be made by the owners thereof
nor be valid, unless sixty (60@ day.
written notice of the intention to trans
fer the said stock, shall have been giveI
to the President, vice-president and tt
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 receip
of said notices, to purchase the sait
stock or stocks at the bona fide pric'
offered therefor by any n not a stock
holder, and il no price be thus offered
then at the book value of such stock o.
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
on this 18th day of March, "A. d. 1912, il
the presence of Messrs. John Burleigf
and Anthony Patin competent ant
lawful witnesses who have signee
these presents with the above nance
~appearers and me Notary, after du'
reading of the whole.
CHAS. o. DEJEAN, Notary Public.
Witnesses: Anthony Patin, Johr
Burleigh.
List of subscribers:
Geo. Champagne,
Subscribe for nine (91 shares.
Louis Champagne,
Subscribe for one ~ share.
CameIia Champagne,
Subscribe for five (5l shares with. hei
own personal paraphernal money ane