St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-11-02
CHARTER.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry.

Paflsh or st.LandrY.
Before me, Gus. E. Dapre. q Nota.
Public in n for the Parish and Sfats
aforesaid, and in the presence ~ AZ
witnesses hereinafter named and mn
defsigned, personally appeared tb4 ea15
eral persons whose names are herennta
subscribed y declared that:
They do hereby form a CORPORATION y
exist for a term of Ninety-Nina 1ao1
Years from this date, under the nama
of "Fhe 0pelousas Stone Brick cam
pany,n with lis domicile in the Citvans
0peiousas, Parish of st. Landry, for the
purpose of IN tnufacturing and safIine
bricks, blocks and building mafer;aIs
of all kinds including lumber, SAND I
ment and lime to acquire, hold, lesss
purchase aud sellreal estate and nrsn'
erty of all kinds in connection with Il.
said business; to pledge, mortgaos
bond and give as security its said pren..
erty in connection with its said hns;.
ness.
The capital stock of said Corporation
shall be Twenty-Five Thousand Doi.
lars ($25. 000.O0l divided into two hnn.
dred and fifty shares of one hundrea
dollars each, payable in scash, or pron-
erty, or BY services actually rendered.
the corporation, at such time and ia
such manner as the Board of Direetnrs
may determine; n the Corporation
may commence business when Fiva
thousand dollars of the capital stocE
shall have been subscribed for.
The business shall be conducted bv
Board of tive Directors who shall be
elected BY ballot by the Stockholders
on the second Monday of September of
each year at ar election of which
thirty days notice in writing shall be
sent to each stakeholder by mail. Three
Directors shall constitute u quorum.
Each share OF stock shall be entitled
TO one vote, to be cast by the owner In
person or by proxy. The Board of Dr.
rectors shall have the right to make ali
bylaws, to change aud alter the same
at pleasure. The first Board shall Be
composed of Il. G.. LaWler, VII. Sibille,
DR.. j. a. Hans, Louis Hebert, Oscar
Daspit; anu they shall hold Office until
their successors are elected ana take
their places. The Board shall elect
from among its members u President.
Vice-PFesident, and a Secretary-Treas.
urer. Until such election the follow
ing shall serve as officers of the corp0r-
alton, to-Wit: J.G. LawIef, President;
oscar Daspit, Viee-President; aud ROY
Edwards, Secretary-Treasurer. The
Directors may act by proxy at meet
lngs of the Board, provided, a tIeast q
quorum of its members are present in
person at said meeting, and 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 fide buyers out
side the corporation.
Citation shall be served on the Presi-
dent, and in the event OF his absence or
disability to act, on the Viee-President:
andsin the event of his absence to act,
on the Secretary-Treasurer
No stakeholder shall ever be held
liable irresponsible for the contracts
or faults Of said corporation In any
further sum than the unpaid balance
dne on the shares of stock owned by
ham; nor shall any mere informally
in or~tianization have the effect of ren-
dering this charter null or or exposing
a stakeholder to any liability Beyond
the amount unpaid On his stock.
At the termination oil the charter Or
dissolution of the corporation the
affairs shall be liquidated by the Board
Of Directors as liqlidating commission
ers.
Done, read and signed at my Office at
the. City Of Opelousgs, said Parish and
State, In the presence of g. r. Bailey
and A. j. Il. LitteIl competent wit
nesses, this 9Th day of August, 1917.
Louis Hebert,
V.H. Sibilie,
J.B. Sibille, per VII. 81.
=. ct. laWIer,
Il. q. Littell,
K. LeBourgeois,
Lawrence Larcade,
j.. As. Haas.
Witnesses:
@. #. Bailey,
Al Z. Littell,
GUS. e. DUPRE, Notary Public.
State of Louisiana,
Parish Of st. Landry.
I certify the above aud foregoing to
be a true aud correct copy OF the origi-
nal on file and of record in my office in
Book No. SO Of the Mortgages records Of
the Parish OF st. Landry.
Witness my hand and seal this 18th
day of september 1872.
q. II. BAILEY,
Dy. Clerk ana Recorder.